Silver Creek CSD

Families can apply for the Excelsior Scholarship now through August 31. https://www.hesc.ny.gov/hesc-news/116-hesc-corporate/2023-news-releases/1240-governor-hochul-announces-excelsior-scholarship-application-open-for-new-applicants-for-2023-2024-academic-year.html#:~:text=Governor%20Kathy%20Hochul%20today%20announced,-year%20college%20tuition-free.

Check out our Silver Creek Elementary booth this week at the Chautauqua County Fair in Floral Hall. Mrs. Lisa Anderson has displayed an array of beautiful student art projects for all to see the wonderful things they do in her art classes. We also received 1st place in school exhibits!! The fair runs from July 18 to July 23.

Let's give a big Black Knight welcome to CHRIS SMERKA! Mr. Smerka is joining us as a Middle School Social Studies Teacher for the 2023-2024 year. This is also a special moment as it is Dr. Ralston's first hire at SCCS! #BKP #BlackKnightPrideForever 🎉🖤💛

PRE-K/KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR 2023-2024 IS NOW OPEN!!

Registration for Elementary and Middle School KnightU is extended through July 5 at noon.

First-graders from Silver Creek Elementary School enjoyed an educational field trip to the Chautauqua Safety Village on June 20, 2023. Black Knights from the classrooms of Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Janca, Mrs. Mahaney, and Mrs. Pieniazek explored fire and road safety. While there, they learned what to do if a fire breaks out in their house. They practiced escaping from a window using a fire ladder along with stop, drop, cover and roll exercises. They also learned what various road signs mean including: stop, one way, railroad crossing, cross walk, yield and what the colors of a traffic light mean. The students then applied what they learned in the mini village while driving battery operated cars. They ended the day with an outdoor lunch under the pavilion at the village ball park.

**COURTESY POST**

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 at Silver Creek High! Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our seniors at the Friday, June 23, 2023, commencement. 🎓👏🖤💛 Here is a peek at some of the graduates from before and during the ceremony with more to come.

Outgoing Superintendent Todd Crandall was honored during his final Board of Education meeting at Silver Creek Central School District on Thursday, June 22, 2023, as he retires after eight years of service. A slideshow featuring numerous highlights from his time as a Black Knight as well as family snapshots was shown and words of appreciation were offered.  Since joining us in 2016, Mr. Crandall has served the Silver Creek district full of Black Knight Pride. He has left an impact on the students and community of Silver Creek. Current Board President Martha Howard and past-presidents Greg Cole and Stephen Boothe spoke to some of Mr. Crandall's accomplishments, from recalling the day he was interviewed and hired, to the successful completion of the 2018 Capital Project, and navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board presented Mr. Crandall with a gift. Trudy Jackson, on behalf of the Seneca Nation of Indians Education Department, presented Mr. Crandall with a hand-made basket as a token of appreciation for the partnership over the years. The Administrative Team and Mr. Crandall’s wife and family were also among those in attendance. The Catering Company of Fredonia, NY, catered appetizers and desserts for the reception that followed. Please join our Black Knight family in thanking Mr. Crandall for his dedication to our district and congratulating him as he embarks on the next chapter of his life following retirement. 

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗦 Students, staff, and parents from Silver Creek and Forestville central school districts spent Saturday, June 17, 2023, volunteering at the Special Olympics of New York’s sixth annual Buffalo Bowl fundraiser. Buffalo Bowl is a flag football event where schools, law enforcement, local businesses, and other organizations form teams to raise money to play on the Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. All funds raised go to the Special Olympics. Silver Creek CSD’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) sponsored the group by providing shirts for everyone to wear. Junior Julie Decker designed the shirt for the volunteers from Silver Creek/Forestville. A huge thank you to Liz Van Cheri of Bess-Tees Custom Creations for making the shirts. Buffalo Bowl volunteers include: Forestville teacher Mrs. Brenda Kerstetter and Forestville student Allie Kerstetter; Silver Creek staff members Mrs. Janet Decker, Ms. Ellie Decker, Mrs. Melissa Matney, Mrs. Bonnie Pilski, Ms. Alley Rocque, and Mrs. Shumaker; SCCS parent Liz Van Cheri; and SCCS students Troy Cooper, Julie Decker, Ann Matney, Calvin Matney, Liam Matney, Jonathan Pilski, Eva Tytka, Bella Shumaker, Colin Shumaker, Brianna Spinuzza, Stephanie Van Cheri, and Emily Yerke.

