Van Buren Local Schools

Congratulations to Brody, Jack, and Sophie for their Positive Behavior Referrals! #BeABlackKnight

As part of his Independent English project, senior Jackson Gregory has created the Kicker’s Corner podcast, an interview-style podcast where Jackson interviews standout collegiate and high school football kickers, punters, and long snappers. His first two episodes are now available, so follow Kicker’s Corner on Anchor or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Psr3mdJrMlZwUBMNzdHio) to be ready for next week’s episode!

Congrats to Blaire for her Positive Behavior Referral! #BeABlackKnight

Here's to the Coaches of the Year! Boys Cross Country Coach, Nate Webster, has been coaching cross country at Van Buren for 6 years, with this being his third year as the boys cross country head coach. Volleyball Coach, Mark Bunn, has been coaching at Van Buren for 14 years and coaching volleyball for 18 years at the Varsity Level. Boys Golf Coach, Eric Heitkamp, has had 23 years of coaching high school golf, with 21 of them being at Van Buren. Not pictured is the Girls Cross Country Coach, Megan Regutti, who has been coaching cross country at Van Buren for 6 years, with this being her 3rd year as the girls cross country head coach. Congratulations to these amazing coaches! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Kinley & Tinnley for their Positive Behavior Referrals! #BeABlackKnight

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! #BeABlackKnight

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! Sorry...link address below: https://cohlrich.my.canva.site/

Congrats to James for his Positive Behavior Referral! #BeABlackKnight

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! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats Louden on your Positive Behavior Referral! #BeABlackKnight

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!