Fall 2 Sports!
Modified and Varsity Football start Monday March 1.
There will be a MANDATORY meeting at 7:15 in the Elementary school gym Monday March 1. All Athletes and/or parents intending to participate in the Fall 2 Football season must attend. Please note based on the numbers at the meeting it will be determined if physical practice begins on Tuesday March 2 for the Varsity team. In order to move forward both levels need to see a committed number of players with a Minimum of 16 participants for both Modified and Varsity. If the athlete signed up for Fall 2 we expect the athlete or a parent to be in attendance. We understand some athletes will be in other practices.
Modified Football starts March 8
Modified, JV and Varsity Volleyball start date March 8
Cheerleading start date March 8
Please contact hmott@southseneca.org if you have any questions.
This morning South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that two elementary school students had tested positive for COVID-19. The students are in different grade levels, with one having last attended school in person yesterday (Wednesday the 24th), and the other on Monday the 22nd. As with all cases in our school community, we collaborate with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions. Neither of these cases will require us to shut down any programs or classrooms, so our regular in-person schedules can continue to operate uninterrupted. We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details. As always, we urge our community to continue to take all precautions as the pandemic continues. Our success and ability to remain open for in-person instruction is dependent on everyone doing their part. Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
Seneca Cares is hosting a free virtual screening of the documentary Resilience: the Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope. The screening will take place on Thursday, March 11 and be followed by a discussion. We encourage everyone to consider participating!
We're celebrating 100 days of school this week! Today the Elementary School students dressed up like they were 100 years old!
Happy Presidents Day!
Have a good Winter Break!
Livestream the Girls Modified Basketball game @ Romulus 2/12, 5:00 and the Boys Varsity Basketball game @ Romulus 2/13, 6:00 by clicking this link: https://www.facebook.com/RomulusSportsBoosters
Fall 2 sign ups are starting in the health office!
-Football
-Volleyball
-Cheerleading
South Seneca Elementary School is now hiring a long-term substitute teacher for the fifth grade! Click this link to find out more: https://www.olasjobs.org/JobDetails?jobNumber=SSEN0187051-0010
There will be no athletic practices today, February 3.
All Basketball and Wrestling practices start tomorrow.
JV/Varsity teams practice at the High school - Coaches have set times
Boys and Girls Modified Basketball practice at the Elementary school 5-7pm
All Athletic practices and Ski Club are cancelled today after school due to severe weather conditions.
The SSafe program at the elementary school has NOT been cancelled.
Due to expected heavy snow, meal deliveries will take place today instead of tomorrow. Three days' worth will be delivered.
This afternoon South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that an elementary school student had tested positive for COVID-19. The student began exhibiting symptoms on Friday January 22, and last attended school in person on Wednesday, January 20. As with all cases in our school community, we are collaborating with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions. This new case is going to add to the number of students and staff who are assigned to mandatory quarantine, but will not require us to extend the already announced week of fully remote instruction for the Elementary School beyond Friday, January 29. We are still scheduled to resume in-person instruction in Interlaken on Monday, February 1. We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details. We continue to urge the community to take all precautions while the pandemic persists in Seneca County. As we have been emphasizing in previous notices, this is especially important during the winter months while contagion for any coronavirus is at its peak. Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
This afternoon South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that two of our elementary school students had tested positive for COVID-19. The two students are members of different grade levels, and last attended school in person on Wednesday, January 20. As with all cases in our school community, we are collaborating with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions. Unfortunately, these two cases will result in the mandatory quarantine of approximately 80 people, including about a dozen staff members. With this period extending into next weekend, the Elementary School will shift to fully remote instruction for the upcoming week, January 25-29. We expect to be back to in-person instruction on Monday, February 1. We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details. We continue to urge the community to take all precautions while the pandemic persists in Seneca County. As we emphasized in previous notices this week, this is especially important during the winter months while contagion for any coronavirus is at its peak. Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
This morning South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that one of our middle school students had tested positive for COVID-19. The student is part of the Cayuga cohort, and last attended school in person on Tuesday, January 19. As with all cases in our school community, we are collaborating with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions. While the contact tracing in this case will not cause a closure of the school, it will result in a large number of students, and some staff, being forced to quarantine. The Cayuga cohort of this grade level will operate remotely while the quarantines are in effect. We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details. As we shared in yesterday’s announcement, we continue to urge the community to take all precautions while the pandemic persists in Seneca County. This is especially important during the winter months while contagion for any coronavirus is at its peak. Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
