Charles Smilinich, principal at Colonial Village Elementary School in the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District, has been selected as the 2015 New York State Elementary Principal of the Year by the School Administra-tors Association of New York State (SAANYS) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). This Award is given annually to a member of SAANYS and NAESP who has set the pace, character, and qual-ity of education for the children in his or her school. Nominees are administra-tors who are committed to students, parents, and the community and have shown exceptional contributions to the educational process. A long time educator of a dozen years, Smilinich has served in his cur-rent position at Colonial Village Elementary School since 2011, in which time he has been credited with leading the school out of the significant challenges and troubles that were present upon his arrival at the school, which has a nearly 70 percent family poverty rate. This leader has turned the school around, creating an environment of inclusion, calm, and hope, with the goal that each student will thrive, be successful, and rise to their capabilities. To that end, Smilinich has worked diligently with the staff to implement team-based teaching, and was instrumental in receiving a district-wide counseling grant from the U.S. Department of Education, which enabled the expansion of intervention services for the school. In order to increase morale and pride at Colonial Village, he changed the colors of the school hallways from gray to vibrant colors, encouraged teachers to post student work there, and every morning following his lively daily announcements, the kids chant the school motto “the greatest school in the universe,” which everyone continually strives to live up to. Smilinich received his bach-elor of science degree in sociology, masters in elementary education, and advanced certification in edu-cational leadership from the Uni-versity at Buffalo. Smilinich will be honored for his accomplishments at an awards ceremony on May 8 at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, New York. As New York’s Elementary School Principal of the Year, Smilinich will be cele-brated as a National Distinguished Principal by the National Association of Elementary School Principals at a recognition program sponsored by NAESP and VALIC this fall in Wash-ington, DC.

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Niagara Wheatfield Principal Named Elementary Principal of the Year

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8th grade art students have been busy creating props for the upcoming 2015 Gliding Stars Adaptive Ice Skating Program ice show. The "Family Game Night on Ice" theme has been inspirational to these artists. Under the guidance of art teacher Jill Hess-inger, a few of the artist volunteers are shown at work. Pictured left to right are Kevin Bainbridge, Rachel Quarantillo and Samantha Pietrzykowski. The Gliding Stars organization provides individuals with disabili-ties the opportunity to increase their personal potential through development of ice skating skills. The Gliding Stars annual ice show will took place on Friday, March 20th at 7:00 pm and Saturday, March 21st at 1:00 pm at the Northtown Center in Amherst.

Gliding Stars Annual Ice Show Debuts in March 2015

Students from West Street’s first grade team reached out to our local Meals On Wheels this past Valentine’s Day. As part of a Commu-nity Service project, first graders made special Valentines for the more than 60 deserving cli-ents here in our community. Students wrote a special “Roses are red . . . poem for each cli-ent, packed a treat bag, and rolled them up in magazines. They were then wrapped in wrap-ping paper that the children had decorated, and tied off to look like a big piece of candy. A big thank you to our generous families for donating magazines, chocolates, and candy to help make

this project possible. Miss Lori from Meals On Wheels was grateful and thrilled to receive these special gifts for her clients. She explained to the children that many of the people they deliver meals to rarely get out anymore and love to hear from children. We were all glad to help make Valentine’s Day a little “sweeter” for everyone!!!!

West Street First Graders LOVE Meals On Wheels

The transition to college kicked off officially for NW Juniors with our College Planning Night on February 3rd. The NW high school counselors, along with career mentor Lynn Reed, presented information pertaining to the college application process to 200 Juniors and their parents. Admis-sion representatives from Buffalo State, Daemen, NCCC, NU, and UB discussed what they are looking for as they re-view the high school transcripts of their applicants.

NW Juniors Attend College Planning Night

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The True Meaning of Christmas was a play presented at Colonial Village Elemen-tary School during this past holiday season. This half hour long play had two set-tings: one in a family home and one in the North Pole.

Both settings had an adventure that helped people in need. The Smilinich family helped the Johnson family have a better Christmas through their donations and work. The elves, Frosty, and Rudolph helped Santa make a new sleigh for Christmas. Students had to memorize quite a few lines as well as act. There were also narrators that guided the audience throughout the play. The play was enjoyed by students, faculty and par-ents.

The True Meaning of Christmas

The fifth graders at Niagara Wheatfield's Tuscarora Native American School proudly accepted their D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) diplomas recently from members of the Lewiston Police Depart-ment and Town of Lewiston Supervisor Dennis Brochey. The 20 students went through extensive 18 week training with Officer John Penzotti, Officer Scott Stafford and Chief of Police Christopher Salada where they discussed health and wellness and how to cope with peer pressure. The national program was started in 1999 and is funded by donations. Its focus is on helping children make better decisions about drinking, drugs and smoking. All the students wrote essays about making good choices and Officer Penzotti said he was impressed with what the students had to say. "Sometimes you wonder if you are getting through to the students because we all have our good days and our bad days. When I brought home the essays and read them, I saw that they got it. Fifth graders see so much more than we did at their age and it means a lot to us that they see the dangers and want to avoid them. This is a great school and what I have learned from the students has helped me to be a better D.A.R.E. teacher." Nina Hamby and Andre Clause were selected to represent the class by reading their es-says to the audience to thunderous applause. Principal Elizabeth Corieri says she is very grate-ful to the Lewiston Police Department and to school nurse Marilyn Schlehr for another great year of the pro-gram. "We have a wonderful relationship with the police officers who help our students with strategies to cope with various issues. And we need to thank Ms. Schlehr for her expertise on the health and wellness portion of the program."

Students at Tuscarora School Receive DARE Diplomas

Photo Caption: Fifth grade teacher Cindy Mt. Pleasant, Lewiston Police Department Officer John Penzotti, stu-dent Andre Clause, Officer Scott Stafford, Chief of Police Christopher Salada, Town of Lewiston Supervisor Dennis Brochey, Nina Hamby and Principal Elizabeth Corieri.

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The Buffalo Sabre’s very own Sabretooth recently paid a visit to Niagara Wheatfield’s Errick Road El-ementary School. The students have been learning about what traits make up good character and sportsmanship and doing an outstanding job accord-ing to school counselor Liz Antonelli. “The students just love Sabretooth and were so happy to see him at our annual Character Assembly. Those students who really demonstrated out-standing character traits were able to have a personal meeting with him and get their photo taken with him as well.” The students were also gearing up for their Kindness Challenge. Several students, known as the Council Corner Crew, headed up the challenge which involves schoolmates writing down a good deed they observe. “We take those slips of paper and give them to our teachers and then they get added to a chain that goes around the school,” explained Ben. “We call it a Kindness Chain and we hope it wraps around the whole school”.

Photo Caption: Mrs. Kristen Hill’s students get a personal visit with Sabretooth:

Back row (LtoR): Louis Capolupo, Nick Berent, Lucas Tylec, Cooper Pasceri, Nico Desai, Michael McIntyre, Nathanial Patterson, Alex Abel, John Fike, Nico Leffler, Adam Ross, Lucas Keller.

Front row (LtoR):Dustin Mlacker, Bailey Maxwell, Emily Manns, Liliana Tortorella, Maris Huff, Lindsay Tylec, Jalise Isaacs, Alyssa Strangio, Elise Gatas, Lexi DeGrasse, Justina Osuch, Christian Beaver

Sabretooth Recognizes Good Character at Errick Road Elementary

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Retired Army veteran Pete Patterson says he gladly plays messenger for the students at Niagara

Wheatfield's Tuscarora Native American School, especially on Valentine's Day. "The students do such a great job making valentines for our area veterans and I love the reaction I get when I hand one to them. I usu-ally hear from their spouses that it is the best thing I could have gotten for them and how happy they are to receive them. It is great that the students recognize them for everything they have done for this country."

