Our Spanish 3 students recently finished making their handmade piñatas and need your help in deciding which one is the best. Place your vote for your favorite piñata at bit.ly/BestPinata by Wednesday, Dec. 18th at noon! #VBexperience #VB1team
It's that time of year for the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest! Staff members have submitted their ugliest sweaters in hopes of raising the most money to help support Flag City Honor Flight.
When you come to an event at Van Buren Schools, please be sure to check out the photo display in either the high school or elementary school cafeteria. Choose your favorite ugly sweater and donate in the matching slot of the donation box. We encourage everyone to stuff the ballot box and help us reach our goal of raising the $400.00 to cover the cost of one volunteer. It would be fantastic to raise the additional $1000.00 to sponsor a veteran. Voting is open from December 12th-December 20th. May the ugliest sweater win! #VB1Team
Be sure to tune in on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to WTLW TV-44 to see our show choir, The Association, perform for the Holiday Music Festival! #VBexperience #VB1Team
As we continue to grow our career exploration program, we hope to increase the number of hands-on experiences we can offer our students through internships and shadowing experiences. If you are interested in serving as a mentor for our students for either a one-day shadowing experience or semester-long internship, please contact us! You can respond in the comment section, send us a message, email cschaffer@vbschools.net, or call Cassie Schaffer at 419-299-3384 ext 319. #VB1Team #VBexperience
Our goal is to fill the Van Buren Community Room with holiday cards from all of our #VB1team members! VB families, school employees, and community members that would like to participate can send your card to school with your student to turn in to Mrs. Keeran in the high school office, send a card to 217 S. Main Street, Van Buren, OH 45889, or email a copy to cschaffer@vbschools.net. Cards will be displayed throughout the month of January! #VB1team
This morning, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 8:15 am, Van Buren High School and Middle School were visited by our local law enforcement K-9 unit for a search of our school and parking area. This is a procedure that has been approved by our Board of Education and occurs, at least annually.
The Real-World Reading class will be holding a presentation night January 7 to share their first semester projects. At the beginning of the year, students were tasked with identifying a problem, finding a solution for that problem, and sharing their results. Presentation night will give students the experience of speaking in front of an audience and hopefully allow them to share how they have impacted the world. Attendees are welcome to stay for all of the presentations or come and go as necessary. If you have questions about attending, please contact Brian Bratt at bbratt@vbschools.net. #VBexperience
REMINDER -- Students in grades 6-11 interested in taking college classes next year should attend the College Credit Plus meeting, as well as at least one parent. #VBexperience
Last week students participated in the NHS Blood Drive, Student Council Leadership Workshop, and the 8th Grade Mr. Yunker Day of Service. See highlights from these activities & more in our most recent Week in Review video! #VBexperience http://bit.ly/VBWeekinReview12
We are pleased to announce that Dawn Jacobs has been named as the new treasurer for Van Buren Schools. Her most recent K-12 treasurer position was at Huron City Schools. She began her career in educational finance as assistant treasurer for Anthony Wayne Local Schools in 1993 and has worked in finance for a variety of Ohio school districts since, including the Lucas County Educational Service Center, Bucyrus City School District, and Otsego Local School District. Dawn earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degree from Heidelberg University. She also holds an Ohio School Treasurer’s License from the Ohio Department of Education and a School Finance and Operations Certification through the Association of School Business Officials International. Please help us welcome Dawn Jacobs to the #VB1Team!
Thank you to all of our substitute teachers! #VB1Team
Please see the included correspondence from the Board of Education. http://bit.ly/11-21VBBOE
#WeLoveOurESPs #VB1Team
Take a look back at some of the experiences our students had the past two weeks! http://bit.ly/VBWeekInReview11 #VBexperience #VB1Team
Our goal is to create a positive #VBexperience and empower not only our students, but our staff as well! This year, we created a program that provided teachers with an opportunity to individualize their professional learning. On Monday and Tuesday of this week, 17 staff members chose to participate in a workshop on Trauma Informed Classrooms. The training was even led by two VB staff members, Cheri May and Mariah Hohman, as well as Chelsea Bodnarik from the Hancock County ESC. #VB1Team
The Van Buren Education Association is sponsoring a Chili Cook-Off on Friday, December 6th! All proceeds go to the VBEA Scholarship Fund. #VB1Team
Students in grades 6-11 interested in taking college classes next year should attend the College Credit Plus meeting, as well as at least one parent. #VBexperience
The Algebra II class has recently finished their matrix project and would like your help on voting for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Please follow the link to vote: http://bit.ly/2019VBHSMatrixVoting. #VB1Team
Congratulations to our 2020 Signing Class. Tyler Arbaugh - University of Oregon - Track & Field Lindsey Shaw - Bluffton University - Volleyball Kaleb Snodgrass - Lock Haven University - Wrestling
Van Buren Schools will be operating on a 2 hour delay today, Tuesday, Nov. 12th