Van Buren Middle School

Friends of Rachel Winter Spirit Week starts 12/16! Monday: Meme Monday Tuesday: VSCO Tuesday Wednesday: Pajamas Wednesday Thursday: Red/Gree/Ugly Sweater Friday: SUPER VB SPIRIT! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Vote with $$$ for the ugliest staff Christmas sweater until Friday 12/20/19. All proceeds help sponsor a veteran for the next Flag City Honor Flight. #VB1team #seizethedayVBMS #VBexperience

8th graders script a different character's point of view of an event in their novel and create a video of the scene. #VBexperience #VB1team #seizethedayVBMS

Terrific sounds of the season tonight VBMS choirs!!! #VB1Team #seizethedayVBMS #VBexperience

7th graders reinforce understanding of sentence types with games today. #VB1Team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Congratulations to our November Noble Knights!!! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS Chance Frey - Sixth Grade Team Chance perseveres in class - when he struggles with content, he works hard. After not giving up, Chance not only had the correct answers but he was helping others work out the problems! Congratulations Chance! Lily Grady - Seventh Grade Team Lily is a young woman to be admired. With quiet confidence, she leads and works hard. No matter the task, from the classroom to the kitchen, she is a joy to be around. Oftentimes, Lily assists by going above and beyond. Great work, Lily! Rebecca Betts - Eighth Grade Team During our team's Mr. Yunker Day of Service, Rebecca jumped right in to any of the tasks she was asked to complete and didn't hesitate to work. Great job Rebecca - the progress we made as a result of your work ethic was appreciated by community members and the school. Such a hard worker in and out of the classroom!

Project MORE students and mentors celebrated the holidays this morning. A HUGE THANK-YOU to our Project MORE mentors for their gifts of time and effort with our students! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Sixth graders are ROCKING their mineral properties lab today!!! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Friends of Rachel is posing a kindness challenge each day on the chalk wall near the ground floor ramp. Take the challenge, post it, and your house may win a treat! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

While the outdoors were dreary today, the learning inside of VBMS was cheerful! A terrific way to start the week #VB1team! #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

6th graders are composing a chant and choreographing a dance to represent different civilizations. Ask your sixth grader to show off their Civilization Cha-Chas! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Learning is improved when food is involved, right? Mrs. Miller's math class learns about ratios using Chex Mix! #VB1Team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Students in Ms. O'Brien's 8th grade science classes wrap up their physical science unit with an electricity and magnetism escape! #VB1Team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Thanks to Mrs. Ohlrich for having some of our 7th & 8th graders over to explore the Dash robots! #VB1team #VBexperience

7th graders explore porosity and permeability today. #VB1Team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Save the date: At our next community coffee, learn about vaping from Kayla Demuth, Hancock Public Health. 2/20/20 at 7pm. Let's keep our kids healthy and safe! #VBexperience #VB1team

The Van Buren Academic Boosters will sell donuts prior to first period in the cafeteria on Thursday, December 5. Donuts are $1 and all proceeds will help fund field trips and other activities.

How about our sixth graders' progress during unplugged?! Each link represents a book that a sixth grade team member has completed during our unplugged independent reading time. Readers are LEADERS! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

One of Buddy the Elf's four food groups was candy canes (along with candy, candy corns, and syrup). This may not align with our health curriculum. HAPPY/HYPE is VBMS's premiere supplier of candy canes during December through the Peppermint Post Office fundraiser. Candy canes of all flavors, including the traditional peppermint, are available during MS lunch for 25 cents.

We were thrilled to welcome back our Black Knights this morning!!! #VBexperience #VB1team #seizethedayVBMS