Fifteen boys in grades 3-5 from Silver Creek Elementary School participated in the Veterans Race — a 5k — on Saturday, November 5, 2022, in Buffalo. 🏃 🇺🇸
The 5k is the culminating event for the Boys on the Right Track program coached by Mrs. Pieniazek and Mrs. Weiss. The program runs for nine weeks and helps boys develop social and emotional skills while training for a non-competitive race. 🤝💛🖤
These Black Knights extend a special thank-you to all their buddy runners, including family members and elementary teachers Ms. Meyerhofer and Ms. Mohan. 🤩 🙌
Silver Creek Middle School’s Red Ribbon Week – celebrated October 24-28, 2022 – was a huge success. Our Black Knights made pledges to celebrate life and live drug free on hearts that were then made into the shape of a ribbon. Our students also worked on adorning their homeroom doors for the door-decorating contest.
Silver Creek Middle School will present a musical performance of “James and the Giant Peach” — a classic tale of love, wonder and what it means to be a family by Roald Dahl — in the auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday, November 9-10, 2022, at 6 p.m. The community is warmly welcome to enjoy this production featuring 100+ students involved from singing to acting and from stage crew to set design. Tickets cost only $5 at silvercreekhs.seatyourself.biz
Silver Creek Central School District has a Support Staff Anticipated Vacancy Announcement for the 2022-2023 School Year for a CUSTODIAN (Civil Service Title: Working Supervisor) for a full-time, 12-month opportunity.
Qualifications: Must meet minimum qualifications per Civil Service.
Initial Position Location: Buildings and Grounds.
Salary & Benefits: Per CSEA Contract .
Job duties, skills and minimum qualifications: Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two (2) years of experience in building mechanical maintenance, grounds maintenance or building cleaning maintenance using mechanical floor cleaners. For additional qualifications, see the Civil Service information below.
Apply to: Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, completed civil service application, references, and certifications to: Lisa Rohloff, Business Administrator, Silver Creek Central School District, P. O. Box 270, Silver Creek, NY 14136.
Deadline: November 14, 2022.
DISTINGUISING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: An employee in this class is responsible for the efficient accomplishment of a wide variety of manual tasks in keeping municipal equipment, buildings, grounds, recreational areas and streets cleaned and functionally maintained. The work is performed according to general practices and policies set by superiors, but wide leeway is allowed for the use of independent judgment in organization of own work and in planning and directing the work of subordinates.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
Supervises and participates in the following work activities:
Performs daily floor cleaning including stripping and waxing using mechanized equipment;
Sweeps and mops floors;
Collects and disposes of trash;
Washes windows, light fixtures and other building items;
Makes minor repairs to mechanized cleaning equipment and performs preventive maintenance; Dusts desks, woodwork, furniture and other equipment;
Mows grass, trims shrubs, rakes leaves and performs other laboring tasks in the upkeep of grounds; Cleans streets, access roads, parking areas, culverts and basins;
Clears brush and beautifies recreation areas;
Cleans stream banks and lake shores of debris;
Performs minor electrical, plumbing and carpentry repairs on municipal buildings and recreational
areas;
Paints interior and exterior wood, metal, and masonry surfaces to include preparation of surfaces;
Keeps inventory of cleaning supplies and requisitions replacement products;
Keeps records of activities or accidents and makes simple reports;
Inspects cleaning and maintenance work of subordinate employees;
May load, unload, receive, transport and check delivery of goods.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Good knowledge of building cleaning methods, procedures and equipment; good knowledge of the principles involved in the use of mechanized cleaning equipment; Working knowledge of building, grounds and recreational area maintenance and repair techniques and practices; some knowledge of the repair and preventive maintenance of standard mechanized cleaning equipment; Skill in the use of hand and power tools; ability to plan and supervise the work of others; ability to operate a motor vehicle and small motorized vehicles; ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions; ability to plan tasks in logical sequence; mechanical aptitude; initiative and resourcefulness; dependability; good judgment; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two (2) years of experience in building mechanical maintenance, grounds maintenance or building cleaning maintenance using mechanical floor cleaners.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
A. When Assigned to Towns, Schools, or Villages - Possession, at time of appointment and during service in this class, of a valid NYS Motor Vehicle Operator's license appropriate for the type of vehicles which the employee may operate.
B. When Assigned to County of Chautauqua Department of Public Facilities - Possession, at time of appointment and during service in this class, of a New York State Class D Operator's License.
Chautauqua County Non-Competitive Class Grade 5 / Revised November 14, 2012.
SCCS is pleased to announce that Adult Lap Swim will resume on November 7, 2022! Sessions will take place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. The cost will be $2.50/day per swimmer. Participants will pay and sign in on the pool deck before each session.
Our friends at Anderson-Lee Library are facilitating a fantastic speaker series during Native American Heritage Month in November!
Read more via Dunkirk Observer: https://www.observertoday.com/news/page-one/2022/10/native-american-heritage-series-begins-tuesday/
COMMUNITY EDUCATION UPDATE: Instructor Karen Bogosian is offering a Session 2 of Yoga/Pilates via Silver Creek Central School District’s Community Education division. 🧘♀️
It will run Wednesdays on November 2, 9, 16, and 30, 2022, from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. in the HS Library. Class fee is $20 for the whole session or $5 per class. Register here: https://www.silvercreekschools.org/o/sccsd/page/community-education
Fourth-graders at Silver Creek Elementary School just finished making longhouses as a part of their unit on Haudenosaunee culture and communities. 🪶🏠 Our Black Knights really enjoyed this project. Silver Creek CSD is observing Native American Heritage Month throughout November.
