Our staff are hard at work preparing for the students to return on September 6! #BKP #BlackKnightPride #wearesilvercreek
KNIGHT U - FINAL CELEBRATION! Join us Thursday, August 10th 4:30-6:30pm in the Elementary Lobby for an evening celebrating the hardwork and dediction of our Summer Knight U program participants!
ATTENTION CLASS OF 2024: Reminder that Senior Pictures will be TOMORROW August 9, 2023. Letters with appointment times were mailed out on Friday July 14, 2023. You can contact the high school office Mrs. Johnson 716-934-2603 x 1116 to confirm your time. Report to the HS Auditorium at your designated time slot.
**COURTESY POST** 2nd Annual Michael Boedo Scholarship Cornhole Tournament and BBQ
We will be holding our 2nd Annual Michael Boedo Scholarship Cornhole Tournament and BBQ September 2nd, 2023, at The Boedo Pavilion 12401 Alleghany Rd Silver Creek NY 14136 starting at noon. Mike was a graduate of Silver Creek High School and long-time employee at TLC Healthcare Irving where he worked as a phlebotomist. If you ever had bloodwork done at TLC chances are you were met with Mikes smile and memorable laugher which could be heard across the campus. Mike had always longed to return to school to pursue a degree in Nursing.
Over the past 6 years we have given away over $6000 to graduates of Silver Creek School and Forestville School districts who are enrolled in a health care related degree program. It is in this way that we can carry on Michael’s legacy by helping students reach a goal he was not able to reach. We will have presale tickets ($10.00) good for entry for a door prize as well as food and a drink. We will have basket raffles, 50/50s and a Cornhole tournament. Entry to cornhole tournament will be $10 per person or $20 per team. While the event will be held in September, August is National Overdose Awareness month. We would like to help spread the word and break the taboo about talking about addiction. Stand up, start the discussion, save a life.
If you would like to Donate, please contact:
(area code seven-one-six)
Brian Boedo 560-5976
Cassie Boedo 378-2875
Jason Miller 243-5657
Jim Russo 785-3230
Last Tuesday, August 1, Officer Wes Johnson and Nurse Jen Johnson attended summer rec for the annual bike rodeo. Rules of the road were discussed as well as helmets and their proper fittings. They made a chalk course for the kids to follow and reviewed the hand signals and rules as they went. It was one of the highest attendance days of the program this year!
#wearesilvercreek #BlackKnightPride #BKP #schoolsafety
Middle School students in the Knight U Great Garden Group welcomed master gardener Ms. Cynthia Carlson from Cornell Cooperative Extension to their class today. She started by teaching the students to identify herbs and spices, and the differences between them. She brought in several different herbs, and let the students touch and smell the plants, including spearmint, basil, chamomile, and rosemary.
**COURTESY POST**
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
