All are welcome, including all Alumni, retired and current faculty and staff, past and present members of the BOE, anyone who lives in the district, friends of the district, and anyone who loves to have fun singing
First rehearsal is Monday, September 29th, from 7pm to 830pm
We are meeting in Room 188 in the high school (music wing park in the Berryman lot and enter through the music wing door)
For more information or any questions, please contact the Alumni Office 716-362-8259
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce that seven alumni, including two posthumously, have been selected to receive its prestigious 2025 Distinguished AlumniAward and will be honored at a reception on October 23rd at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Island Banquet room. Among the recipients are Rev. Stephen Biegner ’89 for his outstanding contributions to the WNY community as Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church and as the founder of the Daily Bread food truck; Archibald Dean ’55 for his contributions as an international businessman and author of a best-selling guidebook; Jeremy Jacobs and Margaret Davis Jacobs ’58 for Jeremy’s contributions as a global leader in hospitality as Chairman of Delaware North Companies, and Jeremy and Margaret for their decades of philanthropy; Julie Pace ’00 for her contributions as an American journalist and her positive impact as Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of the Associated Press; Dr. David Dean ’48 (posthumously) for his outstanding contributions to cardiology as Chief Cardiologist at the Buffalo Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and, also for the medical innovations he pioneered and research papers he published; Douglas Volgenau ’55 (posthumously) for his distinguished career in the military as Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and for his continued support of the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc.
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce the recipients of the alumni’s 2025Educator Emeritus Award. This award is bestowed upon an educator who is held in the highest regard for his or her contributions while at service at Amherst. It is designed to embrace all staff, grades pre-K-12, whether at the High School, Middle School, Harlem Road Elementary School, Eggert Road Elementary School, Smallwood Drive Elementary School or Windermere Blvd. Elementary School. This year’s recipients are Dr. Dale Bosworth, Middle School art teacher; Joanna Ransom, third grade teacher at Smallwood Drive Elementary School; Steven Thomas, High School music teacher; David Maul (posthumously), principal of Windermere Drive Elementary school; and Carolyn Russell(posthumously), high school Aide and member of the Amherst Central Alumni Choral.
A reception will be held on Thursday, October 23rd at 5:30-7:30pm at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Isle Banquet room at 3480 Millersport Hwy., Getzville, NY 14068. For more information or to make a reservation, please visit our website at www.amherstalumni.org or contact the alumni office at 716-362-8259. Tickets are $40.
Age 90, of Williamsville, New York. A native of Washburn, WI, Reed spent his youth in Wisconsin before attending Yale University, graduating in 1957. At Yale, he studied English and was a member of the Yale Glee Club, the Baker’s Dozen, and the Spade and Grave senior society. Reed went on to earn a Doctorate in American Studies at Emory University in 1976. After college, Reed embarked on experiences that would shape his future as an educator dedicated to a life of service. He taught at the prestigious ?Iolani School in Honolulu in the early 1960s, forming bonds with students that carried through his lifetime. He travelled to Sierra Leone in 1969, leading a group of students building a hospital in the Operation Crossroads Africa program. While in Atlanta, Reed met and married Glynda Stephens in 1970, and they moved to Buffalo where Reed embarked on a distinguished 36-year teaching career. He spent the majority of his career at Amherst Public Schools in Amherst, NY, and was honored as New York State Regional Teacher of the Year in 1987. He continued his teaching at the Nichols School in Buffalo before retirement. Reed was President of the International Association of Torch Clubs in the 1990s and served as an active member of the Buffalo Torch Club for 41 years, including as President and Treasurer. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church for 55 years, serving as Elder, Clerk of Session, choir member, and numerous other lay leadership roles. He was a founding member of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo in 1983, where he taught its first distance learning course. He served as a board member of the Academy for Human Rights, which in 2018 established the Reed Taylor Award for Excellence in Human Rights Education in his honor. Reed was a decades-long member of Amherst South Rotary Club, and his volunteer service included tutoring refugee children as part of Westminster’s ENERGY Program, and counseling ex-prisoners in the Re-Entry Friends program. Reed was predeceased by his beloved wife, Glynda Stephens Taylor. He is survived by two daughters, Amy Nathan of Cincinnati, OH and Suzanne (John) Bourdeaux of Hartford, CT, and grandchildren Christopher and Alexandra Nathan, and Jack and Rose Bourdeaux. A visitation will be held on Friday, August 1, 2025 from 3-7 pm at The Dietrich Funeral Home Inc., 2480 Kensington Ave., Amherst, NY 14226. A memorial service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Avenue on Saturday, August 2 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, contributions would be gratefully accepted in Reed’s memory by the Academy for Human Rights in Hamburg, NY or by Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Of Tonawanda, New York entered into rest on June 4, 2025, age 71. Loving companion of RuthAnn Babcock. Dear father of Jennifer Schuetze and Daniel Schuetze. Son of the late Gloria F.M. Schuetze and Henry D. Schuetze. Brother of the late Catherine Berkemeier. Family and friends may call on Thursday June 12, 2025 from 4-8pm at DENGLER, ROBERTS, PERNA FUNERAL HOME, 3070 Delaware Ave. Kenmore, NY 14217. Fond memories and condolences may be shared at www.denglerrobertspernafuneral.com.
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