Be sure to check out VCS art work at the Bangor Mall Art Show!
Schooldigger.com has Veazie Public Schools ranked 2nd out of 146 school districts in Maine.
This ranking uses testing data for grades 3-8 at Veazie Community School, and SAT scores for our students at their respective high school (we currently have students enrolled at 6 different area high schools).
Veazie Community School alone is ranked 4th out of 255 elementary schools in the state.
Check out the latest edition of The VIKING! There are some great stories about our school and community!
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We opened a Leap Year time capsule today. Students enjoyed reading letters they wrote to themselves in 2016.
No school today in Veazie (2/27/20)
Members of the Veazie Community School Ci3T development team recently visited schools in Topeka, Kansas who have fully implemented the 3-tiered Ci3T program which focuses on systematic approaches to academic, behavior and social emotional support for all students. They also attended a professional training module at Kansas University with co-founders of the program.
In between travels, the group visited the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site--a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
Parent feedback on our first parent forum was overwhelmingly positive......
ACADIA CARES will be providing a second parent forum at the Veazie Community School on Thursday, March 19 in the VCS Library from 4:30 - 6:00p.m. Discussion will focus on Childhood/Teenage Anxiety & Resiliency.
This parent forum is sensitive in nature, and for that reason, is for parents only. Please contact us ahead if you need assistance with child care. Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of VCS.
If you are not able to attend, please visit the Acadia CARES website for helpful parent resources: www.northernlighthealth.org/AcadiaCARES
Please contact VCS School Counselor Lexie Dineen (ldineen@veaziecs.org), or VCS Principal Matthew Cyr (mcyr@veaziecs.org) if you have further questions.
7th grade students had fun helping our Kindergarten friends with their Valentine’s Day Minute to Win it games!!
Veazie Community School is now accepting applications for our all-day Pre-K program and Kindergarten Programs. Stop by the school office and pick up an application package at anytime. Parents with questions are encouraged to contact VCS Superintendent and Principal, Matthew Cyr.
The Veazie Viking Robotics Team presented to the Veazie Town Council last night and were authorized to work with Town Manager Leonard with the placement of bat houses on various town properties. Tonight, they were invited to present to the Old Town/Orono Kiwanis. We are proud!
Veazie Community School will be closed today due to the dangerous forecasted weather conditions.
We are happy to announce our partnership with Northern Light Acadia Hospital.
Being a teenager can be tough. Being the parent of a teenager can be even tougher.
Veazie Community School will be hosting an Acadia Cares parent forum on Thursday, February 13 from 4:30 - 6:00p.m. in the VCS library. Acadia Cares staff will cover the following topics: Youth Suicide Prevention, Bullying, Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, LGBTQ+ Youth, Youth Substance Use, and Resiliency. Attending parents will help to guide discussion.
This parent forum is sensitive in nature, and for that reason, is for parents only. Please contact us ahead if you need assistance with child care. Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of VCS.
Please contact VCS School Counselor Lexie Dineen (ldineen@veaziecs.org), or VCS Principal Matthew Cyr (mcyr@veaziecs.org) if you have further questions.
Congratulations to the Veazie Boys Basketball team on winning the Mid-Maine League Championship! Our girls team finished runners-up. Another successful Viking sports season!
In honor of World Read Aloud Day sixth graders read a Robert Munsch book to First Grade today.
Over 2200 books have been signed out this school year from the VCS library! Graphic novels, LEGO books, new fictional series, cookbooks, picture books about dinosaurs playing sports, and nonfiction titles about mindfulness are some of our most popular recent checkouts. In the past three years, our library collection has completely flipped. We often weed through the stacks, identifying what is no longer circulating and then research the latest and greatest as well as survey students and staff for their requests. We’ve been able to place multiple orders throughout the school year, staying current with our student’s interests. Through book talks, facing books out as you would see at a bookstore, teaching students how to independently look for a book on the online catalog, rotating displays, and providing comfortable seating options for students to get lost in a book, we will always continue to cultivate a love of reading amongst our VCS students.
Veazie Community School was recently named a Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse School! Thank you to all students, staff and members of our community for the continued support.
Below is a priority notice we have received from the Department of Education:
"We have been contacted by the Penobscot County Dispatch Center, on behalf of Orono Police Department, that a Maine business has received an email threat, with specific schools identified as targets. These schools have been contacted directly, and all local police departments have been notified. The situation is being investigated.
As a precaution, we have been asked to advise all Maine schools to increase situational awareness, and report any suspicious activity or persons to local law enforcement. Please advise bus drivers to also increase their awareness and report immediately any suspicious or aggressive behavior of other vehicles.
We will share information as it becomes available. Please utilize your School Safety Plans and coordinate your communications and efforts with local law enforcement."
Districts across Maine have received this notification. Everyone is ok. However, out of an abundance of caution Veazie Community School will take the following actions.
Students and staff can move about the inside of the school as they normally would, but there is no outdoor recess, or outdoor activities. Students are with their teachers and following their normal schedule. All after school programs have been canceled.
We are working with the Veazie Police Department. Also, State Police are leading the effort to investigate the threat and coordinate actions on a state-wide level.
I have been notified that Veazie Community School WAS NOT named in the list of schools.
Sincerely,
Matthew Cyr, Superintendent & Principal
Mark your calendars!
