Thursday 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.

Bake n’ take will be open tomorrow before school in the junior and senior high hallway.

School will be In-Session on Monday, March 29.  There will be no school on Friday, April 2 for Good Friday/Easter break.

Mrs. Pafford will hold Saturday Detention on Saturday, March 27 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. There will be a sign up sheet on the bulletin board across from the office.  Doors will lock at 8:00 am.

The Van-Far FFA Meats Evaluation and Entomology Teams competed at the Northeast District CDE on Wednesday. Congratulations to both teams on advancing to the Missouri State CDE on April 10th. Full results are as follows:
Meats Evaluation - 2nd place team, Ennis Childs (1st high individual), Cayden Caldwell (4th high individual), Hunter Scrogin, and Devyn Keller
Entomology - 3rd place team, Mara Jensen (2nd high individual), Fulton Walsh (9th high individual), Abby Carlyle, and Natalie Bybee

Project prom pizza sales money and order forms are due tomorrow. Please bring everything to the office. Thank you! 

Just a reminder for Juniors and Seniors, please submit your resumes to the schoology class before Wednesday March 31st. If you have questions, please see Mr. Stuedle or Mrs. McCurdy.

Next Thursday, April 1st, is LIGHT IT UP BLUE Day!  This is a world-wide event and This is a day to show your support for Autism Awareness by wearing a Blue SHIRT to school.  Mrs. Robinson will be around 7th hour to give out treats to those students, faculty, and staff who are showing their support for such a wonderful cause!! 

There is a sign up sheet for Project Prom t-shirts on the bulletin board across from the office.  Shirts are free to Juniors and Seniors, but you need to sign up with your shirt size.  Your guest shirt cost $5.00.  Deadline to sign up is April 9.  You can attend Project Prom even if you do not attend Prom.

STUCO SENIORS:  Applications for the Red Cross Scholarship and the Student Council Scholarship are available on the Scholarship menu option of the Van-Far home page.  Applications must be completed and turned-in to Mr. Rost no later than April 16th.

Juniors and Seniors-Prom will be held Saturday, April 24.  Please remember that you must be in good standing to attend. The Prom Checkpoint will be April 20, which is only 4 days before Prom. Please be aware of your eligibility.  

Monday, April 12 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Sacred Heart Catholic Church will be holding a FREE Drive thru Burrito lunch including chips, fruit cup, cookie and water.  

Strike Out Autism T-shirts are available to order.  The order form will be 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. 

NJHS and the Special Education Department will be holding a raffle for the STRIKE OUT AUTISM baseball game on April 8th.  There are lists of prizes for the raffle around school and you may buy tickets from an NJHS member or Mrs. Robinson.  Raffle tickets are $1 for one, $5 for 6, and $10 for an arm's length.

NJHS is selling Autism Awareness Puzzle Pieces for $1 for the Strike Out Autism baseball game which all proceeds will go to Camp Barnabas and Easter Seals Midwest.

EAP Teacher: Robinson

Lunch Today:  Chicken and biscuits; Turkey and cheese sandwich; Popcorn Chicken salad; served with fresh garden salad, chilled fruit.

Lunch Tomorrow:  Italian pizza; Popcorn chicken wrap; Strawberry Chicken salad; served with fresh garden salad, chilled fruit.

 Thursday, March 25

POSTPONED -- HS Track away at Bowling Green at 4:00 pm. Bus leaves at 2:30 pm.

 

Friday, March 26

JH Track away at Montgomery Co. at 4:15 pm. Bus leaves at 2:30.

HS Track away at Bowling Green at 4:00 pm. Bus leaves at 2:30 pm.

Saturday, March 27

Saturday Detention from 8:00 to 11:00. Doors lock at 8:00. 

Monday, March 29

School is In-Session.

Golf away at Paris at 4:00.

Baseball at home against Hermann at 4:30 pm. Gate Duty: Jennifer Hanson

Tuesday, March 30

Baseball at home against North Callaway at 5:00 pm. Gate Duty: Christian Rost

Wednesday, March 31

Bright Future T-shirt/Jean Day.

FFA District Contest away at Troy at 9:00 am. Bus leaves at TBA.

Golf away at Louisiana at 4:00 pm.

Thursday, April 1

Mock Interview Day

Light It Up Blue day.

Golf plays at Vandalia Country Club at 4:00 pm.

Baseball away at Wellsville at 5:00 pm. Bus leaves at 3:50.