Cassadaga Valley Central School District

Congratulations, CVCS Bowlers! They finished the regular season yesterday. Calvin Hilliker made the divisional first team All Stars and Matthew Helwig made the divisional second team All Stars! The team won the Sportsmanship Award. It was an awesome inaugural season for the team!

Students at SES will be doing a book swap on their book day in the library during the week of February 14-18. Please send in a gently used book with your child so that they can swap it for a different book. Students who do not bring a book will still get to choose a book.

Dylan Lewis, Riley Schroeder, Jon Zybert and Paige Zybert earned their TestOut IT Fundamentals Pro certification last semester in Mr. Cole's Computer Hardware class. To earn this certification, the students had to demonstrate proficiency in the following computer concepts: computing basics, hardware, operating systems, networking and security. This is the first group of students from Cassadaga to earn this certification.

Mr. Guziec's Fourth Grade classroom participates in the TIC Program (Trout in the Classroom). We are currently on day 117 of raising the eggs to the fry stage. The Brown Trout eggs are sourced from the Randolph Fish Hatchery. We have approximately 175 healthy, young fry. Our goal is to release them into our local watershed as fingerlings in June. Due to the large amount of fish we are raising, we decided to name them all George.

Monday, Mrs. Emmott's Pre-K class made their own personal pizzas for lunch with the help of the food service staff. They stretched the dough then topped it with sauce, cheese and pepperoni so it was all ready for the kitchen staff to bake it for them.

Ms. Brautigam’s first graders learned about how light can go through different materials and made “stained glass” for their windows!

Due to inclement weather, schools are closed today and all activities are canceled, Friday, February 4.

Mrs. Nelson's and Mrs. Zappie’s first grade classes completed time capsules on 2/2/22 that are not to be opened until 3/3/33, which is their senior of high school!

Due to inclement weather, all afternoon/evening activities for tonight, February 3, 2022, are cancelled. The Fitness Center is also closed this afternoon/evening.

Mrs. Zappie and Mrs. Nelson’s classes learned about Groundhog’s day. They made groundhog pudding snacks.

SES Families - Get your yearbook now- online ordering ends on 02/11/2022! Visit inter-state.com/flyerentry/65823Y to place your order online.

Now Hiring: Long-Term Science Substitute Teacher Working Supervisor (Full-time, 2nd shift) Bus Driver (Full-time, year-round) Application information can be found here: http://cassadagavalleycsdny.apptegy.us/o/cvcs/page/employment-opportunities--677

Mr. John Cole's Sound Recording Technology class created a podcast as a group project for the end of the first semester. Within the podcast you will hear school news, a weather update, a live performance, student interviews and songs recorded by SRT students. Use the link below and enjoy "LIVE from the SRTC, Ep. 1." https://ensemble.e2ccb.org/Watch/SRTCLive-Ep1

Mr. Cole's class is checking out the new Epilog Laser Engraver/Cutter that Cummins donated to CVCS.

Ms. Burns' Grade 6 Exploratory class learning one of the oldest tricks on a winter's day...tree shaking after luring people under. Oh, the joys of exploring in winter!

Today's Modified Boys' Basketball game at Forestville has been cancelled and there will NOT be a practice.

Mr. Reggie Cole’s Video Production class is working with Miss Reynolds' Foods 1 class to create cooking shows to demonstrate their skills learned through out the semester.

We have just been notified that bus #185 (Zebra bus) gently slid off the side of the road during the elementary run and was unable to get back out of the deep snow. Everyone is safe and unharmed and another bus is on the way there to take the students to Sinclairville Elementary School. Our administrators will greet that bus when it arrives and, as a matter of protocol, we will also have our nursing staff talk with each child to confirm their well being. Once that process is complete our nurses will also call each child’s family to notify them of this minor incident. We appreciate our bus drivers and understand that navigating all the roads of our district in Western NY winters is never easy! But, everyone is fine and will be in school very soon.

There will be a Youth Vaccine Clinic for northern Chautauqua County youth, sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County, The Chautauqua Center, and the United Way of NCC, on Thursday, February 3rd at the Boys & Girls Club of NCC Building in Dunkirk at the old DCSD School #4, 752 Central Ave, Dunkirk, NY. There will be pediatric vaccine doses available for youth ages 5-11, as well as Pfizer 12+ doses for teens or to use as boosters. Additionally, there will be an Information Session for parents, which will be held Thursday, January 27th at 8:30 pm via Facebook Live Watch Party from the BGC NCC Facebook Page with a local doctor from the Chautauqua Center to go over FAQ's about vaccinating children and she will answer any questions and concerns. https://www.facebook.com/events/2818725358425796?ref=newsfeed

Third graders in Mrs. Hansraj's class having fun experimenting with magnets. They were making paper clips float!