Congratulations Anna MacDonald, VCS Principal for the Day! She had a full agenda including reading to Pre-K, checking in with each classroom, and having a morning meeting with the Town Manager to discuss the budget!
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to participate in Seacoast United Soccer Camp! Veazie residents receive a 50% discount, AND, camp is held on the school fields!
Congrats to VCS 5th grade students on graduating the D.A.R.E. program! Thank you Officer Jones for teaching this worthwhile program!
Important Upcoming Dates: VOTE TOMORROW at Town Office (8am - 8pm). Town Meeting Tuesday (tomorrow) evening at 8pm. Primary Musical Thursday, June 13 at 1:30pm and 6pm. Last Student Day Monday, June 17 (Field Day). 8th grade graduation Monday, June 17 at 7pm.
Microsoft released a new coding platform called MakeCode. Our Friday Code Club has been exploring the gaming section. Mr. Arias-Palomo (Adrian), is active in the developer community (beta) and one of his games "Jumpy Mateo Platformer" was recently featured by Microsoft!
Today was our last FLEX Friday for the year. The Reduce, Reuse, Recycle club met with James Dunning, Assistant General Manager at Casella who talked about how recycling in our region works. Students learned about what items you can and cannot recycle!
The after school garden club did not get a lot of support from Mother Nature this spring, but took full advantage of yesterday afternoon's sunny weather! They have prepped our beds, planted vegetables, and even started experimenting with our hydroponic carts!
The spring concert was last week, but our bands are still learning new music! Today they were playing the theme music to Mario Brothers while classmates took turn playing the actual Mario Brothers game using Mr. Arell's original Nintendo!
Our spring lost and found collection is now neatly displayed for parents to stop by and take a peak. Items not claimed after school let’s out for summer will be donated to Goodwill.
In the spirit of Arbor Day, and in memory of a former student, VCS Pre-K students planted a lilac bush near our school garden. Forester, Dave Wardrop and Veazie Town Manager, Mark Leonard assisted with the project!
We have just 25 yearbooks remaining! $15 - See Mrs. Shannon in the library!
Check out the spring, 2019 edition of, THE VIKING. Veazie residents should be receiving a copy in the mail within the next few days.
Click here: https://5il.co/7vbn
Congrats to VCS Speech Contest winners! Emily Adams in 3rd, Lana Friess in 2nd and Ben Francis in 1st place. All students did an outstanding job! Thank you to our PTO for providing Target Gift Cards for the winners!
Student Council led a Random Dance Party to kick off this 3 day weekend!! Happy Memorial Day!
This afternoon's baseball/softball games are cancelled. There are no after school practices.
VCS Chromebook Recycle Project
Veazie Community School is in the process of updating our Chromebook laptop devices for all students in grades 1 - 6. Instead of selling our used devices to low-bidding tech. suppliers who turn around and re-sell them for a high mark-up, we are offering our students the ability to purchase their own device at the very reasonable price of $30 (Lenovo N22). Money raised through this project will help offset the costs of new devices.
We are asking parents of students currently enrolled in grades 1 - 6 to complete the following survey:
https://forms.gle/S6fk8SeyRFRLPiSN8
Veazie Community School Spring Concert
Thursday, May 30 at 6:00p.m.
Please join us in support of the VCS performing arts!
Meet our municipal and school committee candidates!
Yearbooks are on sale now--$15 each!
Last night in Augusta, VCS 8th grade students, Rebekah Jaksa and Martin Skacel received the Maine Scholar Leader Award. We are VERY proud of these two amazing individuals!
