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The Orchard Park Central School District is pleased to announce we are re-opening UPK registration because there has been increased funding to support Universal Pre-Kindergarten in New York State. The state has provided funding for a number of full-day Universal Pre-Kindergarten spots in addition to the 100 half-day spots that were available originally. The Orchard Park Central School District strives to maximize our grant funding opportunities, and to support families as much as possible. If you are interested in either the half-day or full-day UPK program please visit www.opschools.org/upk to complete the registration process before May 21st. Applications can be completed online this year in an effort to minimize person to person contact. If you have already completed the application process you will receive an email with information about how to proceed.
Orchard Park High School drama students were able to perform live shows, May 1 & 2 for family members. The May 2nd performance was filmed and will be available to stream (Video On Demand) May 20 – May 31 through showtix4u.com. Click here for more information.
Beginning May 15th the 33rd year of ArtSplash will kick off along with the first ever ArtWalk. A virtual exhibit of ArtSplash will be posted to the Orchard Park Visual Art Boosters (OPVAB) website. The first ArtWalk will take place throughout the village of Orchard Park primarily along North and South Buffalo St. All student artwork will be located in business windows facing the street so work can be viewed safely outdoors while socially distanced. Click here for more information.
Orchard Park Central School District’s Parent Information Series will continue with a Teen Driving Safety webinar offered on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 7 p.m. The Orchard Park Police Department and the Orchard Park Central School District will present the dangers of distracted driving, driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, license restrictions for permit holders and junior drivers, vehicle and traffic laws, pedestrians and other safety issues. This presentation is for both teenagers and their parents. Please click here for more information.
Orchard Park Middle School social studies teacher Daryl Helfman was selected as the 2021 recipient of the Academy for Human Rights’ Reed Taylor Award for Excellence in Human Rights Education. The award is named in living honor of local Holocaust educator Dr. Reed Taylor, the designation is meant to honor a teacher who inspires their students and colleagues to live a life of service that is dedicated toward humanity. Click here for additional information.
Orchard Park has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education for the fifth year in a row. Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, Orchard Park answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music programs, Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.
Please click here to learn more about registering your student for kindergarten for the 21-22 school year.
If you need technology assistance please email technology@opschools.org and include your child’s name and a description of the issue you are experiencing. You should immediately receive an automated response. If you don’t receive the automated response within 5 minutes of sending your email, please call 209-6330. Click here for additional information.
Ms. Kelley, high school art teacher, tweaked her first Studio in Art project of the school year which would normally be a self-portrait collage. Instead the students created COVID-19 mask self-portrait collages to reflect the fact that we are all experiencing a global pandemic. The students chose magazine items that reflected their personality and collaged them to create a COVID-19 mask. Ms. Kelley teaches Studio in Art at the Orchard Park High School. Studio in Art is the prerequisite introductory art course at the high school level.
During the 2020-2021 school year the school calendar will be exclusively available online. With guidance from both state and local officials being updated on a very regular basis we are anticipating date changes throughout the upcoming school year. Please visit www.opschools.org and click “Calendar” to access the most up-to-date district event schedule. Please continue to check the website calendar as many events during the 2020-2021 school year may change. The website calendar will be updated regularly throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
Please click to view the recent State Supreme Court Hearing decision regarding Orchard Park and Williamsville Schools.
If you were unable to view the live Virtual Parent Meeting to share information about the plan to return hybrid students in grades 6-12 to full-time in-person learning May 17th. Click here to access the recording.
Please click here to learn more about the Board of Education Candidates.
The District wanted to make the community aware that on some occasions a positive COVID-19 case is being reported to us after the quarantine period has been completed. In this scenario the cases will be added to the dashboard on the correct dates. If this is the case and the quarantine period has already been completed we will not be adding that to our daily letter as that may cause confusion to our families.
Please click to read the 5-18 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
Please click to read the 5-14 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
Please click to read the 5-13 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
Please click to view the 5-12 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
Please click to read the 5-11 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
Please click to read the 5-10 COVID-19 Update from Superintendent McGarrity.
