Sacred Heart Academy students earn Advanced Placement honors
      Thirty-six students from Sacred Heart Academy have earned the honor of being recognized for their achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams. This is one of the highest percentages of students in Western New York, when compared with similar schools.
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Casey Middle named a Blue Ribbon School
      The state Education Department has joined the U.S. Education Department in naming 16 New York State elementary and middle schools as 2007 Blue Ribbon Schools. To reward successful schools, the U.S.
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Amherst students excel on AP tests
      Fifty-three students at Amherst Central High School have earned the designation of Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams.
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Hayes honors Summer Reading Challenge participants
      Close to 100 Amherst students in kindergarten through sixth grade successfully completed the 2007 Summer Reading Challenge Program sponsored by Assemblyman Jim Hayes. Children who read with their parents for at least 15 minutes each day for 40 days during the summer were honored with a New York S...
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School News
      Eric Denk, son of Candice Denk of Williamsville, has been named a recipient of a CSEA Erie County Local 815 scholarship. He is also the son of the late Bill Denk. He is the recipient of the Jeffrey Dahlman Memorial Scholarship and the Career Education Award.
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     STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - Kadimah School of Buffalo honored six youths as Students of the Month. Recognized, from left to right, are Justin Green, sixth grade; Phillie Appleton, seventh grade; Livia Slabodkin, fifth grade; Joshua Essex, fifth grade; Harley Carrol, fifth grade and Josiah Sereno, fourt...
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CHC center students create natural works of art
      CHC Learning Center recently held its first nature art show. Held at the Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, in Cheektowaga, the show featured paintings by the students. The artists were asked to pick out a magazine picture depicting wildlife or natural scenes.
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Sweet Home names Foreign Language Honor Societies inductees
      Sweet Home High School recently inducted 88 juniors into the school's foreign language honor society. In order to be inducted, students must successfully complete first and second levels of the language which they are studying and maintain an average of 90 percent or higher in each level.
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New phys ed program getting students excited about staying in shape
Sweet Home Middle School
by SHAWN ARRAJJ Intern
      A team of health and physical fitness instructors at Sweet Home Middle School recently developed a new program that has become a part of a unique curriculum. With a collection of new high-tech equipment, the staff hopes to see this program change the way students view physical education today.
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Gala proceeds to help UB students
      The University at Buffalo will host its second Scholarship Gala to raise funds for undergraduate and graduate student scholarships across the university. The goal is to raise $200,000, a 33 percent increase from last year's total.
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      SHIRTS FOR CHARITY - The junior class at Amherst Central High School sold red shirts for a fundraiser during homecoming this year. The shirt, designed by Marina Leontaritis, is a takeoff of the GAP "Red" theme, which is a partial fundraiser to fight AIDS in Africa.
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On the Campus
      Lauren Anderson of East Amherst recently participated in the Freshmen Service Experience at American University, in which freshman students contribute 100,000 hours of service at 37 sites around Washington, D.C.
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