The link to watch the livestream of tonight's girls' basketball game:
https://ensemble.e2ccb.org/Watch/cvspirit
Cassadaga Valley Central School is excited to see the start of basketball season! The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has established guidelines for competition and Section VI and the Chautauqua County Department of Health have published COVID-19 parameters for participating schools. It is very important to note that in addition to general health and safety protocols, spectators are currently not allowed to attend these games. We are working within the guidance to provide an opportunity for the families of senior athletes to attend on Senior Night. We will share these details once they are finalized.
While it is disappointing that students and other spectators cannot be in the building during our games, we are planning to provide a live stream broadcast of each game so anyone with internet access can watch! We will share the link for these broadcasts on our website for easy access.
We want to thank our parents and families for your support of our athletes during this challenging time. While the season isn’t what we had hoped it would be, we are very glad that our teams will be able to compete! Please check the school website regularly for sports updates.
Go Cougars!
In the hope of providing as much opportunity for our athletes as possible NY State has significantly condensed the seasons. They have established a Winter Season, which began February 1, a Fall 2 Season, which includes sports that normally take place in the fall season, and the Spring Season. What follows is the list of seasons established by the NYSPHSAA for the remainder of this school year:
Winter Season: Basketball (Feb 1- March 27)
Fall 2 Season: Volleyball, Football (March 22-May 15)
Spring Season: Softball, Baseball, Tennis, Track, Golf (May 10-June 30)
Please follow this link to find our game schedule as established by Section VI:
https://www.arbiterlive.com
An important message from Mr. Leichner regarding Sinclairville Elementary School for the week of February 8-12 can be found here:
https://5il.co/pein
An important message to CVCS families from Mr. Leichner:
https://5il.co/pedx
Check out the February CVCS Mental Health Newsletter! https://5il.co/pdp9
CVCS is accepting applications through February 19, 2021, for a NYS Registered and Licensed Occupational Therapist Substitute (full-time, temporary position). Applications can be found at http://cassadagavalleycsdny.apptegy.us/o/cvcs/page/employment-opportunities--677
Middle/High School Honor and Merit Roll for the 2nd quarter of the 2020-2021 year can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/cvcougars.org/guidance-counseling-office/middlehigh-school-honor-and-merit-roll
Congratulations to all students listed!
The Cassadaga Valley Central School District Board of Education will hold a Budget Work Session at 6 PM on Monday, February 8, 2021, starting at 6 PM in the M/HS Multi-Purpose Room. A Public Hearing for the Smart Schools Investment Plan will be held at 7:15 PM. The regular monthly meeting will begin at 7:30 PM. Social distancing will be enforced.
Check out Episode 1 of a new series of videos, "Cassadaga Valley Helps." This episode is called, "Episode 1 - Hybrid and Remote Learning."
https://ensemble.e2ccb.org/Watch/cvhelps
Watch for more episodes, coming soon!
M/HS Spirit Week, February 8-12:
Dress Up Days:
Monday/Thursday - School Color Day (Red & Blue)
Tuesday/Friday - Class Color Day (MS: White / 9th: Black / 10th: Orange / 11th: Pink / 12th: Green)
Assembly:
Tuesday & Friday (there will be 2 separate) during HR/1st period.
Only the seniors will be present in the gym to watch the assembly - the rest of the school will watch remotely from their homeroom classroom.
Congratulations to the M/HS January Students of the Month!
More information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/cvcougars.org/guidance-counseling-office/middlehigh-school-student-of-the-month
It is National School Counseling Week and we would like to thank our school counselors, Ms. Heather Nocero and Ms. Amy Raynor, for their dedication and unwavering support of our students!
This special week provides recognition for school counselors who implement comprehensive school counseling programs, a vital part of the educational process for all students as they meet the challenges of the 21st century.
National School Counseling Week, sponsored by American School Counselor Association, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
REMINDER - due to the school having an in-service day today, there will be NO food pick up today, February 1. The next pick up will be Thursday, February 4. The pick ups on Monday, February 8th and Thursday, February 11th will be bulk food distributions. This will provide food through mid-winter break, February 15-19.
SES report cards will be issued next week, as follows:
Tuesday, February 9 - issued to Red Group students and mailed to virtual/remote students
Thursday, February 11 - issued to Blue Group students
M/HS report cards will be issued next week, as follows:
Tuesday, February 2 - issued to Red Group students
Wednesday, February 3 - mailed to virtual/remote students
Thursday, February 4 - issued to Blue Group students
The Cassadaga Valley Central School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, starting at 7:00 PM in the M/HS Multi-Purpose Room. Social distancing will be enforced. The sole purpose of this meeting is to discuss the superintendent's evaluation process.
Seniors in JCC BAMA (BIO) class, working on their first mosquito DNA extraction!
Thank you to the Teacher's Desk, First Book and the Grigg Lewis Foundation for providing 100 Healthy Packs to the district. This is enough for every classroom at Sinclairville Elementary and Cassadaga Valley Middle/High School to receive one!
Important School Calendar Items
We will be holding one of our required Superintendent’s Conference Days on Monday, February 1st. As is always the case on an in-service day, students will not attend school (in-person or remotely) on that day. We are also preparing for another staff in-service day on Monday, March 22nd. We hope that you will put these dates on your family calendar and if you have any questions about in-service days or anything else, please reach out to your school’s main office.
It is also important to note that while food pick-up will not take place on February 1 or March 22, the food service staff will include additional servings in the two pick-ups prior to both of those dates to make up for the two canceled food pick-ups.
Food pickup today, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM at the MHS gym entrance. Today we will be distributing food for Saturday, Sunday, Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Due to the holiday, there will be no distribution on Monday, 1/18/21. Menus for food distributed today can be found here: https://www.cvcougars.org/o/cvcs/page/january-2021-menus