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CHS Named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School by US Dept. of Education/Principal named a winner of Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership
Posted 1 month ago
On September 23, 2024 City Honors School was named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School by United States Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona!
This designation recognizes City Honors as a model for effective teaching, intentional collaboration, a caring environment and academic excellence. The Department of Education selected 356 schools for this accolade out of nearly 130,000 K-12 schools in our nation.
In his letter to the school community announcing the award, Principal William Kresse, Ph.D. stated, "I want to emphasize that this recognition belongs to every member of our school community- students, parents and staff members. This could not have happened without your support of our unique curriculum based around acceleration and the International Baccalaureate program, as well as a specialized education for students with autism. Each day, our teachers and paraprofessionals work to provide the highest quality instruction to our students. Our students are extraordinarily committed to their studies and involved in activities beyond the classroom at remarkable levels. Our families are there every step of the way to ensure their children have the support they need to succeed."
Last winter, the New York State Department of Education identified City Honors to represent New York State as a Blue Ribbon candidate based on its high level of success with a wide range of students. Over the course of the spring an extensive application was written which detailed the school's culture, programs, assessments, instructional practices, professional development, leadership, family and community involvement.
Special thanks to the following members of our school community who assisted in writing the application: Cassie Cammarata (co-chair), Danielle Grzymala, Elissa Banas, Elizabeth Dirr, Maria Monaco, Melissa Zorn, Brittany Gillotti, Elena Dokshansky, Annie Shea, Amy Stephens, Jon Zasowski, Jackie Yager, Richard Ziolo, Nicole Roche, Lisa Sauer and Christie Allman.
The City Honors community also thanks the Buffalo Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Tonja Williams Knight for their support and endorsement of the Blue Ribbon application.
On October 16, 2024, City Honors principal, William A. Kresse, Ph.D., was named one of nine awardees of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership by the United States Department of Education. You can read more about this award in the links below.
Read more:
2024 CHS National Blue Ribbon School Web Page
Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle
Main National Blue Ribbon Web Page on the Bell Award
CHS Principal Write up on National Blue Ribbon Web Page
The Buffalo News - CHS Principal Article
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BPS "Wednesdays with Williams" featured video for October 2, 2024
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44th Annual 'Keeping the Dream Alive' Assembly
Posted 10 months ago
44th Annual 'Keeping the Dream Alive' Assembly
Friday, January 12, 2024
9:00am
City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park
The students of City Honors School present the 44th annual "Keeping the Dream Alive" assembly at 9:00AM Friday, January 12, 2024.
Our students will express their vision of the ideals of a just and egalitarian society through presentations of poetry, dance, speech, music, attire, and visual art.
The 'Keeping the Dream Alive' assembly takes its name from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech. It has been reserved as a day of collective remembrance, contemplation, discussion and celebration at City Honors School since its inception in 1981 (two years before the federal declaration of the MLK holiday). The Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly was founded by Mrs. Irene Taylor McVay, a City Honors teacher assistant for 42 years. As a high school student in Virginia, Mrs. McVay directly contributed to events of national historic significance at the dawn of the modern civil rights era.
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42nd Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly
Posted 2 years ago
The students of City Honors School invite you to join as they present the 42nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ Assembly on Friday, January 28th at 9:00am.
This event can be replayed by clicking this link.
The program for the event can be found at this link.
The Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly receives ongoing funding through the Irene T. McVay Legacy Fund. Learn more and make a gift at this link. Thank you!
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41st Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly
Posted 3 years ago
City Honors will hold the 41st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ Assembly on Friday, January 22 at 9:00am.
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McVay Leaves Behind Incredible Legacy at CHS
Posted 3 years ago
It is with the heaviest of hearts that City Honors School shares the news that Mrs. Irene McVay passed away peacefully on November 20.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning alum talks with City Honors students
Posted 5 years ago
It's not every day that a Pulitzer Prize winner visits with our students!
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Finland's Leticia Choir to Perform at City Honors
Posted 6 years ago
On Thursday, June 21st, at 9:10 a.m., the Leticia Choir from Finland will be our special guests for a choral performance.
