Veazie Community School will be closed today due to the dangerous forecasted weather conditions.
We are happy to announce our partnership with Northern Light Acadia Hospital.
Being a teenager can be tough. Being the parent of a teenager can be even tougher.
Veazie Community School will be hosting an Acadia Cares parent forum on Thursday, February 13 from 4:30 - 6:00p.m. in the VCS library. Acadia Cares staff will cover the following topics: Youth Suicide Prevention, Bullying, Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, LGBTQ+ Youth, Youth Substance Use, and Resiliency. Attending parents will help to guide discussion.
This parent forum is sensitive in nature, and for that reason, is for parents only. Please contact us ahead if you need assistance with child care. Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of VCS.
Please contact VCS School Counselor Lexie Dineen (ldineen@veaziecs.org), or VCS Principal Matthew Cyr (mcyr@veaziecs.org) if you have further questions.
Congratulations to the Veazie Boys Basketball team on winning the Mid-Maine League Championship! Our girls team finished runners-up. Another successful Viking sports season!
In honor of World Read Aloud Day sixth graders read a Robert Munsch book to First Grade today.
Over 2200 books have been signed out this school year from the VCS library! Graphic novels, LEGO books, new fictional series, cookbooks, picture books about dinosaurs playing sports, and nonfiction titles about mindfulness are some of our most popular recent checkouts. In the past three years, our library collection has completely flipped. We often weed through the stacks, identifying what is no longer circulating and then research the latest and greatest as well as survey students and staff for their requests. We’ve been able to place multiple orders throughout the school year, staying current with our student’s interests. Through book talks, facing books out as you would see at a bookstore, teaching students how to independently look for a book on the online catalog, rotating displays, and providing comfortable seating options for students to get lost in a book, we will always continue to cultivate a love of reading amongst our VCS students.
Veazie Community School was recently named a Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse School! Thank you to all students, staff and members of our community for the continued support.
Below is a priority notice we have received from the Department of Education:
"We have been contacted by the Penobscot County Dispatch Center, on behalf of Orono Police Department, that a Maine business has received an email threat, with specific schools identified as targets. These schools have been contacted directly, and all local police departments have been notified. The situation is being investigated.
As a precaution, we have been asked to advise all Maine schools to increase situational awareness, and report any suspicious activity or persons to local law enforcement. Please advise bus drivers to also increase their awareness and report immediately any suspicious or aggressive behavior of other vehicles.
We will share information as it becomes available. Please utilize your School Safety Plans and coordinate your communications and efforts with local law enforcement."
Districts across Maine have received this notification. Everyone is ok. However, out of an abundance of caution Veazie Community School will take the following actions.
Students and staff can move about the inside of the school as they normally would, but there is no outdoor recess, or outdoor activities. Students are with their teachers and following their normal schedule. All after school programs have been canceled.
We are working with the Veazie Police Department. Also, State Police are leading the effort to investigate the threat and coordinate actions on a state-wide level.
I have been notified that Veazie Community School WAS NOT named in the list of schools.
Sincerely,
Matthew Cyr, Superintendent & Principal
Mark your calendars!
These Mathletes represented VCS over the weekend at the regional MathCounts competition. All students performed very well against top math students in the area! Nick finished 10th out of 78 in the individual round and earned a trip to the state competition! Go Vikings!
Congratulations to VCS middle school students participating in our school spelling bee. Good luck to Tristan and Halle on earning the top two spots. The two of them will represent VCS at the County Bee at Center Drive School on February 12.
Thank you 'Seniors and Friends of Veazie' group for generously donating snacks for VCS students! Karen Walker and Sandra Patterson are seen here making a special delivery! Small School (& TOWN), Big Heart!
This new library book, “Be a Maker,” is becoming one of our favorites! Today, grade two was not only inspired by the words to create something new, but they also took with them stronger theme throughout the story-to make a difference, be a friend, and give back to your community
The VCS Student Council served as guest chef volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House this evening and delivered our donation of $925!! Thank you to all VCS middle school students for their very generous donations!!
A 4th grade student randomly left the following message on the board today.
There is PLENTY of kindness in this world.
Second graders would like to give a BIG shoutout to their classmate! Kirk saved his money and bought his class a giant box of woodless colored pencils! We were very happy to start 2020 with new supplies! Thank you Kirk! You Rock!
Mr. Cyr had wonderful breakfast dates before school this morning! These two were winners of the PTO online auction breakfast with the principal!
Thank you to all of our families who have participated in our library’s second at home Maker Challenge. This trimester, students and their families were encouraged to disguise a snowman to help him or her blend in with book characters and go unnoticed during the winter season. There’s still time to participate! Please drop your snowman off with Mrs. Shannon.
The Middle School Coin War Rages on!
8th Grade is currently in the lead with 5,380 points
7th Grade is currently in 2nd place with 1,246 points
6th Grade is currently in last place with -5,968
The total amount raised for the Ronald McDonald House Charities: $462.68
Our new goal is $500 by 12/20!!!!
The Veazie Community School Viking Robotics team was in Augusta today competing in the state championship along with 28 other teams from around Maine. VCS had the second highest robot score and won the Innovative Solution Award for their project focusing on introducing bats into our community. Wow! Wow! Wow! We are proud! Go Vikings!
Calling all Veazie Alumni!! We are in the early stages of planning our February edition of THE VIKING, a Veazie Community Newspaper. If you graduated from the Veazie Community School or the John R. Graham School, please consider letting us know how things are going!
