Silver Creek CSD

The high school lobby got a spring refresh over break! Check out our new wall next time you visit! #BKP 🖤💛

Happy Easter!

Thank you Dunkirk Observer for spotlighting a preview of ”The Little Mermaid” at Silver Creek High in the weekend edition of the newspaper! 👏 🧜‍♀️ 📰 🎶 Shows are scheduled Thursday through Sunday, April 13-16, 2023. 📆 Read more: https://www.observertoday.com/life/local-entertainment-news/2023/04/little-mermaid-makes-a-big-splash/

The SCCS Key Club assisted the Silver Creek Kiwanis with the Easter bunny meet and greet on Saturday, April 1.

Mrs. Castiglia's Career and Financial Management students attended a workshop and visit organized by Nikki Seneca at the Seneca Alleghany Casino. The workshops included interview techniques, workplace soft skills, and career possibilities available. The day also included a tour of the facilities and a variety of speakers from the Caeeer Outreach and Development Department of the Casino.

𝗦𝗘𝗘 '𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗗' 𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟲 Silver Creek Central School District will present "The Little Mermaid" musical to the community in April. Performances are scheduled Thursday through Saturday, April 13-15 at 7 p.m. with a matinee Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 2 p.m. 🧜‍♀️🎼 Each show has two acts separated by a 15-minute intermission with concession sales and raffles benefitting the Performing Arts at Silver Creek CSD. Buy tickets online: https://search.seatyourself.biz/.../silvercreekhs/buy-tix 🎟 #wearesilvercreek #blackknightpride #BKP #thelittlemermaid

Silver Creek NHS is currently doing a service project that sends care packages to US soldiers. We are accepting donations in the HS guidance office until April 24th to put in the packages. You can also make cards to send in the packages. Donations can vary except anything perishable or flammable. Donations can be made in either Zach Colson's or Carolyn Laurenzi's rooms. Any further questions can be answered by Amber Lockwood or any other NHS officer.

Absentee Ballots The application for an absentee ballot is available under the 2023-2024 Budget section of the District website at www.silvercreekschools.org or it may be obtained at the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST) except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk, by mail or in person, prior to 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 to be counted.

Middle School Families! Please join us for Specials (K)Night Out on April 27! We are planning a fun evening beginning at 4:30 p.m. for students grades 5-8 and their families. We will be highlighting projects in the Tech, FACS and Art classes, making crafts, playing dodgeball, and providing music and refreshments.

ATTENTION MS Parents: We're looking for photos for the yearbook! First day of school, sporting events, concerts, anything else held here at the school! We also need baby pictures for eighth graders submitted! Please send submissions to: msyearbook@silvercreekschools.org Deadline for submissions is April 14, 2023

**ATTENTION COMMUNITY MEMBERS** Due to the current weather conditions, we will be delaying construction work on the Track. We will now be closing it effective April 17, 2023.   We plan to re-open it by September 2023. Thank you for your patience!  

Silver Creek hosted the first offsite symposium for the Cohen Holocaust & Social Justice Education program Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The symposium welcomed students from five other schools (including Brockton, Pine Valley, Dunkirk, Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake) whose teachers are the coordinators of the program. SCCS welcomed 100 students and faculty to take part in a meeting leading up to our Washington, DC, trip a week later, which allowed students to have a unique experience in meeting the other travelers through small and large group activities including trivia and establishing timelines and understanding of various diaries throughout history. The symposium also brought a unique experience for the students through hearing the testimony of a 2nd generation survivor, Mrs. Lily Bink, who spoke of her parents' will to survive, all that was lost and some hope for the future as she has come into contact with some distant family members that have only been found the past few years. “This symposium was truly an extraordinary experience and I am so proud that we were asked to host it as this trip has come to mean so much more for all of us who are a part of it.”

THANK YOU to all the Silver Creek families who joined us last night (March 30, 2023) for March Madness Math & Literacy Night! 🏀📖🙌 We had a great time celebrating National Reading Month hope you all enjoyed the themed activities and games, story time, crafts, drills, photobooth & refreshments! 🎉 🧩🎨📸🏃‍♀️🍪💪💛🖤📚

Silver Creek NHS is currently doing a service project that sends care packages to US soldiers. We are accepting donations in the HS guidance office until April 24th to put in the packages. You can also make cards to send in the packages. Donations can vary except anything perishable or flammable. Donations can be made in either Zach Colson's or Carolyn Laurenzi's rooms. Any further questions can be answered by Amber Lockwood or any other NHS officer.

We are posting again to share an important update regarding the regional and statewide hoax about school shootings that occurred this morning. These calls were made to a wide variety of school districts and are totally unfounded and School District officials and law enforcement officers are all aware of the "swatting" (hoax or prank calls) designed to elicit widespread panic/concern. Presently, there is a regional response from school leaders to reassure our communities that there is no credibility to these phone calls or internet statements. Please know, we will always take these situations, concerns, and threats seriously. We are 100 percent committed to student/school safety and not becoming complacent with our reactions to each and every threat. At this point, Buffalo area TV media is also reinforcing the message that these are false claims. Thank you for your understanding.

Approximately 40 minutes ago a 911 call came into Mayville dispatch that there was an active shooter in Silver Creek and Jamestown. Evidently, these types of "prank calls" are occurring in all four counties and across the state. Yesterday there were similar "prank" calls placed in Pennsylvania. After learning about the call, our SRO, along with other law enforcement and administration cleared the buildings and grounds. We secured all entrances and went into a shelter in place. Once law enforcement confirmed that there was no credible threat, we lifted the shelter in place and resumed normal activity.

**COURTESY POST** Christ Chapel Wesleyan Church Easter Eggstravaganza- April 8th

Students in History & Culture Club and the Genocide and Human Rights class visited the Robert H Jackson Center on February 10th. The Center was established to promote the legacy of Robert H. Jackson, the Chief US Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after WWII, a former US Supreme Court Justice, Attorney General and Solicitor General. The center offers a wide variety of programming and the students were able to tour and see first hand accounts, rare pieces from the time period and historical exhibits not seen elsewhere. "We are so lucky to have such an incredible piece of history so close to our district and for our students to be able to experience rare, firsthand accounts of world history."

Silver Creek CSD is pleased to announce we are working with the Liberty Partnership Program through SUNY Fredonia to offer tutoring, homework help, and more! Middle and High school students who are interested in these services may contact Dr. Haq by email at rhaq@silvercreekschools.org, or stop down and meet him in room 153 ( HS tech wing).

Good afternoon Silver Creek Families, We invite you to attend the next virtual workshop on March 29, 2023. Once again, the event will be hosted by David Hymowitz of #SameHere and is part of the district’s mission to educate and support the whole child. The topic will be Why Do Students Self-Medicate? People utilize a host of mechanisms to cope with stress and difficult life situations. One coping tool is substances and it is believed the choice of substance may be linked to one’s primary emotional state. This workshop explores how this may be connecting and lead to self-medicating. It will also discuss ways to prevent and support students that may be heading toward or actually self-medicating. Community members are welcome to join one or all four virtual sessions. Links for the virtual workshops are accessible at www.silvercreekschools.org. Each workshop begins at 7:00 p.m. and runs approximately 45 minutes. Contact the district social workers with any questions. Learn more at samehereglobal.org. I also invite our elementary families to join us on March 30th from 4:30 to 6 pm in the Elementary School for March Madness Math & Literacy Night! We will have Math and Literacy themed activities and games, story time, crafts, basketball drills, a photobooth, refreshments, and more! Finally, I would like to inform the community that starting April 3, the track will be closed for construction as we begin work on the Capital Project. We anticipate it will reopen for use by September.