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Jake Halpern '93 Wins Pulitzer
Posted 6 years ago
CHS Alum, Jake Halpern '93, has been announced as a Pulitzer Prize winner in journalism!
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Masten Park High School Yearbooks Now Online
Posted 6 years ago
A digitized collection of the earliest yearbooks of Buffalo’s second high school are now published for all to access at: https://nyheritage.org/collections/masten-park-high-school-chronicle-yearbooks
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City Honors marks one-month anniversary of Parkland shooting
Posted 6 years ago
City Honors students worked collaboratively with faculty and the school administration to come up with what they thought would be the best way to exhibit solidarity with the Parkland victims and survivors.
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Anything Goes: CHS Spring Musical - March 16-18, 2018
Posted 6 years ago
Anything Goes
Friday, March 16th at 7 pm
Saturday, March 17th at 7 pm
Sunday, March 18th at 2 pm
$7 adults, $5 students and children 12 and under
Tickets available at the door!
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Opening reception for Ben Entner Inspired Inflatable Sculptures
Posted 6 years ago
The opening reception will take place before the Winter Concert on Thursday, January 18, 2018 from 4-6pm.
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The 38th Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly is Friday, January 12th at 9 am
Posted 6 years ago
Learn. Refresh. Energize. Please join us on The Hilltop for the 38th Annual 'Keeping The Dream Alive' Ceremony!
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The CHS Annual Winter Bazaar is Friday, December 15th
Posted 6 years ago
The Annual Winter Bazaar will be held from 10:45 am - 1:45 pm in the school atrium on Friday, December 15th. CHS community members are invited to attend and should enter via the main entrance of the school.
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City Honors Art featured in Civil Writes Project - The Buffalo News
Posted 6 years ago
On November 5, 2017, the Buffalo News featured an article about City Honors involvement in the Civil Writes Project and events surrounding the 50th anniversary of Dr. King speaking in Buffalo.
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Congratulations to 9th grader, Ruby Zephyr Soudant, on being featured on this week's cover of Public magazine
Posted 7 years ago
Ruby's Watercolors exhibit will open this Sunday. An opening reception will take place from 4 - 6 pm on Sunday, September 24 at Rust Belt Books (415 Grant Street, Buffalo, NY 14213).
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Former NASA Administrator visits City Honors
Posted 7 years ago
On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, City Honors School was privileged to have Maj. Gen. Charlie Bolden, Jr. (USMC-Ret.) speak to a group of students in Grades 5-12 about his experiences as both a NASA Astronaut and the 12th NASA Administrator (he served from July 2009 - January 2017).
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Breaking News: Fosdick Street Becomes One Way
Posted 7 years ago
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 marked the debut of a new traffic pattern on Fosdick Street. It is now one way starting at North Street and heading north to Best Street.
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10th grade Centaur wins 26th Congressional District Art Competition
Posted 7 years ago
Congratulations to sophomore Cecelia Favorito for winning the 26th District Congressional Art Competition "Best of WNY" Art Competition.
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Excellent showing for City Honors Crew at States in Saratoga Springs
Posted 7 years ago
The State Championships for Crew took place this past weekend (May 13-14) in Saratoga Springs and City Honors again placed extremely well against competition from around NYS.
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CHS students participate in NYSSMA vocal solofest
Posted 7 years ago
Nine City Honors School vocal students attended the New York State School Music Association's solofest at both Lewiston-Porter and Pioneer High School on May 6th and May 13th. Each student prepared, and was coached on, a vocal solo that each then sang for a professional adjudicator who scored them and gave comments.
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City Honors has historic day at the 2017 New York State History Day: Taking a Stand in History competition
Posted 7 years ago
Hundreds of students, in grades six through twelve, traveled to Cooperstown from all corners of the state to present their papers, documentaries, exhibits, websites, and performances.
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City Honors School Cultivates Bumper Crop of NCAA College Recruits
Posted 7 years ago
A signing ceremony took place on Tuesday, April 25th at 9 am in the Museum Room of City Honors School for three of four seniors who will be playing NCAA-level athletics in college next year.