Pete is not the only veteran that gets in on the annual event at the school, his sister Priscilla Williams, who works at the school, is also an Army veteran and Language teacher Tina Pineda, who served in the Marines also lend a hand. Social worker June Van-Every-Huber says the students had a great time showing off their artistic abilities making the cards and banners. "We have about 30 veterans that live on the reservation that Pete personally delivers them to and then the rest go to the VA Hospital. I think it makes the students feel good to brighten someone's day."

Photo Caption: Back Row: Tina Pineda, Pete Patterson and Priscilla WilliamsStanding holding poster: Kyleigh Williams, Ashton Dixon, Kobe Rick-ard, Mary Fauzey and Kember HillSeated on the floor- Lucas Edwards,Lilli Patterson-(in front of Lilli), Jamie Sears-Winker, Harley Printup, Dayla Crouse, James Bissell, Aiyana Printup, Paige Schiffert and Corrine Sheehan (Lew Port Student)

Tuscarora Native American School Shower Veterans with Valentines

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Buffalo Bandits Score on Character Education Program at Tuscarora Indian School

The Tuscarora Indian School gymnasium was filled with excitement as Buffalo Bandit players Ryan Ben-esch, Dhane Smith and Mark Stechuis entered the room. Many of the Niagara Wheatfield students are huge la-crosse fans, so having some of their favorite players come to show off their skills was a dream come true. School Counselor Katie Thurman says the school invited the team members to the school for a more important purpose. “This is a new program the Bandits have started where they come to schools to talk about important educational

topics. Last year it was reading and this year it is character development and perseverance.” Teacher Joanne Weinholtz introduced the players by saying this, “This game means a lot to our community. It is part of our history and we have a lot of respect for these players because they have taken a game we love and mastered it.” Mark Stechuis acted as master of ceremonies and talked to the students about his own experience of playing lacrosse in high school and how, despite start-ing at an older age than most, he persevered to become a

professional. “You have to put the effort in to be suc-cessful and be rewarded,” he told the students. “Nev-er quit, no matter how hard it is.” He then invited several students up to par-

ticipate in some friendly competitions. The school’s very own Paul Be-atty, a teacher, showed off his goalie skills against the players as well. “This is a great program that fits in nicely with the Bandits’ mission to give back to the community with a positive message for today’s youth,” says Mrs. Thurman. “We are very grateful to the Bandits for coming and spending some time with our students. It meant a lot to us.”

Pictured above: Renee Hill shakes hands with Bandits transition Dhane Smith while River Printup looks on. Paul Beatty in the background.

Pictured above: Bennykids: Bandits forward Ryan Benesch with Ashton Lizzio, Sean Huggins, Savino Geracci and Kayla Franklin

The warmhearted students at Errick Road Elementary turned out in their finest to help raise money for a resident of Pets Alive (formerly Buffalo Humane). Quincy is a senior Chihuahua that has a host of medical problems due to a lifetime of neglect and needed surgery to help her recuperate. She had a cherry eye, is deaf from an untreated ear infection, is mostly blind, has skin issues, a hernia, bladder stones and needs dental work. Knowing how caring the school is, school counselor Jen Henry asked the K-Kids students if they would be willing to hold a fundraiser for the dog. The students brainstormed and came up with an event called Fancy Friday. Everyone was asked to dress up and donate any amount of money they wanted to help with Quincy’s medical costs. Students dubbed the fundraiser as “Fancy for Quincy” once they saw photos of her and learned about her hardship. The sharp dressed students raised almost $400 for the pooch. Quincy and her foster mom came in to personally thank the students for their generosity. The students gifted her with bones, toys and a dog bed. “The kids loved seeing Quincy and had the chance to pet her, hear her story and take pictures with her,” says school counselor Liz Antonelli. “Thanks in part to their efforts, Quincy

is recuperating nicely from her surgery.”

For more information on Pets Alive visit their website at: http://www.petsalivewny.org/

Errick Road Elementary Students Get Fancy for Quincy

Photo Caption: K-Kids Carley Cippolina, Karina Hutchings, Michael Huff holding Quincy, Meghan Graham and Kelsey Tylec

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Students in Amy Myers’ Fam-ily and Consumer Science (FACS) class at Edward Town Middle School are having a great time with the cooking unit. Not only do the students explore food safety, they are learning how to make a variety of foods they can make at home. Mrs. Myers says she hears all the time from her 6th grade stu-dents that this is their favorite class. “Students make a variety of foods from brownies, cakes and cookies all from scratch to French Toast, omelets, tacos, parfaits and other items. We focus on how to make healthier versions of some of the recipes such as substituting chick-en for beef in the tacos or using

whole wheat as opposed to white flour for baking. On the days we cook, the students get to eat the finished product and we talk about if it is a success or failure and investigate what went wrong with the preparation if it is not very tasty. “ The class focuses heavily on how to safely prepare the food to minimize food poisoning and kitchen safety. “We talk about how to prevent cross contamination between foods and being aware of food allergens, also how to clean and sanitize the workspace.” Students have had a safety unit on how to prevent fires in the kitchen and how to use a fire extinguisher. “We also go over the proper way to use and carry a knife to avoid injury,” says Mrs. Myers. While the students are enjoying cooking and their finished product, Mrs. Myers is incorporating 21st century college and career readiness skills. “We are working in groups, so they learn teamwork, they read the recipes out loud to improve those skills, they use math for measuring ingredients and adjusting the recipes, also problem solving and time management.” Mrs. Myers encourages her students’ families to allow them to help out in the kitchen. “They are doing fantastic with their cooking skills, so I think if the family chef wants a little break from preparing the meal to give them a chance to show off what they have learned here in FACS class. Also, they have learned how to properly set the table and wash dish-es, so let them help out with that as well.”

Photo Caption: Left side: (Front to Back) Theresa Victor, Mrs. Amy Myers and Brandon Rice. Right side: (Front to Back) Amanda Zbieszkowski, Tyler Haltom and teacher Mrs. Janice Farnham

Students Learn Fulfilling Skills in Family Consumer Science Program

7th Grade Edward Town Middle School Students Present

“Abstract Cones” Project

Pictured above: Miss Culligan’s 7th graders Jordyn Smith & Logan Sobczyk presented their "Abstract Cones" project. Students learned about Abstract Expressionism then created their art work using line, value and shading to make the cones appear 3 dimensional.

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Common Core for Math Parent Night Held at Colonial Village Elementary School

Errick Road Students Jump for the American Heart Association During the month of February, Errick Road Elemen-tary School in Niagara Wheatfield hosts its annual Jump Rope for Heart Event to raise money for the American Heart Association. In the past two years over $7,000 has been raised by the school.

This event is coordinated by physical education teachers Mrs. Marianna Hayes and Mr. Anthony Vekich who for one week ask all students in grades kindergar-ten to 5th to participate in raising money for the cause. Students meet in the gym where they go through differ-ent fitness and jumping stations and learn the impor-tance of proper nutrition.

Mr. Vekich says, “The American Heart Association provides funding for lifesaving heart and stroke research and community and educational programs for our youth. The Jump Rope for Heart Program also teaches stu-dents how physical fitness benefits the heart and shows students that volunteering can be a fun and positive ex-perience for the whole community.”

