Welcome Back!

Welcome to a new year at VA! The first day of school was September 5, 2024.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, including the gymnasium floor still being under construction, the Halloween Social has been postponed. The social event will take place in the winter with a different theme. Please keep checking back for updates. 

PTO Events:

Upcoming events:                   

• November 18th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
• December 16th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
• January 13th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
• January 17th, 3:30PM-5:30PM - 7th Grade Movie Night
  Student will vote on the movie. The movie showing will be held in the Auditorium with snacks, popcorn and refreshments. 
  Please click HERE to volunteer your time at the event or to sign-up to send in party supplies. Unable to volunteer or send in supplies, please click HERE to make a monetary donation.
  
  
• February 10th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
  
  
• February 28th, 3:30PM - Read-a-thon
  This event is sponsored by the Library staff. The PTO provides funding to help support the event.
  
  
• March 4th, 4:00PM-7:00PM (or until sold out) - Brooks Bar-B-Que
  Our LARGEST fundraising event of the year. $15 per dinner(dinner includes: 1/2 chicken, roll, coleslaw, baked potato, and a desert). Preorder ahead to ensure you get dinner - ORDER HERE. *You can purchase meals to will be given to families in need (fill out the donate meal section on the pre-order page).
  All proceeds go towards providing services in the school, such as 8th grade moving up ceremony, teacher mini-grants, student scholarships, etc). 
  Please click HERE to volunteer your time at the event
  
  
• March 17th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
  
  
• April 21st, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
  
  
• April 25th, 7:00PM-9:00PM, Spring Dance
  All VA students are welcome to attend this themed event. There will be a DJ, snack, refreshments, pizza and games.
  Please click HERE to volunteer your time at the event or to sign-up to send in party supplies. Unable to volunteer or send in supplies, please click HERE to make a monetary donation.
  
  
• May 2nd, Career Day
  Mr. McFerron hosts this career day for the 8th grade students. Parents and community members can sign-up to be a presenter. PTO provides snacks and refreshments to the event speakers. 
  
  
• May 5th-9th - Staff Appreciation Week
  A week to thank the wonderful staff at VA.
  Please click HERE to volunteer your time at the event or to sign-up to send in party supplies. Unable to volunteer or send in supplies, please click HERE to make a monetary donation.
  
  
• May 8th-9th - Mother's Day Plant Sale
  PTO provides potted plants for students to purchase over the 2 days to give to their mothers, aunts, sisters, etc. 
• May 12th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
  
  
• May 25th, 6:00PM - Grade 5 Parent Orientation
   Look for the PTO table.
  
  
• June 9th, 7:00PM, Virtual - PTO Meeting
  
  
  
• June 23rd - 8th Grade Moving-up Ceremony
  
  

Past events:

• October 21-Nov 4 - Supported Nisky NOW by collecting jars of jelly. For more information on this program, please visit www.niskayunaschools.org/niskynow/.
• October 21st, 7:00PM, Virtual meeting - PTO Meeting. 
  
• October 14th-18th - Scholastic Book Fair *All Scholastic Dollars from the sale of each book are used to purchase books for the Library and teacher classrooms. Special thanks to Lakeside Farms, Indian Ladder Farms, Bowman Orchard, Fo'Castle Farms & Gade Farms for the donations of cider, cider donuts, and apples. For more information visit our Scholastic Book Fair web page https://vanantwerppto.membershiptoolkit.com/book-fair
• October 11th - Community Day: The PTO provided monetary assistance to help fund the workshops.
• September 27th, 3:30-5:30PM - 6th Grade Social
  A wonderful opportunity for all 6th grade students to gather together. There will be a DJ, games, snacks, pizza and refreshments.
• September 25th, 6:30PM - Back to School Night. Learn about your student(s) day and meet the teachers. Look for the PTO table in the cafeteria. 
  
• September 16th, 7:00PM, Google Meet - PTO Meeting
  

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