Cassadaga Valley Central School District

Meet Pre-K Teacher, Ms. Emmott, & Teacher Aide, Mrs. Johnson!

The Cassadaga Valley boys basketball B team played Southwestern yesterday evening. The boys played hard and had a lot of fun, it was a great game to watch! Good job!

Day 1 of Spirit Week! Check out some of these awesome Dynamic Duos 👯‍♀️❤️

REMINDER of tomorrow night's parent meeting for any 8th grade students interested in Quest Backpacking! Also, in response to student interest, there will be a second date for the Quest parent meeting. Parents of 8th grade students interested in hiking with Quest must attend ONE mandatory parent meeting. Tuesday, February 11th, at 7:00 PM in the CV MS/HS cafeteria OR Monday, February 24th, at 7:00 PM in the CV MS/HS cafeteria Please contact Reggie Cole or Mindy Dague with any questions.

Every year, the week before spirit week, all of the classes build a wall to represent their class. Teachers vote for the best wall on the last day of spirit week. The winner of the spirit walls gets points towards their class to hopefully win spirit week! This, along with many more competitions and games through the week, will gain their class points. The class with the most points at the end of the week “wins” spirit week and is named the class with the most school spirit!

Meet Pre-K Teacher, Mrs. Peterson, & Teacher Aide Mrs. Torrey!

Cassadaga Valley FFA had a great day at Districts Competition! We are so proud of everyone who spent hours practicing and preparing for this contest. For those who don't know, yesterday’s event was a Leadership Development Event (LDE). LDEs are competitive events that allow students to demonstrate their skills in public speaking, communication, and decision making. They also help students develop critical thinking skills and teamwork. Our members (5 out of 6 are first timers) who competed are: - Employment Skills: Taylor Lahnen (7th place) - Employment Skills: Jackson Hattaway (8th place) - Employment Skills: Dominick DeGolier (9th place) -Junior Creed: Makenzie Lahnen (2nd Place🏆) - Sr. Extempt. Speaking: Maddison McLane (6th place) - Sr. Extempt. Speaking: Keyamari Keys (4th place) Mrs. Meeder is so INCREDIBLY proud of each and every one of them! Congratulations to all of our members and a special shout out to Kenz for placing second in her event/division. She will be heading off to Substates in March to put Cassadaga Valley back in business! 😎

Nice work, Emma Nickerson!

The FFA kids received their new jackets and were so excited they couldn't wait to wear them! Wish them luck as they head off to compete at Districts today in Fillmore.  Also, this is your friendly reminder to support these kids at their pancake breakfast fundraiser (because who doesn't love pancakes, and awesome kids!?) on Sunday, February 16th, at the Stockton Fire Hall from 8AM-12:30PM!

With the first full week in February here, it is officially National School Counseling Week! National School Counseling Week 2025, “School Counseling: Helping Students Thrive,” sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), is celebrated from Feb. 3–7, 2025, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. With that, we'd like to take a minute to recognize our 4 amazing counselors! Marie Torrey, Sinclairville Elementary School Counselor, goes above and beyond each and every day to support all of our students, staff, and parents. Marie focuses on positive ways to enhance students’ academic, career and social/emotional development. Marie works with teachers and other educators to provide the skills students need and the environment in which students can realize their potential and set healthy, realistic and optimistic goals for themselves. Mrs. Torrey is an amazing asset to the Cassadaga Valley community and we thank her for all she does each and every day. - Mrs. Sedlak Heather Nocero is our High School Counselor, working with our students in grades 9-12. Her work starts with students when they are in eighth grade by helping them to set up their high school schedules in order to achieve the goals that they set for themselves. She helps our students navigate their class choices, pushes into classes to help students find a career path and/or college choice, helps students navigate high school conflict, work through life's difficult moments, and to celebrate all the achievements along the way. Jacob Wilcox is our Middle School Counselor, working with our students in grades 6-8. His work starts with students when they are in fifth grade, in helping them to get acclimated to the MHS. He sets up fifth grade orientation, works with groups of students on developing executive function skills, helps with conflict resolution, helps students develop organization skills, and is himself a middle-schooler at heart. We’d also like to thank Amy Raynor for her dedication and unwavering support of our students! This special week provides recognition for school counselors like Amy 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 highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. After having worked in a few schools and with various different school counselors throughout my career in education, I can say that the students and staff at Cassadaga Valley are the lucky ones. We have the best counselors that I've ever seen do this job! They are all integral parts of our student services team! - Mr. Tonelli Most importantly, they ALL appreciate all of our students and families at Cassadaga Valley! Thank you Heather, Jacob, Amy, and Marie for being a really important part of our students' lives here in The Valley. #ValleyProud #CougarPride #SchoolCounselorWeek

We had a little "Super Bowl iReady Challenge" this week for reading. Whichever "team" passed the most iReady lessons this week would be deemed "Super Bowl Champs." Here are the results..... Wise - 46 lessons passed Kelly - 44 lessons passed Fox - 25 lessons passed Combined total of 115 lessons passed for the week! Students were rewarded with lunch in the classroom and a super bowl style Wegmans cookie :) they were pretty excited! Since Mrs. Kelly's class worked so hard as well and were so close to first place, they ate in the classroom with Mrs. Kelly today.

