Madeline Dorobiala accepts the Mount St. Mary Award during the Kenmore high school’s Baccalaureate Mass and Ceremony. Photo courtesy of Mount St. Mary Academy KENMORE — Mount St. Mary Academy named Madeline Dorobiala ’21 the recipient of the Mount St. Mary Award at the school’s recent Baccalaureate Mass and Presentation of Diplomas Ceremony. This is […]
Brandon Lyles, a 2011 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School in Tonawanda, returns to his alma mater to give the keynote address at the 57th graduation ceremony. He told of how he rose from a challenging childhood to a data & analytics leader at Rich Products. Photo courtesy of Cardinal O’Hara High School TONAWANDA — […]
On Thursday May 27, Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School celebrated its 72nd commencement. The ceremony took place on the lawn at 601 McKinley Parkway, with family, friends and neighbors coming out to congratulate the class of 2021. Even during the pandemic, graduates received opportunities for academic and athletic scholarships totaling over $3 million. They will […]
TONAWANDA — The Erie Niagara Sunrise Exchange Club presented its Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (ACE) Award to Benjamin Kilduff, a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School, at a breakfast meeting May 12 at the Olympic Restaurant in Kenmore. The award if given to a high school student who has faced many challenges in his […]
KENMORE — Mount St. Mary Academy is pleased to announce that Emma Ogilvie has been named valedictorian and Mary Short has been named salutatorian for the Class of 2021. Ogilvie has a current GPA of 100.85 percent and will graduate with 30 college credits. She plans to attend the University at Buffalo to major in […]
Villa Maria College announced that it will hold a face-to-face commencement ceremony in celebration of the Class of 2021 and the Class of 2020. The ceremony, which will be held outside in front the Main Building, will take place on Saturday, May 22, beginning at 10 a.m. “We look forward to honoring the graduates from the past two years,” […]
On what would have been the day of the traditional commencement exercises at Canisius High School, May 21, Canisius instead hosted a drive-through parade on campus to celebrate its graduating seniors. Seniors and their families were invited to decorate their vehicles and drive through the parking lot. Faculty and staff were on campus, spaced at […]
KENMORE – St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute hosted a socially-distant graduation celebration for the 157 members of the Class of 2020 and their families. Caps and gowns were delivered personally on May 12 by members of the St. Joe’s faculty and staff to the senior students at their homes. Each box included the student’s cap and […]
The Cardinal O’Hara High School community is so proud of its graduating seniors that the coronavirus could not stand in the way of honoring them with a proper send off. As enclosed spaces and tight quarters are not viable options during a pandemic, the 2020 graduation ceremony took place out in the open, in the […]
Dear Catholic school graduates, In my greeting, I intentionally refer to you as “Catholic” graduates because I want to emphasize the role of faith throughout your educational experience in our Catholic schools. Regardless of whether you are Catholic or a member of another denomination, faith was a vital part of your education. You don’t need […]