Check out a few creative classroom doors decorated by Silver Creek Middle School students and staff observing Red Ribbon Week 2022!
🚪 Our Black Knights spent October 24-28, 2022, celebrating life and living drug-free. 🎊
History & Culture Club members from Silver Creek High recently attended actor Ken Jeong’s talk at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts via its Distinguished Speakers series.
Our Black Knights heard about the “Community” actor’s experiences performing in movies, his comedy routine, and his advocacy for cancer. Advisor Jessica Kardashian says of our students was able to go up to the stage and ask Mr. Jeong a question.
We hear the group had an incredible time, gained some valuable insight and left feeling inspired.
Silver Creek High’s varsity volleyball players pose after their team’s 3-0 victory over Math Science Technology Preparatory School on Thursday, October 27, 2022. 🏐 💪 These Black Knights play Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at night Allegany-Limestone. 💛🖤 #wearesilvercreek #BKP #blackknightpride
COIN DRIVE KICKS OFF MONDAY, OCT. 31, 2022: Do you have some loose change and a desire to make a difference in our students’ futures?
Silver Creek High School is trying something different this academic year to fundraise for the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes. Beginning Monday, October 31, 2022, our Black Knights are kicking off a coin drive and each grade level will be collecting spare change through Friday, November 18, 2022.
Our community is asked to please take some time to check your couch cushions, dryers, and cars for any spare change.
Students can drop off coins into bins in their classrooms. Core subject area teachers will have bins set up in their rooms. Change bins will be placed at the main lobby front desk at the high school and the elementary front desk for community members and teachers to donate.
All coins donated will go into each individual class account. Our Black Knights begin fundraising during ninth and 10th grade to help budget for the expenses associated with 11th- and 12th-grade activities such as prom, class night, senior trip, etc.
The winning grade level will receive a party the day before Thanksgiving break.
Spanish Club members at Silver Creek High School made these sugar skulls in observance of Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. In Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries it is customary to make sugar skulls and put them on the graves of loved ones every year on November 2. #wearesilvercreek #blackknightpride #dayofthedead2022
Silver Creek Middle School will present a musical performance of “James and the Giant Peach” — a classic tale of love, wonder and what it means to be a family by Roald Dahl — in the auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday, November 9-10, 2022, at 6 p.m.
“We are SO excited to share all of our hard work and dedication with the community and would love to see a full house both nights!” says music teacher Phillip McMullen. “We are looking forward to seeing you there!”
More than 100 students are involved in the production from singing to acting and from stage crew to set design. Tickets cost only $5 at silvercreekhs.seatyourself.biz
Knights Against Cancer members from Silver Creek Central School District volunteered at Making Strides for Breast Cancer via Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center on Saturday, October 22, 2022, as route marshals for the walkers! The students had a blast getting to check out all of the activities, meet some sponsors and help in the fight against cancer. They cheered on all the walkers and thanked them for their fundraising efforts.
The playground at Silver Creek Elementary was positively bustling with activity today (Tuesday, October 25, 2022) as our Black Knights let loose and enjoyed some unseasonably warm fall weather. 🌞 🤸♀️🌳🏃♂️🍂
Silver Creek School District families are invited to the TRACK OR TREAT event -- which is being held inside the school due to inclement weather -- on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 🎃🍬🍫🍭
All trick-or-treaters will enter the school through the pool door. It will be marked. Please join the Parent Teacher Student Association for a fun-filled evening. Dress-up in your Halloween best! 🤡🤠👨🎤👩🍳
Haunted house sponsored by Key Club, National Honor Society and Youth Activation Committee of Silver Creek High School. 👻
This is just a fraction of the autumnal artwork adorning the corridors of Silver Creek Elementary in October 2022! 🎃 🍁 🧑🎨 🏫 🎨💛🖤
Friendly reminder that PICTURE DAY at Silver Creek Elementary School is scheduled Thursday, October 27, 2022, during the school day.
The 2023 Elks National Foundation's MOST VALUABLE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP application deadline is November 14, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Learn more: https://www.elks.org/scholars
Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need.
Eligibility:
▪️ Current high school seniors, or the equivalent, who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply.
▪️ Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks.
▪️ High school graduates are not eligible to apply.
▪️ Applicants must be citizens of the United States on the date their applications are submitted; permanent legal resident status does not qualify.
𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:
The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2023 competition.
Male and female students compete separately.
Ranging from $1,000 per year to $12,500 per year, Most Valuable Student scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours), in a U.S. college or university. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an accredited U.S. college or university.
The Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation announced the 500 national winners in April, 2022. (Many local Lodges, districts and state Elks associations award their own scholarships through this program. These scholarships are not to be confused with the 500 Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarships.)
The 2023 MVS Leadership Weekend will be held April 13-16 in Chicago. During the weekend, the Top 20 scholars will interview with the national judges. These 20 finalists will be vying for two first-place awards of $50,000; two second-place awards of $40,000; and two third-place awards of $30,000. The remaining 14 finalists will receive awards of $20,000. The 480 runners-up will receive fifth-place scholarships of $4,000. Participating in the virtual Leadership Weekend is required to be eligible for the top awards.