Photo Caption: Front Row (LtoR): Avery Pasceri, Rachel Becker, Jenna Capolupo, Michael Rambali, Madison Barden and Evan Belter

Back Row (LtoR): Mrs. Hayes, Lauren Osetkowski, Lily McKie, Sarah Carlson, Mr. Vekich and Sarah McCune

On January 14th, Niagara Wheatfield Central School District held a Common Core Math Parent Night at Colonial Village Elementary School for parents of kindergarten to 5th grade. The session was runned by math teacher Jennifer Golias and contained a panel of staff, administrators and Orleans/Niagara BOCES Race to the Top math specialist Jessi Toep-fer. Jessi is certified in 7-12 Secondary Mathematics and Elementary grades 1-6 (mathematics focused) with a Masters Degree in Educational Computing. Her areas of focus for the past 8 years have been in AIS, Technology Integration, and Secondary Mathematics Instruction. She has been working with our teachers to develop the skills and understandings needed to enrich mathematics instruction while incorporating the Common Core State Standards and new Math Modules.

Over 50 parents attended the informational meeting which also consisted of breakout sessions on various topics to help their children succeed with the new requirements. Also on hand were Superintendent Dr. Lynn Fusco, Principals Elizabeth Corieri, Theron Mong, Nora O’Bryan, Charles Smilinich, and Assistant Principal Maria Zawistowski who made themselves available to provide additional information to the parents.

For parents who missed the session, more information can be found at:http://www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us/Page/5382.

Photo Caption: (LtoR) Errick Road Elementary Assistant Principal Maria Zawistowski, Superin-tendent Dr. Lynn Fusco, Orleans/Niagara BOCES Race to the Top specialist Jessi Toepfer, West Street Elementary Theron Mong, math teacher and speaker Jennifer Golias, Colonial Village Principal Charles Smilinich, Tuscarora Indian School Princi-pal Elizabeth Corieri and Errick Road Elementary Principal Nora O'Bryan.

Students in Miss Culligan’s 6th grade art class learned about perspective. They had to show ob-jects the correct size in space and choose what images they would alter to create the illusion.

Miss Culligan asked the students to write what they liked best about the project. Here are their responses.

Abigail- The part I most liked about my project was being able to choose what I wanted the perspective to be. I chose France because I want to go there when I’m older.Erin-The best thing I liked was the perspective point of view. You envisioned how

close it was and the farther you went back is where the small buildings were. I love how you could make it however you wanted. Mine was the dark night sky theme.

Maya- The best thing I liked about the project was that I learned how to make a piece of artwork that looks like how it would look if I was in Hollywood on the road with all the palm trees.Lisa- I liked this project because you had to try to make everything look like it was really going on and on forever.Torrie- I liked how realistic my project looked and the perspective. It looks like I am actually driving there in the picture.Anthony- I liked how the river and trees were going back in the distance and you could see how the river flows way out and looks like it keeps going.Gabriella- The best thing I liked about this project was the background. You could draw whatever you wanted and make it look realistic along with the sky. For example, in my background I had palm trees and a sun rising.Olivia-The best part of the project was drawing the background and that we were able to draw whatever scene we wanted.

Pictured top row left to right: Abigail Pietrzykowski, Erin Weir, Maya Donavon, Lisa Simonin Seated left to right: Torrie Kurowski, Anthony Cianciosa, Gabriella Fletcher, Olivia McDonald

7th graders Jordan Smith and Logan Sobczyk present their “Abstract Cones” project. Stu-dents in class learned about Abstract Expres-sionism then created their art work using line, value, and shading to make the cones appear 3 dimensional.

Miss Culligan’s 6th Grade Art Class Learned about “Perspective”

Pictured above: (L to R) Jordan Smith, Logan Sobczyk

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Miss Culligan's 7th grade students invented their own version of the color wheel. Here is Brandon Smith using a blow dryer to "melt" crayons hot glued to a piece of tag board. Here are Chase Chapman (left) and Jared Farr using a drill to make holes in an empty masking tape ring for wooden dowel "spokes" for a custom color wheel.

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NW Fire Inspections Completed

The Niagara Wheatfield Central School District has completed fire inspections of its school buildings. Deficiencies found during the inspections were cor-rected and filed with the New York State Education Department in preparation for the issuance of Cer-tificates of Occupation for Niagara Wheatfield build-ings this coming school year. Permits are available in the office of the Director of Facilities for review by contacting 716-215-3220 or email at damberosia@nwcsd.org.

Attention for Adults: Help Wanted!!Are you interested in making extra money?

Are you interested in working while your children are in school?Niagara Wheatfield Central School District has openings

in the following titles:

Food Service Helper Substitute- Hourly Rate of $9.25Cook Substitute- Hourly Rate of $9.25

Teacher Aide Substitute- Hourly Rate of $9.25Monitor/cleaner Substitute- Rate of $9.25

Personal Care Aide Substitute- Rate of $9.25Bus Attendant Substitute- Rate of $9.25

Bus Driver Trainee- Rate of $9.25Bus Driver Substitute- Rate of $12.50

School Nurse (RN) Substitute- Rate of $17.50Cleaner Substitute- Rate of $9.25Laborer Substitute- Rate of $11.00

Typist/Clerical Substitute- Rate of $9.25

For application: Stop in our office at 6700 Schultz Street, Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Phone: 215-3005). All applications are subject to

NYS Department of Education and Civil Service Rules. Equal Opportunity Employer.

PUBLIC NOTICENiagara Wheatfield Parochial School BusingRequests

Deadline is April 1, 2015

Niagara Wheatfield residents who will need bus service for the 2014-2015 school year are required by State Law and District policy to submit Parochial School busing requests to the NW Transportation Office no later than Tuesday, April 1, 2015. Parochial School Transportation re-quest forms may be obtained from Parochial Schools, the NW Central Office, or the NW Transportation office. Call 215-3300 for information.

Requests for Parochial School Transportation must be submitted for every student in the family by April 1 of each new school year and are valid only for that year. This allows the district time to plan parochial bus routes for the fall. If you have moved within the District during the past school year, or the student will attend a different school, a new verifica-tion of District residency and eligibility will be required. More information regarding NY State and District policies regarding bus service for paro-chial students, including distance limitations, and rules governing late busing requests may be found at the following website: www.emsc.nysed.gov/nonpub or the District website: www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us.

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English Class Inspires Gratitude to Teachers Who Changed Lives Students in Angela Porter's and Christa Zwelling's English class entitled "The Writing in Your World" has allowed students to express themselves and gain confidence in their writing skills that they didn't think they would ever have. Steve Meyers, a student, says he always considered writing as one of his weaknesses until he took the class. "Even though I felt each year my writing was improving, I wasn't sure what to expect in this class. We started writing a whole bunch of different pieces using different genres and started our own blogs. It was a great way to speak your mind and express your opinion on an issue or matter. It was a tremendous tool to help improve my writing." He then went on to thank Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Zwelling. "Without their help I would have never been the writer that I am today. I am going to take all the strategies and techniques I learned here and use them to help me in my life." The gratitude was an inspiration for a special breakfast for the students where they were asked to invite a teacher who had an impact on them. Steve and his class-mate John Human invited their kindergarten teachers Shaun Gallagher and Nicole Rizzo. Both students showed their for-mer teachers their digital portfolios and writing samples they created in class. Both students thanked the Colonial Village Elementary School teachers for giving them the foundation to be successful. John says Mrs. Rizzo was surprised how big he has gotten. "It was nice. We talked about how high school was going and how much I overcame to be where I am today." John admits that he was not the best student and wanted to drop out of school in 10th grade. "Someone sug-gested I go to BOCES and take a class and I ended up in Mr. Brett's Auto Mechanic program. I loved it and knew if I want-ed to keep going to BOCES, I had to stay in high school. Since I had to stay in high school I decided to make it better. I was very lucky that a lot of the teachers here were willing to work with me and help me be the student I should be. Now after graduation I will be attending Universal Technical Institute in Pennsylvania to continue studying auto mechanics. My teachers are all very proud of me."

