Southwestern Independent Living Center invites EVERYONE to their 7th annual Mobile Medical Unit Health & Wellness Event! Check out the details in the poster and in the link below.
https://silcchq.org/upcoming-events
Happy Lunar New Year! The Language Club recently learned about Lunar New Year and practiced their written Chinese. 2025 marks the Year of the Snake!
This morning, the Varsity Girls Basketball team went down to SES for a meet and greet with the elementary students to encourage interest in HS sports! #ValleyProud #BuildingFutureAthletes
Just a reminder that Lunar New Year is recognized as a NYS public school holiday, therefore Cassadaga Valley School is CLOSED tomorrow, January 29th. In September 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul added Lunar New Year to the list of public school holidays to stress the importance of New York's Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. “It is not just a day off from school — it is an opportunity for our children to learn about and celebrate their own or different cultures and traditions,” Hochul said in a 2023 news release. New York is home to the second largest Asian population in the U.S., which is the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group nationwide, with 1.9 million residents, a 2021 report from the Pew Research Center found.
Lunar New Year, which is a significant holiday for many East Asian families, symbolizes a fresh start and is celebrated differently by each culture. This year is the Year of the Snake, kicking off a 15-day celebration until the full “Snow Moon” which signals the beginning of the Lantern Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
Cassadaga Valley MHS Parents/Guardians:
If you’ve noticed missing water bottles, or especially some missing hooded sweatshirts around the house, please send them down to the lost and found in the cafeteria. We are overflowing with sweatshirts!
We're #grateful for our next new hire spotlight, Danielle Johnson! Danielle is our new Account Clerk, focusing on SRP payroll and other HR related duties. She comes to us with an extensive background in retail management, giving her a lot of business experience. We're so excited to have Danielle a part of our Cougar Community!
The High School Science Club had our very own Mr. Stimson as their guest speaker for their January club meeting. He taught them about reptiles and brought in his own Western Hognose snake. His snake's name is Clementine, it eats and defecates approximately once a week, and its urine is like a powder. They found out Mr. Stimson has been breeding snakes for quite some time and he even owns a python!
Our next #ValleyProud new hire spotlight is Julia Napper! Julia is our newest COTA, who comes to us with a wide variety of experience, including working in outpatient rehab in Erie for about 5 1/2 years with patients of all ages and diagnoses. Julia wanted a small-town school feel and is excited with this new chapter here in The Valley!
Good Afternoon CVCS Community,
If you are a parent or guardian that drops your student off at the Middle/High School, or would like to make arrangements to do so on Monday, January 27th between 7:30AM and 8:00AM, please feel free to stop in for an 'open house' style viewing of our newly remodeled music spaces - our vocal music and band rooms. We would like to give you the opportunity to see our fresh spaces and speak to Mrs. Zenns and Mr. Cole about their excitement for our program.
If you would like to stop in that morning, please park in the back athletic entrance lot, enter through the doors, and make your way directly to the music rooms. There will be a small display of pastries, some coffee and juice, and we'll have an 8:00 AM ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open our new spaces!
Thank you, again, for your support of our students and this community!
A balmy 10 degrees and beautiful watercolor skies. It’s always a great day to be in The Valley #ValleyProud
Good morning CVCS Community:
We hope you are staying warm on this brisk day! With the cancellation of school again today, we wanted to share an updated Regents Exam calendar with you so that students are aware when they may be taking their exams. Please be reminded that if a student is taking an 11:45 AM exam, they can work up to the three hour limit of the exam, and we will arrange transportation home for students.
The new exam schedule for Thursday and Friday is as follows:
Thursday, January 23
7:45 am
English Language Arts (all 11th grade students)
Global History & Geography II
11:45 am
Algebra II
Earth Science
Chemistry
Friday, January 24
7:45 am
Living Environment
Geometry
US History & Government
11:45 am
Algebra I
Physics
Also, Friday, January 24th, which was originally a half day for students, will now be a FULL DAY of school for all students. It's been a tough winter, and we look forward to having our students in class with us on that day!
