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Niagara‑Wheatfield board honors Falcons of the Month, SkillsUSA placers and student inventors
Summary
The Niagara‑Wheatfield Central School District recognized six Falcons of the Month, multiple SkillsUSA state placers and student inventions. The district highlighted CTE participation and invited several inventors to a regional showcase.
The board of education recognized six student 'Falcons of the Month' and a group of SkillsUSA competitors during its public meeting, celebrating student achievement across academics and career-technical education.
The superintendent said the six students present were selected from 54 monthly honorees representing roughly 3,300 students districtwide and called the evening "a really important night for us" for highlighting student success. The board read certificates and asked each honored student to come forward for recognition.
District staff also noted robust Career and Technical Education participation: roughly 20% of 11th- and 12th-graders take part in CTE programs, which this year produced several New York State SkillsUSA placers. The board named state placers including Dominique Osokari (welding sculpture), Evan Marotta (interactive application/video game development), Juliana Lambert (automated manufacturing technology), Olivia Berg (advertising design), Autumn Burke (3D visualization/animation), Madeline Doucette (banner) and Xavier Severance (automated manufacturing technology).
Elementary teachers presented projects from the district’s invention convention, which staff reported included 29 inventions and about 44 student inventors across grades 1–5. Four student projects were on display at the meeting; seven inventors were invited to exhibit at the Western New York convention at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Teachers asked attendees to view the displays and speak with the students about their designs.
The recognition portion closed with refreshments and an invitation for attendees to view the invention exhibits. The board then moved on to routine agenda business.
