Just a reminder, there is a PTO meeting tomorrow night at 6:30 in the SES cafeteria! Hope to see you there!
Even the fog can’t stop the sun from shining, here in The Valley, on the first day of school! #ValleyProud!
Welcoming our elementary students! #ValleyProud!
Our middle/high school students are excited to be back and we couldn't be happier to see them! #ValleyProud!
Yearbook ordering info for both Middle School and High School! If you have any questions, please contact the yearbook advisor, Ms. Bennink.
CVCS Food Services hosted a Chautauqua County Food Safety Training on Monday. Here is a picture of our staff and their certificates! #ValleyProud
It was Opening Day here in The Valley! It's a great day to be a Cougar! #ValleyProud!
Attention girls in grades 6-8: unlock your power and potential with Heart and Sole this fall! Please see Ms. Broadhead or Mrs. Zenns for a paper application on the first day of school!
Football Update for next week only!
Practice schedule is as follows:
Varsity/JV @ Falconer 4:00 - 7:00pm M-F / Saturday 9:00 - 11:00am
Modified @ Maple Grove 5:15 - 7:15 pm M, W, F / Thursday at Falconer 4:30 - 6:30pm
Leave times are 3:30pm for JV/Varsity and 4:45pm for modified, 8:30am Saturday, and 4:00pm Thursday. Each school is providing their own buses.
FYI - JV/Varsity equipment handout is tomorrow, 8/17, at Falconer from 9:00 - 11:00am - you do need your own transportation for this **This is not mandatory**
Modified equipment handout is Monday, 8/19, at practice.
Any questions, please contact the Athletics office at (716) 962-8581 ext: 1600 or 1510
If you have any questions, please contact the MHS office at (716) 962-8581.
REMINDER FOR FALL SPORTS!! FamilyID is open for M/HS fall 2024 sports. Please complete FamilyID no later than August 18th!
https://www.cvcougars.org/page/home-athletics
https://hello.familyid.com/
Join us, this Sunday, at Barnes and Noble in Erie, PA for a CVCS HS Book Club fundraiser! Can't make it but still want to show your support?! Just visit bn.com/bookfairs from 8/11/24 to 8/15/24 by entering Bookfair ID 12782751 at checkout.
A message from Mrs. Zenns for 5th grade band!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u-YLFwggHK6y1ggY76mFYZZifryAzqZkGRMH53YryoU/edit?usp=sharing
Cassadaga Valley School Food Service is continuing to offer food for children ages 1-18 years old. If you haven't signed up and would like to get on the list, please contact Heidi Ottaway, the Food Services Director, at (716) 962-8581 Ext: 1507. If you leave a message, please state your name, your children's names and your phone number.
Distribution will be on Wednesdays: August 7th, August 14th, August 21st and (Tuesday) August 27th. Pick up time is between 11:00am-6:00pm at the Sinclairville Elementary School front entrance, 43 Sinclair Drive, Sinclairville, NY.
Planned menus can be found here https://5il.co/2o2rh or on the school website, however changes may occur due to supply chain issues.
The Chautauqua County Free Mobile Health Clinic will be attending our Open House at SES August 28th from 5pm to 7pm. They will have staff here to answer any questions and they will have adolescent vaccines available as well so if your child did receive a letter and is in need of vaccines they will be able to help you with that if you wish. This is such a great resource if you are unable to get into your primary care!
Location change: PreK and K Screenings now will be at Sinclairville Elementary on August 7,8, and 9. Please call the Elementary office if you have any questions or need a screening appointment. Note: If your child already did PreK with us, they do not need to be screened for Kindergarten.
August/September events! If you have any questions, please call the main offices at SES and the MHS.
Music Students complete 7-country European Music Tour
25 Students from high schools throughout Chautauqua County experienced the EMPIRE tour with American Music Abroad in July. Their 20 day tour included Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, where they performed 7 concerts and experienced cultural dinners, sightseeing, and museum tours. Students performed in string orchestra, choir, and concert band, under head directors Rich and Christine Riederer. Local band director J. Nicole Zenns from Cassadaga Valley conducted 2 pieces with the concert band, and continues to serve as Chautauqua County recruiter for AMA Empire Tour. Another tour is planned for July 2025.
Students are listed by school and instrument below:
Cassadaga Valley HS: Gia Knott, flute; Miranda Ryen, alto saxophone; James Mullen, bari sax; Angelica Mullen, trumpet; Cathryn Russell, French horn; Skyler Szablewski, euphonium; Aubre Bonasera, percussion.
Chautauqua Lake Secondary School: Daniel Klinek-Cornell, choir; Eve Kushmaul, trumpet & choir; Lydia Kushmaul, French horn & choir; Meghan Pauley, choir; Caleb Prewitt, euphonium; Eliot Reyda, trumpet.
Dunkirk HS: Michael Brown, euphonium.
Fredonia HS: Grant Abbey, bass; Jackson Gollnitz, trombone.
Jamestown HS: Olivia Beach, French horn & choir; Hayden Langford, French horn & choir; Alison Latona, flute & choir; Adrianna McSkimming, clarinet & choir; McKenna Schneider, trombone & choir.
Silver Creek HS: Emily Bowers, trumpet; Sam Bowers, trombone.
Southwestern HS: Dorian Weaver, trumpet; Alana Weaver, percussion.
Hello Cassadaga Community!
I am so excited to start the school year as your new superintendent. One of the most important things to me as a leader is teamwork and collaboration. We have built several committees for the coming year where we will be seeking student, parent and community representation to help us build goals, solve problems and team up to do great things! We will be sending out information on all of these committees the first week of August.
Our Code of Conduct is in need of both immediate and long-range updates. We have collaborated quickly this summer to ensure that our Code of Conduct is up to date for the start of the new school year. You can find that updated document here https://5il.co/2sfcg. If you have comments you would like to share, please reach out to me to share your insights. We will also have a public hearing on August 28th at 6:00 PM before we approve the updated Code of Conduct.
For long-range planning and more substantial updates, we need you! Please consider joining our Code of Conduct Committee for this important work! This team will meet September through February, from 4:00-5:00PM on the following dates, to build a new Code of Conduct to be presented to the Board of Education in March for feedback and approval for the 2025-2026 school year:
~September 11, 2024
~October 9, 2024
~November 13, 2024
~December 11, 2024
~January 8, 2025
~February 12, 2025
We need 2 elementary and 2 middle-high school parents as well as students for this important work. Please email Mr. Tonelli rtonelli@cvcougars.org and Mrs. Sedlak ksedlak@cvcougars.org to sign up today!
-Ms. Mangus
PreK Registration Now Due!!
