New Year at Van Buren

Are you ready for school to start? I know my family is ready to go back to school and see friends, and learn from our amazing teachers. The PTU is also ready and planning a great year as well. We have been working hard over the summer to plan some amazing events for the school this year, the first of which is fast approaching.

I know many of you like me are wondering about the teachers that are no longer with Van Buren and who will be teaching your kiddos this year. Mrs. Randazzo has done a great job in filling our classrooms with some awesome teachers. Here is a break down on who is still here and who is new.

• We are so excited that Mrs. Jones is returning as our beloved kindergarten teacher! Her energy is a joy and is contagious in the school.
• Our perfect first grade teacher is still being sought out and should be ready to meet the students at the Ice Cream Social.
• We are excited to have Mrs. Thomas move into the 2nd grade classroom. Mrs. Thomas is a caring loveable teacher that we are over the moon to have nurturing our growing minds.
• We are happy to add Ms. Buie to our family this year as our 3rd grade teacher. Her passion is a refreshing breath of air that is ready to expand our 3rd graders knowledge.
• We are excited to have our fabulous Mrs. MacMaster back but this year as our 4th grade teacher. Her love for our students is amazing and we are excited to have her in our family!!
• Mr. Rauer on is an amazing teacher who is returning to our family as our 5th grade mind molder. