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Join PTA: It's not too late! Parents, teachers, and students, please join our VMS PTA either through the PTA Website or directly at https://www.joinpta.org/.

You may also visit our VMS PTA Facebook page to see the latest updates. For questions regarding VMA PTA, please contact president.vmspta@gmail.com.

Check out all the Viking gear and order your spirit wear today! https://stores.inksoft.com/VAN074/shop/home

Monday, April 18th

National Volunteer Recognition Week

Student/Staff Holiday

Tuesday, April 19th

National Volunteer Recognition Week

We Are One - Wear your "We Are One" FISD shirt and jeans!

8 Period Day

• Viking Time - ILA

Musical Rehearsal

• Stage
• 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20th

National Volunteer Recognition Week

Block Schedule Periods 1, 3, 5, 7

• Viking Time - History

Pride of Texas Choral Festival (Pin Stack) @ Plano

• All Day

Track Meet @ Staley

• Vandeventer, Stafford, & Staley
• 4:30 p.m. - TBD

Liberty High School Tennis Tryouts

• Liberty HS Tennis Courts
• 4:10 p.m.

Thursday, April 21st

National Volunteer Recognition Week

PTA Inclusion Day - Wear your Texas PTA inclusion shirt!

Block Schedule Periods 2, 4, 6, 8

• Viking Time - Math

Musical Rehearsal

• Stage
• 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CPR (Registered Participants)

• Library
• 4 :30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

STEAM Night (Registered Participants)

• Cafe/Classrooms
• 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Friday, April 22nd

National Volunteer Recognition Week

Spirit Day - Wear VMS, Liberty or Emerson spirit wear!

8 Period Day

• Viking Time - Science

Taylor ES Senior Recognition

• Taylor ES (See Below)
• 7:20 a.m.

Choir All Region Pre-Rehearsal

• Cafe
• 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 23rd

Choir All Region Clinic/Concert

• Mckinney North HS

Band District Solo Ensemble

• Vandeventer MS Band Hall

FISD Job Fair

• Lebanon Trail High School
• 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

April

25 Musical Rehearsal

25 NJHS Induction

26 Assignment Cutoff

26 Musical Rehearsal

26 Orchestra Spring Concert

27 Beginner Band Concert

27 Track Invitational Meet

28 Musical Rehearsal

29 Advanced Band Concert

29 Musical Rehearsal

29 Choir Spring Concert

30 Musical Rehearsal

Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, began at sundown on Saturday, April 2, and will end on Monday, May 2.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is marked by fasting, reflection, charity and prayer.

It is believed that the first verses of Islam's holy scripture, the Quran, were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during this time.

It’s Spring in Texas so that means that allergy season is upon us. Surviving Spring allergies can be tricky as symptoms of allergies often mimic those of COVID-19. If your student has allergies, please make sure that you are treating them prior to coming to school and that they are taking their medications on a regular basis. This will help avoid them being sent home and placed on a quarantine for COVID-19. Medications such as antihistamines, decongestants or a combination of antihistamines and decongestants are options to try if you suspect your child is experiencing these symptoms. Nasal irrigations to help flush out pollens in the nose are also options.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Nurse Teeling

This is a friendly reminder that food deliveries from vendors (Uber, GrubHub, etc.) are not allowed. Moving forward, deliveries from food vendors will be denied. This information has previously been communicated to our families and students.

Additionally, as communicated at the beginning of the school year, the USDA waiver allows Frisco ISD to provide free meals to all students during the 2021-22 school year. Free meals will continue to be served through the end of the current school year.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Congratulations to the following Choir students who were selected for the 2021-22 All-Region Choir:

Phoebe So - Soprano II

Kyron France - Tenor II

Mahima Bathula - Soprano II

Sidney Mallari - Alto

Zarin Murshed - Soprano II

Raima Choudhary - Soprano II

Thank you Mrs. Cotten for your leadership and support!

Because of the incredible work of our music teachers, Frisco ISD has once again been recognized by the NAMM Foundation as one of the Best Communities for Music Education for 2022! This is a tremendous honor that recognizes the work that our teachers do each and every day. This rigorous selection process takes into account music education from all angles – not just what is being done in the classroom, but how it is accomplished and, more importantly why strong support exists.

Simply stated, our community supports music education because they see the value in what it provides to every child.

Congratulations for a job well done and for a national recognition that is second to none. Our teachers are the real deal, and we are all extremely proud of them!

The NJHS Induction Ceremony for the 2022-2023 school year is scheduled for Monday, April 25th from 6-7 p.m. in the Vandeventer Middle School cafetorium. Please reach out to Mrs. Shea @ sheak@friscoisd.org for questions.

