Van Buren Local Schools

Happy Monday! Episode 28 of The Interviewing People Careercast features Terry Leibold, a 1971 Van Buren High School graduate who spent the majority of his working career as a NASA photographer at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. In the interview, Terry discusses how, despite originally planning to be an accountant, he ended up working for NASA as a photographer; how his willingness to continue to learn opened up new opportunities for him; how his career allowed him to visit many unique places and meet many well-known people; and much more. Anyone interested in a photography career will find information relevant to getting started down that path in this episode, but much of the advice Terry shares would be useful in any career. To watch this episode and others, please visit bit.ly/InterviewingPeople. Enjoy the show!

Good Sunday Afternoon! I am sending this message to talk about our upcoming board of education elections. As you might know, we have 4 seats up for election. We have 4 incumbents running and 4 new candidates running for the 4 spots. I encourage all of you to do your own research on all 8 candidates running for the board and vote. It is a very big decision for the direction of Van Buren students. Please do not forget to vote!

Senior parents, if your students are working on college applications and want additional advice, The College Guidance Network is holding a free virtual event tonight titled APPLY HERE: TIPS FOR COMPLETING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. Register by going to bit.ly/CGNApply. Speakers include Scott Anderson of the Common App, Rachelle Hernandez of the University of Texas, and Brennan Barnard of Khan Lab High School. The event starts at 7:30 P.M. ET TONIGHT, Thursday, October 21.

The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library Bookmobile will be at Van Buren on Monday, October 25, from 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Middle and high school students can visit the bookmobile during their lunch periods, so if students have a FHCPL card, please be sure they have their cards October 25 so they can check out books. Students can also place holds on books using the FHCPL website (www.findlaylibrary.org) and pick those up on the bookmobile as long as they identify the bookmobile as the pick-up location (they still need to have their library cards with them). Students who don't have library cards can visit the library in Findlay (206 Broadway St.) to register for a card. Parents must be present with their children and have two forms of identification (one must be a photo ID). The bookmobile will also be making stops at the school from 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. on November 8 & 22, and December 6.

The Van Buren High School Student Council is excited to introduce the candidates running for the Van Buren Local School District Board of Education. They have worked hard to compile information to help our community get to know the candidates. Visit the link below to view the candidate's responses to the following topics: Who and Why, Future Plans for Athletics, Campus Facility Needs, Plans for Staff, Spending Money Wisely, Future Plans for the Students of VB. https://www.vbschools.net/page/2021-meet-the-candidates

Congrats to Kolton, Joel, Shiv, & Makayla for their positive behavior referrals for being respectful, responsible, & resilient! #BeABlackKnight

Huge thanks to our awesome VBPTO for the Carmel apple bar today for staff! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Greysen, Drake, Paxton, Jackson, & Knox for their positive behavior referrals for being respectful, responsible, & resilient! #BeABlackKnight

If you see Ms. Burden or Mrs. Rodman today, be sure to wish them luck! Both were nominated for the Findlay Rotary Club's Golden Apple Award and were chosen as finalists! They will be recognized tonight at a dinner where the winners will be announced. #BeABlackKnight

Please give a warm welcome to our new Middle/High School counselor! Miss Ryman is joining us from Putnam County ESC’s behavior unit, and this is her 5th year as a school counselor. She will be joining Mr. Zender with assisting our middle school and high school students, particularly in regards to support with mental health. She loves to knit, read, and she is thrilled to start her new chapter here at VB! #BeABlackKnight

Reminder that our Alternative Learning Day for October is next Wednesday, October 27. For grades K-8, our theme for the choice boards this month will be "Be A Black Knight." Grades 9-12 will continue to focus on "Real World Wednesdays." Teachers will share choice boards or assignments with students at the beginning of next week. #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Nico, Kamryn, & Adrienne for getting a positive behavior referrals for being respectful, responsible, & resilient! Kaitlyn earned some play time with Apollo too! #BeABlackKnight

Happy Monday! The Interviewing People Careercast is back this week with the highlights of the interview featuring physical therapist Dr. Breanna (Benjamin) Barney, a 2004 Van Buren graduate who owns her own physical therapy business, VIP Therapy (www.viptherapy.org). To watch this episode and others, visit www.bit.ly/InterviewingPeople, and enjoy the show!

The Van Buren 8th grade class is gearing up for their annual "Mr. Yunker Day of Service''. They are planning to rake leaves in the Village on Friday, November 5th. If you would like to have your yard raked, please email Adam Greer at agreer@vbschools.net or call the school (419-299-3384) and give them your name and address. Additionally, they are looking for rake donations. If you would like to donate a rake, please also contact Adam Greer or the school.

At VB, we are proud of the work our students do on their journey of becoming respectful and responsible individuals. Working together with staff to care for our learning spaces is just one way our students show us how respectful and responsible they can be! #BeABlackKnight

Good luck to the girl's golf team at State! VBES is rooting you on! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Mrs. O'Toole's & Lafountain's classes as well as Cooper for getting a positive behavior referral for being respectful, responsible, & resilient! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Arcadia for getting a positive behavior referral! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Sophia and Marshall for getting a positive behavior referral for being helpful Black Knights! #BeABlackKnight

Homecoming weekend is officially over! It was a great weekend, even though we had some rain at the football game on Friday (We won 21-0!). We’d like to say congratulations to this year’s homecoming king and queen! We can’t wait to do it all again next year!