Congrats to Adrienne & Mackenzie for their Positive Behavior Referrals!
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Our Pop Culture class here at VB has started a new project called Rebuild the Future! In this project, the students build a society and “trade resources” with other societies in order to advance themselves. The goal for our students with this project is to teach them about dystopian literature and about how dystopian literature portrays social fears and concerns. We are loving how engaging this project is, and can’t wait to see where it goes! #BeABlackKnight
Happy Monday! Episode 31 of The Interviewing People Careercast features a conversation with Jessica MacMurray, a 1999 Van Buren High School graduate who is now a Clinical Research Coordinator at The Ohio State University's James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. In the interview, Jessica discusses her time as a member of the OSU marching band, how her Animal Science degree has contributed to various roles she has held, the cancer research to which she has contributed, the advice she has for current students, and much more. To watch this episode and others, please visit bit.ly/InterviewingPeople. Enjoy the show!
Hot Chocolate & Candy Cane Sale! Wed. Dec. 15th & Thursday Dec. 16th in the elementary cafeteria during lunch times! $1 for hot chocolate and marshmallows and $1 for candy canes!
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We want to say THANK YOU to all that participated in the Toys for Tots toy drive! Our SRO, Deputy Crouch, especially wanted to share how thankful he is for our community's support! #BeABlackKnight
Today is the last day of Computer Science Week, and we are featuring Mr. Marshall! He teaches our middle school students about computer science. He likes that everything is hands on and the kids can always retry something until they get it right. He thinks this class will help our students, as engineering is becoming a very popular career. Soon the kids will be making their own mini-drag race cars and as the class goes on they will continue to learn more complicated programming. #BeABlackKnight #CSEdWeek
If you are the parent of a current sophomore who is considering attending Millstream during the 22-23 school year and want to learn more about the program options, Millstream is holding an open house from 4:30-6:30 P.M. on Thursday, December 9. Students and parents can attend at their convenience, and there is no registration required.
The deadline to apply for Millstream is January 15, 2022, and the application can be accessed at https://fcs.org/millstream-career-center/ by clicking the Millstream Program Application button.
Congrats to Kathryn, Preethi, Aria, Meggan, Sam, Bryson, Morgan, Myla, Brody, Zane, & Athira for their Positive Behavior Referrals!
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This week’s Throwback Thursday is all about computers! This photo is from the 1997 Van Buren yearbook, and features a student “working” on a computer during Math Club! #TBT #BeABlackKnight
Congrats to Lily, Riley, Sophie, Ben, Jonah, & Ben for their Positive Behavior Referrals!
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Van Buren elementary teachers enjoy volunteering for Coats for Christmas! This has become a yearly tradition for the past 15 years.
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Reminder that our Dec. Stevi B's Night is tomorrow! We are battling against Liberty Benton and want a bigger turnout to keep the trophy in the elementary! All VB students, parents, and staff are welcome!
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Mr. Beining teaches our elementary students all about STEAM! He loves the design process and watching his students solve problems thought they couldn’t. He is very excited that this new course is available for all students to participate in. He says that they use code.org a lot in their class; which is a game-based website that teaches the kids about computer science! #BeABlackKnight
On Tuesdays, we have been introducing you to some of our new VB staff members. This evening, we want to introduce you to our two VB student interns, Rachel & Taylor! Learn more about how Taylor and Rachel assist with communication for our district and learn about the #BeyondVB internship program by watching the video they created! #BeABlackKnight
https://youtu.be/S8RsCn8jKNw
Congrats to Sophia, Hannah, Mariana, Norah, Emma, & Aakriti for their Positive Behavior Referrals!
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Parents -- A reminder that we need your help! We are working with the Village of Van Buren to apply for a grant to make school travel safety updates and we need to update our School Travel Plan. Please click on the link to submit your survey by Dec. 10! https://forms.gle/XzziLEGEnVGaZdYk6
Please give a warm welcome to Miss Mundy, VB’s new 2nd and 4th grade MH teacher! She loves the environment and was originally a music teacher before transitioning into special education! She is extremely excited to be a Black Knight! #BeABlackKnight
Today we will be featuring our coding teacher, Mr. Kniss! Mr. Kniss teaches an exploratory coding course to our 8th grade students and Coding I and II for the high school. When asked why he loves teaching coding he said that he loves the problem solving part of coding. The problem solving skills you learn can be used in your future. He is very excited to be apart of the early stages of building our cutting edge computer science program! #BeABlackKnight #CSEdWeek
Great way to start Monday...Happy Holidays!
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Happy Monday! The Interviewing People Careercast is back this week with the highlights of the interview featuring diesel mechanic Jordan Sattler, a 2005 Van Buren graduate who now works for Tawa Mulch & Landscape Supply. To watch these highlights and other episodes, visit www.bit.ly/InterviewingPeople, and enjoy the show!