Check out our Vandeventer students helping out at the Isbell Family Movie Night. They volunteered to serve candy/soda - and they did a FANTASTIC JOB! Way to represent our community and school! Pictured: Lana, Masa, Harper & Bianca

Pentathlon Results - 7th grade

Varsity Team

Aarav Patil:

4th place – Language Arts

3rd place – Social Science

1st place – Fine Arts

1st place – Math

2nd place – Overall 7th grade Varsity 1

Scholastic Team

Jioh Park:

2nd place – Social Science

Cindy Zhang:

5th place – Fine Arts

5th place – Math

2nd place – Language Arts

Kairav Banerjee:

5th place – Fine Arts

1st place – Language Arts

1st place – Science

1st place – Math

1st place – Social Science

1st place – Overall 7th grade Scholastic 1

Honors Team

Sahana Narasimhan

4th place – Fine Arts

2nd place – Science

2nd place – Social Science

2nd place – Overall 7th grade Honors 3

Ranveer Awasthi

5th place – Science

3rd place – Math

Harsh Singh

5th place – Fine Arts

3rd place – Science

1st place – Social Science

The VMS 7th grade team won 1st place in the 7th grade Super Quiz and was 2nd place in the 7th grade Overall.

Pentathlon Results - 8th grade

Varsity Team

Deeksha Narasimhan

5th place – Language Arts

4th place – Social Science

3rd place – Science

3rd place – Fine Arts

Scholastic Team

Grace Fung

4th place – Social Science

Shreya Narayan

5th place – Language Arts

3rd place - Math

Sameera Patoliya

5th place – Science

4th place – Math

3rd place – Fine Arts

Honors Team

Medha Pedaprolu

2nd place – Social Science

Sraddha Pedaprolu

3rd place – Social Science

1st place – Fine Arts

The Vandeventer 8th grade team won 1st place in the 8th grade Super Quiz.

Thanks to these alternates who studied and practiced; they were ready to compete at a moment’s notice:

Aditya Jahagirdar

Akash Matukumalli

Om Joshi

Adithri Raghuram

Congratulations to our Vandeventer Pentathlon team!

Our 7th grade team ranked 3rd overall out of 71 teams in the state of Texas! Our 8th grade team ranked 6th overall out of 76 teams in the state of Texas! Way to go Vikings! What an amazing accomplishment! Thank you, Mrs. Roberts and Ms. Buzan for your leadership and supporting our students through this school year.

Parents/guardians are allowed to eat lunch with their student(s); however, we are asking parents/guardians to notify the administration as least 24 hours in advance by completing the form linked below. There will be a 2 visitor/family maximum per lunch per day on a first come first serve basis. Campus office staff will provide an email confirmation to the requestor if the lunch reservation is approved. The requestor MUST receive this email confirmation to redeem the reservation on the date/time requested.

Parents/guardians are NOT allowed to bring food and/or eat lunch with students other than their own student. There are tables designated for parents eating lunch with their student(s). Parents/guardians MUST check-in at the front office to receive a visitor badge. Additionally, parents/guardians/visitors must be listed in eSchool in order for the lunch reservation to be accepted and confirmed. Unauthorized visitors will not be granted access to the building.

All visitors must be prepared to show their photo identification when checking in at the front office and in order to receive a visitor badge.

Please complete the form linked below when requesting a lunch visit.

Taylor ES would like to welcome seniors from the class of 2022 to a Senior breakfast in our courtyard starting at 7:20AM. We look forward every year to see our departing seniors. After breakfast they will be introduced to our Taylor family at GMT. Please use the link below to let us know you will be attending. We are so grateful to our Taylor PTA for hosting this event.

Register here: https://forms.gle/qsXrjuoJgU4PuCmE6

2022 STAAR testing dates:

Tuesday, May 3rd - Algebra EOC (All students enrolled in Algebra.)

Thursday, May 5th - Science (8th Grade)

Friday, May 6th - Social Studies (8th Grade)

Tuesday, May 10th - Math (8th Grade)

Wednesday, May 11th- Reading (8th Grade)

Thursday, May 12th - Math (6th & 7th Grade)

Friday, May 13th - Reading (6th & 7th Grade)

There are several things you can do to help your child have a positive testing experience:

• Please do not schedule doctor or dentist appointments on testing days.
• Make certain your child gets plenty of rest, eats a good breakfast, and arrives at school on time.
• Students are required to be in their testing room promptly by 8:15 a.m.
• Students will have 4 hours to complete the STAAR test.
• Students will eat lunch in the cafeteria on testing days.
• Students will need to bring their FISD issued Chromebook, fully charged and their charger
• Students who receive oral administration will need wired headphones.
• AirPods or other wireless headphones are not allowed during state testing.
• Students may bring pencils, a lunch, a clear water bottle, and a book to read after testing.
• No fast-food deliveries or other drop offs will be permitted on STAAR testing days.
• The campus will be closed to visitors on testing days.

