Here are five videos from the Amherst Central Alumni Chroale’s 2015 concert at Amherst Central High School. The chorale has really grown since it started. It is in its fourth season. Stay tuned for details on upcoming performances. If you are interested in joining, click here—>
As part of the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation’s grant program, we help fund various programs throughout the school district. The foundation will periodically receive material highlighting what one of our grants has accomplished. One of the initiatives funded was the Everyday Counts grant at Amherst Middle School.
Here is an overview by Shari Bauda School Counselor at Amherst Middle School of what the grant achieved.
I wanted to share with you and the Amherst Alumni Association an update on what we have been accomplishing here at AMS with the generous grant money you provided us. We kicked off our “Every Day Counts” initiative this past month with outreach to families and shared research based information showing the correlation between consistent school attendance and academic success. Students participated in a program during their lunch a few weeks ago and everyone in attendance received a pencil to use with the reminder that “At AMS, Every Day Counts!” 12 students, 4 from each grade level, were chosen randomly by our newly formed student “Attendance Squad” to receive incentives for their perfect attendance thus far in the school year. They were excited to choose from gift certificates for local restaurants,school bookstore coupons for free merchandise, ice cream passes and more.We will do this after each 5 week period.We now post all names of students every 5 weeks who have perfect attendance on our NBA(Never Been Absent) All Stars Wall.
Thank you so much for your support of this initiative. The grant has made this all possible! I have attached some pictures for you to see.
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Through the generous support of Amherst Alumni, you helped make this happen.
Please consider donating to the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation.
High school business teacher Christina Evans is looking for alumni volunteers to assist her with mock interviews in her Career and Financial Management classes. The dates she needs help are: November 1: 8:30, 11:30, 1:50; November 2: 8:30, 1:50; November 3: 8:30.
Christina is also looking for any alumni willing to speak to her classes about their career path and offer advice.
Recently Dr. John Schriver ’55 and Anne Harding Joyce ’70 met with Christina’s students and it proved very successful. She’s hoping other alumni will volunteer to share their careers and advice with her students. If interested, please contact Christina directly at cevans@amherstschools.org.
Do you want to check out the weather directly from the Amherst Central School District? The Amherst Middle School just launched its very own weather station yesterday!
From an email about the launch:
I am excited to share with you this afternoon that we have launched our very own weather station at the Middle School. Thanks to a collaborative effort between Drew Schmidle of the Middle School Library, and 7th grade science teachers Stacey Susi and Nancy Claxton for working to make this happen. Also special thanks are in order to Middle School Principal John Griesmer, Middle School Head Custodian Rick Kraft, and Middle School Science Department Chair Susan Cramer for their support and assistance.
Please use the following link to view the live feed from our station. Also, if you are so inclined, please download the “wunderground” app to any of your mobile devices so you can get our weather on the go! Thank you for your time, and may we have sunny days ahead!
Here is a link to the weather station for you to check out–>
https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=pws:KNYBUFFA82
Thank you to everyone who attended the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni and Educator Emeritus awards reception on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
The evening was wonderful. It was great to honor alumni and retired faculty who symbolize the great history of the Amherst Central School District.
Here is a recap honorees:
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
Dr. John Schriver ’55 – Nationally recognized in the area of emergency medicine. Dr. Schriver helped establish two academic departments of emergency medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Oregon Health Sciences University. Most recently Dr. Schriver was professor of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Hospital, Washington DC.
Gary Ginsberg ’80 – Lawyer, American political operative and corporate advisor who worked as Assistant Counsel to President Clinton. After a time as senior editor and counsel at George magazine, Mr. Ginsberg was Executive VP of Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs at News Corporation. He is currently Executive VP of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner, Inc. in NYC.
Anne Harding Joyce ’70 – Past President of the ACAF, Inc. and instrumental in building the new Amherst Central High School field track. Anne has served on numerous boards including Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Olmstead Park Conservancy, Goodwill Industries, Rainbow Lake Association in Franklin County NY, and the Garret Club.
Tom Hambridge ’79 – Grammy winning singer, songwriter, producer and drummer. Tom’s production work includes duets or solo projects with Eric Clapton, Keith Urban, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Kid Rock, BB King, and many others. Tom performed three times for the President at the White House.
EDUCATOR EMERITUS AWARDS
Nancy Riccio – Former Director of Health, Physical Education, and Athletics for Amherst Central School District. During her career at Amherst, Nancy remained active in professional organizations including Treasurer of the ECIC League, President of the ECIC Athletic Directors, Treasurer of the WNY Varsity Ice Hockey Federation and the ECIC girl’s representative to Section VI.
Kenneth Butka – Math Department Chair at Amherst Central High from 1992 – 2014, Ken also served as a class advisor and coach athletics for many years. He received numerous awards including the WNY Educational Service Council Excellence in Teaching Award and was honored in 2014 for 42 years of service by the Amherst Central School District.
Fred Machemer – a 1958 ACHS alumnus, Fred taught chemistry at Amherst Central High School for 30 years. He was an advisor, coached JV and Varsity basketball and also started their Junior Achievement Program.
Cleta Schermerhorn (posthumously) – a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Ithaca College, Cleta taught music at the Lancaster School District and founded their band program. When Cleta’s son entered college she took a music position at Amherst Middle School until she retired in 1972.
Here are some photos from the event: (click on images for full view)
 | brad57vett on Paul R. Creighton, DDS ’… |
 | kare Morris on Susan T. Jarosz, Faculty ACHS… |
 | Distinguished Alumni… on ALUMNI & EDUCATOR HONOREES… |
 | Beth Elise DeMartino on Francine (Campanella) Golonka… |
 | Caroline Goodman on The Passing of Amherst Middle… |
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