
The District COVID Planning Team is examining more in person learning. We will focus on the how first and then the when. Please complete the Return to 100% Feedback Request by Thursday, October 22nd at noon.
Survey link: https://forms.gle/9s1zV34hoDGZ8fcQA

HEY VANDAL FANS!
Stock up on your favorite Vandal Gear!
BSNSports is offering a 48 hour flash sale starting 10/14 through 10/15. This promotion is good for 20% off EVERYTHING, no min. purchase.
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/illinois/vandalia/vandalia-high-school


There will be no in-person or remote learning classes on Friday, October 9th for our Teacher's Inservice and Monday, October 12th in observance of Columbus Day. School will resume our Hybrid Schedule for ALL BUILDINGS on Tuesday, October 13th.


Phone lines appear to be back online. All CUSD 203 phonelines should be back up from the service outage.

IMPORTANT: There is a service outage with Newwave communications. This effects all CUSD 203 phonelines which are down due to the outage. We will keep you up to date when our phone lines appear active again.

The Vandalia School District will be implementing “Friday School” beginning Fri., Oct. 30th. Provided below is a list of criteria that would constitute your VES child being required to attend Friday School.




Please see our COVID-19 update. Enjoy the weekend!


We have been approved for free lunch and breakfast for all students attending through December 31st. Signup is the same as when we started school this year. If you have questions contact your student's school.

Good afternoon. Please see the letter regarding our COVID-19 updates.


We will continue to update you as we have new positive COVID-19 cases. Please read the letter for our update today.


To all students/parents - please listen to this video regarding submitting your child's mandatory attendance via Teacherease. This video is a step by step tutorial of how to do it. We still have many parents not submitting their child's attendance on their remote days. This is very important! Thank you, Mrs. Mesnard, Principal
https://www.loom.com/share/078068f4aec2447b9229606adf6282e6

Just a Reminder- There will be no school on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day! Enjoy your weekend!


We are now reporting our internal COVID data at least weekly to the public. You can find the link here: http://bit.ly/vandalscovid
Stay safe and enjoy the Labor Day weekend!

Good news this evening to share! The USDA announced yesterday that the free meal program has been extended until December 31st. We are able to provide free meals to all students effective immediately.

We are currently having phone bandwidth issues. I am working on this issue, so sorry for the inconvenience this morning.

We will move forward with our hybrid learning model next week based on our updated metrics that I shared yesterday. This is being sent out in response to Fayette County hitting the COVID Warning level today. Thank you for your patience and understanding this week.

Informational update- Our COVID-19 Mitigation Metrics have been updated to reflect the new IDPH COVID-19 County & School Metrics released this week.


Please complete the meal request form for Monday and Tuesday before 8:00 a.m on 8-24 if you want to order meals. https://forms.gle/fxqg28rFe9qg3hbc9
Details:
Two meals will be available for pick-up on both Monday and Tuesday during our adaptive pause Remote Learning Days.
Times: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Outside VES/VJHS, VCHS, the old post office in Hagarstown, the church at Vera, old water tower in Shobonier, and the storage shed in Bluff City.
Wednesday hybrid remote learners will receive their meals for Wednesday during the Tuesday distribution.

We are doing our best to honor in-person learning while being mindful we must have a safe learning environment for all who walk through our doors. My hope & request is that we can find a way to be respectful regardless of opinions. In my heart I know we are #VandalStrong.