Updated MS/HS Athletic Events for this week. Hope to see you all out supporting your Jayhawks!
Miss Hilling's Kindergarten class had fun celebrating the snowy day today.
Mental Health & School Safety Grant Survey
The Vandercook Lake School District will be applying for a grant to support mental health and school safety. We are surveying our community to provide input on the best expenditure of the funds if awarded this grant. We value your input, thank you for your time. https://forms.gle/6i3YvDNNaQKHQQC36
Last week to place your order for our Vandercook Lake Hoodies! Money must be turned into the MS/HS office by Friday, December 1st at 3:00PM.
Link to order form: https://forms.gle/m7UUgxkEmsQF423B7
The 9th grade will be taking a field trip to the Jackson Area Career Center on 11/30/23.
ATHLETIC HELP WANTED- We are in need of game clock operators for basketball season this winter. It is the best seat in the house and it puts you right in the middle of all of the action. Please contact the office if you are interested.
Vandercook Lake students in 7th, 9th, & 11th grade will participate in the
anonymous online MiPHY Health Survey during their English classes in December.
Parents wishing to opt-out should have their student pick up an
opt-out form from the front office. Students must return the opt-out forms by
Friday, December 1st. Unless opting out, please do NOT return the forms.
Parents wishing to review the MiPHY survey, please come to the office
prior to the end of the school day on Friday, December 1st. Please see parent emails for more information.
This survey is statewide and intended to anonymously collect information
that leads to programming support in areas of need.
Townsend Weekly Announcements:
https://youtu.be/DwboyPSPTcs
Over the last week, Miss Hilling's Kindergarten class had fun with Thanksgiving activities. We made a thankfulness tree by writing things we are thankful for on paper leaves. The students also wrote "I am thankful for..." sentences and drew pictures to go with them. They enjoyed making making handprint turkeys. After reading, "Turkey Trouble", the students colored pictures of turkeys in disguise. And after reading, "Cranberry Thanksgiving", we made and ate cranberry bread together.
Mrs. Lackey's class watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They made their favorite character balloons and had a parade of their own. They also created Turkey doughnuts.
Mrs. Johnson's 2nd graders learned about the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade! We listened to "Balloons Over Broadway", watched how the balloons are created, listened to Mrs. Albert and her experience with piloting a balloon for the parade, and did our own Parade of balloons! So FUN!
A big thank you to Jackson Auto for donating math/reading learning materials!
We gave away more home-made hats to our middle-schoolers today! Thank you, Kathy R!
A third grade team of artists worked together to create a replica of the Titanic in the art studio.
The MS/HS is placing a sweatshirt order for the Holiday season. If you are interested fill out this google form and drop off your money to the MS/HS by December 1st.
https://forms.gle/A8F6bSNxSKX7pcr37
Townsend Weekly Announcements:
https://youtu.be/9Bjn5nhmVfk
We work hard, play hard, and are thankful for our Vandy family. This week, MS/HS teachers participated in teacher-led professional development on Depth of Knowledge, enjoyed a feast for Friendsgiving, hunted for turkeys, and dominated the student/staff volleyball game! It's great to be a Jayhawk!
CONGRATULATIONS to:
MISS HILLINGS
Kindergarten class!!!
They will be receiving special chocolate chip cookies next week for being the class with MOST bags of popcorn purchased today!!! Thank you all for your incredible support!
2023-2024 Townsend Student Council
If you're between the ages of 11 and 17, the Library is having a Game and Pizza Night on December 20th!! Take a friend and play some games and eat some pizza!
