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Le Roy High School student awarded QuestBridge scholarship

By Press Release
Dec 3, 2021, 5:11pm

Press Release:

On December 1st QuestBridge announced the results of its 2021 National College Match, a national program that pairs high-achieving, low-income high school seniors with full scholarships to the nation’s top colleges. From a pool of over 16,500 applicants, from which QuestBridge chose 6,312 as finalists, QuestBridge's 45 college partners matched with 1,674 Finalists, who are recognized as Match Scholarship Recipients. This is the highest number of Match Scholarship Recipients to date for QuestBridge. We are ecstatic to announce that one of the 1,674 recipients was Le Roy Jr.-Sr. High School's Emily Williams, who was awarded a full scholarship to Amherst College, one of the top liberal colleges in the country. Emily has accepted the offer and will attend majoring in Education Studies.

"Before I was introduced to QuestBridge, I wasn't even sure if college was a practical goal for me, but now it feels like all my hard work is finally paying off. I'm looking forward to getting the college experience without having to worry about the financial aspect." -Emily Williams, Le Roy Jr.-Sr. High School Senior

"Emily has worked incredibly hard to put herself in the driver's seat to be selected for such a prestigious opportunity at one of the most selective schools in the entire country. She has demonstrated to our entire student body that if you take full advantage of every opportunity that is presented you can achieve great things. Emily has excelled in a variety of our advanced placement courses along with being a major contributor to our music program. I truly cannot think of a more deserving person to be chosen for the QuestBridge National College Match Program than Emily. She has made me along with our entire school community proud." -Austin Dwyer, Le Roy Jr.-Sr. High School Counselor

"We are beyond proud for Emily to be awarded this incredible full scholarship to prestigious Amherst College. Emily's commitment to academic excellence coupled with a passion and immense talent in music and art has put her in a position to go toe to toe with top students in the country. Evidence of her success can be found all over our school from excelling in her AP courses to performing in our marching band and musical pit. Her top-notch character and work ethic go hand in hand with her compassion for others and kind heart. We are very excited for her and her family; this opportunity is truly life-changing, and we can't wait to see her soar in the next chapter of her life! I would like to thank QuestBridge for their commitment to college-bound students across the country." -Tim McArdle, Le Roy Jr.-Sr. High School Principal

From QuestBridge:
Match Scholarship Recipients are admitted early to QuestBridge college partners with full four-year scholarships that are provided by the colleges and universities, ensuring for these students and their families that an education at a top college can be affordable. QuestBridge’s 45 college partners include top liberal arts colleges such as Amherst, Pomona, and Williams and exceptional research universities such as Duke, Princeton, Stanford, UChicago, and Yale. The Match Scholarship is offered as part of a generous financial aid package provided by the college that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses.
This year’s Match Scholarship Recipients come from 49 states, as well as the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.

These outstanding high school seniors have an average unweighted GPA of 3.93, and 92% are in the top 10% of their graduating class. Financially, 95% come from a household with an annual income under $65,000, and 87% qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The majority of these new QuestBridge Scholars — 81% — are among the first generation in their families to attend a four-year college in the United States.
Since 2003, the QuestBridge National College Match has successfully connected over 10,500 students with full scholarships at college partners. These 2021 Match Scholarship Recipients become the first QuestBridge Scholars for the Class of 2026. Based on previous years, it is estimated that approximately 2,000 Finalists will be admitted to QuestBridge college partners later in the year through Early and Regular Decision processes.
All Finalists who ulte thoughtful and broad-minded leaders, and we are honored and excited to help them pursue their dreams after college graduation.”
About QuestBridge:

QuestBridge is a national nonprofit that connects the nation’s most exceptional, low-income youth with leading institutions of higher education and further life opportunities. By recruiting, developing, and motivating these students — beginning in high school through college to their early career — QuestBridge aims to help talented, low-income students attend the nation’s best colleges and to support them to achieve success in their respective careers and communities.
https://www.questbridge.org/

Softball: Calmum defeats Le Roy 6-3 in state qualifier

By Steve Ognibene
Jun 1, 2018, 10:36am

Le Roy's Haley Scripp two-run RBI scored Smith and Trader, which gave the Knights their only lead of the game in the second inning yesterday afternoon on Anderson field at Batavia High School.

Calmum's Grace Walker (pictured above) solo home run in the third inning tied the game to ignite the Red Raiders. Makenzie Wilson and Andrea Coyle both scored in the fourth to extend the lead 4-2.

Walker missed another home run following the next at bat to score two players and lead 6-2 after four. Haley Scripp got an RBI in the seventh to score Fenstermaker. Red Raiders win 6-3.

Senior Hannah Rubinrott tossed a four-hitter, including five strikeouts, and kept the Oatkan Knights out of scoring position in four innings.

Caledonia-Mumford will play Section VI Chautauqua Lake in the Far West Regionals in Fillmore tomorrow at 4 p.m.

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well leaks not reported

By mike vinci
Mar 1, 2012, 12:16pm

Brine Tank Spills At LeRoy School Never Reported By New York DEC Date Published: Monday, February 20th, 2012 A toxic brine tank spill at LeRoy Junior/Senior High School was never reported by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). According to the DEC, the action was not an oversight, but likely a matter of policy. The town of LeRoy, New York, is at the center of a mystery illness outbreak, said NewsInferno, that has left 19 people with a bizarre set of symptoms that appear similar to Tourette’s. To date, one woman, one teenage boy, and 17 teenage girls have reported symptoms. Most have ties to LeRoy, specifically, the school. In a posting on its website last week, the group Catskill Citizens revealed that on July 13, 2011, NY DEC inspectors discovered that two “brine” tanks spilled toxic fluids onto LeRoy’s school’s athletic fields. Of note, explained the Catskill Citizen, so-called “brine” is actually “produced water,” a fluid pumped from the ground with natural gas. Brine, which contains chlorides, bromides, and heavy metals, may also be radioactive. While many rightly wonder why the spill was not entered into the NYS DEC’s spills incident database—a vehicle by which the public can access spill information—DEC Citizen Participation Specialist, Linda Vera, suggested this omission is departmental policy, said the Catskill Citizen. When asked “Can you tell me if a leaking brine tank would, as a matter of course, be reported as a spill incident that would (should) appear on in the spills incident database?” Vera told Catskill Citizens, “No, a brine spill is not the same as a chemical or petroleum spill.” As a matter-of-fact, noted Catskill Citizens, only one incident was entered into the DEC’s spill database in 2011 in LeRoy and that concerned one quart of wastewater spilled at a service center/rest area (Spill Number 1103544). Yet, little is known about the brine spill that tainted LeRoy’s school fields, including how long the tanks leaked and how much fluid leaked there. There is also no information on the spills’ environmental impact; however, said the Catskill Citizen, CNN reported that area trees are dead despite that Vera said, “ “minor damage was observed to surrounding vegetation.” CNN’s footage of the area indicates dead vegetation around both brine tanks—the Catskill Citizen notes that Vera only ever acknowledged one tank spill—which were located near a football and near a baseball field. It also remains unclear as to why the DEC excludes information on produced water spills from its online spills databases In 1970, a train accident spilled one ton of cyanide crystals and 30,000 gallons of TCE, an industrial solvent, in LeRoy, in an area deemed a SuperFund site. That spill, which occurred just four miles from the Le Roy school, is now on the Superfund National Priorities List. This means the area is a hazardous waste site on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list for health impact assessment. CNN described TCE as a “chemical of interest” in the case of the Le Roy students. Some have positied that the school, built in 2006, might have been built with tainted materials related to the train derailment.

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