A prayer written and read by Clarence Funderburg '24 opened Tuesday’s Junior Awards Ceremony in the historic Scaccia Auditorium. The ceremony included several special honors and the 2023 induction to Canisius's Robert Bellarmine Chapter of the National Honor Society.

During our 153rd Commencement, several students were presented with special awards by President David Ciancimino, S.J., and Principal Principal Tom Coppola '01 in recognition of the students' character and academic performance. 

Evan Izatt received the Philippe B. Piedad Accolade Award.

William Oh '23 was honored as being among the exclusive group of National Merit Scholarship winners, one of many highlights of Tuesday’s Senior Awards Ceremony in the historic Scaccia Auditorium. 

The ceremony honored scores of members of the Class of 2023, which collectively has earned more than $19 million in college scholarships and grants.  

The 62nd Mr. Canisius was announced by principal Tom Coppola '01 during this morning's Senior Awards Ceremony.

“Please join me in a moment of silence after I finish reading the names of the people whose lives were stolen on May 14th, 2022.”

Hector Gitego ’25 read the names on today's morning announcements as CHS remembered the victims of the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that occurred one year ago Sunday.

The six 2023 Mr. Canisius finalists all had their photo taken with a faculty member of their choice during the seniors' fun-filled final days of school.

Here's what the student, and faculty member, had to say about each other. 

The Mr. Canisius Award is presented annually to the graduating senior who, in the estimation of his peers, epitomizes all that Canisius stands for. 

The spectacular GAMBIT XLVIII Silent Auction is open! Go to canisiushigh.org/bidnow

We were honored to host the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Tuesday as the Scaccia Auditorium showed why it was built nearly 100 years ago: For beautiful musical performances.

Andrew Kang '22, who excelled in the arts during his CHS career, has continued to do so as a freshman at Boston College.

Kang performed at famed Carnegie Hall in February as part of The Liturgy Arts Group of Boston College.

A special dress-down event on the final day before break capped off a very successful Lenten Mission Drive by Canisius students.

More than $3,200 was raised in two weeks. The Lenten Mission Drive, as it has for the last decade, benefitted two fellow Jesuit schools in the country of Micronesia, located in the western Pacific Ocean: Yap Catholic High School and Chuuk Xavier Micronesia. 

Requiescat in Pace, Mark Russell ’50.

We mourn the loss of Russell, one of the nation’s foremost political satirists, who performed comedic routines at his piano for more than five decades. The bespectacled and bow-tied Russell gained national fame for his public television specials, many of which were recorded at Buffalo’s WNED.

When the bold vision begins to come to fruition:

Check out a view from across the street in our Advancement Office at 1193 Delaware Ave., which shows construction starting today on the very project described in the mounted graphic on the wall: The Madden Center for Global Learning.