Congratulations to Vassar students, Landen Muska, Bradley Pederson, Sara Haynes, Madisyn Philo, Allison Geiger, and Jared Geiger for being inducted into the National Technical Honor Society at the Tuscola County Technology Center. Great job, Vulcans!
Check out this week's Vulcan View!
https://youtu.be/KFuGnRGhI2M
6-12 Families! It's time to pre-order your 2022-2023 yearbook. Please visit ybpay.com and enter code 13043123. Yearbooks are $45 and does include grades 6-12. The order deadline is June 2. If you have any questions, please email spiazza@vassar.k12.mi.us
Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as Be A Star by School Resource Officer Hammill.
Liberty Shepherd (8th Grade) was nominated for always being helpful, on time, kind and always being a great example for her peers and showing the Vulcan Values.
Jaiden Horton (10th Grade) was nominated for helping clean up the bleachers at the last several home basketball games without being asked. He takes pride in his school. Jaiden was also recognized by NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers) with a certificate of "Caught doing a good deed."
Congratulations to Jimmie Hubbard on graduating from the Vassar Virtual program and receiving his diploma. We are so proud of your hard work and can’t wait to see what you do in the future!
Here's a Saturday opportunity for all Teens!
NEW, updated 2nd Marking Period Honor Rolls for the Middle School. We apologize to all middle school parents and students for the wrong lists being printed for last marking period. Here are the correct Honor Roll lists for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Congratulations to all students! Keep up the good work!
Please share this information with anyone that has a child that will be old enough for preschool next year!
Enrollment is available for the 2023-24 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) Preschool program by using the attached document or you can enroll online by using this link: https://forms.gle/Hh9648JbEfaqdKM59
Check out last week's Vulcan View!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP5Mc1KOjwg
There is nothing better than seeing the success of our former Vulcan Students! Meet Erica VanPoppelen (Taylor), a 2012 graduate of VHS. Erica received a Bachelor of Science from Ferris State University and a Master's in Engineering Management from Trine University. Erica is now a designer for General Motors. She has assisted in designing the Cadillac Celestiq front cupholder and mechanism, the Cadillac Lyriq armrest and mechanism, trim components for the Corvette, and trim and liftgate components for several SUVs! Do you know a Vassar graduate with a great story we could share? Send contact information to Stacy Esterline at sesterline@vassar.k12.mi.us.
Good morning, Vulcan Families! Due to inclement weather, Vassar Public Schools will be closed today, Friday, March 10. A decision will be made on after-school activities by 1 o'clock. Enjoy your snow day, Vulcans!
Congratulations to Sarah Piazza, Dawn Torrez, and Ryan Schian on receiving grants from Frankenmuth Credit Union. These grants will be used for novels, calculators, supplies for our backpack program at the 6-12 building, and a variety of other classroom supplies. Thank you for putting in the extra effort to ensure our students have access to a great educational experience!
March 21st is "Rock Your Socks Day" for Downs Syndrome. We have a student in the district who has Downs Syndrome, and we would like to support them and help bring awareness to Downs Syndrome by wearing our crazy/fun socks! We'd love to have staff, students and community participate to support our student!
There is nothing better than seeing the success of our former Vulcan Students! Meet Margaret Arnold (Bently), a 2000 graduate of VHS. Margaret attended Michigan State University, where she received a degree in English. Margaret has been employed with Auburn University for the past 11 years, where she is the Senior Director of Advancement for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Her team is responsible for raising $30M-$40M a year to support students, faculty, and programs in the college. The team's work makes college available for students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend college – which changes lives and family trajectories! I am so grateful to the teachers at Vassar who helped me to get scholarships to MSU and who helped me to tour MSU’s campus. Those four years at MSU changed my life, and my student job there led me to a career that has been very meaningful and impactful. Do you know a Vassar graduate with a great story we could share? If so, please send their contact information, a short blurb, and a recent picture to Stacy Esterline at sesterline@vassar.k12.mi.us
Hey Vulcan Families! The US National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Vassar. It is with an abundance of caution that we announce that Vassar Public Schools will now have a half day tomorrow, Friday, March 3. Students will follow their half day schedules with Central students dismissing at 12:05 and 6-12 students dismissing at 12:10. Due to the early release, there will be no pm tech center or after-school fun and fit programs. All after-school activities for tomorrow have been canceled.
Attention: Theater Students!
Tonight's March 2 play practice has been canceled.
Important information from the Central School and the Central Parent Coalition:
We have decided to have the K.I.S.S dance on Thursday, April 6, 2023, since we do not have school that Friday. The dance will take place from 5:30-7:30; notes will go home today or tomorrow with the students.
Don't forget to get your 100 books/chapter papers in! You get a surprise when you turn it in and have a chance to win a gift card to the April Book Fair!
There is nothing better than seeing the success of our former Vulcan Students! Meet Kevin Hecht, a 2017 graduate of VHS. While in school, Kevin attended the Tuscola Technology Center, was a student in the Computer Tech Program, and was a National Technical Honors Society member. After graduating from Vassar, Kevin took some classes at Delta College. Kevin left Delta and went on to graduate 160 Driving Academy. We are proud to say that Kevin is now a bus driver here at Vassar Public Schools. Do you know a Vassar graduate with a great story we could share? Send their contact information, a short blurb, and a recent picture to Stacy Esterline at sesterline@vassar.k12.mi.us.
Nic Messing from the Michigan Department of Treasury - Northern MI Outreach Analyst - MI Student Aid visited Mr. Morrison's JMG and Mrs. Torrez's Careers classes on Monday! Students were able to pick a career and conduct a budget-based activity. This activity required them to make economic decisions in order to keep their budget in the positive. To help the students make these decisions they were allowed to visit 14 poster boards. Each poster board was a different category of payments they would have to make. A few examples of the categories were credit cards, child care, groceries, transportation, etc. The students had to decide whether to be frugal, moderate, or elaborate in their choices. Each level had a different price associated with it, with frugal being the cheapest option and elaborate being the most expensive. Once they visited all 14 poster boards they then budgeted their checking account register to see if they had any money left over. If they didn’t, they were required to re-visit poster boards and rethink some of their choices to have money left over. It was a great day of learning those life skills here at Vassar High School!
Blood Drive this Friday at Vassar High School! Schedule your appointment today!
