Welcome Mrs. Dorrity, our new PE & Health Teacher!
We hope you have an awesome first day!!
Tomorrow (9/4/19) is the last day to place an order with davidfrenchmusic.com if you want your instrument to arrive by Friday. Please contact Mr. Arell if you have any questions regarding obtaining an instrument.
Congrats to Mr. Arell and the VCS music program on being featured in a news piece on WABI this evening!
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Music-plays-its-way-into-Veazie-Community-School-558732661.html
A great sign that kids are happy to be back in school....one student was absent yesterday and 100% perfect attendance today!
Thank you Connor Archer and The Courageous Steps Project for the generous donation of school supplies!
Thank you Maine Department of Education and Commissioner Pender Makin for recognizing the hard work and dedication required to support teaching and learning in public schools! Cheers to a great school year!
https://www.maine.gov/doe/thankyou
Mr. Arell is excited about some changes with this year's music programming! Check out his blog, and stop by to see him at tomorrow evening's Open House!
http://musicatvcs.blogspot.com/2019/08/exciting-music-updates-for-2019-2020.html
Our harvest has begun! Thank you to Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Richard, Mrs. Stone and their family members for caring for our garden throughout the summer.
Important Town Hall Meeting Update
VCS summer programs were visited by rabbits today!
Our summer programs were visited by one of Mrs. Howard’s goats this morning!
One of our summer projects has been improving our school garden classroom area. We have added 3 additional beds, removed sod from inside and around to improve care (and reduce wet sneakers), and created a patio area where our outdoor tables will sit.
So far we have had 19 alumni respond with wonderful news of where life has taken them after leaving the 8th grade in Veazie (Veazie Community School AND the John R. Graham School). If you graduated from Veazie, please consider taking this survey with chance of being in our August, 2019 edition of THE VIKING!
https://forms.gle/djkJWBAwJZ9Y3vNs9
One of our summer projects was to replace the carpeting on our music risers! Details matter! We are proud of our programs.
Our summer Library Program begins tomorrow, July 2. Mrs. Shannon has prepared activities for students of all ages every Tuesday during the month of July. Please see the attached schedule!
Adrian is at it again! One of his coding games is being featured on a MakeCode blog. The features highlighted in this video were taught to our Friday Code Club students this year!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/06/28/makecode-arcade-game-of-the-week-t-rex-run-adafruit-johnedgarpark-adafruit-msmakecode/
Reminder:
Round 1 of our Chromebook Student Purchase Project begins next week. Chromebook devices must be picked up by a parent or guardian (grades 1 - 6) in the VCS office on one of the following dates: June 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 between the hours of 7:30am and 3pm. Please bring cash or check in the amount of $30 per device (we cannot accept credit or debit cards). Round 1 sales are only open to current students in grades 1 - 6--who will be purchasing their own device.
Once this round 1 purchase period is over, we will assess the amount of remaining devices (if any) and develop a plan for the sale of remaining devices to staff and students in grades PK, K, 7 & 8.
Thank you for your patience while we work through this first of it's kind project (for VCS).
Congratulations to VCS Spanish Teacher, Adrian Arias-Palomo who recently graduated from the Picademy, held at San Jose State University, CA. Adrian is also our Friday Code Club instructor...to the best of our knowledge, he is the first Picademy graduate in Maine!
I am happy to share news that our school budget was passed in today's referendum vote by a margin of 51 yes and 2 no votes. The validation referendum process was also voted to be removed by a margin of 38 no and 15 yes.