Silver Creek CSD

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 Silver Creek Central School District is closed Thursday due to the impending wintry weather coupled with staffing shortages due to COVID-19. We hope our Black Knight family stays safe and warm and we expect to reopen Friday. Thank you! #wearesilvercreek #blackknightpride

Report a Positive COVID-19 Home Test | Chautauqua County, NY Chautauqua County residents can use this form to tell the Chautauqua County Health Department about a positive home COVID-19 test result. This helps us control the spread of the disease in our community. https://chqgov.com/form/report-a-positive-covid-19-home-

Silver Creek Elementary School's EVENTS for the weeks of January 3 and January 10, 2022, have also been added to the website. WEEK OF JANUARY 3, 2022 MONDAY, JANUARY 3 Lunch Menu ~ Chicken Nuggets or Ham Wrap 4th & 5th Grade Chorus TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 Lunch Menu ~ Taco or Turkey Sub 4th Grade Band WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 Lunch Menu ~ Pizza or Ham Sub 3rd Grade Chorus THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 Lunch Menu ~ Mac & Cheese side of Buffalo Chicken or Egg Salad Sandwich 5th Grade Band FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 Lunch Menu ~ Pizza or Turkey Wrap WEEK OF JANUARY 10, 2022 MONDAY, JANUARY 10 Lunch Menu ~ Hamburger/Cheeseburger or Turkey Sub 4th & 5th Grade Chorus TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 Lunch Menu ~ Taco or Ham Sub 4th Grade Band WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 Lunch Menu ~ Pizza or Ham Wrap 3rd Grade Chorus THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 Lunch Menu ~ Meatball/Meat Sauce over Pasta or Cheese Sandwich 5th Grade Band FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 Pizza or Turkey Wrap UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday, January 17th NO SCHOOL ~~ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Friday, January 28th Elementary Early Release 11:45 am Monday, February 21st through Friday, February 25th ~~ NO SCHOOL MID WINTER RECESS

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨," 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜 January is NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH and Silver Creek Central School District wants to acknowledge the many behind-the-scenes contributions of its teacher mentors and mentor coordinators. We hired a lot of new staff for the 2021-2022 academic year and we are so grateful to those who have stepped up to share their expertise and experiences with their colleagues to help strengthen our Black Knight family and enhance education for all. We see you and we appreciate you. THANK YOU. #wearesilvercreek #blackknightpride #BKP

Parent Broadcast, Monday, January 3, 2022 Good afternoon Silver Creek School families. A reminder that we will be handing out one free Covid test kit for each student today from 3:00pm – 6:00pm at the Elementary Band entrance (located in the Elementary bus loop) and tomorrow, Tuesday, January 4 from 1:00pm – 6:00pm. If your child tests positive after using the COVID kit, please have your child stay at home and contact your school nurse. It is important for you to know that the use of the kits is not mandatory and completely at your discretion. Additionally, if you do not have transportation and desire a test kit, you can call your child’s office and/or send in a note in with your child and arrangements will be made to deliver to your home. Please know, we appreciate your continued trust, partnership and flexibility as we continue to navigate Covid together. We continue our school year knowing that, “We are all in this together, and together we will get through this”.

Happy New Year from Silver Creek Central School District! #WeAreSilverCreek #BlackKnightPride #Happy2022

Parent Broadcast, Saturday, January 1, 2022 Happy New Year everyone! This past week Governor Hochul and Health Commissioner Bassett announced a statewide goal of having as many students as possible tested for COVID upon their return to school. The Governor has called for school districts to be responsible for distributing COVID test kits to families by sending them home with students. To accomplish this goal, New York State sent COVID test kits to all school districts – we are scheduled to receive ours tomorrow, Sunday, January 2, 2022. We will receive enough test kits for every student in the Silver Creek District. These test kits are intended for families to use to test their child(ren) after winter break regardless of if your child has symptoms or not. If your child tests positive after using the COVID kit, please have your child stay at home and contact your school nurse. It is important for you to know that the use of the kits is not mandatory and completely at your discretion. Therefore, to maintain testing resources and to only supply testing kits to families who knowingly and willingly want a kit we will have a distribution set up for Monday, January 3 from 3:00pm – 6:00pm and Tuesday, January 4th from 1:00pm – 6:00pm at the Band entrance located in the Elementary bus loop. Additionally, if you do not have transportation and desire a test kit, you can call your child’s office and/or send in a note in with your child and arrangements will be made to deliver to your home. Please know, we appreciate your continued trust, partnership and flexibility as we continue to navigate Covid together. We continue our school year knowing that, “We are all in this together, and together we will get through this”.