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Four Students Participate in Puerto Rican State Legislature & Youth Leadership Institute
Posted 7 years ago
City Honors School congratulates Jonathon Figueroa, Ariana DeJesus Rodriguez, Mariam Al-Jabi-Lopez, and Jamil Kaseem-Lopez for their outstanding work at the Puerto Rican Hispanic State Legislature and Youth Leadership Institute held in Albany, NY from March 24-27, 2017.
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Grease is the word! Come see our spring musical March 17-19!
Posted 7 years ago
City Honors School will be performing Grease on Friday, March 17th at 7 pm, Saturday, March 18th at 7 pm, and Sunday, March 19th at 2 pm in the school auditorium.
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Junior Maggie Munschauer wins U19 NYS Slalom Championship!
Posted 7 years ago
Congratulations to Maggie Munschauer ’18 who won the New York State Ski Racing Association Women's U19 Slalom State Championship this past weekend at Gore Mountain.
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Senior Allie Banas named WNY HS Club Hockey League 1st team All Star
Posted 7 years ago
Congratulations to Senior Allie Banas on being named as a 1st team All-Star for the Western New York High School Club Hockey League.
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STARS Students Complete After-School Computer Animation Course
Posted 7 years ago
The CHS STARS program (STudents with Autism Rising to Success) would like to say thank you to Elderwood, Villa Maria College, Mr. Jeremy Toth, The CH/FMP Foundation, and Children's Hospital of Buffalo for making the MAYA animation program possible.
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Senior Karly Masters selected for the All-State NYSSMA Orchestra
Posted 7 years ago
Congratulations to senior Karly Masters! For the second year in a row, she has been selected as a member of the All-State NYSSMA Orchestra.
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CH/FMP Foundation Takes Title to Historic Fosdick Field! Funding Campaign Launched
Posted 7 years ago
The City Honors/Fosdick-Masten Park Foundation has taken title to historic Fosdick Field. Reuniting the full campus of our school that was pulled apart in 1977 is no longer just a dream.
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CHS students selected to attend Sustainable Agriculture Conference
Posted 7 years ago
Congratulations to freshman Samiyah Kinsey and junior Lucy Handman for being selected to attend the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference that took place in Hartford, CT in mid-November.
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Orchestra Students Selected to Perform with The Piano Guys at Sheas on 12/3
Posted 7 years ago
Six City Honors Orchestra students have been selected to perform with The Piano Guys during the piece, "Beethoven's 5 Secrets." The Piano Guys will be performing at Shea's Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 7:30 pm.
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CHS Girls X-C finish best season ever; 10th grader Favorito competes at States
Posted 8 years ago
Congratulations to the CHS Girls Cross Country Team, led by CHS English teacher, Frank DiLeo, for their excellent showing this season!
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Sydney Johnson '16 trading in Cardinal Red for Big Green and Division 1 Rugby at Dartmouth
Posted 8 years ago
Congratulations to Sydney Johnson '16 from the CHS Girls Rugby Team who will be playing Division I rugby for Dartmouth College in the fall and was featured in this article highlighting Dartmouth's incoming recruits.
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Art exhibition of photographs taken by young Syrian refugees – reception on June 2, 2016
Posted 8 years ago
City Honors Presents, The Most Important Picture: Life Through the Eyes of Syrian Refugee Children
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Housing Authority Approves Sale of Historic Fosdick Field to CH/FMP Foundation
Posted 8 years ago
Four decades after it was severed from our school campus, a vote today by the the The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority board paved the way for the return of historic Fosdick Field!
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NFTA Police Commend City Honors Freshman, Joshua Spencer
Posted 8 years ago
The leadership of the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA) Police Department came to City Honors School on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 to recognize City Honors freshman Joshua Spencer for actions he took on an NFTA metro train in mid-December.
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CHS Celebrates Grant for Chinese Language Program
Posted 8 years ago
On February 24th, City Honors will have a school-wide assembly to celebrate being named a "Confucius Classroom School."
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An Inspirational 36th Annual Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly Took Place on Friday, January 15, 2016
Posted 8 years ago
Earlier today, the 36th Keeping the Dream Alive Assembly took place at City Honors School. The Keeping the Dream Alive Student Award was given to three outstanding seniors this year: Misa Buscemi, Skylar Cerbone, and Sydney Johnson.