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Student Life
June 19, 2017
Interested in a journalism career? Want to be published? You can be a correspondent for NeXt, the weekly The Buf...
May 23, 2017
Saturday night Smores party in the Magavern-Sutton Courtyard with Ms. Stothart. A campfire tradition...
SEM Set to Compete at the Buffalo Science Museum Maker Faire
May 15, 2017
Saturday, May 20 SEM students will have their chance to show their projects to the world and be judged among peers at the annual Maker Faire. Emma Hammel, Maggie McCullogh,...
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A&E
Creative Outlet for Teens in Buffalo
Xinyang "Amber" Ye '17, Contributor
Standing in a spacious second-floor room with huge windows overlooking the scenery of downtown Buffalo, the Just Buffalo Writing Center (JBWC) brings students from different schools and neighborho...
June 19, 2017 • No Comments
SEM Musicians Awed at the Spring Concert
May 15, 2017
It was an anxious, joyful, exhilarating time when members of the ensemble, glee club, and Semachords were ready to give an "auditory feast" in the...
Specially Priced Neglia Ballet Tickets
May 1, 2017
Neglia Ballet is offering SEM $25 tickets to the Dancing to Live gala performance on Thursday, May 18. Neglia and SEM partner to give Neglia's students...
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News
Don’t Miss Grandparent Morning November 21
Melanie Jaskolka, Advancement Associate
The weather is still warm, but autumn will be here before we know it! SEM's annual Grandparent Morning is Tuesday, November 21, 8:30 - 11:30 am. Grandparents will experience an abbreviated day at SEM – they accompany their...
August 16, 2017 • No Comments
Lauren Pollina ’17 Wins Writing Prize at Duquesne U.
Erin Kelly, Managing Editor
Lauren Pollina '17, a recent SEM Weekly reporter, was awarded Duquesne University's Thomas Edison Award, given to those who embody his quote, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." ...
August 12, 2017 • No Comments
End of Year Honors & Awards
Erin Kelly, Managing Editor
Student Recognition Day, June 1, and Class Day, June 13, SEM students were recognized for their exemplary leadership, scholarship, creativity, community service, and athletics. On Student Recognition Day, math faculty Andrea Mastracci presided as...
August 11, 2017 • No Comments
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Opinion
Donate Life Team Urges a Conversation About Organ Donation
Lauren Pollina, Contributor
Dear Parents, Throughout this week your daughter has been listening to speakers and students about the positive impacts of organ donation. SEM's Donate Life Team asks...
April 24, 2017 • No Comments
A Senior’s Impassioned Plea for Underclassmen to Energize
April 10, 2017
Dear Rising Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: Please do not be the generation that kills the community at SEM. My past four years...
April 10, 2017
On February 7, I stood up in front of the whole SEM community and presented what it is like to be this 18-year-old girl. It's something I never...
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Sports
Zoey Liu ’18 Wins Tennis Championship
Zoey Liu '18 won 1st Place, Singles, at the Monsignor Martin All-Catholics Tennis Championship on Saturday, May 20. It is her second year in a row winning this. Congratulations Zoey!
May 25, 2017 • No Comments
SEM Crew Rows to Victory at States
SEM Crew team participated in the New York States Rowing Championship in Saratoga Springs, NY the weekend of May 13. The team raced four different boats: Novice 4, Junior Varsity 4, Lightweight 4, and the Varsity 4. Three...
May 15, 2017 • No Comments
Ping Pong and Chess Updates
Aerin Wagner, Contributor
SEM’s Ping Pong club began for this year by Betty Kwon ‘18, and they have been actively competing in different tournaments. The club was very popular throughout the school, and had thirty members sign up, in ad...
May 1, 2017 • No Comments
Basketball All-Catholic Honorees
April 17, 2017
Seniors Grace Gallagher (1st Team) and Sam Burlow (2d Team) are basketball All-Catholic honorees. Congratulations to them and to all of SEM basketball...
March 6, 2017
As the winter months come to an end in Buffalo so does the winter sports season at SEM. For the past four months SEM has been competing with four...
Fencing Finds Success in Rochester Competition
March 6, 2017
SEM's Red-Tailed Hawk fencers went to the 2nd Annual Sean T. Horan Team Invitational at RIT on Saturday, March 4. All the other teams were colleg...
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