SHARING BLACK KNIGHT HISTORY FROM FAR We can't say goodbye to 2021 without first saying thank you to a couple far-flung Black Knights for helping us get the 2021-2022 academic year off to a great start by making a generous donation to our campus. 🙏 Here's the story of how it happened: Back in September 2021, we got a letter from Maryland resident Ms. Amanda Hawkins, who donated this beautiful Black Knights gym bag from the 1970's on behalf of her brother Andy Spear, who lives in California. 📬 It read, in part: "Our family lived in Silver Creek from 1965-1978... This bag was my brother Andy's... He joined the Navy after high school and ended up in San Diego... He is a retired police detective with the San Diego Police Department... Silver Creek has remained near and dear to our hearts all these years..." 🏫💛🖤 Thank you to Ms. Hawkins and Mr. Spear for their generosity and for sending a piece of our shared history home to Silver Creek, where it will be displayed for us all to enjoy. 🙌🤝

Merry Christmas to our Black Knight family from Silver Creek Central School District. #WeAreSilverCreek #BlackKnightPride

Mr. Bridon's high school band played Christmas carols in the lobby during arrival this morning! What a fun way to get everyone in the holiday spirit for our last day before winter recess!

WINTER RECESS: Silver Creek Central School District is CLOSED from Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, through Sunday, January 2, 2022. Classes resume Monday, January 3, 2022. We hope our Black Knight family has a happy, healthy and safe holiday season! #WeAreSilverCreek #BlackKnightPride #BKP #SilverCreekCSD

Silver Creek Elementary staff got all decked out this week (Monday, December 20, 2021) for a fierce Ugly Sweater Day competition! Congratulations to LISA ANDERSON on her fashionable entry but, really, they are all winners in our book! 🤩🎄☃️

Happy Winter! December 21 is not only the first day of winter, but it's also the winter solstice. Learn more here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dec-21-the-winter-solstice-explained/ #ScienceTuesday

Silver Creek Central School District has a vacancy for a ASSISTANT ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL COORDINATOR. Description: This position will focus on satisfying the academic and social/emotional needs of our Native American students, primarily in the Elementary School. This individual will assist in establishing and maintaining communication between Native American students and their parents with the school administration and teachers. Work is performed under the supervision of the building principals and Director of Special Education and is done in conjunction with the work being done by other Title VI and My Brother's Keeper Native American Grant staff. TYPICAL WORK ACTIYITES: • Provide effective communication between parents of Native American students and District staff that will build a positive working relationship between the families and the school district. • Assisting the Title VI and My Brother's Keeper Native American Grant Coordinators as required. • Brings concerns of Native Americans to school officials. • Assists school nurses with health-related problems of Native American students and acts as liaison between N alive American families and the reservation clinic. • Discusses with Native American students their academic progress. • Meets regularly with teachers and other relevant staff to coordinate needed interventions to ensure student success. • Prepares correspondence and necessary reports. • Coordinates information regarding federal and Seneca Nation funds and programs relating to Native American students. • Advises students and Parent Committee of existing Native American educational programs which will benefit students. • Participate in meetings concerning Native American students, which may include CPS visits, Parent Conferences and Student Support Team meetings. • Work primarily with elementary Native American students with the ability to assist at all grade levels when a need arises. Full performance, knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics: • Extensive knowledge of the Native American community required. • Excellent knowledge of Native American culture, arts and crafts and awareness of educational needs of Native American families. • Working knowledge of concepts related to cultural, environmental, and personal factors influencing lives of persons living on the territory. • Ability to communicate the goals and interests of the Native Americans to the school officials. • Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships; ability to understand, interpret and prepare written material; tact and understanding. Minimum qualifications: • Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma. • Relevant, successful experience working with Native American students and families in an educational setting. • Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. • Computer application skills as appropriate, especially experience utilizing online learning platforms such as Microsoft Teams. • A valid driver's license and private transportation that can be utilized to fulfill employment responsibilities as required. Terms of employment: • This position is fully funded through the Title VI Federal Grant Funding and the New York State My Brother's Keeper Native American Grant. • Employment is full-time during the academic school year, with the potential for work during July and August. • Rate of compensation will be dependent upon experience and education level. Interested applicants should forward a completed Civil Service application to; Todd Crandall, Superintendent of Schools 1 Dickinson Street Silver Creek, NY 14136 Applications due by December 28, 2021 . Applications can be found at www silvercreekschools.org under: District ➔Employment #SilverCreekCSD #

