Tuesday Announcements

Bus 9 will be running a late route in the afternoons until further notice. Students can wait in the cafeteria. 

Bus 6 will be running 10 minutes early for the morning route until further notice. Students need to be ready to get on the bus.

Congratulations to Van Far's quiz bowl team! They placed 3rd in last night's conference championship! Cameron Jones won 1st Place All-Conference for the 2nd year in a row! Cameron answered the most questions correctly out of all the competitors in the 1st 3 rounds! Congratulations, Cameron!

Congratulations to Cayden Caldwell, Annalynn Culwell, LaTrell Wright and Ashton Garnett for earning their State FFA Degrees! This is the highest state designation an FFA member can earn. The State Degree is awarded based on an FFA members Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) program which includes accurate fiscal management and record keeping, leadership experiences and community service. These four members will receive their degrees during the Missouri FFA Convention later this spring. The chapter is super proud of their accomplishments!

BLOOD DRIVE RESULTS:  The results of the blood drive are in:  35 units of blood were collected--a potential of 105 lives saved.  Thank you to everyone involved in making the blood drive a success.  

Spring Sports pictures will be taken after school on Thursday, March 11. Order forms are on the ledge at the office. The schedule will be:
Golf: 3:50
JH Girls Track: 4:00
JH Boys Track: 4:15
HS Girls Track: 4:30
HS Boys Track: 4:45
Baseball: 5:00

NJHS members are collecting toiletries like shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc to donate to the Homeless Shelter here in town. There is a box sitting on the office ledge for new items to be donated. 

JH Stuco and NHS are selling Krispy Kreme Donuts for $8 a dozen from now until March 17th. We will deliver them on March 25th.

Seniors, many scholarships are coming due in the next few days and weeks.  Please look at those available on the Van-Far web and app, and fill out any you qualify for.  Remember to get letters of recommendation, do not wait until the day the application is due to ask. More scholarships will be added in the near future.

Juniors and Seniors: Mock Interviews are scheduled for April 1. You should have a new course in Schoology . The schedule, rubrics, and other information for mock interviews will be posted in this course. You will also submit your resume in Schoology. If you have any questions, see Mrs. McCurdy or Mr. Stuedle.

Strike Out Autism T-shirts are available to order.  The order form is on the window in front of the HS office and payment will be due by March 24th to Miss Fowler. The elementary sign up is in the copy room and Mrs. Hoyt will collect the elementary. These t-shirts are black with white design on them. The price is $10.00 each.  Anyone can order them. 

There are Khoury League registration forms on the ledge at the office for anyone interested in playing softball/baseball this summer.  Registration ends March 17 and forms may be returned to Ramsey Dickerman’s State Farm office or Vandalia City Hall.

EAP Teacher: Robinson & Winders

Lunch Today: Corn dog; Club sandwich; Italian chef salad; served with fresh garden salad, chilled fruit.

Lunch Tomorrow: Chicken patty; Italian sub; Cobb salad; served with fresh garden salad, chilled fruit.

Wednesday, March 10

EMO Conference Band away at Wright City at TBA. 

 Thursday, March 11

Spring Sport Pictures taken after school.

Saturday, March 13

FFA Contest away at Elsberry at TBA. Bus leaves TBA.

Monday, March 15

FFA Trash pickup at TBA.