Graduation

It's graduation time. Millions of students will be walking the aisle soon. Recently, one of those students was a former Buffalo Bill that the Bills Mafia knows well.

The State Board of Regents plans to make it easier for students who miss or fail their regents exams to receive a diploma anyway due to Covid-19 pandemic.

One thing our area does and does well is the all-alumni reunions.  I have been to several communities when they have celebrated the return of graduates from their schools.  I have been to the Oneonta alumni weekend several times and it is, in a word, epic.  Almost ...

As area high school seniors prepare to graduate this week, the traditions of the graduation ceremony that have existed for generations will be put into practice yet again. But what exactly are the origins of all these traditions? When was “Pomp and Circumstance” written...

Officials say New York state's high school graduation rate held steady at 74 percent for the first class of students required to meet stricter graduation requirements. The state education department released graduation rates for the class of 2012 on Monday...