March is Youth Art Month! This great display featuring many different works from students in grades Pre-K - 12 all around the Bangor area will be up until Saturday, March 23rd by the old Sears entrance. The picture below includes the Veazie Community School panel! Great work by all of our artists under the guidance of VCS Art Teacher, Ms. Ashley Curtis.
Veazie Community School will be closed on Monday, March 4.
By now, many of you have probably heard about the "MOMO" Challenge on the Internet right now. Some say it is a hoax and some say it is real…... either way it has gone viral and is gaining a lot of media attention with several news reports showing disturbing pictures.
This is a great time to discuss Internet Safety. The following Internet Safety guidelines should be followed by schools and homes at all times, and not just when things like the “momo challenge” present themselves:
-Bringing up the MoMo Challenge (or other safety concerns) specifically may lead children to investigate it themselves. Instead, consider asking them whether they encountered anything online that caused them to be worried or upset.
-If your child is aware of this trend, remind them that Momo is not a real person, cannot directly harm them and cannot tell them to do anything.
-Remind children never to contact strangers online, regardless of the method, and never to give out personal information.
-Tighten device settings and parental controls.
-Report and block any content that is harmful or disturbing.
-Supervise your child’s online activity, limit video games and YouTube use to shared family spaces and keep an eye out for unknown phone numbers or email addresses.
As a school, we follow all federal rules and guidelines to keep children safe while using the school network and school devices. Unfortunately, as hard as we try, there always seems to be something new that trends with students and young people long before parents and school staff become “in the know" (such as the Momo Challenge). VCS will continue to use best practices and embed digital citizenship in all that we do. Students only spend a small portion of their day in schools, however, so we ask for support from the home front in monitoring the use of technology and more importantly, talking with your children about what they do online. Please stress that children should always report anything they see or hear that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe. Thank you for your support.
The VCS Student Council is hosting a Winter Carnival week, nest week. Many of the activities are after school, and require signed parent permission--these forms have been sent home. Here is a copy if you'd like to print. Reminder: Parents must pick-up students on days they stay after....the school does not provide after school transportation.
VCS Student Council Team Members delivered the donations they collected over the last few weeks to the Bangor Humane Society!! A big thank you to everyone who brought in donations!
This was a great way to kick-off Feb. Vacation week! Stay safe everyone!
Laurali Parker and Martin Skacel proudly represented Veazie Community School at last night's Penobscot County Spelling Bee. Congrats to both students just for the honor of being there. Martin finished in 4th place!!
WE ARE PROUD!!!
Art Fundraiser!
Be on the lookout for materials related to an art fundraiser. Parents will be able to purchase a variety of items displaying their child's art work! All money raised will be used to purchase art supplies for our PK - 8 program. Please contact our art teacher, Ms. Curtis if you have any questions: acurtis@veaziecs.org
The Veazie Town Office is closed today.
There will still be trash pickup.
Veazie Community School will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13. Be safe.
Veazie Community School is now accepting applications for our 2019-2020 full-day Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. Please stop by our school to pick-up documentation and schedule a school tour with the Principal, Matt Cyr.
Our student council Boxtop collection goal is within reach!
Congrats to VCS spelling bee winner Martin Skacel, and runner-up, Laurali Parker. Both will represent our school at the County Spelling Bee on 2/13/19 at Center Drive School in Orrington (6p.m. start). All spellers were outstanding in today's school spelling bee!
Congratulations to Veazie Community School Boys and Girls Basketball Teams! This evening, both teams finished runners-up in the Small School Division 1 Tournament. The boys team also won the Sportsmanship award, which is voted by league coaches. WE ARE PROUD!!!
Thank you Dead River Company. General Manager, Chad Caron donated tickets to Sunday’s UMaine men’s basketball game. Every VCS player and coach received a ticket!
Grades 2/3 had a great time working together to complete tasks and escaping The Winn-Dixie Escape Room. They solved task about the plot, the characters, and the vocabulary from the book. They received certificates and a party featuring food from our reading!
Reminder! VCS Student Council is collecting donations for the Bangor Humane Society, all donations need to be delivered to VCS by February 14th! The grade level wing with the most donations will be earning an ice cream party to celebrate their efforts!!!
One of our Civil Rights Team projects was featured in a State of Maine publication! WAY TO GO VCS!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LFXXfeirD2kCsGZsEsnOPt0-e3pazrSs/view
Kindergarten students were so engaged during our read aloud of “The Toll Bridge Troll” during Library Media class Monday. After our story, filled with lots of reenacting, new vocabulary, and even a little math, students were challenged to build their own bridge using KEVA planks. Students worked cooperatively with a partner across the river from them to help their bears cross using only twenty blocks. We’ll spend the month of February reading different versions of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” along with a specific Makerspace or STEM activity to accompany each book. The conversations and problem solving techniques these Kindergarten students shared with one another were so inspiring, and we can’t wait to see what else they can create!
4-8 Band students are invited to play pep band music as part of Tuesday's basketball tournament games. Band students will stay after school and can be picked up at 5PM or stay for the second game with parent supervision. Parents, be sure to read and sign and return the letter sent home with students.
PRESS START!
Join us tonight at 6pm.
