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
The first rehearsal is Monday, September 14th from 7 pm to 830 pm with an optional get to know each other Dutch treat happy hour at Snyder Bar and Grill afterward
Place: Amherst High School, Room 188; enter via the music wing. Use the Berryman parking lot
Who: Anyone 18 and older and anyone who loves to sing, and please bring a friend or 2 or more.
For more information or any questions, please contact the Alumni Office at 716-362-8259 or email alumni@amherstschools.org
Memorial celebration for Susanna Lunsford, a Longtime Windermere Blvd. School Teacher Saturday, July 11 at 1:00 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Ave. Buffalo 14202.
Just to give you a little background on the Alumni Foundation, In the wake of celebration and sentiment that followed the close of World War II, returning veterans conceived the idea of a homecoming event to renew friendships. A dance was held downtown at Christmas time and another at a country club the following spring. To keep the idea going, officers were elected and a newsletter was published. Philip A. Schweickhard, principal of Amherst Central High School from its founding in 1930, laid the groundwork “to keep the Amherst family together” when, in 1954, he appointed Arthur E. (“Doc”) Pankow to co-ordinate Alumni Relations. By 1983, it was evident that we needed an expanded structure to perpetuate the spirit and quality unique to Amherst. In June of that year, the Amherst Alumni Foundation was conceived and incorporated. This year marks the 96th anniversary of the high school! For those of you graduating this year, we’d like to welcome you to the alumni family with the other 25,000 graduates that came before you, where we cherish the past and enhance the future.
We are proud to present the 2nd annual Amherst Alumni Foundation Dimp Wagner Scholarship in honor of Donald Dimp Wagner – class of 1948.
The late Anne Harding Joyce, class of 1970, was instrumental in connecting us with Dimp and establishing this gift. This $5,000 scholarship reflects Dimp’s lasting legacy at Amherst and beyond. It is awarded to a student who embodies the same passion for Amherst, dedication to fellow students, and commitment to school and community involvement that Dimp so clearly demonstrated. As a student, Dimp served as President of the National Honor Society, played in the Marching Band and Amherst Symphony, sang in the choir and was an accomplished athlete. His involvement and leadership left a lasting impact on the Amherst community.
Dimp was a generous supporter of the Amherst Alumni Association. You may recognize his name on the track out back, named in his honor following a generous donation. Through his trust in us and his support in establishing a fund within the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Dimp enabled the Alumni Foundation to carry on his legacy for generations to come—by which this scholarship has been established.
This year’s recipient reflects many of Dimp’s qualities, he has shown his desire to serve our local community and give back to a community who has given him a place to feel at home, with access to a great education and encouraging teachers. He plans to attend Dartmouth University in the fall where he hopes to study engineering with dreams of a career designing high-performance vehicles and pushing the limits of automotive engineering.
It is our distinct honor to present the 2nd annual Alumni Foundation Dimp Wagner Scholarship to Maif Biswas.
From Michael, “My debut novel – John B. Peoples – officially launched today! Although it is not set in Buffalo (wait until my next novel), one of the main characters was born there and says great things about our hometown. The book is available online via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Books-a-Million. You can also check out my website at michaelcowan.net if you want to see what time hath wrought. :)”
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc. Grant Committee awarded $16,433.10 for requests submitted by faculty and staff for the 2025-26 school year. Grants were awarded in all four schools for academics, technology, sports, arts, and special education. Among the grants awarded were: Independent Reading Library, Student Council Pop Up Tents, 7th Grade Trip to Evangola State Park, Girls in Manufacturing Trip, AMS Pop Chorus Trip to Shea’s, SDS Buffalo Zoo Trip, Grade 5 EOY Day of Play, and Continued support of Windy’s Closet.
Grants are fully funded by generous alumni donations and other fundraising activities. Grants are awarded for programs not funded by the school district budget and are selected based on the number of students who will be positively affected.
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc. has awarded over $229,543.00 in grantsover the past 20+ years. For more information, please visit our website www.amherstalumni.org.
If you are interested in supporting the foundation, visit our donation page.
The foundation is also hosting our second Meat Raffle on Saturday, May 2nd. Funds raised at the event will go to our grant program. The link below provides more information about the event and how to purchase tickets.
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Tiger Tracks 