Photo Caption: Shaun Gallagher, Steven Meyers, John Human and Nicole Rizzo.

Colonial Village Elementary School held its INVENTION CONVENTION on February 11th. The Invention Convention is designed to promote student’s problem-solving and creative-thinking skills. Children followed a step-by-step process to invent a new product or develop a new twist on an existing invention.This year’s Inven-tion Convention was a a huge success, we had over 40 inventors! Our school is so proud of the students who took the challenge and tried their hardest. The inventions were very creative. Congratulations to all who partici-pated, we hope to have even more inventors next year. Eleven of our students have been invited to participate in the WNY Regional Competition.

2015 Invention Convention Huge Success at Colonial Village Elementary School

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Cosmetology Students Show Off Glamourous and Fantastical Hairstyles on Runway

Cosmetology students at the Niagara Career and Technical Edu-cation Center put on an amazing show at the center in front of class-mates, family and friends. The classes of Cathy Bonaccorso, Pau-line Carney and Lori Smith have been planning for weeks, with their models, intricate evening styles and fantasy inspired hairstyles to wow their audience and local hair experts to take home top honors.

Congratulations go to:

Evening Category1st Place - Stylist Kayleigh MacK-enzie (Niagara Wheatfield) with her model Ariel Mrzygut (Niagara Wheatfield)2nd Place - Stylist Natalie Colucci (Niagara Wheatfield) with her mod-el Summer Den Haese (Niagara Wheatfield)3rd Place - Stylist Jessica Kroening (Wilson) and Jordan Miller (Wilson)

Braiding Category1st Place - Stylist Delazhanea Hunt (Niagara Falls) with model Jada Beeput (Niagara Falls)

Fantasy Category1st Place - Stylist Ana Bryer (Ni-agara Falls) and model Courtney Martelli (Niagara Falls)2nd Place- Stylist Rachael Guering (Starpoint) and model Alyssa Clan-cy (Starpoint)3rd Place- Stylist Rylee Lufkin (Starpoint) and model Emily Watson (Starpoint)

Photo Caption: 1st Place Evening Winner: (LtoR) Ariel Mrzygu (Niagara Wheatfield), Kayleigh MacKenzie (Niagara Wheatfield) and Teacher, Lori Smith

Photo Caption: 2nd Place Winner Evening: (LtoR) Teacher Pauline Carney, Summer Den Haese (NW) and Natalie Colucci

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Grade 9Jacob Ambrosia, Michelle Terbot, Summer DiStefano, Amara Alviti, Kathryn Fischer, Kathryn Courtney, Erica Weber, Emma Carrier, Callista Zayatz, Elizabeth McCormick, Nichole Friess, Alaina Bailey, Jack Mazzara, Leah Buddenhagen, Gabrielle Buerger, Zoe Giandomenico, Jenna Miller, Brielle Zimmerman, Rachel Re-danz, Hanna Cipollina, Chace Woods, Siana Jacobs, Deidre Antone, Chrystiana Oakes, Carly Milleville, Thomas Efthemis, Mikaela Milleville, Kelsey Klosko, Arshpreet Grewal, Nicholas Weir, Jordan Hiscock, Re-anna Hewitt, Casey Cloutier, Kaysy Fleischman, Jenna Wagoner, Amanda Waliszewski, Alexander Marino, Alexis Chase, Michael Tilkins, Kyle Otminski, Dean Brown, Michalla Rood, Meaghan Gleason, Samantha Pawlow, Giuliano Pupo, Julia Siegmann, Hallie Dworzanski, Katie Miano, Tiffany Cristofanelli, Erin Wegrzyn, Nicholas Peters, Sarah Cummings, Kirsten Bowers, Samantha Torre, Margaret(Molly) Crandall, Claire Feng, Julia Shapiro, Lila Trunzo, Emily Harrell, Veronica Slusser, Jared Domaradzki, Jordan Johnson, Micah Rice, Robert Reynolds Jr., Kalina Parankinova

Grade 10Sara Rinehart, Jamie Hagerty, Gabriela Zinaty, Alexa Sass, Christopher Barone, Audrey Ricotta, Jillian Ar-none, Jordan Short, Gina Brown, Zachary Congi, Paige Kohnke, Madison Gonzalez, Timothy Metzger, Kali Yeates, Sabrina Seefeldt, Russell Apfel, Courtney Day, Madison Klidonas, Amber Carls, Jacqueline Kline, James Raglow-DeFranco, Danielle Thaler, Taylor Shunk, Molly Milleville, Chloe Den Haese, Alyssa Ward, Evan Cody, Purvi Patel, Jared Murray, Christian DiRamio, Perya Bhagchandani, Joshua Maroney, Kristina Krehan, Jenna Ross, Sean Colby, Alexis Ackerson, Kennedy Heaton, Bailey Krupa

Grade 11Ashley Bass, Christopher McCune, Kyri Jackson, Alec Otminski, Emma Knotts, Amber Fleischman, Heather Stahlman, Courtney Dewolf, Cassandra Mangan, Alyson Baumann, Sarah Gifford, Nolan Pofi, Nicole Perry, Matthew Rance, Jordan Gorzka, Taylor Trunzo, Sabrina Joseph, Makayla Roma, Madison Lippa, James Ca-valleri, Lori Lachowski, Rohit Gogna, Emily Redanz, Joshua Pitruzzella, Noah Seiler, Julianna Osetkowski, Mark Kayutkin, Katie Colby, Marissa Kendall, Robert Couturiaux III, Alana Svensson, Olivia Tober, Kalie Sonnenberg, Kaile Donoughe, Brooke DeVantier, Sean Demske, Zachary Diermyer, Marissa Hayes, Jordan Hartman, Victoria Hocking, Katelyn Pytlik, Kasey Haseley, Casey Gruarin, Gabrielle Iacona, Madeline Hardy, Connor Minkiewicz, Emily Downing, Julia Mikolajczak, Allison Hatfield-Wilson, Raquel DiFiglia, Bradley Go-lias, Troy Smith, Meghan Luss, Michael Sillett, Christopher Ackerson, Sarah Gerass, Dustin Kowalik, Lindsey Tompkins, Michelle Riggio

Grade 12Margherita Inglima, Ilya Lashenko, Nicholas Barile, Mark DeSimone, Hannah Sosenko, Zachary Will, Mat-thew Zirnheld, Albert Lewis III, Christine Oliveri, Alexis Watters, James Stenzel, Amanda Young, Nicholas Harvey, Johnathan Janese, Ashley Groll, Jessica Phillips, Dominic DiFiglia, Francesca Bove, Alyssa Sarzyn-iak, Summer Den Haese, Dominic Salvatore, Zachary Prohn, Megan Farnham, Allison Courtney, Michael Bunny, Domenic Zendano, Amanda Seiler, Andrew Teixeira, Angelica Beiter, Teya Hucks, Meghan Cloutier, Sally Rozumalski, Joseph Roscetti, Natalie Hilts, Wiktoria Jedrzejczyk, Kathleen Wagoner, Morgan Kuhn, Lindsey Clark, Nicholas Couch, Anthony Dyer, Fateh Singh, David Fields, Justin Adams, Zachary DeVantier, Elsbeth Dafoe, Mariah Haviland, Brandon Sciandra, LaKera Davis, Allison Staub, Yuliya (Julia) Rusyanovska, Denver Strong, Jonathan Kinzel, Kasandra Guyette

