Come out to the Overland Park movie theater premieres of SPIKED (by Megan Jensen, Kylie Peterson and Darcy Cluff) and REPLICATION (by Eric Williams, Ayden Vashro and Carson De La Motte)! These two VMS student made trailers will be featured on the big screen as a part of the top ten middle school videos chosen as finalists for the Idaho Capital Educators Movie Trailer Competition.
Free popcorn, entry and drink await you and your family Wednesday at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.). See you at Overland Park Cinemas! Good luck being chosen as one of the top three winning movies! If this year is anything like last, the competition will surely be stiff!
CONGRATULATIONS to Bridget King, our STAFF MEMBER of this WEEK!
The art work that Mrs. King showcases in the hallway brings so much joy to our school! She puts so much work into her art projects and she builds great bonds with her students where they feel safe and want to do their best work in class. There is not a day that goes by that she doesn't add light and laughter to someone in our school. Thanks for all you do!
Congratulations to Lisa Calloway for being our first week of March's STAFF MEMBER of the WEEK!
Lisa Callaway is inspirational to her students and her colleagues. She is a genuine contributor to a more positive culture at VMS by creating opportunities for students to shine. I really appreciate all of her extra efforts with our school spelling bee, our weekly advisory schedule, and any student council related activities. Her input at leadership meetings and time she takes to share specific input about students for the benefit of all are also much appreciated. Keep up the fantastic work, Lisa! Your a bright star at VMS!
Kylie Peterson was nominated and selected for our VMS student of the week recognition by Mrs. Jennifer Stoor.
Congratulations to our STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Kylie Peterson!
Here is what Mrs. Stoor had to say about Kylie:
“Kylie comes to class every day with a positive attitude and a smile. She is a hard worker and helps others as well. I enjoy Kylie's commitment to doing her best and being such a light at Victory!”
An extra note from Ms. Cornell: If you would like to see Kylie's movie she made with Megan Jensen and Darcy Cluff, come out this Wednesday at 6 p.m. to Overland Park Cinema to support them at the CapEd Trailer Competition! Kylie's a winning Filmmaker from VMS!
Can you believe it's March already?! This weekend you lose an hour as we spring our clocks forward, so please adjust your March 27th Yearbook buying deadline by an hour, too. Make sure that our bookkeeper gets the $26.50 by the end of the school day March 27th, or you will miss out on this year's special moments collection.
Also, please check your phones for school related appropriate pictures and upload them to our snapshot link for yearbook that can be found under our Timely Topics on our website.
Congratulations to our amazing Mrs. Erin Fuss as our STAFF MEMBER OF THE MONTH! Nurse Fuss does more than just take care of all of our bumps, bruises and bloody noses. She educates all on various health related information relevant to school, monitors and supports many people within the school for various health needs and is always ready with a supportive smile to help make any level of headache not seem so horrible. We appreciate your expertise so much, Nurse Erin! Thank you for what you do!
Here’s your Food Drive Update: THANK YOU!!! Before we get to tally updates, we want to thank you for participating and providing food for your community. Think of all the people you impacted by your generosity! Keep it going! What could you do next to help your community?
Now for the tally updates: We’ve now got 6 barrels filled up, which is great news! Yesterday was a huge turnaround for some classes. The top four advisories in the lead as of yesterday were: Team Ferrer, Team Grzanic, Team Maimer, and a tie for fourth place—Team Hylands & Thorpe vs. Team Benzel & Rosbaugh.
Who will be the winners of the breakfast party? Who will get to participate in the kickball tournament? Which class will win the raffle because they donated at least 30 items? All this, coming up on Monday!
We are not able to accept any more donation items for the competition after today. Teachers: please get all your tally slips turned in NO LATER than today at 3:15, or they will not count.
Thursday, March 9th, 2023, our previous recipient teacher, Gina Janke, recognized our kitchen manager Marge Kimball as our "World's Greatest Staff Member of the Month!" by saying "Thank you for being AMAZING, Marge! We appreciate all that you do for our students and staff."
These internal recognitions happen every month at our all staff meetings and mean a lot to the positive culture of our school. We're very fortunate in all areas of VMS to have so many people deserving of this award that the humble receptions of the awards act as positive evidence of why our school is so awesome!
Marge responded, "Thank you so much! This ole “Lunch Lady” is completely humbled and honored to be acknowledged by all of you. Know that I share this award with my staff as well as the student servers, for they are the ones who make my job easier every day. Again, thank you, we will cherish this award for the next month."
