GREECE, N.Y. -- In Greece Arcadia High School, sorrow fills the halls. Students, faculty and community members are working to cope with the death of Lesley Flick. The principal and Arcadia alumnae died Saturday after her battle with breast cancer.

“This was it, this is where she wanted to be and it was the most important work,” Greece Arcadia High School Assistant Principal Mason Moore said about Flick being at Arcadia. “As far as what Arcadia means and what it means to be a Titan, it was Leslie Flick.”

Those who gathered for a celebration of her life on Friday night describe the Arcadia graduate and 17-year district employee as funny, sarcastic, and extremely supportive.

“She was at every event, every sporting event, every musical event she could be at,” Greece Arcadia High School Senior Johna MacPherson said.

They also said she had one of the most important qualities of a principal: the ability to inspire motivation in others.

“I think she put a healthy dose of fear into students,” Greece Arcadia High School staff member Nicole MacBay said. “They would see her coming and just her sheer presence alone was enough that ‘okay Ms. Flick is here, she means business,’ so get where you need to go. She was always famous for using the phrase ‘do the right thing.’”

Doing the right thing for her also meant treating everyone equally and moving mountains to help anyone. MacPherson said she bought him two tickets to a dance when she found out he couldn’t afford it.

“She just meant a lot to me,” MacPherson said. “I don’t know too many people who would do stuff like that.”

It was stories like these they shared Friday night in a gathering some admit doesn't fit with Flick's modesty.

“For her it was just about doing the job,” Moore said. “It wasn’t about how you looked, it wasn’t about fancy words or presentations; it was about being the real McCoy and really pouring everything you had into it.”

While the feeling of emptiness will linger in the school for quite some time, they said they must push on because that is what Flick would have wanted.            

“There was nothing that wasn’t genuine about her,” Moore said. “She was our rock, she was our rock.”

“I’m never going to forget her,” MacPherson said. “I’m going to be in my 30’s, my 40’s, and I’m going to remember everything that she had done for me because there wasn’t too many people that did.”