Senior High SchoolHigh Honor Roll (2014-2015 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

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Senior High School Honor Roll (2014-2015 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 9Emily Maroney, Olivia Wall, Justin Clyde, Thomas Agnello, Alexandria Leffler, Logan Blazejewski, Nicole Ross, Dylan Smith, Justin Haltom, Julia Cimino, Emily Bushardt, Patrick Young, Shawn Struzik, Sydney Watters, Riley Muldoon, Corey Altieri, Mariah Pittman, Sarah Carls, Ethan St. Onge, Kelsey Lachowski, Kelsey Kendzia, Nikita Verma, Samuel Messana, Brandon Stone, Alexis Eustice, Wyatt Janese, Gabriella Litwak, Gagandip Singh, Nicholas Clouden, Luke Donner, Kyle Adams, Jacob Sillett, Kyle Stenzel, Matthew Crowley, Kennedy Bleecher, Derrick Johnson Jr, Alexander Mitchell, Ciara Gumbert, Thomas Sommers, Stephen Roulley, Shavon Scive, Dillon Walck, James Filippelli, Alyssa Martin, Robin Kolkmeyer, Peter Buffone, Bronwyn Buckenroth, Cheyanna Gentry, Adriyanna Holland, Gionna Cafarella, Anthony Ruffino, Kiada Parmer, Dakota DePadre, Serena Jung

Grade 10Kendal Gallagher, Peter Mulcahy, Emilio Tripp, Spencer Franks, Priya Kumar, Jacob Rohrback, Ryan McGuire, Eric Chudy, Amanda Casamento, Anthony Churpita, Ryan DeVantier, Rick Montesanti, Marlena Taylor, Ciara Hottot, Al-lison Napier, Kathryn Lewis, Cade Mangan, Sarah Winstanley, Miquel Gonzalez, Adam Belote, Joseph Pasquantino, Danielle Couch, Justin Buccarelli, Dominick Tallarico, Sumer Schebell, Angelee Clause, Dillon Cooper, Samantha Tycz, Marissa Markott, Nicolette Loughrey, Roman Duszenko, Taylor Guas, Madison Dorato, Samantha Tolli, Alexandra Per-reault, Matthew Pawlak, Ashlyn Allen, Noah Klettke, Robert Hoover, Joshua Drake, Cierra MtPleasant, Kyle Halford Jr, Bryce Danovskis, Madison Duchnik, Sabrina McCune, Lauren Sherman, Samantha Gaines, Jeffrey Rider, Matthew Vekich, Julia Irwin, Hope Flanders, Julianna Rucci, Mathew Cicco, Aleigha Carpenter, Charlene Phillips, Lauren Ziegler, Nicholas Koch, Jelina D’Amico, Brooke Klein, Robert Cefalu, Luke Bissell, Nathan Maloney, Kevin Lumadue, Felecia LaMantia, Matthew McCune, Colin Duchnik, Greta Littman, Shajwan Salih, Amber Gansworth, Anna Gansworth, Mo-hamed Mustafa

Grade 11Christian Litwak, Nicholas Brooks, Nathan Gansworth, Matthew Canada, Sarah Lloyd, Janae Elder, Brianna Cavese, Kayla Miano, Thomas Ward, Sabrina Khweiss, Julia Cobernus, Jacob Stewart, Cory Stoelting, Matthew Evarts, Daniel Bissell Jr, Nathan Ehrmann, George Bainbridge, O’Di Isa, Brittany Cristofanelli, Abigail Blankenship, Stephen Zambotti, Adriana Brandy, Sean Crangle, Amanda Vo, Danielle Chatten, Taya Tierney, Michelina M Strangio, Margaret Glaser, Nathan Nielsen, Gianna Marcantonio, Alex Bauer, Thomas Watroba, Cory Ormsby, Madeleine Willard, Austin Wangler, Adam Stojanovski, Rebecca Mayflower, Matthew Vecchio, Alexandra Gerspach, Angela Micale, Kaitlyn Stickney, Sil-vana Bonura, Skylar Kendzia, Alyssa Jeacoma, Ihab Rizek, Sumeet Kaur, Lauren Garabedian, Derek Stoberl, Rocco A Strangio, Brian Leising, Amberly Lelito, Sabrina Jasper, Devin Litten, Jenna Gioannini, Elaina Spendio, Janine Brown, William Schunk, Jewel McAninch, Bianca Coon, Tyler Siegmann, Bailey MacKenzie, Sarah Titterington, Ariana Bruno

Grade 12Erin Kieley, Alexandra Galvano, Mikayla Fulton, Aliyah Ross, Heather Colosimo, Jessica Schurr, Allyson Czaja, Chris-tine Thomas, Kyle Mellerski, Angelo Vilardo, Melissa Zielinski, Tiffany Tycz, Gabrielle Rosati, Deven Stahlman, Tyler Mietlicki, Zachary Glaser, Andrew Zuccari, Angela Coulter, Matthew Mangione, Johnathon Craig, Joseph Marra, Claire Svensson, Katie DeRose, Ryan Chrysler, Margaret Maxwell, Kimberly Sayles, Callahan Moretti, Jeremy Bari, Kimberly Knerr, Dominic Macri, Daniel Cicco, Joshua Ranney, Santana Sawma, Taylor Retzlaff, Abigail Cappuccilli, Jeremy Ditto, Ahmed Salleh, Chandler Jeacoma, Stephanie McKenzie-Walsh, Kirsten Halford, Sarah Batugowski, Meredith Perkins, Kyle Padin, James Loveland, Dakotah Kepp, Michael Jacob, Austin Johnston, Paris Ventry Jr, Milan Williamson, Mi-chael Manth, John Ferrara, Matthew Walker, Andrew Logar, Todd Janese III, Nathan Cornett, Nehad Khweiss, Megan Pofi, Andrea ModicaAmore, Jonathan Poczciwinski, Rachel Retzlaff, Megan Seefeldt, Hayley Colosimo, Philip Sembert II, Mason Cancilla, Eric Applegate, Nathan Brundage, Zoe Martin, Mikayla Townsend, Andrew Doricko, James Heinike, Karolyn Karsten, Scott Jarvis, Christopher Camp, Leanne Lettow

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Grade 9 Madison Deering, Adrianna Flammia, Alana Ward, Alexis Tierney, Adam Grotke, Alexa Richner, Lovelie Whited, James Pierce Jr, Cassidy Patterson, Nicholas Breier, Jared Moore, Christopher Smyth Jr, Noah Val-las, Omar Assaf, Edward Bald, Joshua Walerowicz, Candice Horton, Shianne Huntington, Courtney Hape-man, Zachary Belter, Thomas Delorimiere Jr, Richard Winstanley, William Scullion, Samantha James, Mary Harding, Leena Delucci, Jacob Strusa, Thomas McMahon III, Andrew Milliken, Christina Benham, Benjamin DeVantier, Christopher Tobey, Faith Helmich, Emma Kwiatkowski, Madison Bausenwein, Samuel Hartman, Emily Emmons, Kristina Healey, Kennedy Faison, Jacob Blankenship, Alex Padilla, Madison Schucker, Lau-ren Russell, Bailey Braunscheidel, Adam Muzzi, Connor Henderson, Cayla Waliszewski, Philip Mona, Nata-lie Heaton, Richard Willmott Jr, Tyler Young

