A BRIGHTER PLACE
      Transit Middle School student Laura Hoerner, sixth grade, admires her painting, "Bob's Candy," featured at Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo. Her piece was one of 120 created by Williamsville students selected to adorn the hospital walls. The students were honored with a reception and art s...
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Pupils compete in Future City Competition
Transit Middle group achieves top five
by JILL SCHMELZER Reporter
      Schools from across Western New York competed in the 2007 National Engineers Week Future City Competition Saturday at Mount St. Mary's Academy in Kenmore. Middle school-aged youths were to design a city of the future using alternative energy sources, including fuel cells, which are the key compone...
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EXPRESSION THROUGH ART
      Madeline Aronica, a third grade student at Willow Ridge Elementary, was selected as the second place winner in the NYS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fine Arts Contest. Her drawing captured a segment from the "Six Principles of Nonviolence" of Dr. King's legacy, and she expressed the meaning of this ...
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Sweet Home High School inducts National Honor Society members
      Sweet Home Senior High School inducted 69 juniors and seniors into the National Honor Society. Induction took place Jan. 17 in the high school auditorium. In order to be inducted into the National Honor Society, students must maintain an average of 90 percent and demonstrate qualities in scholarsh...
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Amherst Schools
$16.5 million capital project proposed for May vote
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter
      Voters in the Amherst Central School District might have a $16.5 million capital project to approve the same day as the budget vote in May. (See editorial on page four) Board President William T. Blanford unveiled the proposed capital project at the Jan. 23 board meeting.
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Secretaries protest contract proposal
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter
      The Amherst Office Personnel Association has been without a contract for 18 months, and members have gone public to show their frustration. AOPA members voiced their concerns with an informational picket at the beginning of the Jan. 23 Amherst Central School Board meeting. About 50 people, includi...
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St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute eighth grade scholarship winners named
      Scholarship winners for the class of 2011 at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute were recently named. The Amherst students listed below have been named scholarship winners at St. Joe's. This class will represent the school's sesquicentennial class - 150 years that St. Joe's has served young men thr...
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Schools set open houses
      Kadimah School of Buffalo 1085 Eggert Road Kadimah School of Buffalo, located at 1085 Eggert Road in Amherst, will host an open house at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14.
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St. Mary's National Honor Scoiety inducts new members
      On Jan. 19 the newest members of the Marian Chapter of the National Honor Society were installed at ceremonies held at St. Mary's High School in Lancaster. During the ceremony, each new member was brought forward for formal induction - their biographies were read, and they signed the Marian Chap...
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Ss. Peter and Paul posts honor roll
      The following Amherst students have been named to the high honor and merit rolls for the second quarter of 2007-2008 at Ss. Peter and Paul School, located in Williamsville: Fifth-Grade High Honor Andrew LaMartina, Anthony Podgorsak, Alicja Stepniewski, Brian Costello, Caitlin Novak, Serna Roch...
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JOB WELL DONE
      The Christian Central Academy FIRST Team holds their trophies from a regional robot competition in Rochester. The team will head to Atlanta for an international competition with the robot they constructed and programmed themselves.
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Senior scholars also honored musicians
by LAUREN HALL
      Williamsville North Student Council proudly recognizes the outstanding achievements of two members of its senior class each month. Students featured in this column are selected by faculty recommendation. The Senior Spartan Spots for January are Jenny Zhang and Joshua Siva.
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Scholarships available for musicians
      The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Volunteer Foundation and the Buffalo Chamber Music Society have again combined their application and audition process for their independent 2007 scholarships. The Volunteer Foundation "Eleanor V. Millonzi" will award $5,000 and $1,000 scholarships, partially funde...
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On the Campus
      Rebecca Shank of Amherst is the recipient of the GEICO Achievement Award for academic excellence, involvement in extra curricular activity and service to the community. In recognition of her achievements, she will receives a $1,000 Scholarship from GEICO. Rebecca currently holds a 3.
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REFLECTIONS
      Sarah Mietus, a third grader at Heim Middle School, and her mother, Patty Mietus of Amherst, looked at a painting during "Reflections" art show at Winchester Elementary School in West Seneca on Thursday, Jan. 18.
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Community News
      Lisa Ludwig-Kramer of Amherst has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Ludwig-Kramer is the managing director of the program. Dennis Black, University at Buffalo Vice President for Student Affairs in Amherst, will host the Gre...
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