Van Buren Local Schools

In honor of the Van Buren Girl’s Basketball win against Hopewell-Loudon, let’s take a look back at the 1996 VB Girl’s Basketball team!

Congrats to Mason & Liam for their positive behavior referrals! #BeABlackKnight

Good Evening. Sorry for the late notification. If you ride bus #12, it will be an hour and 20 minutes late in the am and an hour late in the pm. This is due to not having a sub for this route. Our subs are all driving routes tomorrow and this route just came in as needing a sub. I hope this gives you enough time to find alternative ways to get to school. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Over the weekend, our boys basketball team met at Maple Grove Cemetery to help with the Wreaths Across America pick-up. Wreaths were laid on the graves of all veterans before Christmas. In January, they have to be picked up. We would like to thank Sherri Garner of Garner Trucking for serving as the local organizer and including us in this event. #BeABlackKnight

Good Afternoon! Weekly updates for all of you. Our numbers around student and staff absences for the second week back were up and down. The middle of the week was very average and Friday spiked a little bit for student absences. We are holding strong with staff absences and ability to cover. We will continue with mask optional and in person learning to start the week. Our goal is to keep students in school. Masking could still be an option moving forward if it keeps students in school. As you might have seen, the board of education will be holding a community forum Thursday, January 20 at 7 pm in the auditorium. The topic will be Masks and other strategies to help combat Covid-19. All are welcome and input at the forum is encouraged. On the school website there is a proposed calendar for 2022-23. This calendar is on the main page. This is proposed, not voted on by the board. I would appreciate any feedback on the proposed calendar. You can reach me at bblum@vbschools.net Have a great evening.

Happy Monday! The Interviewing People Careercast is back this week with the highlights of the interview featuring Kerri Hauman, a 2002 Van Buren graduate who is now Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. To watch these highlights and other episodes, visit www.bit.ly/InterviewingPeople, and enjoy the show!

Teamwork makes the dreams work! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Maddy and Brynn for their positive behavior referrals! Also congrats to our 5th grade spelling bee champ Kathryn and runner-up Athira! #BeABlackKnight

At Van Buren we find it extremely important that our young students have good role models to look up to! A way we make sure this is a success is by having a weekly mentoring program for our young ones. Our high school students go over to the elementary to eat lunch, play games with their buddies, and to model our Traits of a Black Knight! #BeABlackKnight

This week starts the beginning of musical practice for Van Buren’s production of Beauty and the Beast! This photo is from the 2010 Van Buren yearbook and shows pictures from the Children of Eden production! #TBT #BeABlackKnight

Van Buren Local Schools received several pallets of hand/surface sanitizer at no cost to the district. We viewed this as an opportunity to not only save the district money, but to also help our community with the intent to get enough to share with district residents, businesses, churches, and families. If you would like free hand/surface sanitizer, please stop by the maintenance/transportation office (white building in the north parking lot) between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday. If you need to schedule an alternative time to pick up, please contact Jon Kelley at jkelley@vbschools.net.

Van Buren High School has implemented a Key Club sponsored by the Findlay Kiwanis Club. Anthony Huffman played an integral role in creating this connection and will serve as the Key Club's president. Kiwanis is a club that focuses on community leadership with our students. It helps grow leaders by engaging our students in volunteering opportunities. There are still many positions available in this club, so we encourage our students to join! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Cara, Cooper, and Lio for their positive behavior referrals! #BeABlackKnight

Our Alumni Spotlight features Blake Tucker (2005). Blake shares with our student intern, Rachel Cavera, about his position as a regional vice president for TFS in Perrysburg and how his time at VB had a positive impact on him. https://youtu.be/2s2JnoEJ6To #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Sam, Chloe, Brynlyn, Jack, & Alayna for their positive behavior referrals! #BeABlackKnight

Happy Monday! Episode 32 of The Interviewing People Careercast features a conversation with Kerri Hauman, an Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. In the interview, Kerri discusses how she went to college with a pre-med major, how working at Wright State's writing center started her down the path to becoming a professor, how she achieved tenure, and much more. Anyone interested in a career as a college professor will find information relevant to getting started down that path in this episode. To watch this episode and others, please visit bit.ly/InterviewingPeople. Enjoy the show!

Good Sunday Afternoon to all of you. I will be doing weekly updates until we get out of the current surge of Covid and sickness. This past week there was a slight increase in student absences. There are many reasons for the absences. Some are Covid, some are the flu, some are vacations, others are for various doctor appointments and some parents are keeping kids home if they don't feel good. Our staff absences were very limited this past week. We will continue with what we have done for the 2021-22 school year. Masks are still optional and we are still in person learning. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please let me know. Thank you again for all your doing to help us keep students in school.

Congrats to Norah for her positive behavior referral! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Sam & Tommy for their positive behavior referrals! #BeABlackKnight

Congrats to Athira, Hailey, Hannah, Sophia, & Emily for their Positive Behavior Referrals for being Respectful, Responsible, and Resilient! #BeABlackKnight