Grade 10Zachary Sommers, Derek Renko, Marcus Occhipinti, Justin Hall, Sierra Lassman, David Runge Jr., Kay-lea Napoleon, Jazlyn Kirkland, Cody Newbury, Lucia Hansgate, Marissa Staschak, Zachary Malikowski, Antonio Zito, Matthew Sciandra, Shayne Larson, Marisa Previte, Nicholas Ranney, Jacob Groll, Samuel Caridi, Alexandria Burgio, Matthew Cook, Emma Mercurio, Jacob Schumacker, Marissa Guiliani, Madison Durkee, Samantha Allen, Daniel Stinis, Michael Chapman, Kalee Cirbus, Michael Luero, Julia Delorimiere, Noah Wrazin, Tiffany Landes, Danielle Scholl, Emma Asklar, Jessica Thompson, Emily Ellis, Brian Piccolo, Michael Loliger, Jadyn Henderson, Haley Garlock, Parker Lewis, Jonah Seiler, Justin Manth, Anessa Moore, Gianna Teixeira, Noah Sieck, Ryan Fatouros, Chandler Gilewski, Richard Horton, Brandon Sveda, Kehala Reynolds, Zachary Ernle, Brooke Goodrich, Candice Waller, David Stillinger, Edward (Eddie) Foucha, Ash-ley Bottenfield, Brendan Vilardo, Nicholas Cortez, Robert Weeman, Tyler Truesdale, Trey Malcolm, Cierra Billings

Grade 11Zachary Lowerre, Lauren Wills, Harley Fleckenstein, Donald Zhang, Joseph Dorato, Mitchell Hedlund, Mara Scive, Vincent Falvo, Richard Lamar Jr, Samantha Peterson, Storm Hutcheson, Vanessa Chapin, Matthew LoCurto, Courtney Chiodo, Nicole Dworzanski, Rachel Bolea, Ava Finley, Todd Povinelli, Jacob Rickard, Michael Dobmeier, Steven Herr, Caitlyn Cadwallader, Michael Chilelli, Jordan Andalora, Cayla Zaharkin, Hannah Montie, Joseph Torcasio, Meagan Williams, Shane Helbig, Savannah Helmich, Brittany Price, Alivia Ciocco, Brianna Cappello, Marina Oliveri, Krista Ciadella, Samantha Newell, Nicholas Weber, Brianna Man-gione, Justin Dworzanski, Kaleigh Glica, Bryan Fletcher, Crystal Waller, Tyler Halleen, Danielle Kaminski, Bronte Mantell, Geoffrey Roberts, Tommi-lynne Piernik, Jordan Eisenbart, Austin Sauer, Brian Sercu II, Ka-trina Richter, Briana Gates, Olivia DeLuca, Sydney Celeste, Alexa Graff, Paige Jensen

Grade 12Samuel Vekich, Katherine Weir, Preston Miller, Steven Meyers, Maxim Vyazovoy, Kaila Maghrak, Savan-nah Farr, Payton Leo, Emma Falter, Alexandria LaMantia, Douglas Moore, Jason Hall, Antonio Rizzo, Philip Brayley, Abigail Kernahan, Angelina Hackney, William Jasper III, Kayleigh Bradfield-MacKenzie, Alicen Am-brosia, Brandon Funderburk, Matthew Anderson, John Taylor, Timicah Capton, Zoey Maggiore, Alex Haake, Jacob Tromble, Jessica Benham, Kyle Licht, Kody Ploetz, Brandan Brochey, Logan Hill, Gabriella Albert, Zachary Milliken, Regan Johnson, Kaitlin Venditti, Haden Jurecki, Breonnah Robins, John O'Shea, Jacob Kujawa, Amber Goldsmith, Andrew Canada, Emily Garlock, Zenon Ziuko, Deanna Todino, Joshua Pittman, Nathan Williams, Julia Brown, Ariel Mrzygut, Raymond Delucci, Eric Bottenfield, Seth Ferguson, Natalie Colucci, Julie Wilson

Grade 6Maria Abdellatif, Ryan Adams, Lily Adamshick, Abigail Ammerman, Amelia Andrews, Jenna Augugliaro, Justin Ayala, Kathryn Bergstrom, Emily Brochey, Hannah Cacciatore, Riley Carr, Anthony Cianciosa, Dylan Cloud-en, Lilian Conroy, Emily Cooper, John Coulter, Mia Cruz, Anthony Delisanti, Luke Den Haese, Kristyn Doan, Macy Dolan, Maya Donavon, Connor Dunn, Christopher Edwards, Amanda Fago, Gabriella Fletcher, Serena Gross, Zachary Grosskopf, Nathan Guldin, Alyssa Hall, Evan Helfrich, Alyssa Hopper, Millie Hovland, Aman-da Jackson, Conner Kaluzny, Jillian Kruger, Katherine Kujawa, Torrie Kurowski, Brian Lapp, Anna Liddle, Alicia Marcantonio, Alivia Mariano, Edward Martin, Olivia McDonald, Madison McGloin, Kaylee Miller, Ryan Milleville, Emily Neiswonger, Benjamin Nicholas, Sarah Pawlow, Alexia Philippone, Abigail Pietrzykowski, Christopher Potts, Benjamin Raimondo, Brooke Redanz, Mia Reed, Andrew Robertson, Madelynn Samuels, Madison Sesnie, Lisa Simonin, Abaigeal Slusser, Shannon Snowberger, Daniel Sorge, Andrew Stillinger, Rocco P Strangio, Benjamin Thomas, Tyler Walton, Aidan Ward, Delaney Wegrzyn, Erin Weir, Keira Wierz-bowski, Adrianna Wilson, Marisa Zarcone, Ethan ZwellingGrade 7Kamal Allen, Madelyn Andrews, Joseph Apfel, Ava Asklar, Connor Bauer, Jack Baumann, Alaina Buckenroth, Gabrielle Capton, Danielle Carlson, Christiano Casilio, Navroop Cheema, Caroline Chonka, Hailee Cipol-lina, Daniel Cirino, Natalie Clause, Rosalie Comings, Trevor Conte, Justin Crandall, Anthony Cruz, Kianna DePadre, Paige DiCarlo, Andrea Efthemis, Madelyn Ernle, Hannah Evert, Christina Faller, Jocelyn Fike, Jamison Fry, Francesca Giaquinto, Shannon Glor, Victoria Goupil, Gabriela Greene, Akashpreet Grewal, Jillian Hagerty, Alyssa Hartman, Kyle Harvey, Tyler Hassen, Hailey Hemingway, Merissa Hescox, Jenna Hiscock, Katelyn Hoover, Nicholas Inserra, Mackenzie Jacobs, Cara Janowsky, Walter Kinder, Nikki Kwi-atkowski, Bryson Leitch, Grant Letcher, Corin Loughrey, Hallee Mack, Cory Margarucci, Jessica Maroney, Abby Mason, Jacqueline Mazzara, Ravdeep Minhas, Olivia Montie, Mackenzie Musgrove, Nakia Newell, John Osetkowski, MacKenzie Patterson, Hannah Plunkett, Owen Pofi, Kyle Pytlik, Mikayla Racey, Andrew Rambali, Natalie Reina, Janelle Renko, Benjamin Salomon, Hannah Seiler, Kathryn Shoemaker, Quinn Skot-nicki, Austyn Skrzypek, Brandon Smith, Jordyn Smith, Katelyn Smith, James Smith III, Logan Sobczyk, Gha-via Tariq, Mazin Tariq, Umrozia Tariq, Joseph Timbello, Michael Ung, Jacob Vallas, Lauren Vickers, Nathan Walck, Madison Wall, Joseph Woroniecki Jr., Brianna ZayatzGrade 8Alec Adams, Conner Allen, Surjit Arnone, Domenic Barile, Matthew Baumgartner, Erica Beyer, Gabriela Bonura, Tiara Borzillire, Grace Boyd, Jack Brauer, Danielle Brochey, Donovan Brusino, Kay Budziszewski, Elizabeth Butera, Christopher Cacciatore, Vincent Capolupo, Corina Carr, Mattea Cefalu, Delanye Charn-ley, Esther Chong, Julia Colucci, Bryar Confer, Dillon Corbett, Sydney Crangle, Alyson DePadre, Sydney Dippold, Elizabeth Dunning, Christopher Dyer, Clinton Egeland, Elise Ellis, Madison Evarts, Allison Ewert, Grace Firzak, Nickolas Flaim, Joseph (Joey) Foucha, Mackenzie Franks, Jacob Gaydos, Jordan Gaydos, Julia Gerspach, Marissa Giaquinto, Olivia Gonyea, Carmyn Gonzalez, Alexis Marie Gordon, Jordan Graber, Alexandra Green, Noah Greene, Mackenzie Grosskopf, Nicole Guldin, Jessa Hill, Arielle Huber, Le’Gary Jackson, Emma Johnson, Julia Johnson, Kenneth Jungier, Lindsay Kancar, Kiran Kaur, Cameron King, Ki-erston Klidonas, Matthew Kline, Katelyn Kostiw, Kourtney Kowalik, Michael Lippa, Kamerin Litten, May Liu, Sarah LoCurto, Riley MacKenzie, Ryan Mahoney, Benjamin McKie, Kristen Meacham, Gabrielle Messana, Abigail Metzger, Isaiah Milne, Anastasia Mohilewsky, Nico Mundier, Kandace Nasca, Tara-Ann Perreault, Jenna Peterson, Travis Piatek, Nicole Privitera, Colin Pytlik, Mackenzie Quider, Cameron Racey, Ryan Rai-mondo, Emily Rees, Larissa Reid, Erin Sass, Bryson Shunk, Lovepreet Singh, Brett Sitzman, Jenna Sonnen-berg, Quinn Stevenson, Katelyn Stojanovski, Joshua Thibeault, Jacob Tipton, Katherine Tompkins, Rachel Tompkins, Richard Torcasio III, Trinity Tromble, Elizabeth Tycz, James Vandenberg, Brianna Walker, Abigail Weber, Chloe Wilczak, Karissa Wilson, Christopher(CJ) Wilson Jr., Madison Wrazin

