THEY FOUGHT, THEY DARED & THEY ENDED THEIR HUNGER FOR JUSTICE: For the past month, students in Mrs. Carolyn Laurenzi's 11th-grade English class have been reading "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins and competing against each other to become the victor of room 165 at Silver Creek High. 🏹
Each student has represented a district from the novel. For this week's competition, students had to answer 30 questions on Quizizz about not only the novel, but also their teacher. 👩🏫
Students were given points on how fast and accurately they answered the questions (and there were a few trick ones in there, too!).
This week's rankings are:
▪️1st place: Payton Wood District 3 with 29995 points
▪️2nd place: Ayden Matter District 1 with 27510 points
▪️3rd place: Karmine Kuppel District 9 with 26400 points
▪️The final victor was Payton Wood from District 3 with 30705 overall points between all three weeks.
▪️Karmine Kuppel from District 9 came in second place with 2900 points.
Payton will get to pick from two prizes and Karmine will receive the other one.
Congratulations to all the tributes who participated and the victors of room 165!
Silver Creek Central School District is thrilled to have “Reservation Dogs” actor Gary Farmer, who plays Uncle Brownie on the acclaimed TV show "Reservation Dogs” on campus today! 😎
THANK YOU to Mr. Farmer for engaging our Black Knights as well as students from area districts ahead of tonight’s public presentation. 🫶
The community is invited to campus tonight (Thursday, May 25, 2023) and vendors will be onsite from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. at 1 Dickinson Street. Farmer takes the stage in the auditorium at 7 p.m. 📆
A high-profile Native American role model, Farmer is expected to discuss connecting with Indigenous students. In Canada, Farmer visited various schools to connect with students to produce film projects. 🎥 🏫 🇨🇦
Farmer, a motivational speaker and comedian, also appeared in the 1998 movie "Smoke Signals." A talented musician, he performs with the band Gary Farmer & The Troublemakers. 🎤🎶
📸 You can follow Farmer on Instagram at @garytroublemaker 📲
This special event is funded via the Title VI and My Brother’s Keeper programs.
The Silver Creek Business Department is proud to announce that Jakeb Millar has been named Outstanding Business Student of the Year. He is being honored with this award based on his involvement with the Business department and his academic accomplishments throughout. He’s taken many different business courses, including 2 college courses, Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Business Ownership, and Career and Financial Management.
In addition to his academic success, Jakeb Millar is a member of the Business Club, Quiz Bowl, Business and Marketing Honor Society, and Silver Creek Basketball and Football. He has accomplished all of this and has also been working at McDonalds for the past 2 years. Jake is also the recipient of this year’s Scholarship of Excellence award presented by Jamestown Business College. He will be attending JBC in the fall, majoring in management and marketing.
He was honored by receiving a plaque on the Outstanding Business Students Wall of Fame.
Global 9 Honors students from Silver Creek High explored a variety of exhibits The Buffalo History Museum this week. 🚌🦬
Students of Mrs. Jessica Kardashian saw various aspects of Western New York’s history and were able to forms connections to the role it plays into global history. 🌍🤔
Buffalo sports history, a visit from Abraham Lincoln, examples of Native American culture and the Japanese gardens and shrines are just a few of the things the students saw on their scavenger hunt. 🔍
The students had a blast and rated the trip a 1,000/10! Thank you to The Buffalo History Museum. 🙌
Mrs. Castiglia's Marketing Class held their annual ice cream making competition on Tuesday May 23rd. Teachers were asked to vote for their favorite in 4 categories, Best Package Design , Best Advertisement, Most Creative Name, and Best Flavor. THE WINNER was Ben Layton and his Cinna Mellow Ice Cream, Congratulations Ben!
Key Club is hosting a bottle/can drive through June 19! Proceeds are being donated to the Suicide Prevention Alliance of Chautauqua County in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. If you would like to participate, drop off your cans at CAN KINGS and tell them you would like to donate to the Silver Creek Key Club. Thank you!
BLACK KNIGHTS SHINE AT HONORS NIGHT
Three of Silver Creek High School’s top students and an administrator were lauded Tuesday, May 23, 2023, during the Chautauqua County School Boards Association’s annual Honors Night held at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. 👏 🖤💛
Valedictorian Ryleigh Lawton and Salutatorian Payton Brennan were feted along with Jessica Didas, who is ranked 9th in the Class of 2023. Additionally, district Superintendent Todd A. Crandall was recognized ahead of his upcoming retirement. 🎓🎓🎓 👋
Lawton was awarded the Far West scholarship while Didas, who is a Career and Technical Education student in the Health Careers program at the LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia, was awarded the Far West scholarship for her studies via Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES.
