Presidents Day/Staff Inservice Day
Students will not be in classes (on-campus or online) Monday, February 15.
Future Calamity Days
Our school calendar allows for five calamity days each school year. Any additional closings due to weather this school year will be online days and will work similarly to our Wednesday online day. Teachers will post assignments by 10:00am and be available via Zoom using our Wednesday schedule (10:00am-12:00pm).
Van Buren FFA Canned Food Drive Raffle
The Van Buren FFA Chapter is hosting a canned food drive raffle! This will take place during the week of Monday February 22nd and will end Friday February 26th, at 1:00PM. For every 2 cans your student brings in, they will have their name placed in a raffle, the more cans you bring in, the high chance you have of possibly winning one of the following prizes:
1st drawing- $25 Chick-fil-A gift card
2nd drawing- Limited Edition VB Sweatshirt
3rd drawing- Candy Basket
Please no dented or expired cans! All cans will be collected at school entrances during the week of February 22.
If you have any questions please feel to reach out to any of these emails:
Malia Gehrisch (CFD Coordinator)- 22gehrisch@vbschools.net
Tessa Clagg (CFD Coordinator)- 22clagg@vbschools.net
Ms. Lindsey Bement (FFA Advisor)- lbement@vbschools.net
Daily Announcements
VBMS posts our daily announcements each morning by 8:00am. Check them out here for information on activities and clubs!
Schoology
The adoption of Schoology has allowed us to align to one platform for online components to our classes at Van Buren in grades K-12. Parents should have received an email providing information on how to create parent accounts in Schoology. Below are links to video tutorials and help guides:
Video Tutorial – How To Create Parent Account & Link Accounts In Schoology
A Parent’s Guide To Schoology - Written Guides From Schoology
Pandemic School Lunch Waiver - Extended through the end of the 2020-2021 school year
All Van Buren students are eligible to receive free school lunches (a regular lunch) as a result of the federal school lunch program waiver made possible through the CARES act through the end of this school year.
On-Campus Student Attendance
On-Campus Days: Attendance works the same as always - if a student will not be at school, we require parent contact by 8:30am the day of the absence with the student’s name and reason for absence.
Online Days: During online days, students are expected to log in to Schoology at least once each online day as we have to track student “attendance” per state mandate. There is no required time - teachers will be available for Zoom sessions and to reply to email messages. As students fail to login, we will address those “absences” on an individual basis.
VLA: Students should log in to the VLA platform regularly. As students fail to login, we will address those “absences” on an individual basis.
Using PaySchools for Lunches and School Fees
Van Buren Schools is now using PaySchools to accommodate online payments for our school lunches and fees. If you used PayForIt in the past for lunches, you can login here to migrate your account to PaySchools. If you never used PayForIt in the past, create a PaySchools account here. Note: Lunches and fees can still be paid for by bringing in a check or cash.
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