On Friday September 28th and Saturday the 29th the Orchard Park Central School District will celebrate Homecoming. On Friday evening the night will start off with the Pep Rally at 6 p.m. The Pep Rally is just for current Orchard Park High School students. Following the Pep Rally the Powder Puff football game will be played on the turf at the OP Stadium from 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Food trucks will be at the OP Stadium from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. to provide refreshments. On Saturday, September 29th the Homecoming Parade will begin at 10 a.m. It will start at the Orchard Park Middle School and head east on 20A, turn north of onto Freeman and the parade will end at the Athletic Field Parking lot. From 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. the Homecoming Carnival will be held in the Athletic Field parking lot. The carnival is free for everyone and all ages are welcome. There will be some great carnival games including: the water gun race, football toss, soccer kick and more. There will be free popcorn, cotton candy and face painting. Parking is available in either the Baker Road Parking lot or the Freeman parking lot of the High School. At 1 p.m. the Varsity Football game will be held against Williamsville North High School in the OP Stadium. Lastly the High School Homecoming dance will begin at 8 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop 30517 from Orchard Park Middle School presented their community service project of handmade, life-size games to John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital.
OPCSD welcomed back faculty and staff on Wednesday, August 29th during the Opening Day ceremony at the high school.
Please review the following reminders for the upcoming 2018-19 school year to ensure your student is off to a great start!
Ellicott Elementary students participate in the Stuff the Sneaker campaign in an act of kindness. All four OP elementary schools completed 10,800 acts of kindness this year.
For information on registering your child for Kindergarten for 2018-2019, please contact Amanda Alba the Central Registrar at 209-6325. She is located in the Orchard Park Central School District Administrative Offices, 2240 Southwestern Blvd., West Seneca, NY. Registration is done by appointment only Monday through Thursday in the summer. Please call between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to make an appointment. It is important to make an appointment as soon as possible in order to ensure that parents can attend Kindergarten Orientation at their child’s future school building and have their child signed up for Kindergarten Screening. Orientation is traditionally late in April and screening is held in May. Additional information and paperwork can be found at www.opschools.org/kindergarten. Please contact Amanda Alba at 209-6325 with any questions.
Applications for Universal Pre-Kindergarten are currently being accepted for the 2018-2019 school year. In order to participate in the UPK program children must reside in the Orchard Park Central School District attendance area, and be four years old by December 1st of the year they start the program. The Orchard Park Central School District is able to offer the Universal Pre-Kindergarten program through a grant provided by the New York State Education Department. This grant covers the cost of the program, but does not cover transportation. It is the responsibility of each family to transport their child to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten site. There are a designated number of Universal Pre-Kindergarten spots available. If more apply than there are openings, there will be a “lottery” to determine who will be able to attend. Children are randomly selected for the program. Selection is not based on academic or economic need. All children are equally eligible for participation. The Orchard Park UPK program is not housed in the Orchard Park Elementary School buildings. The Orchard Park Central School District partners with local preschools as community-based preschool UPK sites. Families who apply for Orchard Park’s UPK program will be asked to provide their preschool site preference. We attempt to accommodate families’ first or second choice whenever possible. UPK applications are due by March 30, 2018. The following documents are required when submitting your UPK application: completed registration form, completed Home Language Questionnaire, proof of residency (two recent, valid forms are necessary), Parent/Guardian driver’s license, birth certificate, and vaccination records for your child. These forms may be downloaded from the district’s website (www.opschools.org/upk), picked up at the Central Registrar’s office at the Orchard Park Central School District Offices, 2240 Southwestern Blvd., West Seneca, or mailed to you upon request. Please call (
Eggert Elementary third grader Ava Rojek went above and beyond to collect food for Eggert’s Holiday Food Drive held in November. With the help of her mother, Ava created a video that was uploaded to social media asking for donations. She also wrote a letter on the back of the donation flyer. She then dropped off copies of that letter to all her neighbors. Within a week Ava collected over 420 donations of non-perishable items for Eggert’s Food Drive.
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South Davis Elementary came together to make a music video in honor of Rachel’s Challenge. Fifth grade students starred in the video but the entire school was a part of this exciting community building activity. The South Davis Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee was looking for an extra special way to bring the school together as a part of Rachel's Challenge. The committee decided that a lip dub music video to the song “Give Love” was the way to go! Fifth grade students at South Davis Elementary rehearsed twice a week for a several weeks to prepare for their lip dub debut. On the day of the event, the entire South Davis population came together for the video. The lip dub experience was an incredible community building activity. Please click the link below or follow @southdavisk5 on Twitter to enjoy watching South Davis start a "Chain Reaction of Kindness" when they "Give Love" in their first ever lip dub music video! https://youtu.be/7ezzDOEEoE4
On Friday September 28th and Saturday the 29th the Orchard Park Central School District will celebrate Homecoming. On Friday evening the night will start off with the Pep Rally at 6 p.m. The Pep Rally is just for current Orchard Park High School students. Following the Pep Rally the Powder Puff football game will be played on the turf at the OP Stadium from 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Food trucks will be at the OP Stadium from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. to provide refreshments. On Saturday, September 29th the Homecoming Parade will begin at 10 a.m. It will start at the Orchard Park Middle School and head east on 20A, turn north of onto Freeman and the parade will end at the Athletic Field Parking lot. From 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. the Homecoming Carnival will be held in the Athletic Field parking lot. The carnival is free for everyone and all ages are welcome. There will be some great carnival games including: the water gun race, football toss, soccer kick and more. There will be free popcorn, cotton candy and face painting. Parking is available in either the Baker Road Parking lot or the Freeman parking lot of the High School. At 1 p.m. the Varsity Football game will be held against Williamsville North High School in the OP Stadium. Lastly the High School Homecoming dance will begin at 8 p.m.
TIES (Together Including Every Student) is a new program in the District that promotes the participation of students and young adults with developmental disabilities in inclusive, organized extracurricular and community activities with the support of trained student volunteers in grades 8-12.
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A recent update in New York Education Law, effective July 1, 2018, requires that a complete physical exam be conducted for all students entering grades K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. We ask that you schedule an appointment with your child's physician if they will be in one of those grades in September 2018. Please forward the completed form to your school nurse as soon as the exam has been completed.
