Silver Creek CSD

Silver Creek Central School District is kicking off the 2022-2023 academic year by hosting the Board of Education's annual REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at 6 p.m. Please join us! 🏫🗓💛🖤

Happy 4th of July to our Black Knight family from Silver Creek Central School District! 🇺🇸💛🖤🎇

Silver Creek Central School District anticipates several teaching vacancies for the 2022-2023 academic year. HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER The Silver Creek Central School District has an immediate opening for a probationary High School Social Studies Teacher. Requirements: • New York State Certification in Social Studies 7-12 • Experience utilizing Microsoft Teams as an educational platform • Experience working in a Special Education, co-teach classroom • Knowledge of the NYS Standards and Assessments • Ability to construct and integrate assessments that parallel state testing models • Ability to assess data and target student deficiencies to drive instruction • Ability to infuse the use of technology to implement and support instruction • Knowledge of the Common Core State Standards. • Knowledge of or ability to work within an Inclusion Model. Job Description: The teacher will: • Provide direct instruction in the following areas: Global 10, possible Social Studies electives. • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects. • Utilize a variety of instructional techniques consistent with Social Studies content standards • Have the ability to create a positive classroom environment that is conducive to student achievement. • Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law and district policy. • The candidate will be able to instruct students in content and skills in accordance with the demands of the NYS Social Studies curriculum high school. Lessons will be administered to optimize student engagement and reflect the intellectual and developmental needs and characteristics of young adults. Instruction should incorporate the use of technology and reflect knowledge and application of parallel assessments indicative of the Core Standards. The teacher must be able to function as a member of a team as well as provide the support for a co-teach model within the inclusion frameworks. Submission of Applications: Applications are available online at Western New York School Application System: Www.wnyric.org/application Deadline to apply: July 8, 2022 ********************************* HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER The Silver Creek Central School District has an anticipated opening for a probationary High School English Teacher. Requirements: • New York State Certification in English 7-12 • Experience utilizing Microsoft Teams as an educational platform • Experience working in a Special Education, co-teach classroom Job Description: The teacher will: • Provide direct instruction in the following areas: English Language Arts 9-12, AIS, Journalism, Creative Writing • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects • Utilize a variety of instructional techniques consistent with ELA Common Core content standards • Have the ability to create a positive classroom environment that is conducive to student achievement • Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law and district policy • Experience with preparation for the New York State Regents in English Language Arts (ELA) • Must be able to effectively communicate with parents, and complete assessments and reporting as appropriate. Submission of Applications: Applications are available online at Western New York School Application System: www.wnyric.org/application Deadline to apply: July 8, 2022 ************************************ TEACHING ASSISTANT (1.0 FTE) Silver Creek High School has an immediate opening for a teaching assistant assigned to the high school. Requirements: • NYS Teaching Assistant certificate • Knowledge of the Core Standards • Familiarity with modifying curriculum to meet individual student needs. Job description: The Teaching Assistant will: • Provide direct supervision in the following areas: In-School Suspension, Behavior Intervention, Academic Intervention, VADIR/NYSED DATA Reporting • Establish clear objectives and structures for the ISS room • Utilize a variety of instructional and behavioral techniques consistent with SCCS values • Have the ability to create a positive classroom environment that is conducive to student achievement, academic and behavioral recovery • Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law and district policies Salary: As per terms of the Silver Creek Teacher's Association contract. Submission of Application: Applications are available online at Western New York School Application System: www.wnyric.org/application Deadline to Apply: July 8, 2022

SUMMER SWIM PROGRAM AT SCCS The Summer Swim Program at Silver Creek Central School District is designed to give students age 5 and older the opportunity to improve on their swimming skills. Lessons begin July 12, 2022, and end August 1, 2022. Most lessons will be 2 days per week for 30 minutes each. Registration for a group will be based upon a first registered first served basis. There is no guarantee of enrollment in a particular group. Registration forms are due by Friday, July 8, 2022. There will be no confirmation of lesson groups and times unless there is a change to your request. Please see the dates in the online registration form for each group: https://bit.ly/3AolorL

