Sunday, January 9 is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. We would like to give a shout out to our School Resource Officers, Jeff Scrogin and Cody Burson. Thank you for keeping our schools safe and working to build positive relationships with our students! Thank you for serving the Van-Far community!
Congratulations to James and Wilson for reading 3000 minutes so far this school year! Reading minutes at this point in the year should be around 1700 minutes. What an awesome accomplishment! Keep reading! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #goals #3000minuteclub
Congratulations to these students for reading 2000 minutes so far this year. Way to go! What an awesome accomplishment! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #goals #2000minuteclub
Congratulations to these students for reading 1000 minutes! Keep up the awesome work. We are proud of you! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #1000minuteclub #goals
We are excited to welcome you back to the second half of the school year. See you tomorrow!
Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from Van-Far Elementary! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas season creating memories with those you love.
Christmas break is December 22 - January 3. School will resume on January 4, 2022.
Project prom will be having a dessert silent auction at the basketball games on Tuesday, December 21. Come out and watch some basketball and support project prom!!
We will run an alternative schedule tomorrow at the HS, as we will have some activities in the afternoon. We will also be taking several group photos tomorrow throughout the day. Below is the bell schedule for 12/21.
SCHEDULE
1st Period: 7:55-8:37
2nd Period: 8:40-9:22
3rd Period: 9:25-10:07
4th Period: 10:10 -10:52
5th Period: 10:55-12:13
(10:55-11:19, 11:22-11:46, 11:50-12:14)
6th Period: 12:17-12:59
7th Period: 1:02-1:44
Activity- 1:47-3:40
Throughout the month of December several of our classes were focusing on giving instead of receiving. Our Christmas event on Sunday was all about giving gifts instead of receiving them. To continue this theme of giving, the staff of Van-Far Elementary had a food delivery day where we ordered lunch from a local restaurant for $10. The remaining money from everyone’s lunch was donated to Shop with a Cop. This is a wonderful organization that assists families with some Christmas gifts and also builds a mentorship between the deputies and the students. We were happy to be able to start the fundraising for Christmas 2022.
Tonight's varsity basketball games will be at home tonight and not at Silex starting at 5:30 p.m. We ask in the holiday spirit instead of paying an entry fee to attend tonight's game, please bring a non-perishable item or a children's toy to donate to the Angel Tree. Have a wonderful weekend!
For Immediate Release
The Van-Far School Board voted to hire Mr. Blaise Stuedle as the next Junior High/High School Principal beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.
Mr. Stuedle has been leading our Agriculture/FFA department for the last 5 years. He has a Master’s Degree in Agriculture Communication and is completing his Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, all from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mr. Stuedle is married to Ahsytn and they have two boys, Larson and BuckLee.
The search for a replacement will begin in January, 2022. The District is excited for the contributions that Mr. Stuedle will make to the Junior High/High School and the community.
Tribe,
Last night the Board of Education voted to change our Return to Learn Plan.
Starting immediately, the district will only exclude from school individuals who are COVID-19 positive or symptomatic.
We maintain our highly recommended but optional mask use. We will continue to recommend following CDC and DHSS guidelines, including mask use for those exposed and vaccinated/symptom free along with exclusion for those exposed and unvaccinated/symptom free. Self-exclusion for documented exposure will not count against the student.
Will continue to be diligent in our monitoring of symptomatic individuals. Those that are symptomatic will be sent home.
Our Board Policy EBB (Communicable Diseases) covers symptomatic procedures.
If you have questions please contact your school's office.
Thank you,
John Fortney
Superintendent
HS students have had the opportunity to sign up for a location of their choice for activities the last 2 hours of the day on Tuesday. Any HS student that has signed up for the Bowling activity on 12/21 must pay their $9 tomorrow by 8:00 a.m. or their spot will be released for someone else to go. Students that have not selected a spot by noon tomorrow will be assigned to a location for attendance purposes.
Congratulations to Blake for reading 3000 minutes so far this school year! Reading minutes at this point in the year should be about 1500 minutes. What an awesome accomplishment! Keep reading! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #goals #3000minuteclub
Congratulations to these students for reading 2000 minutes so far this year. Way to go! What an awesome accomplishment! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #goals #2000minuteclub
Congratulations to these students for reading 1000 minutes! Keep up the awesome work. We are proud of you! #vanfarelementary #wearefamily #readingisfun #1000minuteclub #goals
Christmas Break is fast approaching! Make note of the following dates that we will not be in session.
School will be in session on Monday and Tuesday next week.
