Congratulations to Jackson Boydston!
Jackson is our student of the week. He was nominated by Ms. Heidi Maimer. Ms. Maimer wrote that Jackson is respectful to adults, classroom, hallways and cafeteria. Additionally, he is on task, helpful to others and always works to his highest potential both in school and on the field as a left tackle on the football team.
Wondering who your child takes after? Teachers may not be able to answer that question, but they sure are able to add more information about how your child is doing on assignments for their classes. Feel free to drop in during parent/teacher conferences and talk to any of the teachers you would like to talk to. This opportunity is great for teachers, too, as we get to work with you in maintaining our "Partners in Learning" attitude and use that time to discuss strategies specific to helping your child.
Our October staff member of the month is Mrs. Jennifer Shalz. Mrs. Shalz is our math interventionist and assists with intervention systems at VMS. She contributes to a positive culture at VMS by helping to ensure students receive the support they need to be successful. Thank you for everything you do everyday to help make VMS such a positive, student centered school!
Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up next week, which also marks the end of the first quarter of this school year. Please take a look at the posted schedule on our school's calendar and feel free to reach out to a teacher, if you are unable to make any of those times. Your VMS teachers are just one email or phone call away and will do everything we can to accommodate your needs.
A big shout out to our Victory boys led by Coach Chow and his amazing staff with Coach Ryan. They all played and coached their hearts out. So proud of them!
Hey Kodiaks-
Just a reminder that tonight is the Football Championship game at Eagle High School. Our boys are taking on Heritage at 6:30pm. Come on out to cheer them on! We are the home team, and our section is on the stadium booth side.
Admission:
Adults $5; Seniors $1; Students (MS/HS) $1 with activity card, $2 without activity card.
Children: $1 (K-5) under 6 are free
District Employees with an ID badge are free.
Go Kodiaks!
Our VMS BLOOD DRIVE have LOTS of openings for our Blood Drive on Wednesday.
Please spread the word and let's get this drive filled! 🙂
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time
TONIGHT is the NIGHT! Be ready to be aMAZEd at the Farmstead FUNdraiser! $1 of every ticket goes directly back to VMS, if you show them the flyer between 4-8 p.m.
Parents, do you know a 4-8th grader who may be in trouble? Sign up NOW for this free Parent Education Event.
Here are the details as described in our West Ada Newsletter:
Save My Family!
In today's world, it is critical that parents are empowered to help protect their children in every way possible. The Save My Family event is geared to provide to provide you with tools, insights and resources to better enable you to understand several of the major forces that are impacting your kids' psychological, emotional, and physical well-being.
We have assembled a panel of experts to provide training and inspiration on how to successfully navigate that waters that kids and teens are caught in.
There is so much that parents don't know.
Be enlightened by the experts -- Officer Gomez, former FBI Agent Hart, pediatric neurologist, Dr. Condie, and SRO, Deputy Garza. They'll discuss social media, drugs, addiction and other issues you need to know about to keep your kids safe.
All parents are invited. Please note, this parent education event is specifically geared toward parents of kids in 4th-8th grade, however, all parents are invited.
For more information and to get FREE tickets, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/save-my-family-parent-education-tickets-418977542107
Check out these happy 7th grade students! Some of them are happy because of PTSO's donut days, some of them because of winning at advisory kickball and some of them are super excited about VMS finally being active again on INSTAGRAM! Click our website and follow our Facebook or Instagram feeds for your social media VMS connectedness. "Partners in Learning" and finding things to smile about!
Emily M. 's reading of "red" books throughout September paid off as this time she got drawn as the winning reader of the "Monthly Reading Challenge" raffle held in the VMS library at the end of each month. October's new reading challenge is ORANGE. Read orange books, fill out a raffle ticket in the library and hope you win from the awesome prizes.
Our WHOLE SCHOOL got to enjoy our Sept. 23rd Fuel Up to Play 60 school year kickoff, as we walked, ran or skipped our way through the VMS Fuel Up to Play Team and VMS Cheer Squad supported finish line. A special thanks to Gina Janke for putting this amazing event together for our school.
Some VMS Kodiak 6 grade students enjoying Panda Express Sept. 23, 2022, during their lunch thanks to the efforts of our VMS PTSO in partnership with Panda Express. For this first Panda Express Day PTSO was able to raise $200 profits to go right back to our school. If you'd like to order Panda Express for our next Panda Express Day, Oct. 27 click this link (https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2699/VMS/2465896/panda_order_form_Oct_2022.docx_-_Google_Docs.pdf) to help get your order in by Oct. 19th.
Staff members showing they are "Kodiak Strong" frequently meeting during the week after school to enjoy some workouts under the leadership of P.E. instructor Jennifer Stoor. This year the challenge to all Kodiaks is to participate in the FitOne 5K or 10K, Sept. 24th as a VMS participant. 25 staff members and at least 100 students/parents wanted to help make our VMS FitOne Team the strongest. See the flyer in Peachjar for more information.
25% of every dollar goes to VMS that is spent at Blaze Pizza on Eagle Rd in Meridian September 22nd from 5-8 p.m. YOU MUST SHOW THEM THE FLYER TO GET THE DONATION TOWARDS VMS. Please support this awesome fundraiser for our school! Thank you to PTSO for their tireless work setting up such fundraisers.
Just a friendly reminder about our Back to School Open House tonight! We can't wait to share our awesome opportunities for your child with you! Check out Peachjar, our Facebook page or Instagram page or our website to see other events coming up, too. Thanks in advance for making our Kodiak community kind, caring and involved.
Our VMS football team is ready to win this season! Check out these game day pics to prove our team is fierce.
Join our FitOne VMS team! Check out the flyer via VMS website or VMS Peachjar link for more details. Or, join our Victory Middle School Facebook and/or Instagram page for more information. Get involved and be a part of a winning VMS team!
Victory Middle School has been very lucky to have Mr. Kobe Fields join us as our technology expert and fixer of all things related to our computers. He has completed all helpdesk tickets at amazing speeds while taking care of four other schools and any other duties district office gives him. We appreciate him very much and proudly call him our September Staff Member of the Month! Congratulations, Mr. Fields! Well deserved!
Back to School night is next Thursday September 15th from 6 - 7:30 p.m.! Come meet your child's teachers and enjoy 6 minute class periods following your child's schedule.
