Portville Central School

CTE BOCES students in 11th and 12th grade will not attend BOCES next week. They will take BOCES classes remotely. Students may return to BOCES in person on March 1st.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Today during our random COVID-19 testing program, we had two siblings test positive in the Elementary School. This is in addition to several cases in the Middle/High School that have been traced back to an outside event. Due to the collective presence of COVID-19 in the Portville Community, we feel it is best to move to remote learning at both the Elementary and the Middle/High School through Friday, February 26th, with in-person learning to commence on March 1st. The Middle/High School is already on remote learning, the Elementary will move to remote learning tomorrow, February 19th. Reminder: Please Wear A Mask, Social Distance, and avoid Large Gatherings - these steps are our best shot of continuing with in-person learning.

Portville Elementary School! Parent now have until Wednesday, March 10 to order Class Composites! Spread the word! Share the message below so parents can easily order online. Copy the text in the box below and paste it into a text messaging system or send it through a school messaging system, etc. Use the method(s) parents are most likely to see. You now have until Wednesday, March 10 to order Class Composites! Don't miss out, order online at inter-state.com/flyerentry/56401PQ.

My apologies: The dates for Remote Learning should read Wednesday, February 17th through Friday, February 19th! Thank You for your understanding.

Students and Parents Grades 7-12: Portville Central School was informed that we had a positive COVID case in the 10th grade. Contact tracing was done through the Catt. County Health Department. This resulted in a number of students and teachers being quarantined. Since the positive COVID case, I have received information that there are two more positive cases pending. With a lack of substitutes, and in an effort to try and control the possible spread of COVID, PCS will be going to remote learning for the remainder of the week. Remote Learning: Wednesday, January 17th through Friday, January 19th. Sports practices and games may occur, as long as the program does not have a student-athlete that is COVID positive. Activities for the 100th day of school will take place at a later date, once we have returned to school. The Senior Ski Trip to Holiday Valley has been postponed. Sincerely, L. Welty

Despite the school closing today, COVID testing WILL take place as scheduled, Tuesday February 16th.

The PCS Board of Education meeting has be moved to Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 7:00 pm.

Portville Central School is closed today (Tuesday February 16th). There will be no online learning; it is a traditional snow day.

Tonight, the Boys Varsity Basketball team will be on the road to take on the Silver Creek Black Knights. Due to pandemic restrictions, spectators are not allowed in the gymnasium. Silver Creek will live stream the game on their Youtube channel. Tip-off is at 6:00PM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtq4INhAyrIPkw2835ipKFg

Tonight, the Girls JV and Varsity Basketball teams are on the road to take on the Franklinville Panthers. Due to pandemic restrictions, spectators are not allowed in the gymnasium. The game will be streamed by Franklinville. JV tip-off is 6PM with the Varsity to follow at 7:30PM http://www.tbafcs.org/Page/2083

Tomorrow, the Boys Varsity Basketball team will be home to take on the Cuba-Rushford Rebels in the home opener. Due to pandemic restrictions, spectators are not allowed in the gymnasium. We will, however, live stream the game on our Youtube channel! Tip-off is at 1:00PM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVp0cYhcA3n7bgJmtdiQqlg

Tonight, the Girls JV and Varsity basketball teams are home to take on the Ellicottville Eagles in the season opener. Due to pandemic restrictions, spectators are not allowed in the gymnasium. We will, however, live stream both games on our Youtube channel! JV tip-off is 6PM with the Varsity to follow at 7:30PM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVp0cYhcA3n7bgJmtdiQqlg

Bucket Fillers for the week of Feb. 1

PCS 2021 National Honor Society Induction Ceremony https://youtu.be/yVXB_V4jJNw

Portville Central School is conducting COVID-19 Testing for students, faculty, staff, and members of their household. Starting Monday February 1st, we will be expanding our COVID - 19 testing to any individual working in a municipality/business in the Portville Central School District. Individuals wanting to be tested should either be symptomatic or be a direct contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you meet one of these criteria and would like to be tested for COVID-19, please send an email with the name and eligibility criteria of anyone seeking a test to: covidtest@portvillecsd.org. Send any questions to that email. Thank you.

Portville Central School will be conducting its own randomized COVID 19 testing program starting on Thursday January 28th. This program is voluntary, and only students who have submitted parental permission slips will be tested. A combined 10-15 students/employees may be tested on a daily basis Monday - Friday. We will alternate testing in the Elementary and Jr/Senior High School each day. Parents will be notified of results for their child the day of the testing. School and Districtwide results are posted daily at https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/home If you have questions regarding this program, please contact your child's principal. Again, this testing is voluntary. We appreciate the tremendous community support we have received regarding our testing program and hope to continue to roll out additional capacity as we are able. Starting Monday February 1st, we will be expanding our COVID - 19 testing to any individual working in a municipality/business in the Portville Central School District. Click the link below for a video showing how simple it is! https://5il.co/ovw8

Portville Central School is conducting COVID-19 Testing for students, faculty, staff, and members of their household. Individuals wanting to be tested should either be symptomatic or be a direct contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you meet one of these criteria and would like to be tested for COVID-19, please send an email with the name and date of birth of anyone seeking a test to: covidtest@portvillecsd.org. Send any questions to that email. Thank you.

To: Portville School Families From: Lynn Corder, Elementary Principal Re: January 22, 2021 Friday, January 22nd is the end of the 2nd marking period and was originally scheduled to be a ½ day for Portville Elementary students. At this time, we are changing this to a full day of remote learning. There will be no in-person learning on this date. Families can expect a lighter load of work, most of which will be sent home with students on Thursday, January 21st. Students and families may also be able to access their remote learning through the learning management system (TEAMS, Seesaw or Facebook) as communicated from your grade level teachers. Thanks for all you do! Lynn Corder Elementary Principal

Bucket Fillers for the week of January 11th!

PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION On Wednesday, January 13th the following students were inducted into the Portville chapter of the National Honor Society. Front (left to right): Courtney Lyle, Allie DeFazio, Nikki Hepker, Sophie Kellogg, Kendall Artlip, Kayleigh Forrest. Second: Tayalynn Harris, Arianna North, Kaitlyn Buckvich, Lydia Szymanski, Reanna Carrier, Mia Welty. Third: Jenna Freer, Mallory Reynolds, Devyn Neiman, Caleigh Zollinger, Matteson Fries, Megan Pagett, Olivia Ganoung. Fourth: Rachel Waddell, Caroline Todd, Kylie Blessing, Caydence Zalwsky, Mallory Welty, Carley LaFever. Back: Brenton Gagliardo, Sam Korsa, Christian Gariepy, Thomas Scanlon, Nathan Petryszak, Thomas Carls. Missing: Gabrielle Green, Kyle Mathes. Advisors: Mr. Michael Matz & Mr. JJ McIntosh. Congratulations! We are super proud of all of you!