Viking View

Viking Time Schedule

8 FB Nelson vs. VMS @ LHS

• 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 8th

Viking Time Schedule

Orchestra Fall Concert Beg. Reh.

• 5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

• 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

7 FB Nelson vs. VMS @ LHS

• 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 9th

Viking Time Schedule

8 VB Nelson @ VMS

• 5:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 10th

Viking Time Schedule

Destination Imagination @ Library

• 5:30 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m.

7 VB VMS @ Nelson

• 5:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m.

C-Hall | TNR | TNS

• 3:40 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.

Friday, October 11th

Student Holiday

Staff Professional Learning Day

OCTOBER

14 - Holiday

15 - PTA Reflections Due

15 - 7 FB VMS vs. Lawler @ LHS

16 - 7 FB VMS vs. Lawler @ FISD Memorial Stadium

16 - 8 VB VMS @ Lawler

16 - IB Mtg @ FHS 8th Grade

17 - Rising Redhawks Tailgate

17 - 7 VB Lawler @ VMS

18 - C-Hal | TNR | TNS

18 - End of Q1

18 - Orchestra Movie Night

18 - UIL Eligibility End Q1

18 - Fall Pep Rally (8th Period)

18 - School Dance

Students took their school portraits and received their school I.D. badge and lanyard on September 24th. Please click here for school picture online ordering information.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please note that students will get in free to athletic events and other campus related activities if they present their ID badge. If students do not wish to carry their ID badge, to an event or school related activity, they may take a picture of their ID badge with their cell phone and present the picture to school staff. If students do not have their ID badge or a picture of their ID badge they may pay to enter the event or activity.

Canvas is our new learning management system (LMS), and it is taking the place of Learning Hub, Google Classroom, and class websites. Canvas provides an online platform in which students can interact with course material and activities. As parents, you can be an observer in the Canvas courses that your students are enrolled in this year. An observer can see due dates, announcements, and other course content but cannot participate in the course. The instructions provided will help you get started by creating a Canvas account and pairing it with your students.

Canvas for Parents

We hope that this new tool increases efficiency with you partnering with us in your child’s educational journey.

Calling ALL Vikings! Starting September 30th to October 10th we are hosting a food drive. NJHS is coordinating this with Frisco Family Services. They are looking for condiments like ketchup, mustard, and other sauces and spices. NO canned items, please. There will be boxes in the cafeteria labeled with each grade level where students and teachers can drop off items for donation. Keep in mind that the grade level who donates the most items will receive a reward!

Is your student interested in joining a Destination Imagination (DI) team where he/she will have fun, take risks, focus, frame challenges while incorporating STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math), and experience service learning? If so, please review the attached flyer outlining Vandeventer’s informational parent meeting coming up on Thursday, October 10, at 5:30 PM in our library. Please contact Mrs. Leal with your questions at LealJ@friscoisd.org. You can learn more about DI at this site: www.nextregiondi.com.

The Vandeventer Fall School Dance is scheduled for October 18th. The theme for the dance is VMS is Out of This World! Students may dress up in their best galactic wear. Details below.

When: October 18th

Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

What: Out of This World Dance

Where: VMS Gym

Cost: $5.00 (buy at the door or during lunches 10/15-10/18)

Requirements: Only open to current VMS students; students must have their student ID (or a picture of it) for entry; and students must be passing the 1st 6 weeks

FISD is currently undergoing authorization to be able to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Frisco High School. The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous high school graduation program recognized world-wide where students complete challenging coursework and IB specific requirements to develop well-rounded students who are able to contribute their talents to a global society.

If you are interested in joining this program next year, please be sure to attend one of the IB Information Nights at FHS.

IB Information Nights

October 23rd or October 28th

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Frisco High School auditorium (rear of building)

6401 Parkwood Blvd, Frisco 75034

Parents and students can also learn more about the IB Diploma Programme on the district website by clicking HERE or through the International Baccalaureate website www.ibo.org. Please email any questions about the IB Diploma Programme to Jenna Gates, IB Coordinator at FHS. GatesJ@friscoisd.org

Parents, Vandeventer Middle School’s Sixth Annual Career Day is right around the corner on Friday, November 22nd. We are looking for 50 to 60 speakers to share their chosen career field with our students.