BUDDING WRITERS & ARTISTS The fifth-grade team at Silver Creek Elementary recently recognized the winners of its first-ever cover and essay contest. During their English Language Arts block, students were asked to write about, “What Elementary School Means to Me” and librarian Mrs. Paula Michalak, chose two students who will read their essays at the ceremony Friday, June 17, 2022. The two essay winners were Lilly Shaw and Preston Walters. In addition to the essay, the entire fifth-grade class drew pictures that represented Silver Creek Elementary. All the pictures were judged by art teacher Mrs. Anderson and the winners are Charlotte Dabney and Lucas Charles. Please join us in congratulating these Black Knights and celebrating the class of 2029!

Congratulations to the Class of 2022 of Silver Creek High! 🎓🙌🖤💛 Read more via the Dunkirk Observer: https://www.observertoday.com/news/latest-news/2022/06/incredible-silver-creek-grads-celebrated/

DOUBLE HAPPINESS: Fifth-graders had a “clap out” throughout Silver Creek Elementary School and the hallways this week (June 21-23, 2022) were lined with students ready to send them off to middle school! 👏 In addition, our fifth-grade team teachers are pictured with 2021-2022 retirees Julie Harford and Wendy Giampaolo. 👋 Please join us in wishing all the best to them on the next chapter in their lives!

𝗞𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗧 𝗨𝗣 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 The inaugural Charity Kickball Tournament to benefit the Silver Creek Food Pantry and FeedMore WNY was held recently (Thursday, June 9, 2022) on the campus of Silver Creek Central School District. 🦵⚽️💛🖤 The kickball tourney saw 30 students split into four teams while 20 educators were divided into two teams for an afternoon of fun, giving back, teamwork and lots of Black Knight spirit. Inspired by their experience attending a Ukraine symposium in May 2022, the students who participated talked with social studies teacher Jessica Kardashian about what they could do to give back in a multitude of ways. Fourteen freshmen attendees and Principal Kyle Yelich brainstormed what could be done on campus and locally to benefit our community and give back. They decided that a kickball tournament would be the way to go and we brought it to fruition with under a month of planning. Each player had a “fee” of five canned goods and, once signed up, were randomly separated into teams: the New Kicks on the Block, the Lethal Weapons, the Blue Sox and the Blue Jays. All teams had to decide their captains, uniforms and team name and choose their placements to help build the teamwork spirit. While Mrs. Kardashian coordinated the event, about 20 SCCS staff stepped up to play, pitch, officiate and support! Principal Yelich pitched game 1, Mr. Johnson game 2, Mr. Prevet game 3 and Mr. Sadler the student championship. Mr. Hamms offered to officiate and was aided by our pitchers when they weren't on the mound. They also had Team Awesome (The A team), and S.K.I.L.L.S (Superior Kicks International Leisure League Supreme of Kickball). S.K.I.L.L.S reigned superior in this tournament, but there is talk of a rematch! “I cannot thank my colleagues enough for supporting me, our kids, this endeavor and bringing so much spirit into it,” says Kardashian. The student championship came down to Blue Sox vs. Blue Jays (who ironically wore red) and the Blue Jays won it for all of the gold! The winners each received a trophy and bragging rights, but they were all winners for showing an incredible amount of school spirit, raising $40 and collecting more than 200 canned goods to split between the Silver creek Food Pantry and FeedMore WNY. “I couldn't be prouder of the kids who planned, played, volunteered and my colleagues who helped to make this such a success,” says Kardashian. “It will now become a yearly event that I think anyone and everyone who attended will be greatly looking forward to.”

