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JHS Senior Grayson Holt Wins Optimist Oratorical Speech Contest
JAMESTOWN – The 2019 Optimist Oratorical Contest was held on January 10th at the Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club. JHS senior, Grayson Holt won first place, JHS senior, William Karr placed second, and …
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Jamestown High School Celebrates English As A New Language Success
JAMESTOWN – Bilingual students at Jamestown High School recently celebrated success in the school’s English as a New Language program (ENL) during a dinner at the high school. Twelve students were honored who tested out …
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Report Says Jamestown Public Schools Among Districts With Worst Child Poverty Rates
Jamestown Public Schools was ranked in the top 50 Upstate New York Schools, and not on a good list. According to a report from NYUpstate.com, JPS is ranked 17th in school-age poverty percentage at 40.8%. …
News
Jefferson Sixth Graders Track Great Depression Timeline
JAMESTOWN – Some sixth graders in Erin Knapp’s class at Jefferson Middle School created a Great Depression project around the novel Bud, Not Buddy. Ruby Meyer, Mallory Atwater, Addison Zahn and Braelyn Peterson recently created …
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Jamestown Students Partake In Poetry Contest
JAMESTOWN – Students at Jamestown High School are making poetry their own by participating in a recent poetry contest. Students memorized poems and then reciting them in front of an independent panel of judges. On …
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JHS Announces 27 Fall WNY Scholar Athletes
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown High School recently announced that 27 athletes on the school’s fall varsity sports teams qualified as All-Western New York Scholars, which are awarded by Section VI. To qualify, each senior’s overall grade …
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JHS Raider Reader Book Swap
JAMESTOWN – The Jamestown High School recently held a ‘Raider Reader Book Swap’ to help provide books to students and staff for the holiday break. The swap is sponsored by Raider Readers, the JHS book …
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Love Elementary Hosts Pajamas Party
JAMESTOWN – Princesses, superheroes and cartoon characters marched, danced, laughed and filled the Love Elementary School gymnasium with holiday spirit at the school’s recent Pajama Party. The holiday tradition began over 14 years ago when …
Government
Gowanda School To Get Security Upgrades, New Sports Facilities
GOWANDA – Voters in the Gowanda Central School District approved both propositions as part of a two-part capital improvement project that will focus on improving the school’s security and upgrading some of the campus’s sports …
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Officials Support $30.5 Million Project At Gowanda Central School
GOWANDA – Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb is supporting a proposed $30.5 million in safety upgrades as part of Gowanda Central School’s two-part capital improvements project, which is up for public vote Thursday. According to …
