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      St. Mary's High School in Lancaster named the honor roll students for the first quarter of the 2007-08 school year. The following are Amherst residents: seniors Brittany Carleton, Cassandra Carleton, Robert Hamilton, Brittany Lampart, Douglas Robinson, Leonardo Storniolo; junior Kathryn Hamilton;...
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District to soon implement emergency communication system
Amherst Schools
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter
      If an emergency or school closing happens in the Amherst Central School District, administrators will soon have a quick way to spread the word to staff members, faculty and parents. Superintendent Laura Chabe said at last Tuesday's meeting that over the next few weeks the district will be impleme...
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Free winter vacation guide available
      Looking for something special to do during the winter months? Check out the 2007-08 New York State Winter Travel Guide. The full-color, magazine-format guide is available free from Assemblyman Jim Hayes, R-Amherst.
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Christ the King names honor roll students
      The following Christ the King students have achieved first honors in the first quarter of the 2007-08 school year: Grade 5 Victoria Augello, Zachary Denz, Christian Evora, Timothy Greco, Kelly Herle, Sarah Macro, Ryan Mikulec, Chloe Miller, Gianna Ortolani, Peter Sinagra, Grace Tomczak, Christo...
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Christian Central Academy posts honor roll
      Christian Central Academy in Williamsville has named the following Amherst students to the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2007-08 school year: Grade 5 Tejumade Abiola, Nia Baker, Ryan Cronin, Joshua Fox, Trace Gillis, Skyler Hein, Joshua Holmes, Christiana Johnson, Hannah Kim, Joshua K...
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Kean honored by National Merit Scholarship Corporation
      East Amherst resident Kelsey Kean, a senior at Mount St. Mary Academy, was recently named a 2008 National Merit semifinalist for her performance on the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. More than 1.4 million students in nearly 21,000 high schools took the PSAT/NMSQT...
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Holy Angels Academy posts honor roll
      The following Amherst residents have achieved first honors for the first quarter of the 2007-08 school year at Holy Angels Academy in Buffalo: Maria Barone, Margaret Christ, Brittany Dennee, Courtney Dennee, Bridget Eimer, Carrie Gambino, Sarah Griebner, Stephanie Griebner, Gabrielle Kozik, Lydia...
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St. Christopher's joins First Niagara's School Banking Club
      St. Christopher's School in Tonawanda has joined First Niagara Bank's School Banking Club, which is a practical program that was developed in 1991 and today has more than 34,000 youths in more than 200 participating schools across upstate New York.
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Amherst High School names honor students
      Amherst High School has named the following students to the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2006-07 school year: Grade 9 David Apa, Emma Balkin, Thomas Balk, Jessica Banning, Steven Bardo, Russell Braun, Leah Brownstein, Caitlin Burke, Julia Buscaglia, John Canna, Ashley Cercone, Anna C...
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     FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS - Kadimah School of Buffalo students, from left to right, Emily Senick, Ella Kesaieva and Anna Pressman, sing during the school's Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 5. The school's chorus and band also performed, followed by a lunch complete with latkes and applesauce. The students als...
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Mill Middle School names honor students
      The following Mill Middle School students have been named to the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2007-08 school year: Grade 5 Ackerman, Jordan; Ahn, Sihyun; Battistoni, Maxwell; Berezowska, Antonina; Bhala, Amar; Binda, Olivia; Brace, Kimberly; Braniecki, Amanda; Bratton, Brenden; Brodz...
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Beechwood awarded grant for education center
      Beechwood Continuing Care is the recipient of a $25,000 grant through the Senate secured by State Senator Mary Lou Rath, R,C,I - Williamsville, to help Beechwood grow throughout Western New York. The grant helped build an education center to train staff in the principles of resident directed care.
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     VISIT FROM SPACE - NASA Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan and NASA Flight Director Matthew Abbott visit with Mill Middle School students on Dec. 4. The two visited the district to speak about the STS-118 space shuttle mission held in August, in which Morgan was the first teacher in space. They also...
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Transit Middle School names honor students
      The following Transit Middle School students have been named to the honor roll for the 2007-08 school year: Grade 5 Adcock, Joseph; Aichinger, Christian; Anderson, Lauren; Armstrong, Sara; Arno, Alyssa; Arno, Erikka; Art, Ludovic; Bargnesi, Adam; Baum, Elissa; Beatty, Caleb; Beck, Jenna; Berraf...
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ASO, Rotary to offer scholarship
      Friends of the Amherst Symphony Orchestra and the Williamsville Rotary Foundation will award a $1,000 scholarship to a high school senior who meets one of the following requirements: A resident of Amherst, matriculation at an Amherst public or private school, or a child or grandchild of a perfor...
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