The playground at Silver Creek Elementary was positively bustling with activity today (Tuesday, October 25, 2022) as our Black Knights let loose and enjoyed some unseasonably warm fall weather. 🌞 🤸♀️🌳🏃♂️🍂
Silver Creek School District families are invited to the TRACK OR TREAT event -- which is being held inside the school due to inclement weather -- on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 🎃🍬🍫🍭
All trick-or-treaters will enter the school through the pool door. It will be marked. Please join the Parent Teacher Student Association for a fun-filled evening. Dress-up in your Halloween best! 🤡🤠👨🎤👩🍳
Haunted house sponsored by Key Club, National Honor Society and Youth Activation Committee of Silver Creek High School. 👻
This is just a fraction of the autumnal artwork adorning the corridors of Silver Creek Elementary in October 2022! 🎃 🍁 🧑🎨 🏫 🎨💛🖤
Friendly reminder that PICTURE DAY at Silver Creek Elementary School is scheduled Thursday, October 27, 2022, during the school day.
The 2023 Elks National Foundation's MOST VALUABLE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP application deadline is November 14, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Learn more: https://www.elks.org/scholars
Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.
Eligibility:
▪️ Current high school seniors, or the equivalent, who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply.
▪️ Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks.
▪️ High school graduates are not eligible to apply.
▪️ Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are submitted; permanent legal resident status does not qualify.
𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:
The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2023 competition.
Male and female students compete separately.
Ranging from $1,000 per year to $12,500 per year, Most Valuable Student scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a U.S. college or university. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an accredited U.S. college or university.
The Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation announced the 500 national winners in April, 2022. (Many local Lodges, districts and state Elks associations award their own scholarships through this program. These scholarships are not to be confused with the 500 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships.)
The 2023 MVS Leadership Weekend will be held April 13-16 in Chicago. During the weekend, the Top 20 scholars will interview with the national judges. These 20 finalists will be vying for two first-place awards of $50,000; two second-place awards of $40,000; and two third-place awards of $30,000. The remaining 14 finalists will receive awards of $20,000. The 480 runners-up will receive fifth-place scholarships of $4,000. Participating in the virtual Leadership Weekend is required to be eligible for the top awards.
Our friends at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES are hosting a 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 & 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 at the LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia on Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Learn more about each of the 11 CTE programs. There will also be a chicken barbecue, a food truck, music, door prizes, pumpkin carving, a pumpkin sale to benefit the National Technical Honor Society, candy apples, cookie decorating, a chocolate fountain, job demonstrations, raffled items (including a custom-made bench) and college and military reps.
Saturday night, some of our students attended a concert by the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo. The work presented was a choral arrangement of the Diary of Anne Frank and was organized in conjunction with the Buffalo State Anne Frank Project and our students were able to attend due to the support of our Arts in Education Grant.
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦
The "Inclusion Revolution" continues! Four student members of the Youth Activation Committee at Silver Creek High traveled on Friday (October 21, 2022) to the Glens Falls, N.Y., to attend the 2022 Special Olympics New York Fall Games and YAC Youth Leadership Experience.
Black Knights Julie Decker, Emily Yerke, Colin Shumaker and Troy Cooper were accompanied by YAC advisor Janet Decker and Janine Shumaker, both staff members who coach Unified Sports bowling.
The group attended opening ceremonies for the 2022 Fall Games on Friday (Oct. 21, 2022) followed by a training session, which taught them how to use different types of recording equipment to use to interview athletes, coaches, and family members at the soccer and softball games.
The students and advisors helped set up and run the Young Athletes Skills Centers on Saturday and also took time to use the new recording equipment to interview people throughout the sports complex. They were also provided time to watch several soccer, softball, and Bocce games before attending dinner and closing ceremonies at Glens Falls City Park.
Before heading back to the hotel, the group met back up with Special Olympic staff to debrief the events from the day and discuss their favorite parts of the event. Everyone had different views of what was their favorite, but all agreed interviewing and watching the athletes made for special memories.
The entire trip (bussing, hotels and meals) was funded by the Special Olympics New York. The funds come from events like the Polar Plunge, which will be held Friday, December 2, 2022. The students and staff that attended this event will be participating in the Polar Plunge this year along with many others from the school district and community.
If you have any questions about participating in the Polar Plunge or how to make a donation, please contact Janet Decker at (716) 934-2603, ext. 3434 or by email at jdecker@silvercreekschools.org.
*COURTESY POST* SC Kiwanis Club Halloween Trunk or Treat
A group of Native American students from Silver Creek Middle School participated in the Seneca Nation Education Department’s Annual Middle School Youth Summit on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
They united with students from Gowanda and Lake Shore central school districts to participate in various workshops; this year’s theme was Wellness. Our Black Knights participated in workshops on self care, including meditation and breathing techniques, healthy friendship and family relationships, and internet safety/cyber bullying.
This annual event gives our students a chance to collaborate with students from the other districts that serve the Seneca Nation territory and build new relationships to help serve this community as young adults.
#wearesilvercreek #nativepride #blackknightpride
GETTING COZY: Pre-Kindergartners in the classroom of Mrs. Jakubowicz and Miss Russo at Silver Creek Elementary put on their pajamas and enjoyed fresh-popped popcorn and a show in celebration of PJ Day. 🍿 🎥 🏫💛🖤 #wearesilvercreek #BKP #BlackKnightPride
𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦: Senior architecture students in Mr. Justin Cerne's class at Silver Creek High traveled to Clark, Patterson, & Lee's Buffalo office on Tuesday (October 18, 2022) to meet with professionals and discuss projects for the upcoming academic year.
