Monday, November 29, 2010

ROY-HART STUDENT EARNS FIRST STAR AWARD

Sunday's Buffalo News announced the start of a new award by a local substance abuse services organization....


Besides providing outpatient services and counseling, Northpointe Council promotes education as a way of preventing substance abuse. This school year, the organization launched the Students Thinking and Acting Responsibly program, where the group is naming one student the STAR of the Month through May.


The first recipient of the award? A Roy-Hart student!


Brianna Kugler, an 18-year-old senior at Royalton-Hartland, won the first award in October for her commitment to squash bullying. She attended special education classes through most of school.

“A lot of years, I was bullied,” she said. “I stick up for my younger classmates that are the ones being bullied right now.”

Kugler attends the Orleans Niagara Board of Cooperative Education Services to study early childhood education. After graduation, she plans to attend Niagara County Community College in hopes of becoming a preschool teacher assistant. She baby-sits, is involved in Roy-Hart’s drama club and has acted in plays at the Palace Theatre.


Read the entire article online at:

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article267531.ece