Victory Middle School

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!

VMS Volleyball District Champions! 10-0 season, 4-0 district champions. 14-0!! A special word of thanks from Coach Hollowell: "What an amazing season! It was a nail-biting game, but the girls did it! It wasn't just this last game that got us the championship, but all 14 games and a group of girls that are phenomenal. On and off the court! Their team camaraderie, support for one another was impressive. Their ability to help out without being asked to and great sportsmanship. I was so lucky to be able to coach this team of players! Please congratulate these girls!! "

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our VMS Volleyball District Champions! Coach Hollowell and her team reached victory yesterday at the playoffs! Great job, Kodiaks!

Good luck to Coach Malia Hollowell and her amazing VMS VOLLEYBALL team this evening as they play for the DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP! The game is at Meridian Middle School at 5:15 p.m. TODAY!

Thank you to our hardworking custodians at VMS! We appreciate you!

UPCOMING DATES: 8th Grade Girls Basketball: Monday October 9th – Tryouts, after school. Wrestling (6th, 7th, 8th grades): Friday October 6th – Informational meeting during advisory. Monday October 16th – First practice *All student-athletes must register in Aktivate and pay fees before the first practice. Required Fees: Participation = $90. Activity Card = $22.25.

Tuesday, Oct. 10th, visit Cookie Dough Bliss to help raise 20% of all cookie dough purchased for our school.

Donate to our 100% Fundraiser by October 10 to be entered into our bonus drawing for $50 off at TopGolf! (and still be entered in our Bogus Basin drawing in November) This fundraiser was a huge success last year, bringing in nearly $6,000!!! Which allowed PTSO to fulfill many teacher and principal requests including: field trips, choir shirts, science materials, classroom supplies and more! This really is such an easy fundraiser with great tax benefits! No selling anything or dealing with catalogues! Simply write a check to the 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 Please check out the Victory PTSO Homepage for our Online Store, Upcoming Meetings, News and Announcements! https://www.westada.org/o/vms/page/victory-ptso-homepage

Please make sure you don't miss our Parent/Teacher Conferences next week.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PAISLEY AITON, our STUDENT OF THE WEEK! Paisely was nominated for the student of the week recognition by Mr. Sprague. Below is what Mr. Sprague said about Paisley. "Paisley is always helping other students with translations and language understanding; she has been a huge help in my classroom with my multi language learners."

CONGRATULATIONS to our STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK - MR. TRACY MARTIN! Tracy was playing some live music on his guitar as students walked in through the front doors Monday morning--what an awesome way to greet students! This adds a fun and memorable experience that students will always remember.

Congratulations to our cross country team! Girls finished 2nd place in district! Boys finished 1st with the district championship! Great job, athletes! Huge thanks to Coaches Moxham, Bower, and Ancheta!