Lawton is attending Rochester Institute of Technology to major in mechanical engineering and is the daughter of Thomas P. Lawton Sr.
Brennan is heading to University of East London to major in psychology and is the daughter of Greg and Kim Brennan.
Didas is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in public accountancy at Fredonia and is the daughter of Joe and Laurie Didas.
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to the varsity softball team of Silver Creek Central School district on its 22-2 victory over host Wilson last night (May 22, 2023). 😃🖤💛🥎💪
The Black Knights welcome the Gowanda Central School District Panthers on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 4 p.m. 📆
Refer to the schedule here: https://arbiterlive.com/Teams/Schedule/4866894
Read more via the Dunkirk Observer: https://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2023/05/barker-win-over-forestville-played-under-protest/
📸 Follow @bkpcoach via Instagram for more Silver Creek Athletics updates. 📲
Silver Creek Central School District’s Board of Education will host a meeting Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the board room.
Congratulations to our 2023 Prom Court! (L-R) Seniors : Shawn Kelly III, Amber Lockwood ; Juniors: Laneya Olsen, Michael Grisanti
SOWING CONNECTIONS: A collaborative community service project between the Key Club and Builders Club of Silver Creek Central School District happened Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Silver Creek Hanover Garden Club’s annual Garden Faire. 🪴
Both Builders Club and Key Club members (Payton Wood, Ethan Vecchio, Katelynn Chesbro, and Elizabeth Eslinger) helped the Garden Club with various children’s activities.
“They worked great with the kids!” says Builders Club advisor and middle school teacher Ms. Rose Battleson. “We couldn’t have done it all without their help!”
Our Black Knights assisted the Garden Club with rock painting and seed planting. They also helped with set-up for the other items on sale at the Garden Club tents.
SCHOLARSHIP SPOTLIGHT: The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office is offering area high-schoolers a chance to get out on the water and fish this summer via an Essay Contest.
Eight high school students will win an all-day fishing charter trip on Lake Erie on June 22, 2023. To enter, students need to write an essay about social justice issues and identify potential solutions to unify the community. Essays must be typed and submitted by June 1, 2023.
Essays should be sent to Sheriff James Quattrone at the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, 15 E. Chautauqua Street
Mayville, NY 14757. Questions? Call (716) 753-4900.
Silver Creek High students went on a photo scavenger hunt in their weekly “Hunger Games” competition in Mrs. Carolyn Laurenzi's 11th-grade English class. 📸📱
Students spent a period on Friday, May 19th going around the school trying to find physical objects or people to represent ideas from the novel by Suzanne Collins. 🔎 🏫
This week’s top tributes:
▪️Joel Dolce in 1st place with 1200 points 🥇
▪️Karmine Kuppel in 2nd place with 1100 points🥈
▪️Timmy Williams and Miguel Moraleja-Canon tied for 3rd place each with 1000 points🥉
Students compete in the final competition Friday, May 26, 2023. 🏹 There will be the weekly tribute placements and the victor will be announced! 🏆
Canadian actor Gary Farmer, who grew up in Buffalo and attended Syracuse University, and currently plays Uncle Brownie on the wildly popular and Peabody award-winning show "Reservation Dogs" is appearing at Silver Creek Central School District on Thursday, May 25, 2023, and the community is encouraged to attend. 😎
Vendors will be onsite from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. at 1 Dickinson Street with Farmer taking the stage in the auditorium at 7 p.m. 📆
A high-profile Native American role model, Farmer is expected to discuss connecting with Indigenous students. In Canada, Farmer visited various schools to connect with students to produce film projects. 🎥 🏫 🇨🇦
Farmer, a motivational speaker and comedian, also appeared in the 1998 movie "Smoke Signals." A talented musician, he performs with the band Gary Farmer & The Troublemakers. 🎤🎶
📸 You can follow Farmer on Instagram at @garytroublemaker 📲
This special event is funded via the Title VI and My Brother’s Keeper programs.
Women’s Studies students in Mrs. Jessica Kardashian’s class travelled to Seneca Falls — the birthplace of women’s rights — on Thursday, May 18, 2023. 🚌 🗽
The class visited the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House and the Wesleyan Church, where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held and the Declaration of Sentiments was signed. ✍️
The class heard from park rangers about the significance of women including Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony and their passion for the not only the right to vote, but how it was the ultimate goal for anything else in women’s rights.
“This trip was inspiring, a beautiful end to this school year,” says Kardashian. “It is something I hope will show the ladies I have been privileged to share this class with that they are capable of anything and everything with a little passion and drive.”