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Edward Town Middle SchoolHigh Honor Roll (2014-2015 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

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Edward Town Middle SchoolHonor Roll (2014-2015 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 6Joseph Ambrosia, Geordyn Amendola, Alla’A Ammar, Hayley Antonacci, Joshua Augugliaro, Connor Baden-dyck, Grace Bakula, Lilyin Biggs, Reagan Bleecher, Daniel Blodgett, Jason Blodgett, Alexis Bolam, Elijah Brooks, Anthony Castagner, Cameron Castanon, Dominic Ciraolo, Alicia Collins, Tyler Colman, Noah Conte, Chasity Cook, Erin Cummings, Kacie D’Aloise, Isabella DeLuca, Gianna DiFiglia, Raymond DiStefano, Mad-eline Dorobiala, Kevin Doyle Jr., Jamie Drury, Makenzie Dullen, Kayleigh Felton, Alissa Ferguson-Sahr, Ste-phen Foley Jr, Kaia Foster, Jaiden Fulton, Adrian Garcia, Olen Gaygen, Alexis Elizabeth Gordon, Michael Greene, Alexis Guerin, Emma Halleen, Colin Harris, Lauren Haseley, Trevor Haynes, Hailey Hill, Lindsay Hocking, Jared Hoover, Taylor Jackson, Ian Johnson, Amelia Kancar, Chase Kendzia, Autumn Kijowski, An-drew Klebaur, Kiersten Lapp, Nathan Lapp, Micah Leffler, Darin Licht, Morgan Mahoney, Ryan Marino, Sa-mantha Meyers, Austin Mojeski, Cadence Nelligan, Malachi Nelson, Brandon Osetkowski, Antonio Padilla, Victoria Panasyuk, Ryan Parker, Rachel Parnella, Angelo Pasquantino, Julia Placek, Brandon Rice, Frank Rotella Jr., Jordan Rowland, Catherine Ryan, Madelyn Schulz, Tyler Seiwell, Rosmeri Shallenberger, Hannah Sherman, Brienna Sitzman, Alexander Slowik, Alexandria Sorge, Kylie Springer, Evan Stickney, Sophia Stick-ney, Jenna Strenkoski, Emma Taylor, Theresa Victor, Ryan Wagoner, Lydia Wasielewski, Jaden Williamson, Ethan Zuba

Grade 7Dylan Andrie, Ali Assaf, Andrew Augugliaro, Jenna Bailey, Lydia Barreto, Heidi Baxter, Dylan Bennett, Jocelyn Bissell, Ezekiel Capton, Ava Casale, Joseph Chrysler, Diega Ciraolo, Alyssa Cline, Zackery Coffelt, Han-nah Colosimo, Trevor Croff, Morgan Duchnik, Virginia Fagard, Marisa Forcucci, Benjamin Foster, Joshua Fruck, Jade Li Fruscione, Hannah Gatas, Ella Gorrell, Bianca Gynan, Shauna Halleen, Jenna Harvey, Nathan Hayek, Ella Juron, Samuel Kayutkin, Elise Kendt, Anthony Kuhn Jr., Nicholas Lang, Spencer Leitch, Adam Liberti, Tony Liu, Zachary Lloyd, Matthew Lysiak, Justin McDougald, Ryan Mellerski, Kiowa Mt Pleasant, Zachary Muni, Austin Osetkowski, Ryan Page, Michaela Polak, Trinity Rafter, Lauryn Reina, Isaiah Rice, Ju-liette Roma, Jordyn Sacks, Saleh Saeed, Kelsee Scero, Stephanie Schul, Danielle Siegmann, Michael Slade, Tyler Sparks, Helena Spendio, Aaron Struzik, Alexander Sztorc, Trevor Sztorc, Jacob Taylor, Jacob Thibeault, Allison Tober, Aiden Tribbets McNamara, Jenna Vaillancourt, Hannah Waliszewski, Joseph White, Hannah Wilson, Jacob Winters, Kylie Yaeger, Kelly Youngman

Grade 8Julianna Albert, Yara Assaf, Kevin Bainbridge, Emily Barone, Noah Bennett, Savannah Bradfield-MacKenzie, Patrick Brady Jr, Robert Bruno, Jacob Buerger, Jordan Buono, Anastasia Burkholder, Leo Butera, Kevin Can-non, Olivia Caridi, Wile Chapman, Mia Chew, Nolan Codd, Corey Connery, Aaron Coulter, Colton Cusick, David Day, Jacob DeWolf, Jaren Dixon, Amanda Dutka, Ryan Dynko, Jason Finnegan, Adam Fruck, Thomas Grote, Ethan Guthrie, Jenna Hall, Jacob Halleen, Joel Hocking, Alyviarose Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Selena Justus, Mohamed Khweiss, Destyne Kohn, Anna Krehan, Madison Kwitchoff, Skotlen Larson, Caleb Lee, En-rico Liberale, Mary Kate Lloyd, Brendan Loughlin, Joseph Lozina, Samantha Maghrak, Angelina Marinaccio, Warren McDougald Jr, Mario Milev, Cameron Miller, Noah Mixon, Tyler Nasca, Lauren Neiswonger, Sarah Patterson, Thomas Peltier, Samantha Pietrzykowski, Nicolas Poette, Abigail Potts, Rachel Quarantillo, Paul Raglow-DeFranco, Samantha Ranney, Emma Roberts, Dominic Rotunno, Maxwell Shoemaker, Peyton Sieg-mann, Amaya Springer, Sara Stahlman, Zachary Stanley, Alexander Stinis, Alonna Swanson, Jarrett Tierney, Stephen Travers, Nicholas Virtuoso, Davon Ware, Eric Weinholtz, Kyle Weir, Kyle Wierzbowski, Matthew Wing, Dylan Woods, Ronald Zhang, Austin Zwelling