This morning South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that one of our high school students had tested positive for COVID-19. The student attends a TST BOCES program full time, and last attended in-person on Thursday, January 14. As with all cases in our school community, we are collaborating with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions. In this case, the contacts will certainly result in a number of mandatory quarantines, but South Seneca will not be needing to close any of our in-person programs. We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details. We join all our colleagues, both in the school setting and out, to continue to urge everyone to take the risks associated with the pandemic seriously, and to do all you can to minimize your own chances of exposure to the virus. This includes diligent wearing of face coverings in public spaces, attention to social distancing, and good regular hand hygiene, along with the use of caution when planning any necessary travel or gatherings. Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
"The time is always right to do what is right." Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Season's Greetings to our Falcon Family! We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! #ForeverFalcons #SouthSenecaCSD
Just two days before our holiday break, we at South Seneca now have over 80 members of our staff and student population in mandatory quarantines as a result of contact tracing related to our three recent cases. In addition to these, we are informed of nearly thirty others in the school community who are now either COVID-positive themselves, or quarantined as a result of exposure to someone who is positive.
As we have been communicating since before Thanksgiving, when groups of staff and students are forced to quarantine at home for two weeks, it creates a substantial disruption to each of their own lives, and to the school program. Those in quarantine, again, have broken no rules, and have only been caught up in the tracing process. They go into quarantine to contain potential spread, which is necessary, but disheartening and inconvenient.
We know from all evidence that once again, there is a reasonable concern that those numbers may spike in the period immediately following the holidays. As a precautionary measure designed to prevent potential large numbers of quarantines into the new year, South Seneca will shift to a temporary fully remote model for instruction in the week after New Year’s Day, January 4 through January 8.
Students should prepare for the week as a school week, and not as an extension of the vacation. Teachers will be in touch to arrange a class schedule. Contrary to the week we went remote after Thanksgiving, there is still a possibility for us to operate small groups of organized activities, such as the highly controlled athletic workouts, etc. Coaches will be in touch with athletes about those arrangements.
We understand that being fully remote can pose a burden on working families, and we encourage those with concerns to reach out to our offices for help. This measure is intended to prevent an even longer burden, as families in quarantine have communicated to us. If the numbers of positive cases and widespread quarantines were to reach a critical threshold, the shift to remote learning could keep us out of the buildings for weeks at a time, which is what we’d like to avoid.
We urge our community to continue to follow all guidelines for staying safe, and we wish full recovery for those having already tested positive.
Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
On Saturday, South Seneca received information from the Seneca County Health Department that two of our elementary school students had tested positive for COVID-19. The two students are members of two different grade levels, and last attended in-person on Tuesday, December 15.
As with all cases in our school community, we are collaborating with the Health Department to facilitate contact tracing and any necessary quarantines. We also collaborate with the Department to make determinations about any closures that might be appropriate. Anyone who is to complete required steps as a result of potential exposure is being contacted by the Health Department or by the school district for instructions.
In this case, because of the timing of the onset of symptoms, contact tracing has resulted in a very large number of quarantines for both students and staff in Interlaken. Out of an abundance of caution, the Elementary School will move to a fully remote model of instruction for the three days leading up to our break: Monday, December 21 through Wednesday, December 23. The Middle-High School was not impacted in this case and will continue as planned with our hybrid model this week. We will revisit our status over the next several days and will communicate any further adjustments to our school calendar as they are decided. On Monday, the district will work to distribute Chromebooks to elementary students as needed for participation in classes.
We know the community understands that personal identifying information about those testing positive is protected under privacy laws, so we are unable to share those particular details.
We join all our colleagues, both in the school setting and out, to continue to urge everyone to take the risks associated with the pandemic seriously, and to do all you can to minimize your own chances of exposure to the virus. This includes diligent wearing of face coverings in public spaces, attention to social distancing, and good regular hand hygiene, along with the use of caution when planning any holiday travel or gatherings.
Thank you for your continued understanding and cooperation.
