The Resilience pledge – “I will always place my mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit” – rang through the auditorium at Cardinal O’Hara High School, as Duncan Kirkwood, a global resilience advocate, made a return trip to the Tonawanda school on Feb. 1. Kirkwood is a veteran, father of three, […]
Trocaire College, a private, Catholic college providing a pathway for students to build careers of achievement and lives of purpose, announced that Timothy J. Sember will take on a new role as the vice president of mission and advancement. He joined Trocaire in 2022 as the chief mission officer. In this new role, Sember will […]
Cardinal O’Hara High School’s slogan, seen throughout the grounds, is “You Belong Here.” But there’s a second theme they’re also living by over the next few months: “Pardon Our Dust.” Several renovation projects are in progress on the Town of Tonawanda campus. Bishop Michael W. Fisher was welcomed to O’Hara Oct. 25 to get a […]
TONAWANDA — When Austin Abel was eight years old, his birthday gift wish included a drag racing car, not a toy, but a full-blown car since he had already chosen his future career as a drag racing driver. Austin, a freshman at Cardinal O’Hara High School, said his dad took him to Lancaster Speedway to […]
TONAWANDA — A long sought-after dream became a reality at Cardinal O’Hara High School on Sept. 21 when the 1962 Baldwin 9-foot concert grand piano returned from two months of restoration work and was dedicated and blessed. The spotlight was not only on the piano but also on the donors who made the extensive overhaul […]
TONAWANDA — Students and faculty at Cardinal O’Hara High School thought they heard a duck quacking in the hallways on Tuesday morning. It seems their hearing was fine when Isabel Krajewski, a senior at O’Hara and her friend Kiera Douglas, also a senior, brought in Gus, an 8-month old Cayuga duck that is a certified […]
TONAWANDA — The board of trustees of Cardinal O’Hara High School, a co-educational private Catholic-Franciscan high school, recently announced the appointment of Michael Baumann in the role of chief operating officer for the school. “Creating and filling the COO position was a critical first step in realizing our vision for the future of our school,” […]
TONAWANDA — The Cardinal O’Hara Alumni Association elected its 2023-’24 board of directors at a meeting June 13 at the school. The officers include Steve Meinzer ‘76, president; Julia Muscarella ’13, vice president; Debora Wild ’81, secretary; Alyssa Kolacz ’18, director of membership; Aly O’Neill-Kennedy ’13, director of social media & technology; Paula Caso Carberry […]
TONAWANDA — Cardinal O’Hara High School’s Home School meeting, usually a calm time set aside to plan activities and events for the coming year, erupted into cheers as O’Hara’s principal Joleen Dimitroff surprised Michelle Brown Kolacz with the presentation of the 2023 Banyan Service Award on June 5. The annual award is given to a […]
TONAWANDA — More than 125 students and faculty from Cardinal O’Hara High School stepped off the three busses at Cradle Beach camp in Angola on Wednesday, May 17 to take part in the school’s Day of Caring. They were joined by students and staff from Niagara University in a joint project, the first ever for […]