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Edward Town Middle SchoolMerit Roll (2014-2015 School Year) MARKING PERIOD 2

Grade 6Kadin Austin, Steven Barry, Thomas Bowen, Dante’ Brocato, Elizabeth Broeker, Julia Camidge, Mar-co Chimento, Ethan Clause, Christopher Congi, Nicholas Cook, Dylan DiCarlo, Ryan Dixon, Jadin Donahue, Jacob Drake, Benjamin Eodice, Zoe Faultersack, Gabriella Ferrentino, Emily Fields, Phil-lip Frain, Justin Gilinger, Mackenzie Green, Laurie Greene, Elijah Greenough, Jarod Gregory, Tyler Haltom, Madison Haseley, Lacey Huff, Amiah Joseph, Brandon Kankolenski, Jocelynn Kennedy, Ryan Kish, Joseph Kiszka Jr., Mark Kuhn, John LaScala, Aaron Leo-Hrotko, Gianna Love, Anthony Lucinski, Emily MacSwan, Anthony Micoli, Jace Mitchell, Nathan Morgan, Colin Morrison, Timothy Natalino, Alexander Newman, Damian Newman, Victoria Perna, Joseph Pierce, Aiden Poe, Sar-ah Rafter, Kevin Renko, Timothy Rolling, Cameron Rutkowski, Emilly Schuster, Hunter Schwenz, Benjamin Shapiro, Samantha Shively, Andrew Sieck, Calli Simmons, Mason VeRost, Wyatt Winch, Selena Woods, Dominic Yamonaco, Brett Zaker, Amanda Zbieszkowski, Caleb Zimmerman, Abigail Zuccari, John Zwick

Grade 7Victoria Achtziger-Hughes, Kyle Ackerson, Mark Albano, Shannon Baney, Tyler Belter, Emily Blank, Jeffrey Braham, Christian Brown, Faith Frances Capton, Chase Chapman, Alexis Cheers, Keira Clark, Britney Conrad, Griffin Cornwell, Quincy Crogan, Trenton Davidson, Molly Domaradzki, Cam-eron Elder, Japria Elder, Anthony Furan, Morgan Gorrow, Brandon Grotke, Wayne Hague II, Jenna Hedlund, Edwin Hummel, Savannah Hutcheson, Cole Janowsky, Rhylee Jung, Connor Kilgour, Dot-timarie Kohn, James Kramp III, Jack Krehan, Benjamin Kujawa, Kelsey Lassman, Kyle Lazarou, Austin Leber, Jacob Lizzio, Sean Mahoney, Victoria Mayes, Collin Meyers, Michael Mitten, Giovanni Morelli, Colton Pankiewicz, Jacob Phillips, Mariah Raley, Brooke Richner, Bilal Rizek, Dionna Row-sey, Clayton Ruhland, Sierra Shumate, Brian Smith, Crystal Stedge, Cayla Swanson, Kaelyn Thom-as, Brian Truong, Madison Vanderhider, Tyler VeRost, Katie Walck, Raymond Ward Jr, Raphael Wence, Elliot Wilczak, Sarah Wittkowsky, Davin Yanulevich, Robert Zito

Grade 8Kendra Cheers, Samantha Ciocco, Allyson Clark, Ethan Cooley, Ethan Cornett, Nicholas Craven, Skylar Culver, Anthony D’Aloise, Paul Donovan, Madison Drake, Austin Durandetto, Collin Elliott, Haley Evrard, Caelee Faultersack, Jordan Fineberg, Phoebe Giandomenico, Leah Gross, Nathan Gworek, Joseph Hahn, Kevin Halford, Owen Hayes, Timothy Jones, Evan Joseph, Brier Kilgour, Reilly Krupa, Jacob Leising, Alexis Leon, Dylan Loliger, Maxwell Lowerre, Peter Lysiak, Sierra Mor-ton, Devin Napoleon, Austin Neal, Edward O’Connor, Adam Ortiz, Destiny Osby, Aaron Poe, Caleb Ribbeck, Victoria Robins, Lenea Roma, Hailey Saunderson, Dominic Scinta, Jada Smith, Nicholas Stott, Korey Strzelczyk, Victoria Weitzel, Christina Wilson, Kevin Wojcinski, Kayla Zelakiewicz, Mi-chael Ziegler, Heather Zuccari

Four students, who attend the Orleans/Niagara BOCES' Career and Technical Education Center, suc-cessfully placed at the SkillsUSA Region 1 Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics held at SUNY Alfred recently. High School and college students competed against each other in their areas of study from Alleghany, Steuben, Monroe, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Cattaraugus and Ontario Counties for the three top spots. The stu-dents will move on to the New York State Championship that will be held at the end of April in Syracuse.SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry work-ing together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel. SkillsUSA's mission is to empower its members to become world-class workers, leaders and respon-sible American citizens.

Congratulations to Ryan Chrysler in the Security and Law Enforcement Program who took first in the Crime Scene Inves-tigation Team competition, Ashley Groll in the Early Childhood Education Program took first in Job Demo Open competition, Na-than Cornett in the Culinary Arts Program who took first place in Restaurant Services and Jacob Kujawa in the Digital Media Program who took second place in the TV/Video Production Team competition. We wish them the best of luck at the New York State competition!

The Orleans/Niagara BOCES' ProStart Culinary team of Ray Delucci, Kashiya Hogue, Tyler Mule and Wyatt Roberts cooked their way into first place at the 2015 Taste of Education at Salvatore's Italian Restaurant. The event, hosted by the New York State Res-taurant Association's Western New York chapter, raises money for scholarships to support local culinary students in the National ProStart Culinary Competition. The theme of the evening was Global Cuisine and the stu-dents, who are taught by Bob Ihle at the Niagara Career and Tech-nical Education Center, dazzled the crowd and judges with their chicken cordon bleu, paella, chicken paprikash, potato pierogi, Pol-ish sausage, Shrimp Fra Diablo, chocolate mousse, tiramisu and nut strudel. They competed against high school teams from the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, Carrier Educational Center and Hewes Educational Center of Chautauqua. Ray Delucci was also tapped to play sous chef to Iron Chef Competitor Cody Casiglia of Empire Suites in a 60 minute competi-tion at the fundraiser that was waged against Bryan Mecozzi of Black Iron Bystro and Jon Wilson of Ralph Wilson Stadium and their stu-dent sous chefs. Cody and Ray walked away victorious with first place. "The Iron Chef win was great," says Ray. "It showed me that I can be great if I work hard. You have to be dedicated to what you love and it feels great that it is starting to pay off."

The ProStart team will be competing at the New York State Invitational at the Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, NY March 13th and 14th for a chance to win scholarships and move on to the Nationals.

Orleans/Niagara BOCES Culinary Students Take Gold at Taste of Education

Photo Captions: Ray Delucci (Niagara Wheatfield) and Chef Cody Casiglia

Niagara Wheatfield Students Win at Career and Tech Ed Regional Competition

Photo Caption: (LtoR) Jacob Kujawa, Nathan Cornett, Ryan Chrysler and Ashley Groll,