Vandalia Elementary School

An e-learning plan is being put in place in the event we would need to close. Please know this is planning and communicating right now. Our goal is to keep our schools open working with FCHD and the IL Department of Public Health.

Facts on COVID-19 and most importantly prevention measures.

If your child is staying for StangARTS tonight, you must come into the cafeteria at 4:30 to sign him/her out. Thank you!

The limo ride to Pizza Hut has been scheduled for March 24 for the 37 students who sold 20 or more items of cookie dough during the recent VES fundraiser. If your child earned this reward, he/she will be bringing home a permission slip on yellow paper this week. Please sign this and send it back to Mrs. Mesnard. All the instructions you need to know are on this form.

Help our schools with research about the technology use at your home! Please click this link: https://bit.ly/3aEzJzX Thank you for helping with our research! Please fill out ONE per household.

The cookie dough delivery date is Thursday, March 26 from 3:00-7:00 in the VES cafeteria. The cookie dough must be picked up during this time as we do not have freezer space to store it for you.

Reminder that this Thursday, March 5 is our annual Grandparent's Event! This time it will be in the evening beginning at 6:00. At 6:00 in the VES gym we will kick off with a fun singalong led by VES Music teacher Mrs. Welch. We will be singing songs loved by young and old! This will last about 15 minutes. After that we will broken up into groups and you can move from station to station according to your interest. Our stations will include snacks, crafts, a skit, activities, a photograph station, and the Book Fair. All VES students and their families (including grandparents of course) are invited to attend. The event will last from 6:00-8:00.

Buddy Bench update from Miss Bennett: We have concluded the fundraising for the Buddy Benches. I don’t have a final total raised yet, but will share that when I do. I know we have raised enough to get a buddy bench for each building (VJHS, VCHS, and Jefferson) and an additional one that will be placed at Rogier Park. Thank you to everyone who supported this effort.

Reminder that the PTO meeting is today, Monday, March 2, at 3:30 in the VES library.

ATTENTION ALL PAST HONOR CHORUS MEMBERS: We are celebrating 38 years of Honor Chorus along with tribute to Carol Osborne. We would like to invite you (any past Honor Chorus member, any age) to sing the final song, "Fight Song" by Rachel Patten, of our performance with the Honor Chorus students this year. Feel free to join us for practice Friday, May 1st at 4:30pm in the Vandalia Elementary School gym. The performance will be Saturday, May 2nd at 7:00pm in the VES gym. If you have questions please contact Billie Worker, Nancy Childress or email Lisa Robbins at lrobbins@vandals203.org.

2nd grade musical

Our annual cookie dough sale has been a huge success once again. I have passed out every "chicken" I have and have ordered more. If your child hasn't received her/his chickens yet, I assure you I'm keeping a list and will get them to the students asap. As we process the order forms and count the money, I will be putting an update on Facebook with a list of the limo ride/Pizza Hut earners. Any student who sold 20 or more items of cookie dough will earn this reward. If you haven't turned in your money/order form, please send it to the school asap.

Reminder that school dismisses at 11:30 today, Friday, February 14, 2020. Parent/teacher conferences are today from 12:30 to 3:00 at VES. There is no school on Monday, Feb. 17 in observance of President's Day. Money and order forms for the cookie dough sale is due on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Please make sure your child's name is on the cookie dough order form and the envelope money.

Reminder that the cookie dough sale at VES runs through Feb. 18th. Money and order forms are due on that day. If your child has sold cookie dough, you may send in the chicken "coupons" anytime. When the child turns in a coupon, they receive a toy chicken. There are several to collect. All students who sell 20 items will go with Mrs. Mesnard to Pizza Hut in a limo one day in March. Thanks for your participation in this!

Vandalia Correctional Center presented a Buddy Bench to VES this morning. #vandalstrong

Vandalia Correctional Center presented a Buddy Bench to VES this morning. #vandalstrong

Mrs. Langston's and Mrs. Philpot's 2nd grade classes celebrated the 101st day of school today!

Vandalia Schools will be dismissing early today, Wednesday, February 5th due to the potential winter weather. VES will dismiss at 2:00pm; VJHS and VCHS will dismiss at 2:15pm.

Because of inclement weather, school will be dismissing at 2:00 today, Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Information about cookie dough fundraiser: The cookie dough sale will run from Feb. 3 through Feb. 18. I am aware that the info that went home in the packet says Feb. 17 but that is President's Day so the 18th will be our due date for money and order forms. Thanks to all of you who are selling! If you have questions you can email me at smesnard@vandals203.org or send the question to me on this Facebook post.