Van Buren Local Schools

Kindergarten had a great day at Conine's Pumpkin Patch! https://www.facebook.com/coninescountrymarket #BeABlackKnight

Come out tonight and support our Girls Soccer Team and Seniors! Senior Knight festivities start at 4:45 at Tom Swaisgood Memorial Field!

Let's welcome the Homecoming festivities with a BANG next Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm! Our Junior and Senior girls will be competing in our annual Powder Puff game. Good luck to both teams!

Attention all Alumni of Van Buren Bands!! From Band Director Mike Procyk: Please spread this link to everyone. I have limited reach so please spread the word as best you can. We are inviting Black Knight marching band alumni to join us for Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 14th. We will have VERY limited instruments to share, particularly drums and sousaphones. Everyone should see if they can borrow one from another school or their college. I will do my best to get an instrument for everyone but I cannot guarantee it. Please do what you can to get an instrument to bring. I would like all alumni to register by Tuesday Oct 11. Alumni should plan on being at the school for rehearsal beginning at 5:30 that evening. https://forms.gle/MCbzenXG87AafzqG9 #BKMBALUMNIBAND

Congrats to Mrs. Slone's class for their Positive Behavior Referral from Miss Breitigam for an awesome job with their 1st mileage club day on the track! #BeABlackKnight

My name is Ellory Schroeder and I am a first-year teacher this year. I am teaching 4th grade Language Arts and Social Studies. I graduated this past May from The Ohio State University (Go Buckeyes!). In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family and baking when I get the chance. I am super excited to begin this new adventure as a Black Knight! #TeamTuesday #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Bentley for winning the $250 Amazon gift card for our STEAM Step-It Up fundraiser! #BeABlackKnight

Homecoming is just around the corner, and so are ticket sales! Tickets go on sale TODAY October 3rd through Wednesday, October 12th. You will purchase these tickets online through Hometown Ticketing (a link will be sent out). ~ IMPORTANT: If you are planning on bringing a guest who does NOT attend Van Buren, you must grab a form from Mrs. Stahl and have it signed and returned by October 12th!

Career Development Opportunity! This Thursday, October 6, RPM Carbide Die (http://www.rpmcarbidedie.com/), a precision machining company that has been in Arcadia since 1967, will be holding an open house from 11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. This would be a great opportunity for juniors and seniors to visit the business, learn more about what the business does, and ask questions about how to move into the tool and die field after graduation.

The latest episode of the Joust About Careers Podcast features 2007 VB graduate Brooke (Conroy) Nissen, who is now the Executive Director of Focus Recovery and Wellness Community. In the episode, Brooke shares about what she does as an executive director, how her work in criminal justice led her to this point on her career journey, how she deals with stress, and much more. Anyone interested in social work or criminal justice 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!

REMINDER! VBPTO Mum sale pickup is going on NOW until 1:30 in the school front parking lot! #BeABlackKnight

Van Buren Youth Basketball Clinic Registration is now live! Sign up at vbathletics.net/boxoffice/ and scroll down to YOUTH BASKETBALL CLINICS!! See more info below!! #BlackKnightHoops

Several VB students will be participating in the Youtheatre performance of All Shook Up at the Marathon Performing Arts Center in Findlay this weekend. Learn more and purchase tickets at https://www.mcpa.org/events/detail/allshookup. Break a leg Black Knights! #BeABlackKnight

We would like to congratulate our candidates for Homecoming Court 2022! Queen Candidates: Camila Barrios, Alicia Castleman, Faith Smith, Isabelle Miller, and McKenna Morey King Candidates: Nathan Curry, Hudson Sendelbach, Lucas Brown, Reese Reichley, Jackson Gregory

Congrats to Sawyer for winning today's mini-fridge for our STEAM Step-It Up fundraiser! Also..congrats to our Positive Behavior Referrals! #BeABlackKnight

Students had the opportunity to learn about various organizations and clubs at the middle school and high school! The organizations included were Art Club, Quiz Bowl, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Color Guard, Friends of Rachel, Student Council, and Power of the Pen.

There is still time to register, enter contact information of your friends and family and have a chance to win BIG with a $250 Amazon Gift card! #itspossiblewithpop #beawesome #empowerkids #stepitup #makeadifference

Congrats to Karter for winning today's mini-fridge for our STEAM Step-It Up fundraiser! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Oliver for winning today's mini-fridge for our STEAM Step-It Up fundraiser! Also..congrats to Elysia for her Positive Behavior Referral! #BeABlackKnight

MORE INFO COMING THIS WEEK!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VAN BUREN YOUTH BASKETBALL CLINICS When: Saturday Mornings in November / December Where: Van Buren HS / Elem. School Grades: PreK through 6th Grade (Boys & Girls) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep on the lookout for registration and additional information!!