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It's graduation season in the Rochester area: See all the smiles and selfies
High school graduation season is here in the Finger Lakes, and with a toss of their caps, the class of 2024 is now officially done with high school. It's a season of hugs and handshakes, smiles and tears, as thousands of area seniors take their first steps as adults. Next...
Governor Hochul Changes Teacher Evaluation System with New Bill
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that aims to reform the Annual Professional Performance Review system. As per NYSUIT, the current system evaluates educators based on student performance measures on grades 3-8 English language arts, math assessments, and an overall general rubric. According to Adam Urbanski,...
Sixty years later, graduates return to a different, but similar, East High School
They walked the halls they once walked, had breakfast snacks in the commons room where they once danced the slide and the twist. They gathered in the huge auditorium to hear words from the school principal, as they often did. Now, 78 years old or thereabouts, the members of the...
WATCH FULL INTERVIEW: RCSD interim superintendent shares his history and his vision for the job and district
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Demario Strickland, the new interim superintendent of Rochester City Schools, Tuesday spoke to News10NBC at length for the first time since taking the job. Strickland took over on Monday after Dr. Carmine Peluso left to become superintendent of the Churchville-Chili School District. Strickland says he accepted the position because he “truly cares about kids” and what’s happening in the community.
Trinity Christian Preschool holds graduation ceremony
A graduation ceremony was held for Trinity Christian Preschool’s Class of 2024 on Tuesday, June 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Under the direction of their teachers, Jodi Blank and Laurie Butts, the students sang songs, received their diplomas, and ended the evening with a farewell reception. Pictured are (l-r): front row – Penelope DiVito, Joshua Burgstrom, Lana Marianetti; middle row – Warren Spahn, Lucea Bruton, Elia Stolfa, Tyler Fowler, Ryleigh Johnson; back row – Kaylie DeFranco, Emmitt Conine, Lucy Southard, Joey Gentile, Zeniya Harris, and Griffin Walls.
Edison Tech rising senior excited to host youth football camp
ROCHESTER, NY (WHEC) – School may be out for the summer, but Edison Tech rising senior Marquan Grimes isn’t taking a break from the grind. He is preparing to host a free youth football camp at the Edison Football field Saturday July 13th between 9:30am-11:30am. To register, click...
Warren County Students Graduate, Earn President’s & Dean’s List Honors
ROCHESTER, NY – Rochester Institute of Technology conferred nearly 4,500 degrees, including to two Warren County residents, at all of its campuses in the 2023-2024 academic year. RIT’s academic convocation celebration was held in May and featured remarks by Patricia “Pattie” Moore, a distinguished designer and trailblazing alumna of...
UR addresses new era of campus security
This year, the University of Rochester’s commencement weekend looked a little different. Alongside the regular festivities celebrating the graduating class, there was a noticeable security presence sporting distinctive bright red polos—employees of Patriot Protection and Investigations, a Rochester-based private security firm. The scene reflected a shift occurring across...
Meet this year’s 5th grade Citizenship Award winners
I love highlighting our young people, because kids are actually doing good things in our community, and we don’t often hear about it when they do. Today I’m happy to pass along news of this year’s WCSD Citizenship Award winners. The award is given out annually by the Webster Retired Educators Association, honoring one fifth grade student at each of our seven elementary schools who exemplify the qualities of service, scholarship, leadership, and sportsmanship. They participate actively in school and community activities, use their best ability consistently in all subject areas, demonstrate leadership abilities in a variety of school activities, and treat classmates with fairness, respect, generosity, and courtesy.
SUNY Brockport professional selected for national Emerging Leaders Program
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has chosen 35 outstanding higher education professionals to participate in the latest cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a leadership program designed to prepare academic and administrative professionals who are exploring opportunities to advance to higher-level administrative positions. Since it launched in 2015, ELP has provided participants with the skills, connections, and support needed to transition into higher-level roles in the academe and successfully handle increased responsibility and oversight.
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