The iReady benchmarks for students in grades 6-8 for ELA and math will be given during the first week in February now. We will communicate that information very soon.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing everyone back in the building tomorrow!
They say this is the worst weather year since 2019! As a result of the persistent cold and snow, please review the following calendar adjustment:
This Friday, January 24, 2025, all students will report for a FULL DAY of instruction. Although we had originally planned for a 1/2 Professional Development Day, we are adjusting this to a full day schedule to minimize further disruption to student learning. ***Stay tuned for upcoming adjustments regarding Regents testing for high school students!
We are evaluating our ability to claim emergency closure days as a result of the recent State of Emergency proclamations before making any additional changes to our calendar. If any of the adjustments approved by the Board of Education in December are necessary, we will communicate these updates to you immediately.
Stay warm, Cougars. See you all tomorrow!
Due to inclement weather and the frigid temps, Cassadaga Valley CSD will be closed today, January 22nd. Stay warm and safe!
Good Afternoon CVCS Community,
Winter is doing a really great job of reminding us that it snows here! With that being said, and the snow day today, we will be adjusting the Regents exam calendar for the week so students will be able to challenge their exams.
The exams that were to be given today, January 21st,
7:45 - English Language Arts
11:45 - Physical Setting/Earth Science; Physical Setting/Chemistry
will now be given on Thursday, January 23rd.
The Regents Schedule for Thursday, January 23rd is now as follows:
7:45 - English Language Arts; Global History II
11:45 - Physical Setting/Earth Science; Physical Setting/Chemistry; Algebra II
If there are conflicts, we will work with the students to ensure they can take all their exams.
All 11th grade students will be taking the English Language Arts Regents Exam on Thursday, January 23rd.
Middle School students, grades 6-8 will be taking their iReady Benchmark on Thursday for ELA and Friday for Mathematics. This will take place during the school day.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the MHS Main Office at 716-962-8581. Thank you, and stay warm!
Due to the inclement weather, Cassadaga Valley CSD will be closed today, January 21st. Stay warm!
This week we'd like to celebrate Emiley Anderson, as she was chosen as WKBW Channel 7's Super 7 Athlete of the Week. Because of the work that she puts into her academics, and especially the effort, attitude, and skill that she displays on the basketball court, she is being recognized with this distinct honor. Congratulations to Emiley on achieving this recognition for this week. #ValleyProud #CougarPride
Please click on the link to view the story!
https://www.wkbw.com/sports/super-7/first-student-super-7-athlete-of-the-week-cassadaga-valleys-emiley-anderson
Nice job, Emma Nickerson! 🎳
Spirit Week will be 2/10 - 2/14 (leading up to mid-winter recess). Here are the different MHS dress up days for that week!
A special thank you to our students, Justin Gonzalez and Kameron Brown, who built this beautiful shelf unit, in Mr. Cole's shop class, for Mrs. Allessi to display her wintry decorations! #ValleyProud!
As part of our "Make The Valley Proud" campaign, we've highlighted various things this school year that we're proud of. Last week, we really showed how These Cougars CAN Roar by honoring another district's student athlete, on the court. Portville played CVCS last week and it was brought to our attention that one of their student's, Aidan DeFazio, may reach his 1000 point achievement at this basketball game! Not only did he achieve this great accomplishment in our gym but the game stopped to honor him. As the parents of Aidan stated in their thank you letter to us, "your announcer, coaches, student athletes, fans and even the refs made it seem like we were in our home gym." Another statement from Aidan's parents, "Your commitment to ALL students’ success will never be lost on Aidan or our family" really touched our hearts and we just had to share this sentiment that we received. It's clear that The Valley takes pride in what we do but this just shows how we truly care about others and their achievements as well. Congrats, Aidan! #ValleyProud #TheseCougarsCANRoar #1000ShotAchievement
