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.
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
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
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
On Friday, we had a bus tribute to celebrate the life of Terri Sattler. Terri was a bus driver for Van Buren Local Schools for 30 years. She dedicated so much of her life to serving the community and impacted many lives at Van Buren. She will be missed by many.
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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
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
The VBEA will be hosting a Chili Cook-Off on Friday, December 17 from 4:00-6:00 PM in the High School Cafeteria. All proceeds from this event will be used to fund a scholarship for a VB senior who plans to pursue the field of education.
As many of you may have heard, a large amount of Toys for Tots donations were stolen from a storage unit recently, leaving the drive short on donations for this year. To help replenish the donations for local children, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office is helping to collect toys.
Our goal at Van Buren is to fill Deputy Crouch's office with toys! If you would like to participate, please send a new, unwrapped toy with your child to school by Friday, Dec. 10. We will have drop off locations for both the middle/high school and elementary school each morning. #BeABlackKnight
It's not too late to donate a coat for Coats for Christmas! Help us fill our donation boxes in the elementary school and high school by the end of this week!
Parents -- 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
Our Industrial Technology department has gotten their brand new embroidery machine up and running! So far embroidering knight heads has been a staple for the machine! #BeABlackKnight
Don't forget about the 2nd Empowered for Life event at Van Buren Local Schools this weekend on Saturday, November 6th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the Van Buren High School Gymnasium!
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
Please mark Thursday, November 11 at 11:11 am on your calendar to attend the Van Buren Veterans Memorial Dedication Ceremony! The memorial itself is an Eagle Scout project created by VB senior, Jacob Deiter. We hope to see you all there to honor our veterans. #BeABlackKnight
Today, Mr. Baughman shared clues with the students about what this year's musical will be. Do you have any guesses as to what it could be?
Mr. Baughman will be announcing the answer this Friday, so stay tuned to see if your guess is correct and be sure to mark your calendar to see the performance on March 17, 18, 19, and 20!
***DATE CHANGE***
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.
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!
All are welcome to join us for our 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.
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
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/