This event is such a special day and the students look forward to it every year. If we are able to get 50 to 60 speakers, there will be 20 to 22 students in each of the 4 sessions that the speakers will be facilitating. After the 4 sessions, we will treat all of our speakers to lunch.

Please consider participating in this wonderful event and sharing your career with our students. Interested speakers may contact Dennis Thorpe at thorped@friscoisd.org for more details and/or to sign-up for our Sixth Annual Career Day.

Curricular Clubs:

National Junior Honor Society - Sponsor Kim Shea (Tuesdays-As Needed)

Art Club - Sponsor Leanne Rainey (Tuesdays 1/Month)

Academic Pentathlon - Sponsors Kristen Roberts & Jamie Buzan (Thursdays-As Needed)

Math & Science Team - Sponsors Ping Trinh & Sarah Stirman (Tuesdays @ 3:40)

Thespian Club - Sponsor Madison Davis (Viking Time)

STUCO - Allison Hillman (Mondays @ 3:40)

Environmental Club - Wendy Stelly (Fridays @ 7:55)

Non-Curricular Clubs:

Per district policy, the non-curricular clubs may only be promoted by the student club leaders. Students may provide information related to their non-curricular club to their peers via student created posters, word-of-mouth, and/or student announcements.

If your student is interested in participating in the PTA Reflections Program this year, please access the information from the link below. This year's theme is "Look Within." Entries due October 15th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjoCIjwKzUo&t=2s.

Please visit 2018-2019 Reflections Gallery to see examples of entries from last year.

We are looking to add more members to our PTA Board. If you are interested in Concessions Co-Chair, Programs or Healthy Lifestyles, please contact president.vmspta@gmail.com. No previous experience needed!

Vandeventer PTA currently has 193 members. 74 members are school faculty, so we are getting very close to Golden Apple Award. 22 members are students. Please consider joining our PTA as we are only 3 students away from receiving the Student Membership Award.

PTA Reflections submissions are due October 15th.

Click here to like Vandeventer’s PTA Facebook Page

Sign up for PTA Membership Here

General Meetings

Vandeventer Middle School Library

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

April 22nd

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

January 29th

May 21st (Tentative: Volunteer Breakfast)

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 at the campus and central office levels, including a middle school principalship and the role of an executive director overseeing nine campuses. Ms. Taylor looks forward to becoming part of the Viking family.

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 spending the last 7 years in Central Office and School Leadership. 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 who works in advertising and two kids who enjoy being teenagers.

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 for FISD for the past five years. Mrs. Brotherson obtained her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Mrs. Summers grew up in Laguna Beach, CA. with an early livelihood in the film industry. She started her educational career in 2002 as a Reading teacher in Houston ISD. In 2014, she joined FISD as an Integrated Language Arts teacher at Stafford & Roach Middle school. The majority of her career has been spent in the middle school setting with the exception of one year in elementary. Mrs. Summers has a passion for working with and helping students grow socially, emotionally, and academically. Her Bachelor’s degree is from Prairie View A&M University, and her Master’s degree in Counseling was earned at the University of Saint Thomas.

Mr. Thorpe has served an educator and counselor for the past fourteen years in the state of Texas. He began his career in education in 2000 as a middle school math teacher in Carrollton, Texas. After spending ten years in the classroom Mr. Thorpe became a middle school counselor also in Carrollton where he served on the district crisis intervention team for two years before joining Vandeventer Middle School in 2013. His bachelor’s degree is from Texas State University and his master’s degree is from Amberton University.

allmondt@friscoisd.org

469-633-4350

Maggie Garza, Data Clerk (Registrar | Attendance)

garzarodrig@friscoisd.org

469-633-4357

Iryna Faulkenberry, Principal Secretary

faulkenberi@friscoisd.org

469-633-4356

Frisco, Texas 75035

Email: vandeventer@friscoisd.org
Website: http://schools.friscoisd.org/campus/middle-school/vandeventer/home
Phone: 469-633-4350
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Twitter: @VandeventerMS