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Intermediate School lists top October students

Dunkirk Intermediate School named its Students of the Month for October. They included: Divina Rivera, Fiona Desmond, Eli Nagel, Nehemiah Morales, Yaxier Vargas Cruz, Natalie Reyes, Yaztmarie Hernandez Tossas, Gemma Gugino, Zeke Bache, Avery Stebbins, Naomi Watts, Katia Sasse, Owen Kramer, ...

Westfield Middle School lists honor, merit rolls

WESTFIELD — Honor and merit roll students have been announced for the first marking period at Westfield Academy & Central Middle School. MERIT ROLL: Students earning an average of 85.00-89.499% are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Merit Roll. Sixth Grade: Kaleb Clute, Kaelynn Cunningham, Waylon Eggleston, Emma Gross, Sophia Hallett, Regan Helman, Hunter Long, Tyler Nichols, Amiyah Palos, Bently Schumaker, Mason Smith. Seventh Grade: Piper Atkins, Charlotte Babcock, Nina Kapple, Eleanor Maras, Charli Palmer, Cade Smith. Eighth Grade: Taylor Burgess, ...

School 7 students honored

School 7 has announced their Students of the Month for October. Front Row: Jamal Robinson, Mar’Laya Casey. Second Row: Nikaela Negron Gonzalez, Jordyn Clyde, Melina Hitchens, Leilani Buchanan Ruiz, Aldair Lopez Bautista, Frank Rivera, Kace Babar, School 7 Overall Student of the Month. ...

Plenty of tales to know about turkeys

Gathering around the holiday table might include turkey as part of your shared meal with family and friends. Whether it’s grocery-bought or hunted from the land, Wild Turkeys are much more than a delicious centerpiece at the dinner table. Wild Turkeys are known for their large stocky ...

Four-legged partners assist in therapy, growth

Finding partners in therapy, growth Nationally, funding for services that support people with disabilities is shifting in unpredictable ways. Centaur Stride was built from passion and perseverance, with only one government grant to improve wheelchair accessibility 10 years after we opened. ...

Anxiety adds to addiction for teens

The final issue on anxiety deals with adolescents who have come to be dependent on alcohol and other drugs. Dealing with this population requires many techniques, patience and remembering that you, the counselor, are trying to take something away from them that has worked for some of them for years. These kids have already been given a mental health diagnosis and a chemical dependency diagnosis of abuse or dependence. As a counselor for many years with this population, the diagnosis of “oppositional defiance” fits 60 to 80% of the kids from 10 to 19. If I said “good morning,” ...