Public Notice February 11: South Seneca received reports of 20 new positive COVID test results this week-- 14 in the Elementary Building and 6 in the MSHS.
Our partners at the Council for Alcoholism and Addictions of the Finger Lakes is launching a new program in Seneca County, called the Triple P!
The Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) is a FREE program offered through the Council on Alcoholism & Addictions of the Finger Lakes to help improve the lives of families in Seneca County. Topics are divided into four sessions, and participants can choose to attend one, two, three or all four sessions. Each session is two hours long and caregivers are encouraged to discuss problems they are experiencing so that they can find positive solutions for themselves, their children and their families. Sessions are for adults only and are focused around two age groups: children ages 0-12 and teens. No registration form is required: Just a simple phone call to 315-789-0310 to register for the next session (offered day and evenings to accommodate the caregiver’s schedule, individual or group discussions).
Attention South Seneca Families:
The 2022 South Seneca High School Yearbook is on sale now through February 11th for $48.60
You must order by 2/11 to guarantee a your copy of this amazing yearbook we are creating!
Please visit www.jostens.com or call 1-877-767-5217 to order. *Payment plans are available
Don’t miss out, order by 2/11/22 to be guaranteed a yearbook!
Remember the year forever with a South Seneca High School yearbook filled with a year’s worth of memories.
Signed,
The Yearbook Staff
The South Seneca Board of Education will hold its regular meeting Wednesday, February 9 at 7pm in the Elementary School Auditorium, Interlaken.
Public Notice February 4: South Seneca received reports of 37 new positive COVID test results in the past week-- 30 students, and 7 staff members.
With heavy snowfall expected to continue overnight and into the early morning hours, South Seneca will remain closed for Friday February 4. No classes will be held in the district, in-person or remote. Stay safe everyone!
With persistent snowfall expected to arrive this afternoon, South Seneca will be CLOSED Thursday, February 3. All classes in the district are canceled, both in person and remote.
We're looking for a long-term 2nd grade teacher to join the Falcon Family! The position is set to start around March 1st. Interested? Apply below!
Did you know we offer Career & Technical training courses through our partnership with TST BOCES? Come check out their Open House!
Public Notice January 28: this week, South Seneca received reports of 22 new positive COVID test results-- 17 students, and 5 staff members.
"F" in Fitness always stands for Fun!
Elementary Yearbook is now on sale! 👏
Our talented 5th grade Sewing Extended Day class finished their session by making hats and scarves! They used the sewing machines and fringed their items to finish them. We might have some future designers in our presence! 🧶🧵
Join the Falcon Family! 💛 We're hiring at our Elementary School for a long-term PE Teacher starting in April. If you or anyone you know is perfect for the job, apply here: https://bit.ly/3tR0f6d 🏀🏈
The South Seneca Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, January 26 at 7pm in the Middle-High School, Ovid.
With new cases being reported through multiple channels now, including self-reporting from home tests, South Seneca will move to weekly public notices. Since returning to in-person instruction on January 18, we've received reports of nineteen (19) new cases, 15 students and 4 staff members.
One of our Falcon family members, Luke Wellin, donated his father's Interlaken high school letterman jacket. This jacket is from the late 1960's just before Interlaken and Ovid merged to create the South Seneca Central School District!
The student in this picture is Thomas Wellin, Luke's son and namesake to his grandfather, who's jacket this originally belonged to. Be sure to check out this generous donation in our display case by the auditorium of the Elementary School #ForeverFalcons
We are heartbroken tonight to learn of the passing of Mary Church, who succumbed to injuries as the result of a car accident yesterday. We are confident that almost all of you reading this have been blessed by Mary’s endless generosity and service over a life dedicated to others. She served for decades in the field of education, not only here at home but literally around the globe. But most of all, she loved South Seneca.
She served on our Board of Education for many years. She loved to talk about being the “founder” of our Alternative Classroom in the Ovid building, where she made it her mission to make sure every student who entered that room knew they were valued and loved. I saw her face light up when she talked about running into former students who remembered her kindness years and years later.
People remember her knitting through meetings—always making another hat, or scarf, sweater to give as a gift. I saw her give a hat away at last Wednesday’s board meeting, and it pains me to realize now that it was her last.
She took time to read to her grandchildren’s classes. She was currently serving as South Seneca’s representative on the TST BOCES school board, and she was so active in the Four County School Boards Association and the Central New York School Boards Association, that members of those organizations across the state knew her by name—you couldn’t attend a statewide meeting with her without so many people saying, “Hi, Mary!”
And now, we say goodbye, Mary. We love you, and know that you’ll be watching over us. Forever Falcons!
With a heavy heart,
Steve Parker Zielinski
Thank you again to the entire South Seneca school community for the cooperation, patience, and adjustments necessary while we have been in our fully remote instructional model the last two weeks. During this period the district has processed over 70 new reports of students and staff testing positive for COVID-19, and we continue to wish each of these individuals good health as they work through symptoms. Many of the cases have been closed now, as isolation periods have expired.
We will return to full in-person instruction in the district on Tuesday, January 18, weather permitting. The newest health department guidance, issued over the last few days, will shorten quarantine and isolation periods, open the way to more self-reporting of test results, and give special school-day access to some individuals who are otherwise quarantined. We encourage everyone in the community to review the new guidance, either on our website or through health department resources. We anticipate that the new process will allow us to remain in-person for the rest of our school year.
Most importantly, it remains an essential part of our success that those who are experiencing any symptoms at all stay home and recover. The experience of the last month has been a stark reminder about how aggressively contagious this strain of COVID-19 is proving to be, and it is often the case that someone is contagious before they know they are positive themselves. The onset of symptoms is a clear indicator to be cautious. Anyone symptomatic at school will end up in our nurses’ offices for observation and testing, which adds to the challenges for an already very busy office. Wintertime is typically a season where we see an increase in symptoms even in non-pandemic years, and we are hopeful that when spring comes, the numbers of new cases will have slowed. As always, our collective success will depend on everyone working together.
January 11: All TST BOCES programs are canceled today.