South Seneca needs substitutes! If you are interested in being a substitute teacher, aide, assistant or nurse reach out to Shelley Reynolds, (607) 869-9636 ext. 4147 or sreynolds@southseneca.org
Get involved! Serve on the board of education! For more info reach out to: District Superintendent Steve Zielinski - szielinski@southseneca.org or Board President Peter Jennings - pjennings@southseneca.org
The South Seneca Board of Education will hold a special board meeting on Monday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the MSHS Auditorium in Ovid, for the purpose of discussing fall athletics for students.
Please be reminded that all those who attend will be asked to complete our health screening and must have a measured temperature under 100. Face coverings must be worn at all times while indoors and we ask that attendees maintain proper social distancing when seated in the auditorium.
If you haven't already, download the South Seneca CSD app to keep up with all the latest updates from the district! If you have the app, make sure you go to SETTINGS to turn on notifications and select which groups you need to receive notifications from.
At its September 16 meeting, the South Seneca Board of Education voted not to participate in the fall athletics season this year, in the interests of the health and safety of our students. The board will revisit participation in a winter season at its November meeting.
Hi everyone,
Below is a link to a news story with a two documents from our physical education department. Ms. Guinan and Mr. Ovenshire have been working very hard to make our PE classes as good as ever in this challenging environment.
Here is the link to the news item:
https://www.southseneca.org/article/308268?org=high-school
Thank you very much.
Hi everyone, this is Mr. Houseknecht with a quick update. Our first week went fairly well, but we have quite a few things to keep working on. As far as the mandatory screener program and emails go, we're getting a bit faster every day. If your children have cell phones, it would really help to have them take a picture of the confirmation or simply forward it to them. At the very least, please let them know you filled out the screener email before they leave for school. This will help make the process move more quickly in the morning. If it's not working for you, we will work to fix it.
I realize that this new year is difficult for everyone, but we will succeed together. Please keep those ideas coming my way via email or phone. You can call 869-9636 extension 3101. If I don't answer, I'll get back to you. I hope your children are doing well with this challenging new year, and thanks so much for your support. Have a good evening.
Please note: the scheduled early release day has been MOVED to Wednesday, September 23
To comply with the New York State mandate that we do a daily screener for those in the building, South Seneca has partnered with Cayuga Health to make use of their screener tool. Families of students will receive an email from the system directing them to a brief registration process. After that, you will receive an email each day with a unique link to use to complete the screener. Depending on your answers to the 6 daily health screening questions, you get a “green” or “red” status. Green means your child is clear to come in. For more information click this link: https://www.southseneca.org/article/300698?org=south-seneca
Our online health screening process will launch soon. Anyone seeking entry to a school building or school bus will need to complete and pass our online screening process prior to entry. Please ensure that the school has an email address on file for each family so we can contact you. Families will need a way to take students’ temperatures at home, we can provide thermometers to families who need them. Please contact the school for help.
We are streaming the reopening presentation live on YouTube tonight, August 18 at 5 p.m. If you have questions you would like answered, send them to SouthSenecaOpen@southseneca.org. Click this link to view the stream: https://youtu.be/BJobva-opVE
We will be streaming the reopening presentations live on YouTube Monday August 17 and Tuesday August 18 at 5 p.m. Click this link to tune in: https://youtu.be/PpLg0InJJww
We want to hear from you! We’ve created an email address to accept questions for next week’s virtual reopening presentations. Please email SouthSenecaOpen@southseneca.org with your questions.
South Seneca CSD will be offering three opportunities for parents to see reopening presentations and to ask questions about the plan: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 6:30 p.m. - in-person Board of Education Meeting, MSHS Auditorium, Ovid (please observe social distancing in auditorium seats, and wear face covering if you attend). MONDAY AUGUST 17, 5 - 6 p.m. and TUESDAY AUGUST 18, 5 - 6 p.m. - virtual, Zoom meeting
Links will be posted here: https://www.southseneca.org/o/south-seneca/page/parent-meetings-on-reopening
South Seneca CSD will be offering three opportunities for parents to see reopening presentations and to ask questions about the plan:
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 6:30 p.m. - in-person Board of Education Meeting, MSHS Auditorium, Ovid (please observe social distancing in auditorium seats, and wear face covering if you attend)
MONDAY AUGUST 17, 5 - 6 p.m. - virtual, Zoom meeting
TUESDAY AUGUST 18, 5 - 6 p.m. - virtual, Zoom meeting
Links will be posted here: https://www.southseneca.org/…/…/parent-meetings-on-reopening
If you haven't already, make sure you complete this survey to help us develop our re-opening plans:
Elementary Survey: https://bit.ly/3f6580b
Secondary Survey: https://bit.ly/303KCsI
Our new website is live!
Visit the SSCSD virtual calming room ~ there's a link from the district website Guidance Page.
The 2020-2021 supplies list has been posted to the Middle School website under the RESOURCES tab of the main menu.
Remote learning will continue through the end of the fourth marking period for all students. Students are responsible for work that’s assigned. Students will not be in the building, but we’re open for learning.