Presenting our SES Cougars with Character for January!! We have such great students! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-ilLXRR33L4BkQOeSp567AAQq-AlsGOqvllWAsc4NpI/edit?usp=sharing

Check out the February 2025 edition of The Cougar Post, developed by Sinclairville Elementary 4th and 5th grade students! https://5il.co/3768g

Don't forget, Spirit Week is next week!!

Hello CVCS - There is a change in our sports calendar this evening. The girls JV and Varsity basketball game scheduled for this evening is postponed. We will communicate the make-up date as soon as it is available. Thank you, and have a great day!

Parents of 8th grade students: There is a mandatory meeting for parents/guardians of students who are interested in joining Quest Backpacking on Tuesday, February 11th, at 7:00 PM in the M/HS Cafeteria. Please contact Mr. Reggie Cole or Mrs. Mindy Dague with any questions.

CVCS COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ!! What is a 2-hour delay?! In the event that the weather looks like it would be absolutely awful in the early morning hours, but is expected to clear within a reasonable amount of time, we may call a 2-hour delay. Please read this information and give us a call if you have any questions!

Congrats to all of our 2nd quarter Honor and Merit Roll students! Honor Roll 12th Grade – Journey Alaimo, Emiley Anderson, Hailey Anderson, Lorelei Beichner, Montana Brooks, Kameron Brown, Ava Burridge, Charlotte Couchman, Ryan Davis, Morgan DeGolier, Paige Dellahoy, Isabella Dutton, Andrew Faulkner, Justin Gonzalez, Aliyah Hopkins, Jessica Hornburg, Matthew Huch Jr, Naomi Johnson, Summer Johnson, Ariana Main, Jordynn Main, Parker McLane, Kieth Mesler, Hailey Myers, Tristan Pryll, Derrick Runge, Autumnskye Seagrave, Alyssa Snyder, Jordan Swanson, Charles Taylor, Anastasia TenPas, Cadence Thompson, Bradley Windnagle 11th Grade – Gavin Blair, Danny Callentine IV, Ryley Clutter, Mya Cusimano, Emma Daigle, Denza Fanara, Austin Gloss, Jasmine Gugino, Addison Helwig, Alexa Jaquith, Isabella Jaquith, Cameron Katilus, Destiny Kelley, Keyamari Keys, Georgiana Knott, Lilleean Meacham, Brandi Meder, Payton Meder, Adrianna Myers, Brianna Myers, Gabriel Myers, Adabella O'Hara, Katarina Pattison, Gavin Penhollow, Kali Richerson, Aaron Steen, Xabrina Szablewski, Grant Zahm 10th Grade – Carter Anderson, Tyler Anderson, Aubre Bonasera, Noah Brandt, Anna Burlingame, Gabriel Cleveland, Jackson Crowell, Gabrielle Cunningham, Makayla Edson, Mia Fanara, Logan Farnham, Cameron Fitzgibbons, Lilly Green, Addisyn Grissom, Natalie Hallett, Jakob Higgs, Mattea Hilliker, Breonna Hopkins, Jakob Huling, Karson Keeler, Connor Main, Jade Marcinkowski, Melanie Myles, Sophia Nuccio, Lilliana Payne, Lillian Phillips, Isadora Pryll, Cathryn Russell, Stefan Schafer, Alex Serrano, Syeed Shabazz, Skyler Szablewski, Leona Walters, Jocelyn Wintersteen 9th Grade – Pheobie Brandow, Alicyn Debo, Skyleigh Debo, Marsal Fenton, Dawson Harper, Brody Hawkins, Makenzie Lahnen, Taylor Lahnen, Elizabeth Lewis, Reese McKay, Faith McVey, Kristyn McVey, Eden Miller, Emma Nickerson, Alexis Pattyson, Benjamin Petry, Blake Sam, Kianna Sanchez, Kadence Swanson, Aurora Walker 8th Grade – Caleb Anderson, Jaidyn Briggs, Nora Brown, Sophie Conti, Cole Daughenbaugh, Madison Debo, Mason Debo, Marli Deyell, Brionna Doland, Julissa Evans, Hadley Green, Kayden Hallett, Gabriella Hubler, Quinn Johnson, Eliana Katilus, Kailee Lacki, Matthew Lawrie, Jayden McEntire, Nora Nopper, Alea Runge, Maliyah Stone, Evelyn Winton 7th Grade – Joseph Allessi, Gemma Andersen, Antonio