How fast can you run 40 yards? If you think you're fast, try to be named "THE FASTEST STUDENT at VMS"
Where & When: Outside on the field during LUNCH BREAK on the dates listed above!
What: FORTY YARD DASH – Race against your grade level. Boys vs Boys, Girls vs Girls
Kids In-School Health and Wellness Program | Fuel Up to Play 60How: If you run and beat the fastest time, your name will get listed until someone else beats you! You can run multiple times!
Incentives: Top girl and boy from EACH GRADE will win a certificate and earn “Fastest Kid” bragging rights!
Staff members had fun with their "VMS PTSO Lucky Duck Adventures" and sent some pictures to our webmaster over the week. Which lucky duck had the best experience? Judging from these pictures I think they all did! #VMSAWESOMEPTSO
Right at the beginning of last week's Spring Break, Abbie Marcoux finished among the top eight spellers out of 32 students in the Southwest Idaho Regional Bee! Congratulations, Abbie! We are all very proud of you!
The latest basketball season is underway and we still need volunteers to help in our home game concessions! No experience is necessary and students are encouraged to help too! Please take a look at the schedule and sign up for a slot! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a45afa82fa3f58-basketball#/
Also, our next school dance is coming up April 7th! The last one was lots of fun, but we do need help to make it happen! Take a look at the sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c48a5af28a4f85-volunteers2#/
The latest basketball season is underway and we still need volunteers to help in our home game concessions! No experience is necessary and students are encouraged to help too! Please take a look at the schedule and sign up for a slot!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a45afa82fa3f58-basketball#/
Also, our next school dance is coming up April 7th! The last one was lots of fun, but we do need help to make it happen! Take a look at the sign up
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c48a5af28a4f85-volunteers2#/
Coach Stoor News and Pictures: "Both A Team and B Team won our 1st games against Lake Hazel
A Team 48-12
B Team 32-12
We had an awesome crowd coming over to Lake Hazel. Check our 3 amazing teachers who came to support our girls!"
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Everyone! Thank you to our generous PTSO for giving all staff a VMS PTSO LUCKY DUCK! You inspired "Our first annual AMAZING PTSO LUCKY DUCK CHALLENGE!"
Staff are encouraged to post your Spring Break "LUCKY DUCK" travel pictures on social media. Please make sure to include the duck in your pictures and "thinking of our AWESOME VMS PTSO"
Congratulations to Tanya Robinson our STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK!
"Tanya is Our Main Go To ERR Para. You can count on her with lesson helps, students' needs and above All FRIENDSHIP!! She is our Bubble Queen!"
Congratulations to Sarah Fitzgerald for being our STUDENT OF THE WEEK!
Ms. Cornell says, "I asked my class for nominations and her name was in the clear lead amongst other amazing seventh grade students I have. She is described by her peers as a kind, caring and super positive friend. They really enjoy that she never interrupts when others are talking and is a great listener with good advice. Her friendliness to all is much appreciated as her smile is quite contagious. She is a winner inside and outside of the classroom. She was a part of the winning Future City's team this year and inspires her group members to always give her best like she does.”
Bounce & Scratch again had impressive sales today due to three parents from the team showing up and giving amazing support! That is a new parent purchase record in the history of VMS Computer Explorations sales for one team! Great job, parents!
A special thank you to all of the sixth grade helpers who made sixth grade lunch sales possible.
With a total class profit of $132.95, Ms. Cornell and her Computer Explorations class want to thank everyone who helped this year's project be a success. They are still figuring out their individual profits or losses while learning Excel, but the joy of entrepreneurship has definitely been sparked for some students.
Tomorrow students can opt to spend their money on DONUTS during all lunches. $1 Donuts that benefit the school is a gift PTSO keeps giving once a month all year long. Thank you, PTSO!
CONGRATULATIONS to Megan Jensen, Darcy Cluff and Kylie Peterson for their 3rd Place Win of the Idaho Capital Educators Trailer Competition! Emceed by Doug Petcash from KTVB and the wonderful Idaho CapEd members, these amazing ladies received a $150 check for all their efforts on their movie SPIKED! It is the second consecutive win for Megan Jensen in this competition. We are so proud of her and her teams' efforts!
Check out the Cap Ed Trailer movie Youtube channel and this site to find out how to get involved next year: https://capedcu.com/movie/
Victory Middle School teachers Jennifer Shalz, Jennifer Livesey and Nicole Hylands, known as the Fierce Wanderers, jumped into a freezing "lake" in Emmett March 11th to raise money for the Special Olympics Idaho. School Psychologist, Rachel Vachon, their team driver, photographer, and support person took these great pictures of this fantastic event. Our Fierce Wanderers want to thank EVERYONE for your awesome support!
