The Spirit Store is now open! 8th grade girls will kick off their season at home on Tuesday at 4. Come and watch them Defend the Den!
Coach Ryan and Coach Stoor are excited for our new Spirit Store! There are some expensive items that are high quality, but we made sure there are also affordable items as well. There is about a one-week turnaround, and the items will be shipped to you.
Victory Middle School (gearupsports.net)
CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Scott Dew who is our OCTOBER STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH! Mr. Dew has a direct impact on the VMS community in his current role as Activities Director. Mr. Dew also teaches PE and Careers. Students consistently comment on how effective Mr. Dew is as a teacher and mentor. Thank you for all you do to contribute to a positive culture and community!
Friday, Oct. 20th (TOMORROW!), don't forget to bring your dollar for donuts that you can buy during your lunch break at the concession stand from our lovely PTSO helpers!
Also, take this opportunity today to sign up to help PTSO at the VMS Extravaganza Oct. 27th. This link will get parents to the sign up page: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C48A5AF28A4F85-45097775-variety
On Tuesday, Ms. Clarke and Mr. Martin accompanied ten 8th grade girls to the Tech Girlz Conference at College of Idaho. The girls attended STEM workshops, competed in a tech challenge, and networked with Idaho universities and STEM companies! Congratulations to Addison Gervais and her team for taking home 1st place in the Tech Challenge! We had an amazing time and can’t wait to attend again next year.
Out of 60 possible donor seats during the VMS Blood Drive, we only have about 20 people signed up to give blood! Please consider donating blood during our blood drive.
Blood Drive Victory Middle School
Library
920 W Kodiak Dr
Meridian, ID 83642
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: VICTORYMIDDLE to schedule an
appointment.
Get ready today for next week's RED RIBBON WEEK dress up opportunities! See the attached flyer for details: https://5il.co/27cmn
CONGRATULATIONS to our Kodiak Way Staff Member of the Week: Kaleb DeHaas!
"Kaleb is a great advisory teacher! I have students from his advisory come to me with sticky note reminders about missing assignments or retake conversations they need to have with teachers. Thank you, Kaleb, for helping your advisory students stay on track."
Want to have Chick-Fil-A for lunch at our school this Thursday? Thanks to our PTSO, you can pre-order online until 10/18 to have your 10/19 lunch delivered to the school. Just go to myhotlunchbox.com, create an account and pre-pay your yummy order! As a matter of fact, you can prepay your special orders for the rest of this semester in one order -easy and convenient!
A message from Athletics Director Scott Dew: "Congratulations to our football team and coach Chow for winning last night's playoff game. The team finished 3rd this season. This concludes our fall sports season. Huge thank you to all the coaches who oversaw over 250 student-athletes....the most participants of all the middle schools in West Ada. Also, shoutout to Chris Cottle, Jerren Summers, and Liz Mick for helping with the score tables this season! To recap: Cross Country- 1st place boys, 2nd place girls. Volleyball- 1st place. Football- 3rd place. Cheer - looks like a high school squad (Great job coach Clarke) Go Victory! "
Donate to our
100% Fundraiser by October 31
for two chances to win Bogus Basin passes and an MCU Sports gift card!
This really is such an easy fundraiser with great tax benefits! No selling anything or dealing with catalogues! Simply write a check to Education Foundation and send it in with your student!! 100% of the donations collected go directly to Victory Middle School.
*BONUS= EVERY DONATION IS ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE FOR REALLY COOL PRIZES!!!
To print off a form, go here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14l6FH2490yejv2_ZVnwZEsbi1jf3QIgP/view?usp=drive_link
If you would like to pay online, go here:
(Select Victory middle School PTSO under the "designation" tab)
https://www.westada.org/o/educationfoundation/page/donate
THANK YOU
in advance for your contribution.
Every little bit helps and is appreciated!
Victory Middle School PTSO
Go Kodiaks!
It is Idaho Steelheads Hockey season! VMS is ready to enjoy the hockey fun and raise money for our school! Please click on this document link for all the details: https://5il.co/26wnr
TODAY's to do list could include for parents:
*Come to Parent/Teacher conferences or email any questions or concerns to a teacher
*Update your parent contact email in Power School if necessary
*Join our PTSO
*Sign up to either donate blood or help during the blood drive
*Sign up your child to enjoy MyHotLunchbox.com
*Buy something from our NJHS bak sale during conferences
*HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! Thank you for supporting VMS and being a part of our fabulous VMS community! KODIAK STRONG!
Victory Blood Drive - October 25
Sign up to either GIVE BLOOD or help check in donors for the blood drive in the school library.
To sign up to donate blood: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=VICTORYMIDDLE
Time slots to help are available from 8:45am - 3:15pm. Click on this link to help during the blood drive.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E44A4A72EA5FC1-45076429-redcross#/
***Victory Variety Extravaganza - October 27
Our first Victory Variety Extravaganza family friendly event on Friday, October 27 is right around the corner. Come see our talented students perform or check out our art gallery! We need help with setup, clean up and running the event. In addition to the staff and current volunteers, we are looking for a few more individuals to help.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C48A5AF28A4F85-45097775-variety#/
Online ticket sales for Variety Extravaganza! ($2 per ticket)
https://victoryptsostore.company.site/
Cookie Dough Bliss is helping our VMS PTSO raise at least 20% of each sale for VMS from 5-9 p.m. tonight! Thanks to you supporting this business during this time we can RAISE SOME DOUGH for our school!
Congratulations to our 8th grade “A” volleyball team for winning the
district championship! Thank you to all coaches and student-athletes for representing
Victory volleyball well this year.
UPCOMING DATES:
8th Grade Girls Basketball:
Monday October 9th – Tryouts, after school.
Wrestling (6th, 7th, 8th grades):
Monday October 16th – First practice
CONGRATULATIONS, KERSTEN KYRAZIS, our STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK!
Kersten is always so positive in all of our interactions. She is always so kind towards everyone she comes across and students love her! I appreciate her being flexible with students' schedules and being so on top of things!"
CONGRATULATIONS ADDISYN LONG, our STUDENT OF THE WEEK!
Addisyn was nominated and selected for the student of the week recognition by Mrs. Larsen.
Below is what Mrs. Larsen said about Addisyn.
"Addison is such a sweet, kind student. She always stays after class to make sure everything is cleaned up and ready for the next class. This helps me so much and I greatly appreciate how she goes above and beyond to create a positive learning environment for other students.
Thank you, Addison, for all you do! "
NJHS Bake Sale at Parent/Teacher Conferences to benefit the Women's and Children's Alliance! Please bring some cash to Parent/Teacher Conferences to help students make a difference in our community. Thank you!
Parent-Teacher Conferences are an excellent opportunity to talk to teachers about any concerns or questions you may have about a class or student grade. If you are unable to make the Weds. or Thursday sessions, just simply email your teacher to contact you and other arrangements may be made. We are "Partners in Learning" and here to help your child be successful in every way!
Please join our AMAZING VMS PTSO! Just show up to their meeting at 7 p.m. TONIGHT in our lovely VMS Library and be a part of the BEST PTSO West Ada has ever had! It is FREE to show up and help!
