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FUN (WET) RUN
      Heim Middle School students, parents and staff didn't let the rain stop them from taking part in the annual Fun Run held on April 28 at the school to raise funds and awareness for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On May 11 the school will serve as a r...
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Williamsville Schools
Budget tops $145 million, less than 1 percent increase in tax levy
      Williamsville Central School District residents will have a lot to decide when they go to the polls on Tuesday, May 15. This year's election has three open board seats with four candidates, three propositions and a $145 million budget for 2007-08.
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Amherst Schools
Budget, capital project slated on May 15 ballot
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter
      A $40.39 million budget, with a 1.53 percent increase in the property tax levy, is not the only item voters in the Amherst Central School District need to approve on Tuesday, May 15. Also on the ballot is a districtwide $16.8 million capital construction project.
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School News
      St. Mary's School Swormville's seventh-grade class had 12 students compete in St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Seventh Grade Math Contest held in March.
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Sweet Home candidates stress community involvement
by DAVID F. SHERMAN Managing Editor
      The four candidates seeking election to the Sweet Home School Board each gave concise, personal statements during the annual Meet the Candidates night held May 1 at the Norman C. Vergils Community Center. Marianne Jasen spoke first, stressing her track record of attendance ...
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Inventor of the Year expands on laundry chute idea
by JESSICA L. FINCH Associate Editor
      Ten-year-old Nathan Senick Albanese is not just an award-winning inventor, but one with a good heart. The fifth-grade student at the Kadimah School of Buffalo was named Middle School Inventor of the Year at the 2007 Western New York Invention Convention held on April 28 at ...
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Funding secured for Maple East playground
      Pupils at Maple East Elementary School are one step closer to having a playground. "With childhood obesity rates on the rise, a new playground is a perfect way to get children outside and active," said Sen. Mary Lou Rath, R-Amherst, in announcing the $50,000 grant for the W...
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Amherst High School posts honor roll
        The   following   students   have been named to the high honor and honor rolls for the third quarter of the   2006-07   school   year   at Amherst High School:
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Transit Middle School names honor roll
        Transit   Middle   School   has named the following students to the honor and merit rolls for the third   quarter   of   the   2006-07 school year:
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CCA posts honor roll
      The following students at Christian Central Academy, Williamsville, have been named to the high honor, honor and merit rolls for the third marking period of the 2007-08 school year: High Honor Roll Grade six, Sara Kim; grade seven, Olurotimi Owolabi; grade eight, Gabriel ...
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St. Leo the Great names honor roll
      St. Leo the Great School in Amherst has announced the following students achieved honors for the third marking period of the 2006-07 school year: Fifth Grade First Honors Kaitlyn Alcazaren, Alex Goldbach,
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St. Mary's High School names honor students
      St. Mary's High School in Lancaster announced the following Amherst residents who have achieved first and second honors roll for the third quarter of the 2006-2007 school year: First Honors Seniors, Adam Beilman, Elizabeth Migliore, Michael Sevilla,
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Kadimah School names honor roll
      The following students have been named to the high honor, honor and merit rolls for the third quarter of the 2006-07 school year at Kadimah School of Buffalo, located in Amherst: High Honors Anna Pressman, fifth grade; Emmanuella Kesaieva, seventh grade; Michal Shalman, s...
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South High School names honor roll
      Williamsville South High School has named the following students to the merit and honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2006-07 school year: Grade 9 Merit Roll Sarah Alessi, Amanda Allaire, Lauren Baldwin, Matthew Battistoni, Christopher Bowers, Emily Brady, Ann Mari...
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St. Joseph's names honor roll
      St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute announced that the following Amherst students have been named to the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2006-07 school year: First Honors Grade 9 Oliver Beardsley, Jacob Biniszkiewicz, Kevin Brick, Michael Duggan, Jr, Thomas Evange...
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A HOME RUN
      Maple West Elementary School students entertained the audience with the musical "The Inside Pitch" on May 26 in the school's gym. Students Sarah Mercer, left, Leah Lennon and Alex Gervase perform in a scene during the show.
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Kadimah School holds raffle for collectors' items
      A collection of rare and discontinued, mint-condition Webkinz will be available this month at the Kadimah School of Buffalo. The "Wonderful Webkinz Raffle" includes: the Cheeky Cat, St. Bernard, Basset Hound, Love Puppy, Sherbet Bunny, Black Lab, Black Bear Tree Frog, Unico...
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OUTSTANDING RATINGS
      Forest Elementary School students Sihyun Ahn, left, Riana Ferloin and Katherine O'Donnell participated in the New York State School Music Association solo festival on April 28. The students, all fourth-graders, performed level 2 violin solos and received perfect or near per...
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On the Campus
      Stacey Shaw was recently named a 2006-2007 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the daughter of Kim and Michael Shaw of Getzville.
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