The 7/8 Orchestra is performing their Festival Concert along with the MVHS Chamber Groups tonight at 7:00 in the Auditorium at MVHS. Come out and support our young musicians if you are able.
TWO VMS Filmmaking Groups will shown at the 13TH ANNUAL Idaho Capital Educators MOVIE TRAILER AWARD CEREMONY!!! Congratulations to Eric Williams, Ayden Vashro, Carson De La Motte, Megan Jensen, Kylie Peterson, and Darcy Cluff for making it to the top ten middle school category!
When: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Where: Overland Park Cinemas - 7051 W. Overland Road, Boise, ID 83709 - View on Google Maps
Schedule: Doors will open at 5:30pm. The ceremony begins at 6:00pm. We will be showing the Top 10 High School and Top 10 Middle School trailers. Awards will be given to the Top 3 High School and Top 3 Middle School trailers.
Please invite your family, friends, teachers, and fellow actors to join you for the ceremony, so that we can celebrate all of the wonderful producers, writers, actors, and future film makers.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
$250 - First Place
$200 - Second Place
$150 - Third Place
The top 3 middle school producers will also receive an Adobe® Creative Cloud® subscription for one year.
These movie trailers (listed in alphabetical order) will be shown at the Award Ceremony.
66° North – Heritage Middle School
Brick For A Day – Middleton Middle School
Kid From Ohio – Eagle Middle School
Middle School Spies – Lone Star Middle School
Replication – Victory Middle School
Sister Dearest – Ernest Hemingway STEAM School
Spiked – Victory Middle School
The Breakfast Battle – Eagle Middle School
The Lisa Lockup – Eagle Middle School
Whispering Pines – Robert Stuart Middle School
Panda Express money is due by this Wednesday. Our Panda Express order form can be found via this link: https://5il.co/1pue1
Basketball for 7th grade boys and girls needs your help in concessions for home games! It's a fun opportunity for parents and students to help the PTSO raise money for the school! Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a45afa82fa3f58-basketball#/
Two of our fabulous VMS staff members, Mrs. Mel Cook and Mrs. Lisa Calloway, were honored by Dr. Bub as Middle School Employees of the Month during February. Way to go, Ladies!
Today after school 7th grade boys and girls have basketball tryouts!
Seeing Mr. Kinnaman, our 8th grade basketball coach, take off the basketball net after helping his 8th grade boys win the district championships makes us all wonder: how will the 7th grade season end for basketball? Will we win 7th grade district championships as well?
Way to go, Mr. Grzanic and his sixth-grade band members! Over 100 sixth graders did well showing off their newer band skills last night during the 6th Grade Band Spring Concert!
The Blood Drive was a HUGE success!! We had 50 donors and 51 units were collected!
That means that 153 lives will be impacted for the better!! Thank you to all of the participants and people who made this event possible!
Victory Middle School teachers Jennifer Shalz and Nicole Hylands are jumping into a freezing lake in Emmett on March 11th to raise money for the Special Olympics Idaho. School Psychologist, Rachel Vachon is also on their team as driver, photographer, and support person for this adventure. Their team name is Fierce Wanderers!
If this sounds like a fun way to spend your Saturday, you are welcome to join their team to raise money for the amazing athletes who compete in the Special Olympics here in Idaho. If cold water is not your thing you are also welcome to donate to the Fierce Wanderers fundraising site. See the link below. The event is March 11th, so the donation window is 9 days and counting... With great big gratitude! Join us!
https://www.classy.org/team/483379
Panda Express order forms are due to our bookkeeper by March 8th 3:05 p.m. That's this coming Wednesday! Here is your link to your $7 Panda Express order via PTSO webpage: https://www.westada.org/o/vms/page/victory-ptso-homepage
Friday, March 3rd, is the LAST day to submit your artwork for the District Art competition. Please see our lovely Mrs. Bridget King to find out specifics.
Victory Middle School and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive TODAY!
Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!
Drive Details:
Site: Victory Middle School
Address: 920 W Kodiak Dr, Meridian, ID, 83642
Room Name: Library
Date: Thr Mar 2, 2023
Time: 9:00: AM - 3:00: PM
Blood Program Leader Name: Mary Woolf
Click here to make an appointment
The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!
Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store, Google Play or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, view your blood type and results of your mini-physical, and track your donations.
