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The annual "Mr. Yunker Day of Service" date has been moved to Friday, November 12. If you live in the village, it is not too late to sign-up to have your yard raked! Please email Mr. Greer at agreer@vbschools.net or call the school (419-299-3384) and give them your name and address.
Congrats to Brittyn for winning the 5th grade Wii Sword Tournament during Knights Fest today! #BeABlackKnight
Knights Fest Parade will be canceled today due to weather and wetness. Thanks for your understanding and we'll see you at pickup at the end of the day!
KnightsFest 2021!
#BeABlackKnight
Knights Fest 2021!
#BeABlackKnight
Tomorrow is Knights Fest! Unfortunately the weather doesn't look like it will cooperate and we may have to cancel the parade at 2PM. We will make a decision mid morning tomorrow and communicate this out to everyone.
Congrats to Sophie & Lio for their positive behavior referral for being respectful, responsible, and resilient!
#BeABlackKnight
Representatives from GROB in Bluffton will be in the Community Room at 12:05 P.M. Tuesday, November 2, to talk to students who are interested in learning more about GROB's apprenticeship program.
It is a great opportunity as participants in the apprenticeship will earn a college degree with no debt (even being paid their hourly wage while taking college classes!), gain on-the-job experience, be given great benefits (medical, dental, vision paid 100%; 401k with a 3% company match; a free catered lunch daily), and much more.
If you would like your students to learn more about this amazing opportunity, please have them complete the form at bit.ly/GROBapprenticeship so they can be released from class to attend.
Even if students aren't 100% sure they want to participate in the apprenticeship, it is always good to be aware of the options available.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact bbratt@vbschools.net.
This year, Mr. Brian Bratt is not only teaching the sophomore English course, he is also providing career advising services for our students. He is looking forward to working with students of all ages to help them develop and follow through with plans for their post-high school lives.
Visit the career advising webpage (https://www.vbschools.net/page/career-advising) to learn more about career possibilities and supports in place for our students!
In honor of this Saturday being the first 2021 playoff game, let’s take a look back at the 1989 Van Buren Football team! #BeABlackKnight #TBT
Congrats to Kolten, Marshall, Coltan, Marcus, Bryson, & Nolan for their positive behavior referrals for being respectful, responsible, & resilient!
#BeABlackKnight
Everyone please welcome our new 7th grade LA and 8th grade Social Studies teacher! Miss Serena has been published in 3 literary magazines for her poetry, she has studied in England, and she is excited to learn as much from her students as they will learn from her! #BeABlackKnight
Here is the latest ODH close contacts guidelines!
Based off the new quarantine guidelines released by the Ohio Department of Health at 11:00 this morning, parents will be called and given two options:
Child could quarantine at home for 10 days from date of exposure
Child could continue to attend school after exposure but must wear a mask at all times except when eating/drinking for 14 days following exposure if no testing is performed.
Close contacts with direct contact in the school environment should be notified of their exposure and may choose one of the following two options:
Quarantine at home 10 days from the date of exposure
“Mask to stay” – Continue to attend school but contact must wear a mask for 14 days from exposure. Contacts may choose to take a covid test between days 5-7 and if negative, may discontinue normal quarantine procedures on day 8.
Students who participate in extracurricular activities may “test to play” – should take a covid test as soon as first notified of exposure. If negative, they should still mask when possible (on transportation, in the locker room, etc) for 14 days. They should test again between days 5-7 post-exposure to discontinue normal quarantine procedures on day 8 as long as they remain negative and have no symptoms. If at any point they develop symptoms, they’d be asked to isolate at home and get tested for COVID-19.
All are welcome to join us for the 2nd Empowered for Life event at Van Buren Local Schools on November 6th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the Van Buren High School Gymnasium! If you did not make it to the first one, you don’t know what you missed. If you were there, join us again and take a refresher course.
This FREE event is being sponsored by various businesses and groups in our community and is open to all ages.
The instructor for the class will be Soke Nowlhas Caseres, Ph. D., 10th Degree Black Belt, of Ki Haku Dojo of Findlay. He will be teaching everyone about self-awareness, self-empowerment and basic self-defense skills. This event will be fun, enlightening and will make you feel more empowered!
For more information and to see the registration packet, follow the link: https://5il.co/10yio
Scheduling for Parent-Teacher Conferences is now available. Click on the link to schedule: https://www.myconferencetime.com/vbs/
Happy Monday! Episode 28 of The Interviewing People Careercast features Terry Leibold, a 1971 Van Buren High School graduate who spent the majority of his working career as a NASA photographer at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. In the interview, Terry discusses how, despite originally planning to be an accountant, he ended up working for NASA as a photographer; how his willingness to continue to learn opened up new opportunities for him; how his career allowed him to visit many unique places and meet many well-known people; and much more. Anyone interested in a photography career will find information relevant to getting started down that path in this episode, but much of the advice Terry shares would be useful in any career. To watch this episode and others, please visit bit.ly/InterviewingPeople. Enjoy the show!
Good Sunday Afternoon! I am sending this message to talk about our upcoming board of education elections. As you might know, we have 4 seats up for election. We have 4 incumbents running and 4 new candidates running for the 4 spots. I encourage all of you to do your own research on all 8 candidates running for the board and vote. It is a very big decision for the direction of Van Buren students. Please do not forget to vote!
The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library Bookmobile will be at Van Buren on Monday, October 25, from 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Middle and high school students can visit the bookmobile during their lunch periods, so if students have a FHCPL card, please be sure they have their cards October 25 so they can check out books.
Students can also place holds on books using the FHCPL website (www.findlaylibrary.org) and pick those up on the bookmobile as long as they identify the bookmobile as the pick-up location (they still need to have their library cards with them).
Students who don't have library cards can visit the library in Findlay (206 Broadway St.) to register for a card. Parents must be present with their children and have two forms of identification (one must be a photo ID).
The bookmobile will also be making stops at the school from 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. on November 8 & 22, and December 6.
The Van Buren High School Student Council is excited to introduce the candidates running for the Van Buren Local School District Board of Education. They have worked hard to compile information to help our community get to know the candidates.
Visit the link below to view the candidate's responses to the following topics: Who and Why, Future Plans for Athletics, Campus Facility Needs, Plans for Staff, Spending Money Wisely, Future Plans for the Students of VB.
https://www.vbschools.net/page/2021-meet-the-candidates
Senior parents, if your students are working on college applications and want additional advice, The College Guidance Network is holding a free virtual event tonight titled APPLY HERE: TIPS FOR COMPLETING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. Register by going to bit.ly/CGNApply.
Speakers include Scott Anderson of the Common App, Rachelle Hernandez of the University of Texas, and Brennan Barnard of Khan Lab High School.
The event starts at 7:30 P.M. ET TONIGHT, Thursday, October 21.