The Knights Against Cancer club of Silver Creek Central School District headed back to Kevin Guest House in Buffalo recently (Wednesday, June 8, 2022) to cook dinner in person for the first time since February 2020. Our dedicated Black Knight volunteers have been preparing food and dropping it off over the past couple years, but this was the first time they were allowed back on campus to do one of their favorite community service events and give to those staying at Kevin Guest House while either they or a family member receive medical treatment at a Buffalo-area hospital. “While typically we cook in the kitchen and enjoy our meal with the guests, this time we cooked outside and individually wrapped all of the goodies for each guest,” says club advisor and teacher Jessica Kardashian. “Our club feels extremely fortunate to get to have this opportunity and to be able to be one of the first returning groups as we have been volunteering the past five years and our group is well known among the employees.” Silver Creek’s KAC club provided a meal of grilled hot dogs, pasta salad, grilled corn on the cob and homemade strawberry shortcakes for dessert. “It was a pivotal moment for our group as the dynamic has changed and some of our members who started high school volunteering were able to go one last time with us before graduating and it was full circle,” says Kardashian. We love watching our staff and students share these meaningful experiences and make a difference in our region. Way to go, Knights Against Cancer!

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡: 𝟮 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 🎓💛🖤 A composite image of Silver Creek High School's Class of 2022.

A group of talented musicians from Silver Creek Central School District attended the annual CCMTA Spring All County Festival (June 4, 2022) at the Chautauqua Institution. Our Black Knights were selected based on their music performance and abilities at their auditions in January 2022 and throughout the academic year. These students rehearsed with students from Chautauqua County for a final performance at the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater. Silver Creek had 22 band and chorus students selected to attend the festival. Senior Cameron Karcz received the College Music Major Scholarship for their dedication and outstanding performance skills in music throughout high school. Way to go!

The Silver Creek Central School Athletic Department is seeking Varsity & Modified Boys Soccer Head Coaches for the 2022 season. Applicants must have CPR/AED and FASK certifications or be willing to complete these certifications. Applicants must be NYS coaching certified or be willing to obtain certification according to NYS regulations and requirements. Interested candidates should submit a completed application to: Lisa Rohloff, Business Administrator, Silver Creek CSD, PO Box 270, Silver Creek, NY 14136 Deadline: July 1, 2022.

Members of Silver Creek High School's Gay Straight Alliance got together Tuesday (June 14, 2022) to celebrate Pride Month. Our Black Knights participated in field games and snacks while sharing their experiences of the 2021-2022 academic year. 🏳️‍🌈 Advisors Mrs. Laurenzi-Timmerman and Mr. Colson are so happy with all if the advocacy, learning, and teaching these students did throughout the school year to help make Silver Creek an even more LGBTQ+ friendly environment. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Happy #pridemonth2022 from the high school GSA! 🌈

