Van Buren Elementary School

Van Buren Elementary students enjoyed a week of dressing up, each day a new theme, in support of United Way. Monday: My Future is SO Bright Tuesday: Comfy, Cozy PJ Day Wedn...

Support Van Buren and take a break from cooking! Come by or order from Chipotle on Perry Road (Plainfield) tonight, Wednesday, October 7, from 4pm-8pm for delicious support for ou...

United Way is having its yearly fundraiser to raise money for community programs. Students are encouraged to bring a dollar to participate in the following spirit days!

This week, the students at Van Buren are hosting a fundraiser for United Way. Each day is a different dress up theme for $1 to United Way. Monday was Wear Your Pajamas to School D...

Mrs. Ash's Kindergarten class did some basic animation on the computer today. They had to pick a background, character, and move the character by doing some coding on Scratch Jr. ...

Mrs. Bennett's First Grade class learned about a plant's life cycle and explored sunflowers and seeds.

The students in First Grade from Van Buren Elementary enjoyed dressing like and learning about community helpers and careers. The students shared and wrote about what they want to...

Mrs. Underwood's first grade class watches a caterpillar turn into a beautiful butterfly!

In Mrs. Speck's 4th grade class, the students love to help each other study new words and build up their schema. Working together is one of the many great learning strategies used...

Mrs. Vieck's 5th grade class did a Mystery Science lesson where the kids build parachutes out of paper using a bobby pin as the person. They had to go through the design process a...

Kindergarten students at Van Buren learn reading, writing, and observation skills in creative, engaging ways!

Second grade students from Van Buren honor First Responders with thank you letters, pictures and happy faces.

Thank you to the Van Buren PTO for our beginning of the year ice cream treat on Friday!

Thank you, Van Buren PTO, for the wonderful beginning-of-school ice cream treat! Students enjoyed the dessert and a beautiful day outside. Thank you for making us feel special! ...

Behind the scenes at Van Buren Elementary's Picture Day! Students got to show off their smiles for just a second, and they were quite brilliant!

What fun projects the students at Van Buren have been completing! Each one was created as a "finishing touch" to a great lesson on letters, rhyming words, and books. ...

The Van Buren fifth grade students worked hard this week and took well-deserved, socially-distanced "brain breaks".

Van Buren Elementary students enjoy 4 specials rotations once per week. Our specials include Art, Computer Science, Media Center with our classroom teachers, and Music classes. C...

We are celebrating race week at Van Buren Elementary! Wear yellow tomorrow (Wednesday), blue and orange on Thursday, and black and white on Friday!

Thank you to teachers, staff, families, and especially students for a fantastic first full week in school!