Our Black Knights toured the office, experienced some of the new technology in the field including virtual mapping and virtual reality tech, discussed the recent Capital Project at SCCS, and were given a project to complete over the course of the school year.
These members of the Class of 2023 will be analyzing various sites around the Silver Creek community and looking at how they could improve their town through architecture and design.
Thank you to CPL for collaborating with us and to Mr. Cerne for facilitating this experience for our soon-to-be graduates!
We are looking forward to the fall welcome back concert Wednesday (October 19, 2022) at 6 p.m. featuring our talented middle and high school students in the auditorium! 🍂 🎶 👋 🖤💛
𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 on Thursday, November 10, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Silver Creek High School cafeteria. 🇺🇸
All veterans on the Wall are invited, along with their families. Refreshments will be provided.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 via the QR code OR email Ms. Foley: kfoley@silvercreekschools.org. Please note: If there are any misspellings on the list of names, or other questions, please email Ms. Foley.
Thank You! Karissa Buchanan, Mike Dispenza & Harmony Sinders
ELEMENTARY EVENTS for the remainder of October 2022 have been updated on our website.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 17, 2022
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17: Lunch Menu is Grilled Cheese
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18: Lunch Menu is Taco
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19: Wear Orange for Unity/Anti-Bullying Day. Lunch Menu is Pizza. Knighttime Stories Event 6:30-7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20: PJ Day. Lunch Menu is Macaroni and Cheese.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21: Superintendent’s Conference Day NO SCHOOL.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 24, 2022
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24: Lunch Menu is Chicken Nuggets.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25: Lunch Menu is Nacho Grande with Tostitos Chips.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26: Lunch Menu is Pizza
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27: Picture Day. Lunch Menu is Hamburger
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28: Wear Red Day. Lunch Menu is Pizza.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 31, 2022
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31: Halloween. Lunch Menu is Chicken Patty on a Bun.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thursday, November 10: 11:45 a.m. Early Release
Friday, November 11: Veterans Day – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday through Friday, November 23-25, 2022, is Thanksgiving Recess-NO SCHOOL
Today kicks off #schoolboardrecognitionweek and all of us at Silver Creek Central School District want to give a big thank you to our Board of Education members for all they do.
Board of Education volunteers serving the Silver Creek Central School District are: President Martha Howard, Vice President Matthew Bogosian and members Stephen Boothe, Gregory Cole, Jerry Cross, Michael Grisanti and Scott Pulver.
#blackknightpride #wearesilvercreek
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗙𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Meet ERIK BARKLEY, the new Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Shared Services Athletic Trainer at Silver Creek Central School District. He splits his time between our Black Knight family and the Marauder family of Dunkirk City School District.
"I'm really excited to get to know the students and staff, and become a member of the Silver Creek school community," says Barkley.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Barkley has a bachelor's degree in athletic training from Slippery Rock University and a master's degree in nutrition & exercise science from SouthEast Missouri State University. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer (nationally certified and New York State-licensed), and Performance Enhancement Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.Prior to starting at here/BOCES he spent about 22 years working as an athletic trainer at the collegiate level.
FAMILY & PETS: He and his wife Caitlin have two children; a fourth-grader named Jakob and a second-grader named Abby. Their one dog, a husky shepard mix, is named Kole.
HOBBIES & INTERESTS: "I have always been fascinated with cycling, and like riding on the road and mountain biking. I love being outdoors, we enjoy going hiking or camping in our free time," says Barkley. "I also enjoy watching my own kids' activities and supporting their different interests. I even try to sneak out on my motorcycle from time to time as well."
FUN FACTS/PERSONAL TRIVIA: Barkley used to live in the US Virgin Islands. "Once upon a time I used to cycle a few thousand miles per year, and actually won the first bicycle race that I entered as an adult." He has also thru-hiked a small part of the North Country Trail by himself. He interned for the Pittsburgh Steelers and served as the lead athletic trainer for a WWE event.
FAVORITE QUOTE: “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
ADVICE FOR BLACK KNIGHTS: There are three simple steps to a good life... Stay hydrated, get plenty of sleep, and always be kind to others.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Thank you to the DUNKIRK OBSERVER newspaper for featuring our Youth Activation Committee summit held last week (October 3, 2022) at Silver Creek Central School District! We are dedicated to providing opportunities to ALL our students via Unified Sports. Be sure to check out the October 7 edition of the paper to learn more: https://www.observertoday.com/
Friendly reminder that the Board of Education will hold a meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at Silver Creek Central School District and all are welcome. More information, including agendas and minutes of past meetings, is available via our website: https://www.silvercreekschools.org/page/board-of-education
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛: Silver Creek High School is featuring an 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲 for the 2023 yearbook that runs 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 $𝟱𝟴.𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪:
▪️ The Regular Sale continues Sunday, October 23, 2022, through Saturday, November 12, 2022, for $68.00 per book.
▪️ School access code for Herff Jones is 13849
▪️ The sale will be active through Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
▪️ Order online here: YearbookOrderCenter.com
▪️ Download a printable PDF of the order form via our website: https://5il.co/1j5o7
