TONAWANDA — Members of the Student Government at Cardinal O’Hara High School relax in the school courtyard during a break in the daylong orientation event for incoming freshmen on Aug. 24. Members of the incoming Class of 2026 took part in tours of the school, met faculty and began their adjustment to life on the […]
TONAWANDA — The board of trustees at Cardinal O’Hara High School is pleased to announce that Joleen Dimitroff has been named principal at the school and David Lovering ’74 has been named interim assistant principal. Dimitroff comes to COHS after a 33-year career in public education, most recently principal at Glendale Elementary School in the […]
TONAWANDA — Cardinal O’Hara High School celebrated its 58th commencement exercises on May 26 in the school’s Performing Arts Center. In her graduation address to the seniors, Sharon Patch ’03 said she was thankful for Cardinal O’Hara that set her on the path for success. Patch, director of government affairs for Delaware North, is also […]
TONAWANDA — The Ken-Ton Friends of Youth Foundation presented the Charlie Wolff Memorial Award along with a check for $1,000 to Emily Lyman, a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School. The annual a Shining Star awards dinner took place April 28 at Classics V Banquet Center in Amherst. Lyman was selected because she overcame obstacles […]
TONAWANDA — Eight Cardinal O’Hara High School students took part in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit at the University at Buffalo on March 29. The students – Sandra Bradberry, Hailey Crawford, Dylan Flynt, Josh Ogiba, Dejhana Ridgeway, Jade Rutledge, Nico Scirri, Simmarion Threet and Chris Wright – spent the daylong event at various workshops. […]
Former religion teacher Sister Christine Winterhalter, OSF, died March 31, 2022. She was 79. Sister Christine was born Joanne Winterhalter in Wellsville, on March 7, 1943, to Frederick and Wilma (Meismer) Winterhalter. Throughout her early years, Joanne was a member of St. Mary Parish in Belmont. Following attendance at Belmont Central grade school and high […]
TONAWANDA — Jacqueline Appenheimer, a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School, was looking for something to help fill her time during the pandemic. Her father, Thomas Appenheimer, suggested she check out the United Way website that had suggestions of projects that could be done at home that would benefit community groups. Jacqueline chose the T-Shirts […]
TONAWANDA — Bishop Michael W. Fisher visited Cardinal O’Hara High School in the Town of Tonawanda on March 18 to celebrate a liturgy for the entire school in the school’s Performing Art Center. After the Mass, the bishop, Timothy Uhl, Ph.D., secretary of education, and Father Sean Paul Fleming, director of the Office of Worship, […]
TONAWANDA — Cardinal O’Hara High School hosted its annual National Honor Society induction ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20 at the school. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the event was limited to the student body and parents of the 15 honorees. The induction ceremony was also shown virtually for grandparents and other family members […]
Among the students and parents who attended the Cardinal O’Hara High School class ring ceremony are (from left,) Michael and Brandy Lakeman and their daughter Marissa, a senior, and Rachel and Leonard Smith with their son Nolan, a junior. (Photo courtesy of Cardinal O’Hara High School) TONAWANDA — Members of the junior and senior classes […]