The “SRS cruise ship,” the theme of the fourth annual Blue and Gold Ball to benefit St. Rita School in Webster, will set sail at High Falls in Rochester on Saturday, April 20.

This year's event is expected to "stay afloat" with all the excitement that accompanies cruise ship festivities. 

In addition to silent and live auctions at the ball this year, guests will be welcome aboard to bid online at www.biddingforgood.com/srs. There are more than 100 auction items.

New to the silent auction this year will be "priceless teacher experiences," which include sixth grade teacher and Hall of Fame inductee Marguerite Laniok's Charm School.

Lilly Fursman, coordinator of the "teacher experiences" said, "the teachers have been so creative in coming up with fun ideas for the students.”

The Rochester Catholic Diocese has a new leader for its schools.

Anthony Cook will take over on July 1. He is succeeding current superintendent Anne Willkens-Leach, who is retiring.

In the meantime, Cook, a Rochester native, will continue his responsibilities as principal of Seton Catholic School in Brighton.

It was an exciting morning for the kids at Scribner Road Elementary School in Penfield. They got to tell their principal to pucker up for a pig.

The kids were challenged by Principal Hirschler to read one-million minutes and if they met that goal, he told them he would kiss a pig.

Hirschler says it's a good way to instill a love of reading for the students and have some fun at the same time. “Elementary school should be fun. Kids work hard, parents work hard, teachers work hard, and if you don't have fun, kids aren't going to remember their time in elementary school which should be special."

Hirschler says the school has been pig-crazy for the last five weeks. He says he's pigged-out, but luckily the pig was cute, so he kept his promise.