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Buffalo school to be named after the late Ron Peoples
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A packed Buffalo School board meeting included many people waiting for the approval of a name change. After hearing from the community, the family of the late Ron Peoples, and others, the board voted unanimously to rename PS 82 Early Childhood Center The Ronald Peoples School of Scholars.
Niagara University Levesque Institute for Civic Engagement hosts community cookout and conversations
Niagara University’s Levesque Institute for Civic Engagement is hosting a community cookout and conversations for parents and their students attending Niagara Falls High School, Gaskill and LaSalle preparatory schools in the Niagara Falls City School District. The event takes place from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Doris W. Jones Resource Center, 3001 Ninth St., Niagara Falls. Lunch will be provided.
Creating healthy schools and communities
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A grant was awarded to the packaging center TMP Technologies/TRS Packaging in Lackawanna. A grant team worked with Villa Maria College and the International Institute of Buffalo to put up translated slides in break rooms to showcase culturally relevant foods and healthy eating. Many of the...
Fifth-graders try out college basketball for a day with 'Basketball 101' session at UB
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A program called "Basketball 101" brought a group of fifth graders to center court at the University at Buffalo on Wednesday morning, to run drills and get exclusive coaching from the basketball staff and players at SUNY Buffalo. It's a partnership between the university's athletic program...
Cardinal O'Hara celebrates 60th graduation
Cardinal O’Hara High School celebrated its 60th commencement exercises May 31 in the school’s performing arts center. Jerome Andrzejczak (Class of 2003), a U.S. Secret Service special agent currently assigned to the first lady’s detail, was the guest speaker graduation. Andrzejczak has dedicated his life and career...
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