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REMINDER: Plainfield Schools are CLOSED on Monday, February 20th, in honor of Presidents Day. Enjoy the 3-day weekend!
It's Battle of the Books time! Each of our elementary schools will compete against one another today to see who is the district Battle of the Books Champion!
Want to watch? We'll start streaming it on YouTube around 10:15... here's the link!
https://youtu.be/O6MY5oU6VGQ
Don't Forget! Plainfield Schools are CLOSED tomorrow, Tuesday, September 6th for a Teacher In-Service Day!
(Exception: LQA Full-Day Classes)
We'll see all of our Quaker Faces on Wednesday, September 7!
Just a reminder: Plainfield Schools will be CLOSED on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 for a Teacher In-Service Day.
(With the exception of Little Quakers Academy Full-Day Classes)
Just a reminder: All PCSC Schools are CLOSED today for a Teacher In-Service Day. Hoping all of our Quakers enjoy their weekend! See you on Monday!
Congratulations to Erin Elsey and Mindy Spacco for winning the Optimist Excellence in Education Award! We are thrilled they are on our staff, and so proud of them for achieving this award!
Van Buren student, Iris Paquet, was honored at our School Board Meeting this week for the last month's Value of the Month: Reliability! Congratulations, Iris!
Celebrating Van Buren's Teacher of the Year - Erin Elsey, 3rd Grade. Congratulations, Mrs. Elsey!
Just a reminder: School is IN SESSION this Friday! In an earlier version of our school calendar, it was previously noted as a teacher development day. The calendar has since been revised and we are in school on Friday!
Parents of incoming Kindergarteners--this is for you!
Don't forget to register for the 2022-2023 school year! Head to our website, click on "Online Registration" and follow the links!
(https://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/page/online-registration)
Harper Deal was nominated as Van Buren's Kindness Value Award winner at the January School Board Meeting. She was nominated by 4th grade teacher Mrs. Johnson.
Here is the link to episode 4 of Van Buren News. Have a great weekend!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ShGNfv5mzkn1XMxv2-5c3C9zso2N8khw/view?usp=sharing
Check out this week's episode of Van Buren News!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rXACDuAgdcvjP-i_qWGnbmlwTJWzuo8P/view?usp=sharing
This has been a great week for our Kindness Movement! Click the link below to view the next episode of Van Buren News!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1faAOptoVSoGQOV5Y-sOmTDspl6uqjcmb/view?usp=sharing
Van Buren Elementary is gearing up and looking forward to our Kindness Movement next week! Please see a short video below from Mr. Helmuth and Mrs. Manning explaining the movement. Feel free to reach out to your child's teacher for any questions!
Van Buren has a wonderful PTO, and we appreciate the work they have done to create this event for our school! There is also a link to a flyer created by our PTO.
Mr. Helmuth and Mrs. Manning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO99wLkOW6c
PTO Flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11bh_AHRdgKpqaeKPcHyNgmw_5fSluisc/view?usp=sharing
Van Buren staff and students focus on drug awareness and prevention Red Ribbon week (October 25-29). Special dress-up days are planned as part of the week's events.
November 8-19, Van Buren students will be challenged to do as many acts of kindness as possible. There is no better time than during the Thanksgiving season to encourage everyone to be kind, generous, and caring. Look for more details in the coming days. Thank you PTO for organizing this great event.
Reagan Thompson is Van Buren's Value Winner this month.
October 20 is a professional development day for teachers.