Our Ski Club is excited to once again be heading to Holiday Valley on Monday nights. Ski Club provides transportation for students in grades 5 and up. Holiday Valley has also made discount rates available to our families and staff.
Check out the flyer attached. Prices are valid through November 1st.
Friday was #BigAppleCrunch Day! The Big Apple Crunch takes place in October of each year, inviting everyone to take a bite out of a New York-grown apple to celebrate the apple harvest and inspire us to eat local! Springville and Colden Elementary students love taking a big bite out of their apples served at lunch by SGI Culinary!
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Colden Elementary is also celebrating Red Ribbon Week with dress-up days!
Monday - Support your favorite sport or team
Tuesday - Wear red
Wednesday - Mismatch day, Crazy socks and Crazy hair
Thursday - Wear purple and gold
Friday - Wear your Halloween costume!
Monday - Support your favorite sport or team
Tuesday - Wear red
Wednesday - Mismatch day, Crazy socks and Crazy hair
Thursday - Wear purple and gold
Friday - Wear your Halloween costume!
Mrs. Langworthy was the first Mystery Reader for Colden's second graders. Throughout the year, parents, relatives, and school staff can sign up to be a Mystery Reader. Students look forward to guessing who it will be, based on clues given by the future reader! Mystery Readers are a highlight of the week!
Colden Elementary students had a blast on their field trip to W&J Awald Farms! They got to experience all the fun fall activities, including a hayride!
This week, we are celebrating Fire Prevention Week! Thank you to Colden Fire Company and Colden EMS for teaching our students at Colden Elementary about fire safety!
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Recently, Colden Elementary students visited The Buleberry Tree House in recognition of demonstrating September's character trait of respect! In addition to the students, Mrs. Habermehl, Miss Imhoff, and Mrs. Mercurio were nominated by their colleagues to participate in the trip!
This week, our school resource officer, Deputy Pickering, read to first-grade students in Colden about school safety. Topics covered included school bus safety, lockdown drills, and the presence of police in our school. Thank you, SRO Pickering, for answering our young students' questions about safety!
To end School Safety Week, we will conduct a Go Home Early Drill on Friday, October 3 at all of our buildings. Students will be dismissed 15 minutes early. If you have any questions, please contact the main office.
Get ready for fall at Colden Elementary! Learn more about upcoming events in the Keeping Up With Colden Newsletter:
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Mrs. Crosby's Pre-K class made friendship bracelets and other crafts last week during Fun Friday stations! The themes of the week were friendship and kindness. After creating together, they read the book, Peanut Buller & Cupcake by Terry Border, also focusing on friendship!
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This week, we are celebrating our amazing art teachers across SGI during National Arts in Education Week. Please take a moment to thank an art teacher for inspiring creativity in our students! Thank you, Mrs. Komenda, Mrs. Rosenswie, Mrs. Szpaicher and Mrs. Jaeger!
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School spirit could be seen everywhere at SGI! Here is just a taste of the purple and gold spirit. Stay tuned for more homecoming content coming next week! Go Griffins!
As Spirit Week continues, Springville Middle Schoolers donned their class colors, Colden Elementary brought back looks from the past and Springville Elementary students lassoed their cowboy hats for Western Day!
The Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District has an opening for a full-time Teaching Assistant at Colden Elementary. This is a new position for instructional support. A NYS Certification as a Teaching Assistant is required.
Individuals interested in applying for this position should send an email with their interest to Brooke Langworthy at BLangworthy@springvillegi.org by September 11.
Individuals interested in applying for this position should send an email with their interest to Brooke Langworthy at BLangworthy@springvillegi.org by September 11.
On the first day of Spirit Week, students broke out their cardigans, flannels, lanyards and walkie-talkies to dress like their teachers!
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On Friday, Colden Elementary hosted a special visitor to welcome students back for a great 2025-2026! Go Griffins!
Homecoming Spirit Week Dress-Up
We had a great first day back at SGI! We welcomed students back into classrooms and look forward to the opportunities the rest of 2025-2026 will bring! #RedefiningRural
Please join us in welcoming our new faculty and staff members to SGI for the new school year! All of us, both new and returning to the district, are excited to welcome students back on September 2!
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