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 […]
KENMORE — Mount St. Mary Academy celebrated their commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21. During the ceremony, MSM awarded its most prestigious honor to a deserving senior, Faith MacKinnon. The Mount Saint Mary Academy Award is the highest award given each year to a graduating senior, who, in the opinion of the administration, faculty and […]
Trocaire College is pleased to announce that the distinguished speaker for its May 2022 commencement will be Natalie Barnhard, PTA, LMT ’04. Having suffered a devastating spinal cord injury in 2004 where Barnhard had to leave Western New York to receive the specialized care she needed, propelled her to start Motion Project Foundation Inc. in […]
KENMORE — Mount St. Mary Academy is pleased to announce that Davoren Walsh has been named valedictorian and Sophia Young has been named salutatorian for the Class of 2022. Davoren has a current grade point average of 100.3 percent. She has applied and been accepted to a variety of highly competitive colleges and universities, including […]
St. Francis High School’s Valedictorian Joseph T. Syta and Salutatorian Andrew G. Sovinski from the just graduated Class of 2021. ATHOL SPRINGS — St. Francis High School celebrated its 91st commencement exercises at OLV Basilica in Lackawanna on Friday, May 21. The 110 members of the class of 2021 earned a collective $28.2 million in […]
HAMBURG — Hilbert College will hold its 60th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 1 p.m. via a virtual ceremony at www.hilbert.edu/commencement. Hilbert President Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D. and chair of the board of trustees, Laurie Boreanaz Carra ’81, will present the President’s Medal to two members of the Hilbert community, Sharon Sisti and Dr. Christopher R. Siuta. The […]
TONAWANDA — Jillian Phillips has been named valedictorian of the class of 2021 at Cardinal O’Hara High School. Haley Siegel has been named salutatorian. Phillips is a member of the National Honor Society and has achieved high honors for all four years at Cardinal O’Hara. She is secretary of the Student Council, a member of […]
St. John the Baptist School in Kenmore celebrated its 88th graduating class on June 16. Festivities began with the awarding of diplomas during a reverse parade at the entrance of the parish church followed by an evening celebration at the Transit Drive-In. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in the March closure of […]
KENMORE — Mount St. Mary Academy held a farewell driving tour through campus for the Class of 2020 on May The senior class was honored as they and their families took a final turn around the high school grounds in their graduation gowns. Graduates were able to leave their cars for a formal portrait in […]
St. Mary’s High School held its 2020 graduation in a big way. By big, we’re talking 60-foot-wide movie screens. The Lancaster high school was able to gather for graduation by prerecording the commencement speeches as well as tributes to the senior students, then playing the movie at the drive-in. The 112 graduates and their families […]