The nine graduating eighth grade students making up the Class of 2012 at Annunciation School in Elma have earned a collective $91,050 in scholarship money to attend local Catholic and private high schools beginning in the 2012-13 school year.

The scholarship money has been offered by St. Mary’s High School, Nichols School, Buffalo Seminary and Sacred Heart Academy.

Annunciation School in Elma was recently named a recipient of a 2012 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame Amateur Sports Development Fund (ASDF) grant. The grant was used to introduce a new soccer team at the school, located at 7580 Clinton St.

This is the second year in a row that the school has received a grant from the ASDF. Annunciation used last year’s grant to offer a new softball program.

First grade students at Mary Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School in Cheektowaga are studying the life cycle of butterflies and were able to witness the transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly right in their classroom. From left are MQA students Matthew Fronczak, Brendan Arcovio and Danica Pruski.

For more information about Mary Queen of Angels School, located at 170 Rosewood Terrace, please visit www.mqangels.com or call the school office at 895-6280.