Silver Creek Central School District is seeing an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL (PREK-6) for a full-time probationary position. Qualifications/New York State Certification in the following: School Building Leader (SBL) or equivalent (SAS, SDA) The ideal candidate will: • Have five ( 5) years teaching experience • Have the ability to work reflectively and collaboratively with parents, students, teachers and administrative staff over the PK-5 continuum • Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and verbal and written communication habits. • Demonstrate a proactive presence in the building while promoting a high-achieving learning environment. • Institute positive behavior learning strategies that promote good citizenship and sound social skills. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Support the Building Principal with staff evaluations, promote a safe learning environment, including students' physical, social-emotional, and mental health well-being, assist to guide staff with curriculum, assessment, and instructional practices, and elementary state assessments. See attached job description for further details. SALARY & BENEFITS: The District is prepared to offer a competitive salary and benefit package that is commensurate with experience. APPLY TO: Applications are available online at Western New York School Application System: www.wnyric.org/application DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 30, 2022 ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DESCRIPTION: Applicants should apply through the WNYRIC system, submit a resume, letter of interest that includes district and/or building leadership activities you have been involved in and three letters of recommendation to the Superintendent no later than close of business June 30, 2022. Essential Job Functions: Collaborate with the Building Principal to create and communicate the building vision and goals pertaining to curriculum, assessment, and instruction. Partner with the Principal to cultivate a culture of collaboration, respect, and trust, building strong relationships with students, staff, and families. Support the Building Principal integrating the school's programs, operations, and positive learning culture. Assist Building Principal with student behavioral issues while promoting, enforcing, and proposing school-wide behavioral expectations. Communicate with support staff, teachers and families of students involved in disciplinary proceedings. Implement restorative practices and behavioral intervention plan techniques. Facilitate a research-based implementation, guiding staff in dealing with classroom management issues. Assist in developing positive behavioral intervention support systems (PBIS) building-wide to promote a positive learning environment. Coordinate alternative education placement for students. Assign appropriate consequences for behavior including detention, in-school suspension, and out-of-school suspension. Student Conduct: Support Building Principal to promote positive school attendance, school safety, and violence prevention. To plan, implement, and direct the attendance procedures and processes of the school; to plan, develop, and implement attendance goals consistent with the established goals of the District, and procedures for evaluating attendance program effectiveness; to plan, develop, and coordinate school safety and violence programs and activities, including social media and cyber-bullying. Data and Assessment Coordination: Assist the Building Principal in elementary test coordination for all NYS Assessments (3-8 ELNMath, NYSAA, etc.) Promote data collection implementation, and facilitate meetings for the elementary school's work in data driven instruction practices. Coordinate consistent review practices pertaining to data reports concerning both behavioral and academic review for grade level team meetings, and building-wide delineation. Use data to facilitate student support team meetings to address academic and/or behavioral concerns, recommending AIS or other services as needed. Teacher Evaluation: Participate in the districts agreed upon APPR procedures (Danielson 2011 & 2016 evaluation rubrics) as outlined in the CSEA and SCTA contracts. Conduct staff observations and evaluations as assigned by Building Principal. Professionalism and Fostering Positive Culture: Demonstrate a reflective, collaborative, and transparent leadership style, supporting all stakeholders throughout the building. Ensure establishment of a culture promoting respect, integrity, transparency and accountability. Adhere to education law, Board policies, and state regulations. Listen thoughtfully while promoting a growth mindset to improve personal and professional skills promoting student achievement and system-wide efficiency. Exhibit a thoughtful problem-solving approach while providing solutions and suggested action plans, outlining steps to effectively solve identified problems. Communicate both verbally and in writing in a respect

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗗-𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Third-graders are being fitted for band instruments this week (June 13-17, 2022) at Silver Creek Elementary School. 🎼🏫 Students already met with the fifth-grade band and watched a presentation with all of the instruments last month. Students will meet one-on-one with Miss Brittany Sanford to discuss their instrument choices and try them out for the first time. 🎷🎻 Third-grade families can expect a letter with their student’s chosen instrument by the end of this week. 📬❓ Any questions can be directed to Miss Sanford at bsanford@silvercreekschools.org.

Senior JADE BOUVIER of the Class of 2022 at Silver Creek High was accepted into the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Congratulations and best wishes on a bright future, Jade!

Please join Silver Creek Central School District in congratulating the BLACK KNIGHT HALL OF FAME 2022 CLASS inductees: ▪️Scott Piccolo 89’ ▪️Jon Williams 06’ ▪️Jason Bonasera 07’ ▪️Matt Johengen 07’ Stay tuned for details about Hall of Fame weekend, which is planned September 16-17, 2022. #wearesilvercreek #blackknightpride #BKP #onceablackknightalwaysablackknight

Happy Class Night (June 10, 2022) to the Class of 2022 at Silver Creek High! 🎉 🎓 🏫 👏

𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 Thank you to the community for joining Silver Creek Central School District last week (June 2, 2022) at the annual Music Gala and barbecue fundraiser. We hope you enjoyed celebrating the end of the 2021-2022 academic year with our talented Black Knights in the 3-12 ensembles as much as we did. The public’s support helped raise more than $1,000 to enhance the performing arts for all students via the district Music Department. THANK YOU! Thank you also to the Silver Creek Boosters for their volunteer work as well as Weidner BBQ for their flexibility in collaborating with us to provide a delicious meal after the event was delayed by a day due to inclement weather.

Thank you to our friends at Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene and Chautauqua County Health Department for sharing a GUIDE TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. Silver Creek Central School District encourages its Black Knight family to share these resources related to physical and mental health with your loved ones. https://chqgov.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Emergency%20Services%20Guide.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3hbFIK_jJgbzK7PraZyWiIUuQObjbln3DYoSP1_OoGwOcw8aqOYqmvp70