September 1: VAN INTERMEDIATE GAZETTE TEMPLATE

VAN INTERMEDIATE

GAZETTE

September 1, 2023

Vandals of the Week

A Note From the Assistant Principal

Our Vandal Bucks are in full swing and Friday was the first time they got to redeem for prizes. So check and see if they used their vandal bucks to get anything!

Attendance reminders

We appreciate a call when your child is out but we will require a note within 5 days to be excused for illness. After 3 unexcused a note will be sent home via email and after 6 unexcused a note from the school will be sent home and once they reach 10 I will call and send a note.

We also have some great incentives planned for good attendance.

Thank you for all you do to support our school and help your child be successful. Please reach out if you need anthing from us.

natalie.brown@vanisd.org

Please sign up to be a college Wednesday Guest!!

We love having guests come to speak to our students about the possibilities after high school. If you are interested in signing up to come to speak on the intercom to the students about the path you took after high school and inspire students that they can dream big and accomplish great things if they work hard, then please sign up below.

Wednesday mornings: 7:50-8:10 AM.

Wear a college shirt when you come!

COLLEGE WEDNESDAY GUEST:

Weekly Sign-up

COLLEGE WEDNESDAY GUEST: Rachel George

Good morning boys and girls! I am so glad to be the college guest for this week and share my college experience with you.

I am an intervention teacher and work with students in small groups. I did not always want to be a teacher. When I was younger, I wanted to be an interior designer. That is a career where you design and decorate houses. However, as I got older, I realized that I loved working with kids and helping them learn. So I decided to go to college to become a teacher and major in education.

When I graduated from high school, I received many scholarships or free money for college. I used those scholarships to pay for my classes at Tyler Junior College. After a few semesters at TJC, I transferred to The University of Texas at Tyler. I graduated from UT Tyler with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.

You may think you know what you want to be when you grow up but plans change and in my case, I believe they changed for the better.

This Week in 2nd Grade

Creating a thinking classroom grant in action!!!

This Week in 3rd Grade

The students were given a chance to act out a chapter we are reading from our story, “Wind in the Willows”. They loved doing it and we worked on all of our story elements at the same time!

Counselor's

Corner

We are learning all about leader in me and the 7 Habits of a Happy Kid!

This week we learned how to be bucket fillers in Counselor's Corner and Fine Arts

There is a Leader in us all video

Vandal Bucks

Students got to redeem their Vandal Buck prizes today!

This is a school-wide, positive incentive program where students may earn Vandal bucks to purchase rewards from the rewards menu. See the menu below and talk to your child at home to help us build interest! These bucks can be given by anyone in the school and there are even ways for the whole class to earn them.