Silver Creek Central School District has a few 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗬𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 for the 2023-2024 academic year an 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥, 𝗮 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥 and 𝘁𝘄𝗼 (𝟮) 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. Read more about these positions via the VACANCIES page of this website: https://www.silvercreekschools.org/page/vacancies

Mrs Weiss and Mrs Williams' third grade classes participated in a STEAM straw rocket activity! The farthest rocket went 153 inches!

COMMENCEMENT COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY Be sure to check out the #Classof2023 graduation tabs in the June 22, 2023, editions of The Dunkirk Observer and The Post-Journal! 📰 Observer: https://www.observertoday.com PJ: https://www.post-journal.com

Third-graders from Silver Creek Elementary School went on a field trip to Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve in Depew on June 15, 2023, where they enjoyed a “World of the Pond” guided lesson and hike. 🚌 🌏💧 Students from the classrooms of Estee, Schuster, Mohan, Weiss, and Williams attended along with chaperones Woods, Restivo, Burke, Kolasa, and O’Connor. 🏫 This educational experience was funded via the NYS Parks Connect Kids grant. Thank you to the staff at Reinstein Woods for being so welcoming to our Black Knights. 🫶

RIT 2023 High School Junior Awards: The following were selected in recognition of their leadership, service and achievements: (L to R) Katelyn Gard- Art and Design Award Jorge Hasbun- Science and Math Award Rachel Beadle- Computing Award Kendal Brunn- Business and Leadership Award Stephanie VanCheri- Humanities and Social Sciences Award Emily Bowers- Women in STEM Award The awardees will receive a waived application fee and a $19,000 annual award if they are admitted to RIT.

A group of students from Silver Creek Central School District enjoyed a field trip to The Buffalo Zoo on Monday, June 5, 2023. 🚌 The temperature made for a great day to see many of the animals active within their enclosures. Some of the favorites for Mrs. Heller’s class were the gorillas during feeding time and the seals doing flips. Mrs. Voigt’s class enjoyed seeing some of their favorite animals up close. 🦍 🦭 👀 Black Knights from the classrooms of Mrs. Heller, Mrs. Buczkowski, Mrs. Fennell, Mrs. Voigt, and Mrs. Tanski attended. 💛🖤💛🖤

Black Knights in Ms. Kristin McChesney’s Health & Wellness classes enjoyed the recent beautiful weather the week of June 12, 2023, for some outdoor "team-building" games. Students in Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade engaged in playful collaborative activities as the 2022-2023 academic year comes to an end.

Second-graders from Mrs. Postle, Miss Meyerhofer, Miss Conner, Miss Kline and Mrs. Bunge's classes at Silver Creek Elementary took a field trip to Evangola State Park on June 6, 2023. 🚌 🌲 These Black Knights enjoyed participating in four educational centers including bird watching, building sand castles, playing on new playgrounds and doing a marsh study. It was awesome learning about local ecosystems and learning the names of local bodies of water. 🦅🏖️🤸💧 Thank you to the guides from the park for teaching everyone so much. We are looking forward to return visits! ☺️ 🫶🖤💛

Sophomore Mattison Larson organized a charity Four Square tournament May 23, 2023, for Silver Creek High students and teachers to compete. 💪 To promote the event, Mattison made flyers and posted them around campus. 🪧 🎊 She worked to get a total of 12 teams of one teacher and 3 students per team organized. 🏫 During the tourney, she hosted a bake sale with cupcakes, cookies and Rice Krispie treats. 🧁🍪 Mattison raised $151 via the event and donated it to the Silver Creek Food Pantry. 💰 The winner of the tournament was Mr. Sadler’s team with a total of 34 points. 🏆 Kudos to Mattison on learning a lifelong lesson on the importance of giving back to the community! 🙌🫶

SERVICE, SAND & SWAG: Dozens of members of the Class of 2023 at Silver Creek fanned out in the community to lend a hand on the annual Senior Day of Service. 🚌 💪 The 12th-graders gathered together Monday, June 5, 2023, to collaborate for a greater good. The students volunteered at various places around the community picking up trash and sticks at St. Columban’s on the Lake, Borrello Beach, Sunset Bay Beach and on the Seneca Nation territory. 🤝 Afterward, the students went to Sunset Bay Beach to have the annual beach bash where they enjoyed sun, sand, games, prizes and food. 🏖️ 🏐 🪣 🌊 🌭 🥤 🎉 Chaperones for the event were class advisors Elizabeth Guzzetta, Bridget Hojnacki, Kristen Foley, Carolyn Laurenzi, Mary Williams, and Josh Sadler. 🧑‍🏫 Thank you to the Silver Creek Parent Teacher Student Association for the prize donations. ☺️