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JHS Musical Wins Gold At Shea’s Wonder Awards

May 20, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School’s production of The Pirates of Penzance struck gold Saturday evening at the Shea's Wonder Awards at Shea's Performing Arts Center, “sailing away” as the top high school musical theater production in Western New York while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brady Classon, Jamestown High School, Lauren Scharf, The Pirates of Penzance, Wonder Award

Jamestown High School’s New Cafeteria Is Officially Open

May 14, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School’s new cafeteria has been officially opened. The cafeteria underwent a complete remodel as part of the multi-year capital project at the high school. Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kevin Whitaker joked during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown High School, Jamestown Public Schools, Kevin Whitaker, Rick Krause, Young and Wright Architectural

JHS ‘Pirates Of Penzance’ Nominated For Numerous Shea’s Wonder Awards

April 24, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School’s 2026 production of “The Pirates of Penzance” has received multiple nominations for Shea’s Performing Arts Center Wonder Awards. The musical has been nominated for: - Outstanding Production of a Musical - Outstanding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Amaya Thompson, Hayden Langford, Jamestown High School, Matthew Johnson, Rya Giuffre, Sam Mathis, Samuel Mathis, Shea’s Wonder Awards, The Pirates of Penzance

JHS Students Raise $6,100 For Kids & Sibs Summer Camp

April 7, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School students raised $6,100 for the Kids & Sibs Summer Camp at the 45th annual Battle of the Classes. Laurie Reynolds, who has organized the camp the last several years, accepted the donation. A two-day camp experience, Kids … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Battle of the Classes, Jamestown High School, Kids and Sibs Summer Camp, Laurie Reynolds

Jamestown High School Presents ‘The Pirates Of Penzance’ This Week

March 10, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School will present “The Pirates of Penzance” this week. Performances will take place Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. in the Merton P. Corwin Auditorium of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown High School, Jennie Caruso, Lauren Scharf, Meghan Murray, Melissa Beichner, Shea’s Wonder Awards, The Pirates of Penzance

Weapons Detection System Goes Into Use At JHS Following Discovery Of Gun On Student

February 2, 2026 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

A weapons detection system will go into use at Jamestown High School this morning following the arrest of a student for allegedly having a loaded gun in his backpack in the school. A JHS Resource Officer and a school administrator received a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: gun, Jamestown High School, Kevin Whitaker, Narade Gumbs Jr., School Resource Officer, weapons detection system

[LISTEN] JHS Holidays In Poetry – 2025

January 21, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Holidays in Poetry project returns to Jamestown High School in 2025. The project involves students from JHS writing original works of poetry focusing on the holiday season. The Project was coordinated Jamestown High School English teacher Betsy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: 2025, Betsy Rowe Baehr, Christmas, Holidays, Holidays in Poetry, Holidays in Poetry 2025, Jamestown High School, Jamestown Public Schools, JHS, Poem, Poetry, Students

Jamestown Public Schools Looking For New JHS Marching Band Director

January 15, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown Public Schools are looking for a new Jamestown High School Marching Band Director. JPS Superintendent Dr. Kevin Whitaker said that current Band Director Marc Lentsch advised him last week that he intended to step down from the role, “He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown High School, Jamestown High School Marching Band, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Kevin Whitaker, Marc Lentsch, Meghan Murray, Paul Abbott, Persell Middle School, Sam Mathis

JHS Students Raise More Than $5,600 For Family Of Jamie Schnars

January 8, 2026 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown High School students and staff presented a check for $5,620.26 to the family of Jamie Schnars to conclude its annual Penny Wars fundraiser. Accepting the presentation were Schnars’ sister Bonnie, a JHS behavior specialist, and Jamie’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown High School, Jamie Schnars, Penny Wars

Seven Jamestown Public School Students Selected For NYSSMA Performances

December 4, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Seven Jamestown Public Schools students recently were selected to perform among New York state’s most talented student musicians. Gina Delgado, Rya Giuffre, Hayden Langford, and Zoey Shimmel represented Jamestown High School at the New York State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Aristea Theofilactidis, Gina Delgado, Hayden Langford, Jack Nelson, Jamestown High School, Jamestown Public Schools, Jefferson Middle School, Melina Singleton, New York State School Music Association, Persell Middle School, Rya Giuffre, Washington Middle School, Zoey Shimmel

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