Silver Creek CSD

The SCCS Key Club is proud to be bringing back Italian Night, Tuesday May 16th! Tickets can be purchase from a Key Club member or by contacting Rachel Castiglia at rcastiglia@silvercreekschools.org. A limited number of tickets will also be available that night at the door! Come vote and enjoy a nice Italian meal. Presale tickets must be purchased by May 9.

Twenty-one students from Silver Creek High attended a symposium held by the Holocaust and Social Justice Education Program on Friday (April 28, 2023) with teacher Mrs. Jessica Kardashian at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown. 🚌🇺🇸🗽 Students from the History and Culture club, Global 9 Honors, Global 10 and Genocide and Human Rights classes took advantage of the opportunity to learn and work alongside students from other schools and participate in a variety of activities. “I am so thankful to be able to share these opportunities with our students and to see them take not only an active role in standing up for others but for working to be a part of the process of change and understanding,” says Kardashian. “This generation of students has so much drive and passion and getting to have them be a part of the conversation of what they want to see for their own futures is so important.” Interactive questions about the meaning of justice, how it is decided and how those decisions affect the future were considered. They also took a tour of the center and had a mock trial with speakers ranging from state Senator George Borello, the mayor of Jamestown, and local WJTN radio personality Dennis Webster. The final speaker was Dr. David Crane, the first chief prosecutor from the United States to try war crimes and crimes against humanity since Robert H Jackson. He current is working on criminal tribunals in Ukraine and taking action in Syria through the Global Accountability Network he founded.

𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗖𝗔𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗦: Daily breakfast and lunch menus are available via the CAFETERIA MENUS button on the homepage of the Silver Creek Central School District website www.silvercreekschools.org. Harvests of the Month for May 2023 are New York State-produced potato chips and apples! A special, festive menu is planned for a Cinco de Mayo celebration on Friday, May 5, 2023! Full monthly menus for May 2023 are also posted via the Documents folder of the website: • Elementary breakfast: https://5il.co/1ta2u • Middle/High breakfast: https://5il.co/1ta2x • Elementary lunch: https://5il.co/1ta2v • Middle school lunch: https://5il.co/1ta2y • High school lunch: https://5il.co/1ta2w Friendly reminder: ALL students of Silver Creek CSD are entitled to free breakfast and lunch.

**COURTESY POST**

*courtesy post* Attention area students in grades 2-8: Bring your team, your basketball sneakers and your game to the GUS MACKER in Olean, N.Y., from June 2-4, 2023. Sponsored by the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce. Questions? Call 716-372-4433 and visit facebook.com/gusmackeroleanny

Middle and high school students at Silver Creek Central School District were introduced to drums from India today (Friday, April 28, 2023) as part of a Diversity and Cultural Connection virtual opportunity called “Talking Table: Drums of India” presented by the Manhattan School of Music and offered by our school library. 💻🎼 Our Black Knights learned a little bit about India and Indian culture as well. 🇮🇳 April is School Library Month. 📚

Third grade students in Mrs. Estee and Mrs. Schuster's math classes are preparing for NYS Math assessment with a good game of "Trashketball"

Silver Creek Central School District will host a collaborative and informative HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the high school gym. We encourage ALL qualified voters to participate in the annual BUDGET VOTE & BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTION and attend the fair!

Silver Creek/Forestville’s varsity baseball team beat Chautauqua Lake 7-2 in nonleague baseball Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park in Jamestown. Read more via the Friday, April 28, 2023, edition of the Observer newspaper: https://www.observertoday.com/sports/local-sports/2023/04/black-knights-triumph-at-diethrick/

The Class of 2023 at Silver Creek High is hosting a drive-thru style CHICKEN BBQ FUNDRAISER on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, outside the cafeteria between 3-5:30 p.m. Purchase $15 tickets on the day of the event for a half chicken, salt potatoes, salad and a roll. 🍗🥔🥗🥖 Weidner's BBQ is preparing the food. Proceeds support the seniors’ Class Night Bash and annual clean-up day. 🎓

**NEW COMMUNITY EDUCATION COURSE OFFERING** Yoga/Pilates Wednesdays May 10 – May 31, 2023 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. 4 classes Elem. Library Registration fee: $20 OR $5 per class Instructor: Karen Bogosian, Fitness & Aerobics Instructor. A great starting point for beginners, yet highly beneficial to the experienced exerciser. This gentle exercise will leave you invigorated and relaxed. Pilates focuses on the strengthening of “core” muscles that help to define and elongate your body. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat. Open to the public

Join us for the Unified Basketball game on May 4th at 5pm in the HS gym!

Good afternoon Silver Creek Families, I invite our Middle School families to a Special Night Out on April 27! We are planning a fun evening 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. Childcare will be available for grades K-4 as needed.

Mrs. Schuster and Mrs. Estee's third grade ELA class wrote color poems and sent in their work to be published. They received their copies and can't wait to share them with friends and family!

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Seneca Sachems Football Organization held FOOTBALL & CHEER SIGN-UPS this week. 🏈📣✍️ Be sure to follow them on Facebook for future events! 📲

Good afternoon Silver Creek Families, We invite you to attend the final virtual workshop on April 26, 2023. Once again, the event will be hosted by David Hymowitz of #SameHere and are part of the district’s mission to educate and support the whole child. The topic will be Building Resiliency in Your Children. Helping your children become resilient is one of the most effective protective factors they need to negotiate life on life’s terms. There are four main ingredients to building resiliency: hope, connections, purpose, and adapting. We will explore how to create and foster these areas in their lives so they can successfully face life’s challenges. Links for the virtual workshops are accessible at www.silvercreekschools.org. The 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.

Kindness is everywhere at Silver Creek Central School District. 🫶 🏫 All you have to do is stop and look around. Our Black Knight family encourages kindness in our hallways, in our classrooms and even at our water fountains.

Silver Creek 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.

Happy Transportation Staff & School Bus Drivers’ Day! 🚌 Thank you to ALL those who safely transport our Black Knights to and from school, field trips and sporting events. Be sure to thank our Transportation Department staff today! 🫶

THANK YOU to Dave’s Outlet Store of Silver Creek (housed in the former Petri’s building), which partnered with the Hanover Community Chamber of Commerce to donate more than 2,000 hand sanitizer bottles to our students and staff. 🧴😮 The sanitizer was delivered to campus on April 11, 2023, and school nurse Jennifer Johnson coordinated distribution with the building principals. 💛🖤 📸 Pictured: Rick Klisiewicz of the Hanover Chamber, school nurse Jennifer Johnson, Superintendent Todd Crandall, and custodian Phil Byczynski.