Christian Catalano, left, Doug Scott, center, and Matthew Wilde, right, relax after playing in the first period of an RIT men’s hockey team scrimmage in the locker room of the Gene Polisseni Center, Sept. 6, 2023, in Henrietta, N.Y.
Surya Srinivasan sits in a fire engine at Henrietta Fire Department Station 3, Oct. 18, 2024, in Henrietta, N.Y. Srinivasan is a volunteer firefighter for the Genesee Valley Fire Department.
Dayion Thompson of Utica University men’s basketball makes a free throw against Rochester Institute of Technology on the campus of RIT, Nov. 9, 2024, in Henrietta, N.Y.
McQuaid Jesuit High School football players run onto the field for a sectional playoff game against Pittsford, Nov. 1, 2024, in Brighton, N.Y.
Special education English language arts students raise their hand for Amber Pollox-Quinn during her lesson, Sept. 26, 2024, in her Uncommon Schools Rochester Prep Chili Campus Middle School classroom in Rochester, N.Y. Pollox-Quinn keeps her lesson’s very engaging for her students.
