This week's Joust About Careers episode features the 10-minute highlights of the interview with Alexis (Youngpeter) Beachy, a 2015 Van Buren graduate who is a Palliative Care Pharmacist with Ohio Health. The highlights focus on how a typical day looks for Alexis, the wide variety of settings in which pharmacists can work, the huge role internships and education play in the path to a pharmacy career, and the characteristics of successful pharmacists.
The highlights and full interviews are available on YouTube at bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers, or you can listen to full interviews on your favorite podcast platform by searching Joust About Careers.
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Another batch of Positive Behavior Referrals!
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Spanish III students participated in the annual piñata competition. Staff and students voted and this year’s winner is junior Joselyn's whale shark. Muy bien, Josalyn!
Do you need to get some Christmas shopping done? Just need an evening to yourself? Bring your kiddos to us and enjoy your own parents’ night out on Friday December 13. Register your kiddos at the QR code!
Congrats to our Knights of the Round Table!
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12.5.24 Student Volunteer Opportunity of the Week - Be a Coats for Christmas volunteer!
2024 is quickly coming to a close, but that's not going to stop the Joust About Careers podcast from bringing you another VB graduate's career story. This week's interview features 2015 graduate Alexis (Youngpeter) Beachy, a Palliative Care Pharmacist with Ohio Health. In the interview, Alexis shares how a typical day looks in her position, how a five-year internship is not uncommon in pharmacy, why she chose to complete a two-year residency, how participating in the Kappa Epsilon pharmacy fraternity has helped her, and much more.
To watch on YouTube, visit bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers. To listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other podcast platforms, search Joust About Careers.
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This week's Joust About Careers episode features the 10-minute highlights of the interview with Nathan Maynard, a 2015 Van Buren graduate who is an Assistant Public Defender at the Office of the Ohio Public Defender. The highlights focus on how a typical week looks for Nathan, how TV law is different from real life, how students don’t need to have pre-law or political science degrees to go to law school, and much more.
The highlights and full interviews are available on YouTube at bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers, or you can listen to full interviews on your favorite podcast platform by searching Joust About Careers.
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Congrats to Kennedy for her Positive Behavior Referral!
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Toy's for Tot's Stuff the Bus! Dec. 2nd-Dec. 18th Van Buren Local Schools will be accepting donations of new unwrapped toys! Questions? Contact Deputy Crouch @ 419-299-3384 ext. 403
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The Joust About Careers podcast is back this week with the career story of 2015 Van Buren graduate Nathan Maynard, an Assistant Public Defender in the Youth Defense Department of the Ohio Public Defender's Office. In the interview, Nathan shares how a typical day looks in his position, how an event while in college working toward a supply chain management degree piqued his interest in a law career, what students can be doing now to set themselves up for a career in law, and much more.
To watch on YouTube, visit bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers or bit.ly/VBLearnMore. To listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other podcast platforms, search Joust About Careers.
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Happy Friday! More Positive Behavior Referrals!
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International Knight is in 125 days!! March 20, 2025, from 5:30-8 PM in the HS gymnasium!
Please visit: bit.ly/IntlKnight25
Student Volunteer Opportunity of the Week - Ball Kids' Christmas Party!
November has been an awesome month so far for our students in our fine arts programs! The Black Knight Marching Band earned the highest score possible, a 1, at the OMEA state competition, and for the first time in five years, The Association took the stage at the Ada Music Fest and won Grand Champion in Class C, with Caitlyn Curry winning Best Performer! Way to go Black Knights!
This week's Joust About Careers episode features the 10-minute highlights of the interview with Tiffany (Wheeler) Johnson, a 2005 Van Buren graduate who is a Data Asset Manager Within North America Market Operations for Procter & Gamble. The highlights focus on how a typical day looks for Tiffany, how data is much more than numbers, the good and bad of working for large companies, the importance of being able to adapt, and much more.
The highlights and full interviews are available on YouTube at bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers, or you can listen to full interviews on your favorite podcast platform by searching Joust About Careers.
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Happy Friday! Today, for Buddy Read, students worked on thank you notes to all our brave veterans who have faithfully served our country!
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Congrats to our Positive Behavior Referrals!
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Spanish III students visited the Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center in Toledo to celebrate the Day of the Dead. They viewed authentic ofrendas (altars), dedicated mariposas (butterflies) for loved ones who are no longer with us, painted their own mariposas, and prepared esquites (Mexican corn salad) for lunch. #BeABlackKnight
The latest episode of the Joust About Careers podcast features Tiffany (Wheeler) Johnson, a 2005 Van Buren graduate who is a Data Asset Manager Within North America Market Operations for Procter & Gamble. In the interview, Tiffany shares how a typical day looks in her position, how data is much more than numbers, the good and bad of working for large companies, the importance of being able to adapt, and much more.
To watch on YouTube, visit bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers or bit.ly/VBLearnMore. To listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other podcast platforms, search Joust About Careers.
Have a great week!
