Reminder to all Class of 2025 Students:
The CVCS Class of 2025 online apparel store has been launched. Please click on the link below if you would like to order a t-shirt, long-sleeve shirt, and/or hoodie in our class color! Everything is done online, so please complete your order and pay through the site. Be sure to click on "Pick up from School" before submitting an order to avoid any shipping fees. You can pick up your items from us as soon as they come in. The store will be open until the end of the day on December 18th.
The direct link for the store is: https://jamestowncycleshop.chipply.com/cvcsclass2025/
Mrs. Zappie's and Mrs. Nelson's classes made "turkey cookies" to celebrate Thanksgiving! They had to write about the steps to make the cookies. Afterwards, the students read the story "Balloons Over Broadway" and then created their own balloon animals and had a little parade!
The M/HS Honor/Merit Rolls for Quarter 1 of the 2022-2023 school year can be found here: https://5il.co/1kv8y
Important School Closure Information:
Schools across western NY have been made aware of an Executive Order from the NYS Governor’s Office that has declared a disaster emergency in Chautauqua County effective today (November 17). As a result of this executive order all schools in Chautauqua County will be closed tomorrow - Friday, November 18, 2022.
This early announcement is based on the Governor’s declaration, consultation with County authorities, and the weather predictions of heavy snowfall, high winds, and blizzard-like conditions throughout parts of the region. As a result of this, the Cassadaga Valley Central School District has determined that the safest course of action is to close school tomorrow. We are also cancelling all after school activities for today as well.
REMINDER! We have Parent/Teacher Conferences this Friday, 11/18. And, a second reminder that we are in session on December 22nd! On the school calendars that were mailed home, the 22nd was colored blue, indicating it was part of winter break. Winter break is from 12/23/22 - 1/2/23. Please contact the district with any questions.
Sinclairville Elementary Reminder: This Friday, November 18th, students will dismiss early for parent-teacher conferences. Walkers will begin dismissing at 11:15 and busses at 11:30.
Check out November’s school social workers’ newsletter on vaping awareness!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CMUn39LD8nS3nJwqHe_j3YhVFx2A7vdAMhyMwazSIkA/edit
Taps Across The Valley 2022: It was a rainy Veterans Day, but several of our CVCS Band students honored our Veterans by performing Taps on Veterans Day at 11:00 a.m. at their homes. This is the 2nd year for many of these students to participate in Taps for Veterans. Thank you for your service, Veterans!
Dear Cougar Families - I'm writing to make you aware of a situation that is taking place at the school right now. A young student in our middle school broke her arm and to make access easier for first responders we placed the middle/high school in a brief shelter in place. That keeps other children out of the hall as paramedics and other support personnel come and go through our hallways. We only stay in a shelter in place long enough to provide the injured or ill student with privacy as the emergency is managed. Unfortunately, the injury is serious enough that Star Flight has been called. This child's parents are on sight and the emergency responders are with them in the nurse's office. To be clear, while this is a serious injury, it only involves one student. The rest of our student body will be going on with the remainder of their day as usual. We expect the helicopter to arrive shortly - but there is no safety concern in the building.
All winter sports practices start Monday, November 14th except Modified Boys Basketball which starts January 3rd. Contact your coaches or Kay McElwain for practice times! Modified Girls Basketball will open up with a home game Monday at 5pm!
The Key Club was asked by SUNY Fredonia’s Chapter of Tau Sigma to write 50 cards for active service members. The cards will be added to care packages going out this Thanksgiving.
The Cassadaga Valley Faculty Association recently held the annual Honors Dinner at Cassadaga Valley Middle/High School. Students who received Honor or Merit Roll for all four quarters last school year were invited to attend with their families. Congratulations to our hard-working students!
We were happy to celebrate our October Cougars with Character last Friday! Congratulations students and parents of those nominated!! We are so proud!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FwoQh6RF0AR2F6MZHy0YxRxZGPij_JgKNx8OxmmtPY0/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you to our PTO for donating over 100 classroom Stop The Bleed Kits that can be utilized district wide!
Hello Cassadaga M/HS Families,
On Friday, November 18th, Cassadaga Valley Middle/High School students will be dismissed at 10:30 AM in order to hold Parent/Teacher Conferences at our school. If you would like to meet with a teacher or teachers for your child, please reach out through phone or email using one of the timeslots listed for a conference.
We understand that not everyone can meet at these times, so if you need alternate arrangements, please contact your child's school counselor and we will be able to work something out.
Mrs. Nocero - Grade 9-12 Counselor
Mr. Wilcox - Grade 6-8 Counselor
If there is anything else that you may need assistance with, please don't hesitate to contact the main office.
Thanks!
Mr. Tonelli, Principal
Important CVCS Safety Update:
I am excited to introduce Mr. Floyd Kent as our new full-time School Safety Advisor. Officer Kent is a Chautauqua County native and has served our region as a law enforcement officer for over 25 years. He starts his work with us today and you will see him in and out of all our buildings every day from now on. We are excited to welcome him to the Cougar family!
The majority of Officer Kent’s career was spent working for the Jamestown Police Department and he retired from the City of Jamestown in 2018. Since his retirement he worked as a Senior Investigator for the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office. During his years of service as a Police Officer, Officer Kent has been a member Jamestown’s elite SWAT team, a Firearms Instructor, Field Training Officer, General Topics Instructor, Domestic Violence Educator/Officer, Evidence Technician, Narcotics Investigator, and Team Manager for the Chautauqua County Forensic Investigation Team. He also attended training schools in Police Supervision, Critical Incident Management, Suicide Prevention Instruction, Narcotics Detection, Drugs that Impair, Rapid Deployment and Active Shooter Training to name a few.
Officer Kent will have an office at the Middle/High School building but he will be in both the Elementary and Middle/High school buildings each day. He will attend countless after school and extracurricular activities as well.
Please take a moment to introduce yourself when you see Officer Kent - we are thrilled to have him on our team!
Congratulations to our Middle/High School October students of the month!
https://5il.co/1ka34
Our Girls On The Run team competed Saturday, up in buffalo, at Delaware park and did an amazing job! Girls On The Run helps increase their physical activity and self confidence, learn important life skills, and develop healthy relationships. Great job, girls!
Ski Club! Sign ups will be from Nov. 7th - Dec. 17th. Forms are available in the office at each school. Ski Club will run from Jan. 7th - March 4th from 3:00 PM to 10 PM. Any questions please email Ms. Merrill at kmerrill@cvcougars.org.
In October, the Key Club purchased Halloween crafts to make ornaments and bracelets with Ms. Nelson's middle school students. Key Clubbers went to the store and made the purchases and then went during their free periods to work on the crafts on Halloween day.