Bonasera, Bentley Brown, Jayden Brown, Olivia Burlingame, Bre'Ahna Carr, Cooper Davis, Summer Debo, Donald Easton, Colton Frost, Makaylah Gaul, Hannah George, Niall Guayasamin, Anthony Hamernik, Sydney Hawkins, Kristen Heath, Makayla Hopkins, Elora Kelley, James McChesney, Nadyne Nitkiewicz, Gracelynn Parker, Noah Paxton, Lydia Petry, Emily Pierce, Riley Szukala, Noah Troxell, Roclynn Ulinger, Lucian Whitmore, Amilya Wolnik 6th Grade – Aryanna Abram, Luna Banse-Fay, Brayden Beichner, Brody Beichner, Emelia Catanese, Talia Fanara, Martin Fenton, Carter Gaul, Kayden Hultberg, Jyrell Hunzinger, Logan Johnson, Caden Lacki, Jon Martin, Rodney McKay, Conner Nickerson, Shannon O'neill, Kailani Pierce, Kaleb Pierce, Maya Richner, Daniel Russell, Kolby Seekings, Roman Siegel, Jake Skinner, Jack Watson Merit Roll 12th Grade – Joseph Bellardo, Trenton Kendall, Matthew Penhollow, Collin Powers, Matthew Runge, Milford Thompson III, Zoe Zuech 11th Grade – Logan Baker, Summer Cieplinski, Jazmin Debo, Nathan Frary, Hunter Hattaway, Morgan Johnson, Tanner Olmstead 10th Grade – Kailynn Anderson, Jordon Daughenbaugh, Suzanne Dewyea, Alexander Douglas, Ginx Griffith, Ivory Jedrysik, Olivia Lopez, Chloe Lundberg, Ruby VanValkenburg 9th Grade – Nathan Cieplinski, Dominick DeGolier, Mathew Farmer, Anastazia Hale, Jackson Marsh, Peyton Senear, Jaden Skinner, Robert Sutherland, Cheyanne Weaver 8th Grade – Khloey Carr, Anthony Clark, Jaydyne Crowell, Emmalyn DeGolier, Elaina Frary, Chelsea Johnson, Bridget McQuiggan, Jannah Rullon, Quinn Smith 7th Grade – Brooklyn Apperson, Payton Davis, Cameron Eggleston, Elias Harlow, Ryker Jarvis, Dominic Knuth, Lucas Mcalister, Atlas McCann, Maddison Near, Carter Samuelson, Jaxson Willingham 6th Grade – Woods Barmore, Ava Bellardo, Khylan Eggleston, Jaelyn Evans, Cody George, Hannah Jackson, Sawyer Johnson, Ethan Rojo-Zavala, Evan Stablewski

They say that January is the longest Monday EVER. I think they are definitely on to something with that sentiment, but great news -- February is upon us! Please take note of the attached February Newsletter with important updates, including changing March 7th from a Superintendent Conference Day to a student day! We wish you a joyful, sunny month ahead. And remember: It's always a great day to be in The Valley!

A huge Cougar "ROAR" to Logan Farnham who prepared and gave a historical presentation on Mao Zedong at the recent High School History Club meeting. The club also helps to foster student leadership and cooperation between clubs in The Valley. The meeting was led by co- presidents, Anna Burlingame and Kemamari Keys. Notes were recorded by our our secretary, Alexa Jaquith, and the treasurer's report and balance was given by Bella Jaquith. The meeting was well attended this month with close to 40 members there to celebrate the New Year and discuss upcoming events for the club. Students were excited to help CV SADD with preparation for PS I Love You Day, which will be held in February. The Social Studies Department is also very excited to be starting a Middle School History Club under the direction of Mr. Schrader, this year, which is planning to meet next month. Students in grades 6-8 can sign up outside their social studies classrooms. The HS History Club advisor, Mrs. Richir, stated, "This year, we have the largest number of members since before COVID. It is exciting to see students involved in after school clubs and activities again!" Clubs meet on certain dates directly after school until 3:00 pm. If you have any questions about History Club, contact trichir@cvcougars.org.