Lafayette High School (Buffalo, New York)

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Lafayette High School
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Location370 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates 42°55′15″N78°53′5″W / 42.92083°N 78.88472°W / 42.92083; -78.88472
Built1901
Architect Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 80002608 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 3, 1980
Lafayette High School
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Lafayette High School (Buffalo, New York)
370 Lafayette Avenue

West Side

Buffalo
,
Erie
,
New York
14213

United States
Information
MottoLoyalty, Honor, Service
Established1901
School district Buffalo Public Schools
School number204
Grades 9-12
Color(s)Violet and White   
Team nameViolets
NewspaperThe Triangle
YearbookThe Oracle

Lafayette High School was a public high school in Buffalo, New York. It was the oldest public school in Buffalo that remained in its original building, a stone, brick and terra-cotta structure in the French Renaissance Revival style by architects August Esenwein and James A. Johnson. Although classes began off-site during construction of the school, the building was completed and graduated its first class in 1903. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It is located in Buffalo's Upper West Side at 370 Lafayette Avenue.

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The name 'Lafayette High School' was phased out beginning in 2015, graduating its final class in 2018, and was replaced by the name Lafayette International High School and Newcomers Academy. Classes continue to be held in the historic building.

History

Lafayette High School was the third high school built in Buffalo, New York. It has fallen into recent struggles with academics and has been placed on New York State's Watch List of Persistently Underperforming Schools. After the 2010–2011 school year, the school re-opened as a multicultural school with a new principal. The school also began housing seventh and eighth graders from nearby International School 45. This arrangement continued until 2015.

Former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

Selected former assistant principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

Selected former administrators

YearSuperintendentPrincipalAssistant Principal
1903–1904Henry EmersonArt Detmers
1904–1905
1905–1906
1906–1907Cap Mellen
1907–1908
1908–1909
1909–1910
1910–1911
1911–1912
1912–1913
1913–1914
1914–1915
1915–1916
1916–1917
1917–1918
1918–1919Ernst HartwellCharlie Rhodes
1919–1920
1920–1921
1921–1922
1922–1923
1923–1924
1924–1925
1925–1926Frank Gott
1926–1927
1927–1928
1928–1929
1929–1930
1930–1931
1931–1932
1932–1933
1933–1934
1934–1935Frank GottIrvin Himmele
1935–1936Robert Pabst
1936–1937
1937–1938
1938–1939
1939–1940
1940–1941
1941–1942Carl Walz
1942–1943
1943–1944
1944–1945
1945–1946
1946–1947
1947–1948
1948–1949Irvin Himmele
1949–1950
1950–1951Ben Willis
1951–1952Frank Kelly
1952–1953Parmer Ewing
1953–1954
1954–1955
1955–1956Abe AxelrodNorman Hayes
1956–1957
1957–1958Joe Manch
1958–1959Rob McGowanMartin O'Donnell
1959–1960
1960–1961
1961–1962
1962–1963Margaret Lombardi
1963–1964
1964–1965
1965–1966
1966–1967Chester KryszczukMary Dougherty
1967–1968
1968–1969Gerald Hare
1969–1970Sal Scamacca
1970–1971Gerald Hesson
1971–1972
1972–1973Rick Ganter
1973–1974
1974–1975Dan Kublitz
1975–1976Eugene Reville
1976–1977
1977–1978
1978–1979
1979–1980
1980–1981
1981–1982
1982–1983
1983–1984Charles Erickson
1984–1985
1985–1986
1986–1987
1987–1988Tom Kopera
1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1991Albert ThompsonElzie FisherPat Kormash
1991–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995Sharon Lanza
1995–1996Tom Kalenik
1996–1997Jim Harris
1997–1998Sharon LanzaLisa Robinson
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001Marion Canedo
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005Yvonne Hargrave*Jackie BaldwinGreg Pigeon
2005–2006James WilliamsPhilip Martin
2006–2007Denise ClarkeMott/Evert
2007–2008John Evert
2008–2009Fatima MorrellCraig Brodnicki
2009–2010Julie Horn
2010–2011
2011–2012Amber Dixon*Naomi Cerre*Yuldonna Middleton
2012–2013Pam BrownNaomi Cerre
2013–2014
2014–2015Don Ogilivie*
2015–2016Kriner CashDenise ClarkeDan Bass
2016–2017Rafael Mercado
2017–2018Mike Mogavero

Academics

Lafayette High School currently serves as home to many Buffalo high school students learning English as a second language.

Bell schedule

Period Number/ActivityBeginning BellEnd Bell
Homeroom8:258:33
Period 18:379:30
Period 29:2110:01
Period 310:0510:45
A Lunch10:4911:14
Period 4/510:4911:29
Period 5/611:1811:58
B Lunch11:3311:58
Period 6/711:3312:13
Period 7/812:0212:42
C Lunch12:1712:42
Period 8/912:461:25
Period 101:292:08
Period 112:122:30

Notable alumni

Shanks (1927) and Lewin (1953), and all the art students in between were influenced by Elizabeth Weiffenbach, who taught art at the school for over forty years. These included Jack Smart (class of 1922), an artist who also played The Fat Man on 1940s radio; and Irving Jeremiah Goodman (class of 1939), a contemporary artist specializing in room still lifes. Turner rowed for the U.S. in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, was executive editor of The Buffalo Courier-Express, and is a member of the exclusive Gridiron Club in Washington, D.C.

The public school is supported by the private Lafayette High School Alumni Association. In 1999, the association restored the building's landmark lantern or "cupola", which had deteriorated and been demolished for safety reasons in the 1970s. In May 2003, the association sponsored and ran a 100th Anniversary Celebration, attended by over 1,700 alumni and their guests, raising $30,000 for the school. The funds will establish the Ramsi P. Tick media room in memory of entrepreneur Tick, an LHS alumnus and philanthropist. The association also awards several annual grants and scholarships for worthy causes and students, and on Sunday, August 4, 2013 is holding a free All-Class Reunion to celebrate the school's one hundred and tenth year.

As their logos, the school and the Association use the LHS Triangle (Lafayette High School; Loyalty, Honor, Service), and the Lafayette Angel.

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  2. ↑ Heaney, J. (1997, June 23). Retirements, transfers may mean new principals for 10 city - schools. The Buffalo News, p. B4.
  3. 1 2 Buffalo Public Schools (2004, June 9). Meeting of the Board of Education: Principal Transfers Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine .
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