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Sunday Lifestyles

WACS high school lists honor, merit rolls

Westfield Academy & Central School has announced its high school honor and merit rolls for the fourth marking period. MERIT ROLL: Students earning an average of 85.00-89.499% are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Merit Roll. Ninth Grade: Ella Atkins, ...

Flocks, Herds, Swarms, and More

A flock of geese, a school of fish, a swarm of bugs… all three of these things have something in common. They are all groupings of animals and the names we use for them. Some of the more common grouping names are flocks, herds, and packs. Those are terms we often use for the animals that ...

City school names top students for May

Dunkirk Intermediate School recently announced its Students of the Month for May. They include: Noah Ehrheart, Andrea Mendez-Serrano, Valeria Ortiz Santiago, Aylan Santiago Rodriguez, Neithan Montalvo-Hernandez, Kohl Carr, Keiliany Rivera, Greyeliz Morales Torres, Evan Bialaszewski, Ketxialys ...

Speaking as a leader at Rotary Club

At the Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club Annual Meeting, Taylyn Stanton, club sponsored Jr. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participant, shared her experiences at the Youth Leadership weekend training in Canterbury Hills, Ontario, Canada. The weekend focused on developing leadership skills, ...

Dunkirk native marking 100th birthday this weekend

Dunkirk native Sara Sievert is celebrating her 100th birthday and a life of accomplishment and reward this month with family and friends at her home in Round Rock, Texas. The daughter of James and Elizabeth Mancuso, she graduated from Dunkirk High School in 1943 and married Guy Sievert, also ...

Learning can happen outside classroom

When Centaur Stride first opened over 30 years ago, my cousin told me about a book she read that stated, “For the best well rounded brain development, one must do four things: Study Suzuki violin, read, learn a foreign language, and ride horses.” After taking neuroscience classes in my ...