Important Transportation Update: Due to bus driver illness and a COVID related quarantine, bus 188 (the cat bus for those in the elementary school) will not run tomorrow (11/23/21) in the morning or the afternoon. In an attempt to avoid this inconvenience moving forward we are reducing the number of buses we run each day and will eliminate two of our runs. We will share the details of this bus run consolidation tomorrow and will implement new runs on Monday, November 29. At that time we will no longer be running buses 188 and 184. Students riding those buses will be reassigned to other buses and we will share those details directly with the families involved.
REMINDER: There will be no school November 24-26 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Key Club voted to make homemade cookies for all of the bus garage employees to thank them for all they do. Pictured are the final cookies with little turkey notes and the delivery to Mrs. VanHouten, Transportation Secretary.
There will be a special workshop meeting of the CVCS Board of Education on Monday, November 22, 2021, at 4:30 PM. This meeting will be held via Zoom:
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This week second graders participated in a Turkey in Disguise Guess Who game. Each classroom was paired with another second grade from somewhere in New York State. We exchanged game boards with our turkey pictures on them and met via Zoom to ask questions and figure out which turkey was the secret turkey.
On Wednesday, November 17, the CV High School Quizbowl Team competed at JCC against Westfield. The team (with captain Nick Denslow, players Alex Kahle, Jon Zybert, and Paige Zybert) fought to an academic victory after a three-point difference the first and second round to win with 60 points over Westfield with 18. Congratulations to our academic team - well done Quizbowl! Their next match will be in February and they are currently undefeated.
In homerooms at the MHS, students and staff were asked to write down what they were thankful for on paper leaves. The seniors in Mrs. Richir’s class created a display of leaves in the cafeteria for everyone to see. The most written included: family, friends, mom and dad, school, sports, food, and my house. #CougarPride #CougarFamily (Photo credit: Mrs. Richir)
Reminder: Friday, 11/19 - PM Parent/Teacher Conferences
M/HS students dismissed at 10:30 AM
SES students dismissed at 11:30 AM (walkers at 11:10 AM)
Congratulations to our CVCS Volleyball All-Stars:
2nd Team - Shyanne Carlstrom
Honorable Mention - Madison Ring, Madison Sischo and Allison Wakelee
Miss Katie from the Audubon visited SES this week and taught Ms. Brautigam’s class about animal clothing. Thank you, Audubon Community Nature Center!
This is an important notice for families of students who ride buses 182 (Bear Bus) and 188 (Cat Bus).
All students (grade K-12) who ride bus 188 will depart the school at 4:00 PM this afternoon. Also, middle/high school students who ride bus 182 will leave the school at 3:00 PM today. All other bus runs will operate as regularly scheduled.
While we do not expect you to pick up your children, if you choose to pick them up, please call your school’s office so they know who will be riding the bus today.
We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Congratulations to the CVCS Volleyball All-Stars!
2nd Team - Shyanne Carlstrom
Honorable Mention - Madison Ring, Madison Sischo and Allison Wakelee
On Wednesday, November 10, a Blood Drive was held in the Middle/High School Gym through the Community Blood Bank. We had 44 donors and were able to save 132 lives! All of the blood that was donated will stay local. Thank you to all of the students, staff, and community members who donated. Our next Blood Drive will be held on Friday, March 11 at the Middle/High School. All are welcome! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Lindsey Bennink at lbennink@cvcougars.org.
Students in 3rd-5th grade have been working collaboratively over the last few weeks in Ms. Goot's class to create art in honor of Veterans Day. Students learned what it means to be a Veteran, and how their artwork could make a difference to someone that receives it. All projects will be donated to the local legion and gifted to Veterans at their dinner on Thursday!
Dear CVCS families,
The Frewsburg Central School District recently posted an opening for their High School Principal job. In response to that posting, Josh Gilevski interviewed and at last night’s school board meeting in Frewsburg, he was appointed to be their next Middle/High School Principal. This is a definite loss for our district, but it is a great opportunity for Mr. G. He and his wife, Shannon, grew up and live in Frewsburg, and their four children are Frewsburg students, as well.
Mr. Gilevski has been an employee of CVCS for 17 years and has worked as a school counselor, a K-2 Principal, Middle/High School Principal, and of course, most recently the Principal at SES.
While it is always difficulty to lose someone like Mr. G, it is also wonderful to see a great individual have an exciting opportunity that will be nice for his family and good for another local school. The good work that he will do there will, in large part, be a result of all the experiences he has had here at CVCS. I’m going to miss working with him and our students, faculty and staff will, too. I’m proud of him and excited to see all that he will do when he takes over as the next Frewsburg CSD Middle/High School Principal.
We will begin looking for his replacement immediately and we will keep the school family informed as we move through this process. Mr. G’s last day here at SES will be Friday, December 10, 2021.
Sincerely,
Mr. Leichner, Superintendent
Students - Interested in Ski Club? See the attached flyer and have your parents complete the necessary forms, found at https://5il.co/11oxq and submit them directly to Cockaigne by December 3, 2021.
CVHS goes purple for National Epilepsy Awareness Month! A member of the Key Club with epilepsy organized this whole day. She talked with Mr. Tonelli and got her ideas approved, then posters were hung and informative epilepsy announcements were made all week. Each high school homeroom student was given a purple ribbon sticker (selected by the Key Club member) and some random purple necklaces were distributed. Many students and staff wore purple today to raise awareness, and we thank the student for her diligence and initiative!
The Red Kettle Campaign will begin at the Sinclairville Superette on November 29 and we are currently looking for community volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ryan Smith 716-962-5195; ext. 2404 or email him at rsmith@cvcougars.org.
REMINDER:
There will be no school on Thursday, November 11 in honor of Veterans Day. There will be no school for students on Friday, November 12, as that is a staff in-service day.
The Social Studies Honors Class and various students in Mrs. Richir’s room at the middle-high school helped to create clothes pin magnetic note holders for local veterans through the help of the Northern Chautauqua County Community Foundation grant. The students wanted to acknowledge the veterans' sacrifices for our country on Veterans Day and to say thank you for their service. These will be dropped off to the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280.
