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Academy of Finance Job and Internship Fair
The Lancaster High School Academy of Finance (AOF) is part of NAF, the recognized national leader for career academies. NAF helps students to become ‘Future Ready’ by bringing education, business, and community leaders together to transform the high school experience.
If you would like to be a part of preparing our students to be 'Future Ready', we invite you to engage with 70+ motivated AOF students seeking part-time work and/or internships at our Job & Internship Fair on May 9th.
You have the opportunity to promote your business with the option of conducting in-person interviews with students from Lancaster's Academy of Finance, one of the top academies in the nation.
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![Gregory Heer has been named principal of William Street School as of July 1, 2025.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1746560556/lancasterschoolsorg/q1qzco2hkuci7ifpecdr/DSC_0010.jpg","width":2200}])
Longtime William Street School assistant principal Gregory Heer said he was committed to building upon the legacy of excellence at the school as he was named the school’s new principal.
![Students in a gym during a pep assembly raising their hands in the air and singing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741635426/lancasterschoolsorg/wuxaztppn853rrwlrmjt/7g.jpg","width":2048}])
The Lancaster Central School District proudly reaffirms its commitment to one of Western New York’s—and the nation’s—longest-standing athletic traditions – the annual Lancaster-Depew Week and football game. Despite recent speculation surrounding the future of the rivalry, Lancaster is committed to continuing this cherished event.
![Music students perform the national anthem at a pep rally at Lancaster High School in November 2024.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1738601601/lancasterschoolsorg/f64jov9zfiakl9jgyj3w/MusicDepartment-2.jpg","width":2200}])
Backed by more than a century of student and staff enthusiasm as well as community support, the Lancaster Central School District’s Music Department plans to continue its work creating the soundtrack of the lives of students, staff, families and the Lancaster community.
![Lancaster native Kristen Romano competed in swimming for Puerto Rico at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1738601811/lancasterschoolsorg/rhzl8zs09x1pgvdu2jlv/KristenRomano-2.jpg","width":2200}])
For Kristen Romano, the journey to becoming an Olympian was one that was more than 20 years in the making, from when she first began swimming in Lancaster.