The district policy regarding cell phones and electronic devices during STAAR testing states that cell phones, smart watches and all electronic devices are banned from classrooms, hallways and restrooms during STAAR testing administration. A student discovered to be in possession of a cell phone or electronic device, once testing has begun may be subject to disciplinary action and the test in progress will be marked “no score.”

The district has also provided campus’ information regarding STAAR Testing and HB 4545. HB 4545 requires Texas school districts to provide supplemental accelerated instruction for any student who did not perform satisfactorily on the STAAR grades 3-8 or STAAR EOC assessments. HB 4545 requires supplemental accelerated instruction for students who do not pass STAAR. State law makes it clear that students may not opt out of tests, including standardized tests. More information is provided in this link STAAR Testing and HB 4545 .

Please drive safely and slowly through the carpool lanes for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up. Please help create a safe environment by following the procedures outlined below:

Morning Arrival:

• All non-busing students will enter the cafeteria doors located on the north side of the building. Due to the bus drop off, cars are not allowed to drop off students in the front of the building between 7:45 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.
  

• All students arriving by car should enter at the carpool entrance and be dropped off on the north side of the building outside the cafeteria.

• Please follow the carpool procedures.

Afternoon Pick-Up:

• Parents may pick up students from the two inside lanes along the traffic flow; the outside lane is reserved for moving traffic.

• 6th Grade – exit 6th grade pod

• 7th Grade – exit 7th grade pod

• 8th Grade – exit 8th grade pod

Additional Recommendations:

1. Alter pick-up time later when there are less vehicles in the carpool lane

2. Rideshare with a friend or neighbor

Arrival & Dismissal Map

Curricular Clubs: Reach out to the sponsors for meeting dates/times.

National Junior Honor Society - Sponsors Kim Shea & Wendy Tamney

Art Club - Sponsor Leanne Rainey

Academic Pentathlon - Sponsors Kristen Roberts & Jamie Buzan

STUCO - Sponsor Allison Hillman

Book Club - Sponsor Tiffany Crites

Thespian Club - Sponsor Jordan Barrett

Kidz Publishing Corps - Sponsor Keegan Lewis

Non-Curricular Clubs: Students may provide information related to their non-curricular club to their peers via student created posters, word-of-mouth, and student announcements.

How To Buy Tickets (all sports other than varsity football)

• NO TICKET SALES AT THE GATE -- ONLINE ONLY
• Tickets for middle school and high school games are available at events.ticketspicket.com or on the free TicketSpicket app in the Apple Store or Google Play
• IMPORTANT: The TicketSpicket app must be installed on your device to enter an event.

• All sales open on Monday at 10 a.m. on the week of the event.

Ms. Taylor began her career in education in 1997 with Irving ISD after receiving her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. After several years as a teacher and coach, she obtained her master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of North Texas and continued in Irving as a middle school assistant principal. In 2006, she transitioned to Dallas ISD where she worked for the next twelve years in various leadership roles. This is Ms. Taylor's third year as the Viking principal, and she looks forward to another great school year!

Marla Smith got her start in marketing and public relations, but found her true calling in education with the Dallas ISD in 2002. She taught RLA for 10 years and was a master teacher before transitioning to Central Office and School Leadership for another 7 years. Mrs. Smith earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Howard Payne University and her Masters degree in Education Technology from Lamar University. She has a husband and two teenagers. Mrs. Smith is excited to begin her third year at Vandeventer MIddle School.

Mrs. Brotherson grew up in Grapevine, Texas, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North Texas. She began her teaching career at Spears Elementary as a 5th grade teacher in a self-contained classroom. After five years, she made the jump to middle school, teaching GT ILA at Cobb Middle School and serving as the Lead GT Teacher. Mrs. Brotherson obtained her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington. This is Mrs. Brotherson's fourth year at Vandeventer Middle School.

Email: vandeventer@friscoisd.org
Website: https://schools.friscoisd.org/campus/middle-school/vandeventer
Location: 6075 Independence Parkway, Frisco, TX, USA
Phone: 469-633-4350
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VandeventerMiddleSchool
Twitter: @VandeventerMS