FROM OUTER SPACE
      Mill Middle School science teacher Kenneth L. Huff, helps student Justin Sokolowski, 9, view lunar rocks through a microscope on March 19 at the planetarium moon presentation at North High School. Abby Vincent, 6, waits to observe the rocks which are on loan from Nasa.
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FINDING A TARGET
      Sacred Heart Academy junior Monique Mattes prepares to fire back during the dodgeball tournament held at the school on Friday. Students Elizabeth Tramposch and KelliAnne Connelly chaired the event which had raised $1,000 in sponsors from businesses for Catholic Charities and the Nuns in Africa - ...
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Sweet Home School Board reviews new textbooks, athletic policies
by MATT CHANDLER Reporter
      The Sweet Home School Board, at its March 20 meeting, reviewed several new textbooks being proposed by the high school in an ongoing effort to update educational tools and continue to improve Regents scores. The teachers presented new textbooks for integrated algebra, global history and geography,...
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Essay contest winners named
      The New York Press Association Foundation will award a $10,000 prize to a senior from West Hempstead High School. Melissa J. Bykofsky is the winner of a statewide First Amendment essay contest for 11th- and 12th-grade high school students in New York State. Bykofsky submitted her entry into the fi...
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SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
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Amherst Schools
School budget could decrease if health insurance changes
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter
      The Amherst Central School District could face a 5.74 percent increase in its 2007-08 school budget, but the number could be lower if changes are made to its health insurance program. At the March 20 Board of Education meeting, Bill Brothers, president of Premier Consulting Associates, said the bo...
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Guest conductor will perform at North High on March 29
      Guest conductor Mark Davis Scatterday will lead the high school wind ensemble districtwide festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at North High School, 1595 Hopkins Road. Williamsville Music Boosters invited Scatterday to direct this final event in the year's districtwide festival series. A donatio...
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UPCOMING PRODUCER
      Kadimah third grade student, David Yellen, wrote, produced and directed a play just for Kadimah's Elementary School students, parents, faculty and administrators called "What Makes You Laugh." The play accomplished what it set out to do - it made the audience laugh.
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North High School posts honor roll
      The following Williamsville North students have been named to the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2006-07 school year: Honor Roll Grade 12 Bradley Adkins, Jonathan Adler, Rebecca Akers, James Albaugh, Sarah Bachwitz, Jason Banach, Kelly Battaglia, Andrea Belair, Tatyana Belous, Alon B...
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Christ the King students achieve first, second honors for second quarter
      The following students have achieved honors in the second quarter of the 2006-07 school year. First Honors Grade Five Sydney Bucholts, James DeRosa, Emilee Foster, Patrick Gramza, Isabella Hinton, Adam Killeen, Michael Murphy, Patrick Murray, Mary O'Connor, Natalie Ryan, Hannah Stroud, John To...
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St. Mary's High School names honor roll
      St. Mary's High School in Lancaster recently announced the students, from Amherst, who have achieved first and second honors roll for the recently completed second quarter of the 2006-2007 school year: Senior First Honors: Adam Beilman, Elizabeth Migliore,
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Community News
      Summit Educational Resources, in Getzville, marked is 30th anniversary with a dinner and theatre reception on March 20. Chairpersons for the event were Julie and Mike Nurse and honorary chairs were Kathryn Lasher and Scott Bieler. Proceeds from the evening were donated to the organization's Capita...
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On the Campus
      Shannon Radlich of Williamsville has been named to the dean's list at Buffalo State College. She is a sophomore majoring in health and wellness in the School of Arts and Humanities. John Stevens of East Amherst has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester of the 2006-2007 school year ...
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UB to host Spectacle of Sound featuring high school students
      On Saturday, March 31, the University at Buffalo Marching Band will host The Spectacle of Sound Jazz Festival. "The UB Marching band becomes a pep band in the spring for basketball games," said John Hathaway, chairman of the event. "This is just their end-of-the-year concert.
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