East students raise funds for African village
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
      Students at East High School are learning one of life's most important lessons - how to be part of the global community. Through Hands Around the World, a community service project at East, students raise funds to help African villages. Senior Adam Korn was one of three students to start the pro...
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W-I-N-N-E-R
      SS. Peter & Paul seventh-grade student Victoria Erdman, left, was named the 2007 Scripps Spelling Bee winner. Runner-up was Max Roehmholdt. Erdman outlasted 29 other participants to capture the title. The program was led by language arts teacher Kelli Mori.
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Math grades improving at Sweet Home High School
by DAVID F. SHERMAN Managing Editor
      The Sweet Home High School math department is making significant strides in efforts to improve the test scores and proficiency of all students, according to administrators and teachers who made a presentation Jan. 16 to the Board of Education.
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MY BUDDY
      Alan Kaplin, left, and his buddy Lenny Roginsky attended a Martin Luther King Day program on Jan. 15 at Kadimah School of Buffalo. The school sponsored a "Bring your Buddy to School Day" where buddies experienced a day in the life of a Kadimah student, and took part in a program presented by Benne...
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St. Gregory the Great posts honor roll
      St. Gregory the Great announced the following Amherst students were named to the honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2006-07 school year: First Honors Joseph Anain, Alyssa Archer, David Archer, Elizabeth Augustine, Vincent Bargnes, Erin Basil, Stephen Boltri, Alexa Bradley, Joshua Canavan, ...
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Park School schedules open house
      The Park School of Buffalo will host an open house for prospective families interested in early education through grade 12. The open house begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the school, 4625 Harlem Road in Snyder. Included is an overview of the school and its educational programs presented by ...
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Scholarship winners named for St. Mary's
      St. Mary's High School in Lancaster recently named the scholarship winners, including a Williamsville resident. The scholarships, with a total value of more than $85,000, were awarded to students who will be freshmen in the next school year. Scholarship awards were based on a scholarship test, app...
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On the Campus
      Lauren Helowicz of Williamsville has been named to the 2006 fall semester dean's list at Baldwin Wallace College. Kevin Coppola of Williamsville has been named to the 2006 fall semester dean's list at Hamilton College.
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