Victory Middle School

CONGRATULATIONS to our STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Lukas Kim! Lukas Kim was nominated by Ms. Harvey and selected as the VMS student of the week! Ms. Harvey had this to say about Lukas: “Lukas Kim makes VMS a better place for everyone. He has been observed on 3 separate occasions cleaning the trash around the restroom trash can and using the provided broom to sweep up other people's messes on the floor. Thank you for helping make our school a great place to be, Lukas.”

Our last PANDA EXPRESS order form of the year for May: https://5il.co/1rwwn

DONATIONS NEEDED! Our amazing Mrs. Jennifer Livesey with the help of her VMS AVID elective students are supporting MVHS's AVID 10 students' Glocal Refugee Donation Community Service Project. During this next week (until April 28), they are collecting household items for refugees. MVHS is partnering with a nonprofit organization called Glocal, which helps refugees settle here in their new homes in the Treasure Valley. Please view the picture on this post for the most wanted items, Donations will be collected outside of Mrs. Livesey's room 206 all week long. Please reach out with any questions: livesey.jennifer@westada.org. Thank you so much!

Mrs. Stoor's PJ baseball on our campus made for some fuzzy warm colorful pictures last Friday. VMS Kodiaks enjoyed PJ DAY in celebration of ISAT ELA Testing being completed! Note: Kodiaks who were absent during ELA testing will continue making up their tests Monday on a regular bell schedule. Our Math ISAT testing with our testing bell schedule will beTuesday through Thursday of this next week. Hopefully all Kodiaks rest up, charge their laptops each day and come ready to earn their next ISAT rewards.

DONUT DAY is tomorrow, Friday, April 21st! Don't forget your $1 to go towards buying this delicious treat for yourself or a friend from our amazing PTSO!

VMS Families - We will continue our ISAT testing schedule on Thursday, April 20th. Students need a charged laptop, laptop, and pencil for testing. We will follow our testing bell schedule tomorrow. https://www.westada.org/o/vms/page/bell-schedule VMS Administration

Kodiaks! Don't forget--this Friday, April 21st, is our first schoolwide ISAT reward day: Pajama and Onesie Day! You have all earned this for completing the ELA portion of the ISATS. Congrats! If you have not ordered your yearbook for the 2022-2023 schoolyear, there is still time. You cannot buy them at school, but will need to go to myschoolfees.com to order. Get your yearbook before it is too late! Upcoming Dates: Donut Day—April 21st

7th Grade Basketball: Congratulations to all our 7th Grade Basketball teams on a great season. There were many successes and lots of learning that went on during this short season. We are proud of how all teams competed and how well they represented Victory! Our boys A-team and both of our girls teams (A&B) went undefeated on the season with records of 8-0! The future is looking very bright for Victory basketball. Way to go Coaches and Student Athletes! Tennis: Tennis begins competing next week with matches on Tuesday, April 18th with the A-team going to Lewis & Clark and the B-team playing at home. Then on Thursday, April 20th the A-team will play at home vs. Sawtooth while the B-team heads to Sawtooth. *Important reminder that all fees must be paid prior to competition, $90 (pay to play) and $22.25 Activity Card. The Activity Card is a one-time fee for the year and the $90 pay to play is required for up to 2 sports with the 3rd sport being free. Fees can be paid online through myschoolfees or in person in the front office. Here is the link to pay online: https://secure3.myschoolfees.com/start_v2.aspx Track: Track begins competing next week with the first meet on Thursday, April 21st at Eagle High School. They will be competing 1x a week for the next four weeks. *Important reminder that all fees must be paid prior to competition, $90 (pay to play) and $22.25 Activity Card. The Activity Card is a one-time fee for the year and the $90 pay to play is required for up to 2 sports with the 3rd sport being free. Fees can be paid online through myschoolfees or in person in the front office. Here is the link to pay online: https://secure3.myschoolfees.com/start_v2.aspx MVHS Football Spirit Store (8th graders): For all 8th grade boys looking to play football at MVHS the coaches have asked that you purchase specific items from the spirit store (see the link below - store closes on April 19th). They want you to purchase the items so you all look like the rest of the team during spring ball, practice, and camp. Go Kodiaks! JJ Riley,Athletic Director/PE

CONGRATULATIONS to Lynette Roy, our STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK! "Lynette is one of our best kept secrets in ERR. She is here part time so if you missed her you are missing out. She is such a calm and positive influence on our kids. She has a gift of teaching even in the middle of chaos. I love working with her each day."

