Good morning! Welcome back to the Joust About Careers podcast. Today’s episode features the 10-minute highlights of my interview with Lane Kuhlman, a 2001 Van Buren High School graduate who is now a Staff Interaction Designer with Google. The highlights include what Lane does as a designer, how she arrived at this point in her career, the skills and mindsets Google values, and much more. If these highlights make you want to learn more about Lane’s career journey, you can always check out the full interview.
To watch full interviews and highlights on YouTube, visit bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers. To listen to full interviews on your favorite podcast platform, simply search "Joust About Careers" to listen to this episode and others.
Have a great week!
We will also be supporting our cross-country seniors tonight! Come on out to Don Masters field at 6 p.m. to support all of these senior athletes! #BeABlackKnight
Van Buren MS and HS heard an awesome message from George Moss in our assembly this morning. Thank you to our partners through the Hancock County CARE program for providing us this opportunity. #BeABlackKnight
Come on out to Don Masters Field to support your Cheer, Football, and Marching Band Seniors this evening! Senior Knight festivities start around 6:30 tonight! #FootballFriday #BeABlackKnight
Congrats to all of our Black Knights who got a Positive Behavior Referral today!
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For this weeks Throwback Thursday post look at these pictures of Elementary Students from 2011! #tbthursday #BeABlackKnight #Elementary
STEM Club sign-ups will open on Monday, October 24th!
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Congrats to James for his Positive Behavior Referral!
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It was great to see so many Van Buren alumni at the homecoming game. Our VBMB alumni had some fun joining our marching band for the evening! #VBalum #BeABlackKnight
STEM Club sign-ups will begin Monday, October 24th!
You will be able to read the description of ALL courses for the year & sign your child up for a maximum of 2 sessions. STEM club is for grades 1-5, but we have added one session in March for K!
Van Buren Elementary STEM Club
1st Day Meeting with HS Mentors!
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Congrats Louden on your Positive Behavior Referral!
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The middle school students and students from our classrooms of exceptional children get together to create wonderful experiences while creating unique projects. This experience began last year during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in March and, by popular demand by both students and educators, has continued this year and will continue ALL year! We are also excited to share that we have added our preschool classroom to our rotation! #BeABlackKnight
The Van Buren 8th grade class is gearing up for their annual "Mr. Yunker Day of Service''. They are planning to rake in the Village on Friday, November 11th. If you would like to have your yard raked, please email 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 agreer@vbschools.net or the school.
Everyone say hello to our new 6-12 Choral Director, Miss Christina Csernyik! She graduated from BGSU in 2021 and then had the opportunity to teach at Genoa High School for one year before finally calling Van Buren her home. Welcome to VB Miss Csernyik!
Juniors and seniors will have the opportunity tomorrow (Wednesday, October 19) to listen to a presentation by Sigma Technologies, Ltd., during lunch in the Community Room. Students can bring their lunches to the meeting and learn about career opportunities (both with and without a college degree) with this local (Perrysburg) company.
Sigma specializes in designing telecommunications, power distribution, and outside plant infrastructure, civil engineering, professional engineering, CAD, construction management, and more.
Any students whose YouScience brain games results indicated that they have the aptitude to excel in career clusters like architecture and construction, computers and technology, and engineering are encouraged to attend to hear about a business where they could apply those skills either directly out of high school (they are looking to hire HS graduates so they can train and employ them) or after college. Attending this meeting could also lead to an opportunity for students to pursue participating in a Beyond VB internship with Sigma.
Anyone wanting to learn more about Sigma Technologies, Ltd., before the meeting can visit the company website at https://teamsigma.com/. Sigma Project Engineer and VB graduate Emily (Weiler) Crego will be the speaker on Wednesday.
Students received a form in their e-mail and on Schoology where they can reserve their spot at tomorrow's informational meeting, so parents are free to encourage their students to complete the form and attend the meeting.
Love playing cornhole with your friends? Hancock Youth Leadership is partnering with the Special Olympics on November 19th for a one-day single-elimination cornhole tournament. We are currently looking for teams of two that would be interested! The cost per team is $20. Money can be sent to the VBHS main office. Please have the $20 in an envelope with the members of your team and "Cornhole Tournament" written on the outside. Those who register early will receive a bye in the bracket. Registration also puts you in a drawing for a cornhole board.
Register at https://bit.ly/hylsocornhole
Congrats to Mrs. Slone's class for another Positive Behavior Referral from Mrs. May in art class!
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The latest episode of the Joust About Careers podcast features 2001 VB graduate Lane Kuhlman, who is a Staff Interaction Designer at Google. In the episode, Lane shares about what she does as a designer, the pioneers of the internet she has worked with at Google, the importance of failing fast, and much more. Anyone interested in design, art, or computer careers will find information related to getting started down those paths in this episode, so feel free to share it.
To watch on YouTube, visit bit.ly/JoustAboutCareers. To listen on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or other platforms, simply search "Joust About Careers" to find the podcast and listen to this episode and others.
If you or someone you know is a VB graduate with an interesting career story to share, please reach out at bbratt@vbschools.net so others can learn from those stories to find their own career success. Have a great week!
Congratulations to our 2022 Homecoming King Nathan Curry and Queen Camila Barrios. #BeABlackKnight
