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Depew students and staff highlight extracurriculars; board honors longtime coach
Summary
Middle- and high-school students presented activity updates and a coach with decades of service was recognized by the board for his career contributions.
Teachers, students and building leaders provided routine school updates to the Board of Education, highlighting recent field trips, musical and arts activities, character education events and upcoming performances.
A middle-school student summarized participation in an Innovation Station trip and noted that a student team won a “player’s choice” award at a Buffalo-area event; staff also reported participation in music auditions and schoolwide character-theme activities. The high-school student presenters described an Academy of Fine Arts trip to Universal Studios focused on marketing strategies, Sources of Strength activities that included messages of encouragement placed around the school and details about upcoming class and social events, including a student-hosted Neon Dance and the spring musical (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
The board recognized a longtime coach and teacher for his years of service. The athletic director introduced the honoree, noting a 36½-year teaching career, multiple decades advising clubs and coaching programs (including founding girls golf and unified bowling teams) and awards including a 2019 New York State girls golf coach of the year honor and a 2022 section hall of fame induction. The board invited the coach to accept recognition and posed for photographs.
Administrators also reminded the public that universal pre-K and kindergarten registration is under way for the 2025–26 school year and reviewed schedules for spring athletics and arts events.
Those items were presented as informational updates; no additional board action on programming or personnel was taken beyond the recognitions and routine consent approvals later in the meeting.