If Ethan's smiles were money, Ethan's business would be the richest business ever as his older brother put a huge smile on his face today buying $20 worth of product to help place them as one of the highest earning businesses during Ms. Cornell's Computer Explorations Student-made Business Project today! Tomorrow is the last day of sales during all three lunches. The whole class is only $49.79 away from breaking even to repaying the school the seed money that was loaned for the project. Will Bounce & Scratch have enough of a business profit to beat out today's big sales by Cracked Popitz? Or, will the Rubik's Cubes still be the VMS favorite? Come buy some fun dip, blow pops or double bubble gum while playing with that new skate board, squishie, squeezie, monkey or popper and see for yourself!
The district had to postpone our 7th grade band festival from Wednesday, March 15, to Tuesday, April 4th, 7 p.m.
Please note: TONIGHT at Overland Park Cinemas you can support your Kodiaks at the Idaho CapEd Trailer Contest awards ceremony.
Thursday, March 16th, after Panda Express lunches are served to those who ordered on time, you have the option to go see the 8th Grade Band Festival at 7 p.m. Cenntenial High School auditorium. If you are more of a Basketball fan, check out our school calendar to see where and when the 7th grade boys and girls are playing.
Friday, March 17th, is St. Patrick's Day! It is also DONUT DAY at VMS! Our amazing PTSO will be providing $1 donuts to students at the price of $1. Will they be green?
BUT, that's not all that's going on at VMS! Today and tomorrow (Weds and Thurs) during all lunches the Computer Explorations students will continue selling their student selected business items. Check out this video for more information: https://youtu.be/ze3WUYlnRi4 ! Send your child with $$$ to support our student businesses. Hopefully their spreadsheets will balance and profits bailing them out from the "red" will be made.
Basketball Concession volunteers are still needed. sign up below:
www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a45afa82fa3f58-basketball#/
We need volunteers to help at the school dance on April 7. Decorations/setup from 2-3pm. Concessions from 3:15 - 5:15pm. Sell tickets for attending or raffle from 3:15 - 4:30pm. Chaperones from 3:00 - 5:15pm.
Come help our student council with our Spring Dance!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C48A5AF28A4F85-volunteers2
Lights, Camera, Action! Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Overland Park Cinemas come join Ms. Cornell and VMS Filmmakers to find out whether our amazing competitors win one of the top three Idaho CapEd Trailer prizes.
Spiked by Megan Jensen, Kylie Peterson and Darcy Cluff and Replication by Eric Williams, Ayden Vashro and Carson De La Motte will be featured on the big screen as part of the top ten middle school finalists.
This fun event is always a real nailbiter as they show all ten middle school movies and then tell us who won for the middle school division. They then proceed the same with with the top ten high school finalists.
Free popcorn, drink, photo opportunities with local celebrities are all provided by Idaho Capital Educators Credit Union! This FREE family-friendly event is a great time to be had!
March 27th is approaching fast! Have you purchased your VMS yearbook yet? $26.50 to the bookkeeper or online will do the trick.
Time to toot our horns a little! Tonight at 7 p.m. don't miss out on our 7th grade Concert Band and 8th grade Symphonic Band Pre-Festival Performances at MVHS Auditorium.
Tomorrow the 7th grade Band Festival Concert will be held at Cenntenial HS Auditorium. Thursday the 8th grade Symphonic Band Festival Concert will be held at Cenntenial HS Auditorium. For our students' specific playing times during this all day festival, please email grzanic.brendan@westada.org.
2023 Boys Basketball District Champions!
Congratulations again to our 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team on their district championship the other week. Everyone is still feeling good about it, and we are so proud of this group!
Tryouts for all 7th grade teams have concluded and rosters have been formed. I know all teams and coaches are excited to get the season started. The first games will be Tuesday, March 14th when the C-teams play at home vs. Star and Sawtooth.
On Thursday, March 16th our Boys A/B teams will be at home against Lake Hazel with the A team playing @ 4pm and the B team playing @ 5:15pm. Our Girls teams will be traveling to play @ Lake Hazel. The A-team will play @ 4pm and the B-team will play @ 5:15pm.
For those that are playing please make sure we receive your pay to play fee ($90) and activity card fee if you don’t have one yet ($22.25). Those payments need to be in before any athlete is allowed to participate.
Go Kodiaks! JJ Riley, Athletic Director/PE
Our AMAZING VMS PTSO is meeting Monday, March 13th, in the VMS Library @ 7 pm - Hope to see you there!
Panda Day is this Thursday, March 16th! YUMMY!
Donut Day is this Friday, March 17th! Double YUMMY at only $1.00 each donut!
Coming in April - Spring Cookie Gram Sales $1
