Thank you to a local author, Jennifer Adam, for donating a copy of her first book to our elementary library! Her book will be available for purchase starting April 13 at Main Street Books in St. Charles, Barnes and Noble, Target, and Amazon. Thank you Jennifer for thinking of us! We wish you continued success!
Josten's will be on campus on Friday morning, April 9th, to deliver graduation announcements. Anyone with outstanding balances must pay in full before you can take possession of your order. Have a great day!
The Baseball game tonight against Hermann will be played at Hermann at 4:30 instead of at home due to wet field conditions. Have a great day!
Bus 1 will be running about 25 minutes late this week on the afternoon route. We will be combining bus 1 with bus 11. These students will not be waiting at the school. They will be riding with bus 11 route. If you need to change your child's transportation, please call the office before two o'clock.
Bus 9 afternoon route will now be running at normal time starting today. They will no longer be a late bus.
The morning route for Bus 6 will run about 10 minutes later than it has been starting tomorrow morning.
Easter Egg Hunt!
Our Heart Health Challenge through the American Heart Association ended on March 19. Our goal was to raise $3000. We raised a total of $3157.95 for the AHA. Way to go!!
Nora Trower raised a total of $555 and was our top fundraiser. She earned lunch with Coach B.
Mrs. Ries’ class was the top fundraising class with a total of $685. The class will earn a slushy party.
There are six staff who will compete in a game of Adult Hungry, Hungry Hippo. Those staff participating are Mrs. Buie, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Noel, Mr. Hummel, Mrs. Ries, and Ms. Blattel. The staff were chosen from our change wars.
Thank you for your donations and participation!
Van-Far Elementary Spring Personality Picture Day is: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Dress your best from head-to-toe because Wagner Portrait Group will be at school to photograph creative studio-like personality portraits! All students will be photographed and picture purchases help support our school. Pre-order before picture day and you’ll even receive a free gift!
Choose your way to order:
PRE-ORDER BEFORE PICTURE DAY:
https://bit.ly/3tU8OK8
All pre-orders receive:
Free 4x10 Custom Collage + Free shipping to school + Best pricing
(Online orders preferred! Help us stay touch-free!)
VIEW BEFORE YOU BUY:
Your student’s picture will be emailed/texted to you after picture day.
(Orders will ship home & S/H fees may apply.)
Thank you for your participation!
Please direct all questions, concerns, or special requests directly to Wagner Portrait Group. We are happy to help!
Bus 1 will be a 2nd route this evening so your child will be arriving home later than usual. Have a great weekend!
School in session Monday!
High School Golf Meet at Montgomery for tonight is cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
The High School Track Meet tonight at Bowling Green is being postponed until tomorrow, March 25th, at the same time. Have a great day!
Bus 1 will be a 2nd route this evening so students will be arriving home later than usual. Have a great day!
School is in session at Van-Far on Monday, March 29th due to the shortened week for Easter. Vo-Tech students will not have classes in Mexico on March 22nd and 23rd due to their Spring Break. The Baseball game on Monday, March 22nd that was scheduled to be at home is now being played at Calvary at 4:30. Have a great weekend!
The Van-Far R-1 School Board has selected Joe Drebes to be the next head football coach at Van Far. We are very excited for this selection and look forward to all the positive things he will bring to the table! #onetribe
Van-Far Schools would like to give a huge shout out to the Vandalia Post Office for purchasing lunch for our staff on Wednesday! We appreciate your thoughtfulness!! THANK YOU!!
The Conference Choir Performance will be shared on the "MCR2 Sports" Youtube channel this evening. You will need to go to youtube.com and enter "MCR2 Sports" \, the concert will go live at 5:55 p.m. for the 6:00 p.m. performance.
Vandalia Little League - Who wants to play some ball? The deadline to register your child for coach pitch, girls softball, and boys baseball is Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Registration forms and money can be turned in to the elementary office.
The HS Baseball Jamboree at Community today has been cancelled.