Parents/guardians,
You can sign up your child for ABC Mouse, Adventure Academy, and Reading IQ for free right now. Follow the directions in the handout posted here, and use our school code to redeem. Make sure to put Valentine Community Schools as the district, and Valentine Elementary as the school.
Based on recommendations from NCDHD and NDE, VCS will not plan to return to school for the remainder of the 2019-2020 year. Students with staff support will continue the alternative learning environment format. The situation will be monitored and adjustments made when possible.
Valentine Community Schools will start serving free pre-packaged lunches for children beginning today, March 24th.
The drive-through pickup will take place at Valentine High School and Valentine Middle School from 11:30am – 12:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all children ages 18 and younger. Lunch will be provided in bags with Tuesday’s bag containing lunch for 2 days and Thursday’s bag containing lunch for 3 days.
Middle school pickup will be in front of the middle school on Wood Street. High School pickup will be in the parking lot on the south side of the high school.
Guidelines:
>Children must be in the vehicle to receive their bag of food.
>Please do not park and get out of your vehicle.
>Please do not consume meals on site.
>The number of children in the vehicle will determine the number of meals each vehicle gets.
>Meal distribution will begin promptly at 11:30am and end at noon.
Creating is a fantastic activity for coping. If ANY student is interested in creating and needs art supplies, please email Mrs. Swim. She also has supplies for book folding for those who took that session during Victor E. Days.
jswim@vcsbadger.net
Be sure to check with your cell phone provider about unlimited data plans. Some providers are offering truly unlimited and other have a cap on their unlimited. Also some internet providers have offered free/discounted wifi. Please check with your provider for more more info.
There will be staff at the middle school on Friday, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, for students that need to pick up learning materials. Students, don't forget to check your email, Google Classroom, and Schoology accounts.
There will be a zoom meeting for all freshman at 2:00 pm tomorrow, 3/20/2020, please check your email for the link. Please let any of your classmates know who doesn't have internet and I'll try to have them on conference call or call them individually.
There will be a zoom meeting for all sophomores at 10:00 am tomorrow, 3/20/2020, please check your email for the link. Please let any of your classmates know who doesn't have internet and I'll try to have them on conference call or call them individually.
Congrats to Allison Hitchcock for being selected 2nd Team All Southwest Conference!!
Valentine High School Junior Class zoom meeting will be held today at 2:00. Hopefully we can answer all your questions you may have during this time. Please check your emails for the zoom link. If you are having trouble please email Mr. Cronin at acronin@vcsbadger.net.
On Friday, March 20, learning materials and plans for VES students will be ready for pickup. Parents/guardians of kindergarten students please come to VES from 11 am-12 pm, 1st grade 12-1 pm, 2nd grade 1-2 pm, 3rd grade 2-3 pm, 4th grade 3-4 pm, and 5th grade 4-5 pm. If you have students in multiple grades, come during one of the grade time slots associated with one of your children.
For any high school student wishing to apply for National Honor Society, the application deadline for this has been extended to March 31, 2020.
Valentine High School class of 2020, there is a zoom link in your email for a Q & A with Mr. Cronin scheduled tomorrow, March 19 at 10:00AM. If you have questions, concerns, or just miss me please join the meeting. I'll do the best I can to answer any questions you may have.
VMS School Counselor Information
From NSAA
Effective Monday, March 16 all NSAA activity practices are suspended until Monday, March 30 and all NSAA activity competitions are suspended until Thursday, April 2. These suspensions may be extended should the conditions warrant.
To error on the side of caution, there will be no school tomorrow, Monday, March 16, 2020 for staff or students to allow time to review the current status of COVID-19.
Valentine Community Schools parents and guardians, please read:
The 8th grade Northeast CC visit in Norfolk on Tuesday has been cancelled.
VHS and VMS quiz bowl duel in Ainsworth on Thursday has been cancelled.
VES’s Saddling Up for Success (family engagement night) scheduled for Thursday, March 19, has been cancelled.
Due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, NDE has cancelled all upcoming Career and Technical Student Organization 2020 State Leadership conferences. The cancellations relative to VCS include FBLA (April 1-3) and FFA (March 30-April 1).