The Missouri High School Fast Pitch Coaches Association announced schools who earned Academic All-State for having an average of a 3.3 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale. Our varsity team earned a 3.67 resulting in us receiving a spot as an All-Academic Team. The following members of the team joined together to average 3.70 to earn a spot on the list: Carmen Wilburn, McKenna Engh-Hoffman, Dalana Gay, Reeve Woodall, Kayla Heaton, Kaelyn Hutcheson, Ayla Kampeter, Mylee Keller, Elliott Utterback, and Kenya Jones. Softball is a very busy season and it is very impressive for these ladies to maintain such amazing grades while playing a sport they love! Way to represent, girls!
The Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association (MTCCCA) proudly announces the members of the Academic All-State Team. Athletes must meet one of the following criteria: 25 or higher on the ACT, 1150 or higher on the SAT, or 3.6 cumulative GPA.
Four of our runners earned spots on the team: Erin Childs, Garrett Hopke, Brooke-lyn Forman, and Khloe Wallace. Congratulations and way to go!
District Brackets are set for next week. Girls will play all district games at Louisiana. Boys will play all district games at Clopton.
Lady Indians pick up the win against Wright City tonight. Way to go ladies!
Thank you to the United Credit Union for their generous donation to our art department! We have some amazingly talented students here and Mrs. Dunn does an amazing job of guiding their creativity! We look forward to partnering with members of the community to future art projects to better our communities!
This year our students have the opportunity to earn gift certificates to local businesses for good attendance. Students with 95% or higher attendance have two chances to win and those with 90% or higher attendance have one chance to win. Please join us in congratulating our 1st Quarter winners: Layla Breden, Chase McCurdy, Madelyn Carman, Khaliel McKinnie, and Hope Powell. Each winner got to pick a $10 gift card from one of our local restaurants. Congratulations and thank you for being here!
The Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the Patriots' Pen Writing Contest with our 8th graders. The following students were recognized for their efforts: 1st Place: Austin Beshears, 2nd Place: Emily Smith, 3rd Place: Taelyn Ward, Honorable Mention: Bryanna Stanich, Madison Shelton, and Brandon Singer. Congratulations to all of the honorees!
FCCLA is holding a Parent's Day Out on December 16th at the Van-Far High School for students pre-k through 10 years of age. Forms will be sent home with students at the elementary so be look out if you are interested in this!
The link to view all livestreamed games that will be played at Van-Far has been added to the school webpage and app under the Athletics tab/folder
A busy week in Van-Far Athletics. Varsity Girls and Boys will be playing the week in Centralia at the Centralia Tournamnet. Junior High will start their last full week of games as their season is quickly coming to an end. We wish all athletes luck this week! Let's Go Indians!
Tonight's entry will be in support of our local Food Pantry. Please bring a donation that will stay right here in our communities to meet the needs of our own!
The Van-Far School District is accepting applications for the Superintendent of Schools. Please see the information page below along with the application link.
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Our Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys play tonight in Louisiana in EMO conference play. Girls will start the night with tip-off at 5:30. Game can be seen and heard through KJFM.
Way to go Indians!!
Tonight's Varsity Girls game agasint South Callaway will be livestreamed from this link. Game starts at 5:30.
https://fan.hudl.com/United-States/MO/Vandalia/organization/16122/Van-Far-High-School
A few of our students and Miss Borgmeyer spent a few hours spreading Christmas cheer for the residents at the local nursing home today. They hung Christmas lights on the outside of the building and enjoyed hot chocolate afterwards. We hope this brings the residents and the community much joy this season! 💚🤍❤️
JH Lady Indains pick up the win in the first round of play at the Mark Twain Tournament and will play again Wednesday at 6:45 in the high school gym.
JH Indians battle but come up short in first round of the Mark Twain Tournament and will play again on Wednesday at 5:30 in the high school gym.
Athletic Events 11/27-12/2. Let's Go Indians!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thankful for Junior High students who are willing to dress up for the holiday for a few bonus points! It made our time together fun! Enjoy this day with a grateful heart!
Kindergarten students and teachers, along with help from some volunteers, did an amazing job hosting the Kindergarten Thanksgiving feast. The students helped prepare the food, decorate the tables. and they dressed up for the occasion! What a wonderful tradition! #vanfarelementary
