Van Buren Local Schools

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! #BeABlackKnight

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

Nothing like a tailgate and hotdogs 🌭 before Homecoming Football 🏈! Big thanks to the VBPTO for organizing! #BeABlackKnight

YIELD - A Great Opportunity to Impact the Community The first YIELD meeting of the year will be held Thursday, October 20. YIELD is open to all sophomores, juniors, and seniors aged 15-18, and it presents participants with the opportunity to teach other teens about safe driving practices. Why participate? **Students will practice public speaking skills that will help them throughout the rest of their lives. **Students can accumulate hours toward the Community Service Graduation Seal. **Students will receive a recommendation letter from the YIELD leaders. **The group only meets once a month for two hours, so it won't take up too much time. **Students will POSITIVELY IMPACT OTHER TEENS IN OUR COMMUNITY! **Students will develop employability skills that will serve them well in their future careers. Interested students should contact Deputy Crouch (mcrouch@vbschools.net) BEFORE OCTOBER 20 to learn more.

Proud of these guys for their leadership efforts with VB recycling #BeABlackKnight

More Homecoming pep rally fun! #BeABlackKnight

Ended our day with a full district Homecoming pep rally, recognizing our Homecoming Court. #BeABlackKnight

Started our day with a "clap out" for our Boys and Girls golf team, followed by a pep rally for our State Qualifying Band and a golf competition #BeABlackKnight

Seniors Ava Leal and Jillian Clymer have created a podcast called Drop The Topic for their Independent English class. The first episode of the podcast features an interview with Mr. Reuben DeBolt, a substitute teacher at Van Buren who is still competing as a track athlete. Listen in to hear about his journey and other interesting topics throughout his life, and feel free to subscribe so you can listen to upcoming episodes. Click here to listen - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yikiYPESwhOLyBJpQ9vWG?si=726c672940ee4c8e

With Homecoming coming up THIS SATURDAY, here are some pictures of Homecoming in 2008 and 2009. #TBT #BeABlackKnight

We gave a big CONGRATS to our Boys and Girls Golf teams today on qualifying for State this weekend! The Elementary participated in a Clap Out and the high school topped it off with an awesome pep rally! #Statebound #Hocoweek #BeABlackKnight

Our families are AWESOME! Thank you for all your help with our Step It UP! Program! #itspossiblewithpop #beawesome #empowerkids #stepitup #makeadifference

Kindergarten and PreK got to visit the Fire Station today! 🔥 👨‍🚒 🚒 🧯 #BeABlackKnight

2nd Grade Reading Buddies with University of Findlay! #BeABlackKnight

Good luck to VBHS boy's & girl's golf teams at State! #BeABlackKnight

On Wednesdays.. we wear PINK! Look at these students showing some spirit! #homecomingweek #BeABlackKnight #Pinkout

The Junior Class will be raising money for Prom 2023 this Friday (10/14) evening during the homecoming game. A 50/50 raffle will be taking place before and during the game, with the winning ticket being drawn after half-time. Please remember to bring your cash so you can help out this great cause! Tickets will be 5 for $5.00, 15 for $10.00, and 40 for $20.00.