They then headed to the Women’s Hall of Fame and explored and told their own stories via unique activities. They used yarn from an activity utilized by people from all over the world to help create an artwork that will eventually hang in the gallery.
Silver Creek Central School District has a WIDE VARIETY OF SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM VACANCIES it is seeking to fill.
Instructional positions include: Instrumental Music Teacher, Math Classroom Teacher, two Science Classroom Teachers, one Social Studies Classroom Teacher, and one Library Media Specialist. At the middle school level: One ELA/Math Classroom Teacher, one Science Classroom Teacher, and one Technology Classroom teacher. Also sought: Substitutes, a social worker and a guidance counselor.
Non-instructional positions include: Five teacher aides and summer program aide substitutes.
Learn more about these opportunities via these links:
Instructional vacancies: https://5il.co/1um6f
Non-instructional vacancies: https://5il.co/1um6g
Qualified candidates are asked to please apply by June 2, 2023.
Thank you!
The 6th grade Social Studies team: Mr. Ginsburg, Miss Elliott and Mrs. Prinzbach wrapped up the Greece unit with a fun, drama-filled project shared with parents and staff. Over a week, students learned a Greek myth that was translated into a play, which was ultimately performed for parents and teachers. Students had to learn lines, create props and dress up to bring their myth to life in front of their audience. The students all did a fantastic job, and fun was had by everyone!
🚨CANNON FIRING SET FRIDAY🚨
If you hear a loud “boom” later this week, Silver Creek Central School District wants to
reassure the community there is no cause for alarm. 🏫
The middle school is hosting its annual
Civil War Day for students Friday, May 19, 2023, featuring re-enactors and a cannon
firing, all for educational purposes. 🇺🇸💣
The district wants to make neighbors and residents aware of the cannon firing demonstration expected to occur approximately between 1:55 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. ⏰
Please note: Civil War Day is a closed-campus event and not open to the public. 💛🖤
𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥: 𝗣𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗦 & 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚
The Parents As Teachers program at Silver Creek Central School District, facilitated in collaboration with the Jamestown Community Learning Council, has been strengthening family relationships through skill-building for nearly three years.
During the 2022-2023 academic year, PAT serves families with children ages birth to 5 with monthly home visits, child development resources, and screenings that connect families to services and help children achieve milestones. PAT staff work with the SCCS Counseling Department, teachers and staff.
The various interactions between parents/guardians occur during visits in school, in homes and sometimes at community sites. By helping facilitate play between an adult and a child, it helps a child learn through hands-on experience. Repetition of activities children enjoy helps develop and refine their abilities. These activities help strengthen the parent-child relationship and support that child's development.
“I love this job and I love working with the families that I have had the privilege to work with,” says PAT home/school liaison Rose-Wickmark, who is the SCCS connection for families of students in first through fourth grades. “I love seeing kiddos and those that love them achieve their goals.”
JCLC home visitors provide individualized, interactive activities for parents and children to enjoy at home, including story time, arts and crafts, and more. The program also creates social, group opportunities that connect parents and children with other young families.
PAT provides learning packets (more than 300 since 2020) that are fun and encourage parents/guardians to be a part of their child's learning. And they’ve provided more than 300 new books to families since 2020.
Here are some more statistics about Parents as Teachers for the 2022-2023 academic year:
• 19 families with 42 children were served.
• There were 139 visits either at home or school.
• 23 developmental screenings were completed
Since September 2020, the program has helped 29 families with 58 children. PAT completed 304 visits in the home or at school plus an 90 additional visits.
For more details about PAT and JCLC, visit https://jclcprograms.org/
Families can also call (716) 934-2603 or e-mail Ms. Rose-Wickmark at srose-wickmark@silvercreekschools.org for more information.
Photo credit: Shawna M. Rose-Wickmark is a home/school liaison for the Parents As Teachers program at Silver Creek Central School District and captured these images.
𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩: 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙣𝙖 𝙈. 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚-𝙒𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚/𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝘼𝙨 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨.
*courtesy post*
Signups for a June 2023 FOOTBALL SKILLS CAMP for ages 8-12 are scheduled Saturday, May 20, 2023, between 9-11 a.m. in the Silver Creek High cafeteria. 🏈 ✍️
The FOOTBALL SKILLS CAMP will be held June 17, 2023, between 9-11 a.m. at the Forestville Central School District football field.
Cost is $35. Every pre-registered child will receive a camp T-shirt. 💲 📆 👕
For questions or to volunteer, call Cliff at 910-581-0191. ☎️
