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"
CONGRATULATIONS to CAROLYN HARVEY for being our STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK!
"Carolyn does a great job of supporting those in her PLC. She goes out of her way to make sure I know what I am teaching in World Civ 6. I appreciate her patience and willingness to answer my questions and make sure I am comfortable with the information. Carolyn goes above and beyond to help those around her be successful. Her cheerful disposition rubs off on all those around her. Carolyn is a fabulous Kodiak."
CONGRATULATIONS to Abigail Marcoux for being our STUDENT OF THE WEEK!
Abigail Marcoux was nominated by Mrs. Hallenberger - Mrs. Hallenberger had the following to say about Abigail.
“Abigail is amazing! She comes to class prepared, works hard, she is kind, and does excellent work! She recently shared with the class a story she wrote. Oh my goodness!! She had us all captivated with her gift of writing and story telling! Thank you Abigail for sharing your talent with us and for being an excellent example of following the Kodiak Way!”
Panda Order forms are due April 12th to the Bookkeeper; click this link to see the form: https://www.westada.org/o/vms/article/1017063
TODAY!!!! April 10th PTSO Meeting in the Library @ 7pm AND Cookie Gram deliveries today :)
Attention - Board Elections for Vice President and Secretary will be held at our May 10th meeting.
May 22-24 buy a popsicle gram at lunch or buy online. Send a Popsicle to a teacher, friend or yourself along with a cool note! Cool treat and cool note for $1 .
Popsicle grams delivered at lunch on May 30th.
June 1st Food trucks at VMS - - - Kona ice, Peterson Lemonade and Rusty Dog so be sure to bring money for the food trucks and yearbook signing event!
Today we're on our ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE as we have our Pep Assembly today! School spirit can be seen in all halls with students dressed up for today's dance after school. We're wondering who will win the dance off.
Parents/guardians, please be on time to pick your child up from school at 5 p.m.! Students and staff members helping with the dance will want to go home immediately after the dance to get their rest for next week's testing. To access our testing schedule, please go to the parents/students section of our website and choose bell schedule. Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Congratulations to our "FASTEST KIDS" at VMS!
Mrs. Gina Janke and her Fuel Up To Play 60 leadership team recorded all records broken during this lunch time competition and determined these VMS athletes as this year's FASTEST KID COMPETITION winners per lunch period:
6th grade girls - Hazel Mueller with a time of: 5.70 6th grade boys - Zander Corbell with a time of: 5.33
7th grade girls - Kuee Park with a time of: 5.47 7th grade boys - Max Hepper with a time of: 4.97
8th grade girls - Kylie Peterson with a time of: 6.22 8th grade boys - Leyton Allen with a time of: 5.12
The following students are our VMS Sources of Strength Leadership group: London Pugmire. Berlynn Ramirez Varella. Holly Vanus, Owen Hodson. Elise Gash. Akela Storch, Abigail Marcoux, Addison Quimby, Layla Ahmed and Shivika Timilsena.
After yesterday's SOS leadership forum, Mrs. Manhire noted, "Students walked away feeling inspired from growing within their own comfort zones, understanding the importance of knowing the 'why' behind creating change and motivated to positively influence peers. We had so much fun."
CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Mrs. Katie Dougan who was chosen by West Ada School District as the district middle school "ROOKIE TEACHER OF THE YEAR!" This huge honor was presented today during our staff meeting by district office's Mrs. Jennifer Fletscher (on the left).
Mrs. Dougan doesn't at all seem like a rookie teacher! Her hard work, fantastic attitude and expertise have made her classroom a fun, safe and well run learning environment even during her first year of teaching. Way to go and well deserved, Mrs. Dougan!
Basketball games tomorrow , 4/5/23, have been rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding.
Today representatives from the Idaho Lottery along with a film crew presented my class with a class-set of scientific calculators and a souvenir check as part of their “Classroom Wishlist” program.
Our students are so grateful for their generosity and are ready to put the calculators to good use!