WAY TO GO Connor Bake!, our STUDENT OF THE WEEK, nominated by Ms. Liz Mick. “He is an awesome student. He is kind, hard worker and takes pride in it. Always a positive person! Keep up the great work Connor!”

Parent reminders: *You must check in at the front office if you are entering the VMS building between the hours of 7:55 a.m.-3:05 p.m. * If picking up your child during school hours, please call ahead. *See the attached pictures and our school newsletter for other reminders.

Want to help out Victory Middle School during our May and June 1st End of Year activities? If you are a parent or guardian, please feel free to sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c48a5af28a4f85-volunteers3#/ Thanks for your help!

CONGRATULATIONS to Lisa Currin, our STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH! Mrs. Currin's positive impact on our school has always been evident beyond the counseling and testing department. Her smile and caring attitude help anyone at our school feel supported and listened to. Students and staff alike appreciate all the expertise and amazing work she does at VMS. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!

From Coach Jenn Stoor: "This group of 7th graders are the best around! Their positivity, energy, knowledge, skill, teamwork, and most of all, love of the game is absolutely incredible! They won 8-0. First time in school history. These girls can play the game! #DefendtheDen #KodiakBasketball🐻🏀"

From Coach Jenn VanNortwick: This team was a special group! They were so excited to learn and played with desire to get better. They were so coachable and had great attitudes! 8-0

Today, Friday and Monday we are on a regular bell schedule. The regular testing schedule will resume TUESDAY, April 18, 2003. Go to our VMS website, choose Parents/Students off of the menu icon and choose Bell Schedule to see both the regular and the testing schedule. Also, if you haven't had a moment to read our Common Proficiency Grading Policy or pay attention to late work deadline dates, now is a great time to review those to help finish this school year strong! Under the Parents/Students tab off of the VMS menu option there are many Parents/Student options to review.

Panda Express forms with the $7 are due to the Bookkeeper today by 3:05 p.m. If you are interested, check out what other awesome fundraisers and sales our PTSO has for you on their website page. Go to Parents/Students off of the Victory Website menu and choose PTSO homepage.

Friday, April 7th, 2023, our VMS student council led school assembly again demonstrated that our Kodiaks, students and staff, know how to celebrate our sports successes, school club initiatives, ISAT incentive challenges and fun Fuel Up to Play 60 challenges with lots of school spirit, respect and class. Special thanks to Mrs. Calloway and Mrs. Janke for leading such a memorable event!

7th Grade Basketball: ***7th Grade Basketball Photos (change in date) Team and individual photos for 7th grade basketball teams will be after school on Tuesday, April 12th in the gym. Forms will be coming home with the athletes. ***Our 7th grade teams continue to have great seasons with our A-teams still undefeated along with our girls B-Team. The boys’ B and C teams have won more games than they have lost and continue to show weekly improvement. They are competing hard and demonstrating great sportsmanship each night. We could not be more proud of how they represent our school and Kodiak family. ***Our teams are going into their last week of competition next week with our A/B Teams taking on Meridian (C teams have a bye) on Monday the 10th and then all teams will finish the season vs. Heritage on Tuesday the 11th. Tennis and Track: Tennis and Track are currently in full swing! We are looking forward to the season. Go Kodiaks! JJ Riley, Athletic Director/PE

Our amazing Mr. Schumaker (here depicted in a fun Christmas staff picture) reminded students during last Friday's assembly that he has a great sense of humor! He would like to avoid wearing Eagle Middle School's or Heritage Middle School's school colors if our school doesn't get the highest average ISAT scores during this year's testing. This message was written by him in our last newsletter about testing that starts this week: "Kodiak Family, On Tuesday, April 11th we begin our first ISAT assessment. Please make sure your student has a charged laptop, charger, and WIRED air buds. Wireless air buds are NOT allowed. Thank you! We will follow our testing schedule found here: https://www.westada.org/o/vms/events?view=cal-month The testing calendar can be found here: https://www.westada.org/o/vms/page/bell-schedule Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Go Kodiaks! Partners in learning, Will Schumaker, Principal"