Van Buren Middle School

These seventh graders were hard at work today in STEM Foundations making a hot air balloon, building magnet track cars, determining a design for a tower, and designing menus! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

We spread JOY leading into Thanksgiving! Wishes to all of our VBMS families for a wonderful holiday. We'll see our on-campus students back on Monday, November 30! https://youtu.be/BUmAZQ3xuKY #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

To wrap up their unit on water quality, 7th graders enjoyed a water tasting trying all sorts of water - Dasani, distilled, well, Fiji, alkaline, and even Perrier. They made observations and also researched the contents - which surprisingly isn't only water! #VB1team #VBexperience

Eighth graders are answering the age-old question: Are double-stuffed Oreos REALLY double-stuffed? What about triple-stuffed oreos? What about the non-traditional flavors such as marshmallow, carrot cake, or gingerbread? #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

At lunch today, students were challenged by "Turkey Baster Soccer" - using a turkey baster, they had to get 5 pom pom balls into their respective goal. Gobble gobble. #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

School pictures from Lifetouch have arrived and were distributed to students' homebases today to go home. If you didn't order or want to order more, there is still time! Check out mylifetouch.com VLA+VBMS students: Packets are available for pick-up in the MS/HS office.

We kicked off the day SPREADING JOY!!! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Mr. Greer's classes look at sources critically after 38% of them used sources that are not credible for a recent essay. This "tweet" from Mr. Clark was one post used for practice - is it real or fake? #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Van Buren is a collection site for Coats for Christmas... coats in good condition are being collected in our schools through Friday 11/20/20. They will be cleaned and distributed to those in need thanks to the efforts of City Laundry & Hancock Leadership Alumni Association.

Congratulations to our 2020 National Junior Honor Society inductees! Thanks to our VBHS National Honor Society officers for their help in creating our video induction ceremony. #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS https://youtu.be/PIG44slfvX8

Veterans: Thank you for your sacrifices!!! #VeteransDay

Seventh graders are using data from their stream study to determine which is a healthier body of water: The Rocky Ford or the Blanchard River. Want the answer? Ask a seventh grader! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Seventh graders are measuring qualities of the Rocky Ford today at our land lab - we love being able to make our classroom learning concrete right in our backyard! #VB1Team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Lots of inquiry this morning as sixth grade student-chemists dive into elements, compounds, and mixtures. They're adding some great questions to Mr. Hafner's Question Bucket: How do you split an atom? How does our body separate the oxygen we breathe? #VB1team #VBexperience

PUT DOWN THAT CAN OF POP! As they reviewed proportions, Mr. Bunn's classes determined that drinking an average of 1 can of pop a day means you consume over 36 pounds of sugar in one year! #VB1team #VBexperience

Student-Led Conferences are coming up on Nov. 11, 12, and 19th and will be held via phone - we will call the number you enter in the conference scheduling website. Please utilize the link below to schedule... https://www.myconferenceti.me/vbs/

SPIRIT WEEK: SUPER SPIRIT FRIDAY! Represent the BLACK KNIGHTS!!! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

Thanks to Mr. Blum for sharing his leadership story with our igKnight Leadership crew today! We're working to create MOMENTS this year!!! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS

SPIRIT WEEK: Tomorrow is THROWBACK THURSDAY! Take it back... to the 90s, 80s, 70s... #VB1team #seizethedayVBMS

Tomorrow is an online Wednesday (and it's also WACKY WEDNESDAY)! #VB1team #VBexperience #seizethedayVBMS