Parent Broadcast 12/20/21 Please be advised that over the weekend we had 2 elementary school students, 3 middle school students, and 1 elementary school staff member test positive for COVID. The Chautauqua County Department of Health has been notified and is taking further steps to contact trace as needed. The local department of health has or will identify and contact those identified as close contacts of the individuals. We are working with the health department and are taking all recommended steps to ensure the safety of our students and staff. Rest assured; these individuals will not return until they have completed quarantine/isolation procedures for COVID-19 as directed by the local Department of Health. We once again remind everyone do their part both inside and outside of school to stop the spread of the virus. I encourage everyone to monitor symptoms, stay home if you’re showing any symptoms, and stringently follow social distancing, face mask, and hand washing protocols in and out of school. If you have questions regarding the information in this broadcast, please contact our school nurse or the District Office.

Friendly reminder that Silver Creek High School is facilitating HOLIDAY SPIRIT WEEK from Monday to Wednesday, December 20-22, 2021. Monday, December 20: BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE / Rock your comfiest/silliest holiday socks. Tuesday, December 21: DECK THE HALLS / Get decked out in your hippest holiday shirt/sweater. Wednesday, December 22: SILENT NIGHT / Prepare for a perfect break in your comfiest pajamas. #BlackKnightPride #WeAreSilverCreek

Dear Silver Creek School Families, Today is Friday, December 17, 2021. You may be aware of an alarming Tik Tok post yesterday that referred to general school threats across our country for today, December 17th. All yesterday, last evening and this morning we were in constant contact with the local authorities who determined that the threat was not credible. Additionally, please know that there was no direct credible threat directed at the Silver Creek School District. There were three schools that closed in our area because they received a direct credible threat to their specific schools. I considered a Parent Broadcast last evening but refrained because our District never received a direct threat. Please know that if there was any credible evidence of a threat the District would have certainly notified you. So, in this case, no news was meant to be good news. In the future, if there is a similar situation, I will provide an update the evening before school to both reassure families and to give a current update. Lastly, I want to reiterate my Parent Broadcast message from yesterday that the MS / HS were remote today because of a staffing shortage NOT because of the Tik Tok posts. I wish all of you a restful weekend and please know, we plan to be open as normal for in person learning next Monday, December 20, 2021.

Parent Broadcast 12/17/21 Please be advised that this week we had 2 elementary school students, 1 middle school student, 3 high school students, and 2 high school staff members test positive for COVID. The Chautauqua County Department of Health has been notified and is taking further steps to contact trace as needed. The local department of health has or will identify and contact those identified as close contacts of the individuals. We are working with the health department and are taking all recommended steps to ensure the safety of our students and staff. Rest assured; these individuals will not return until they have completed quarantine/isolation procedures for COVID-19 as directed by the local Department of Health. We once again remind everyone do their part both inside and outside of school to stop the spread of the virus. I encourage everyone to monitor symptoms, stay home if you’re showing any symptoms, and stringently follow social distancing, face mask, and hand washing protocols in and out of school. If you have questions regarding the information in this broadcast, please contact our school nurse or the District Office.

Good Afternoon Silver Creek School Families, Today is Thursday, December 16, 2021. Due to staffing shortages, not all covid and/or quarantine related, the MS and HS will be fully remote tomorrow, Friday, 12/17/21. The Elementary will operate as normal. MS/HS students will follow their normal schedules via TEAMS as we did last year. Work will be provided synchronously and/or asynchronously for your child’s schedule as it was last year depending on if your child’s teacher is present tomorrow. • CTE students attending both LoGuidice and Carrier Center will be picked up at home and transported to and from the centers. • All other students in any out of District placements will operate as normal • All other MS and HS sports will operate as normal, including any scheduled games At this point, we plan that MS / HS will be in person next Monday, December 20, 2021. Any questions please call your child’s office. Thank you.

Thank you to our awesome Parent Teacher Student Association for facilitating the festive and much-anticipated SANTA'S SECRET SHOP this week (Dec. 10-14, 2021) for Silver Creek Elementary School students in the library! We know our young Black Knights love the opportunity to select gifts for their loved ones for the holiday season. #WeAreSilverCreek #PTSA #BlackKnightPride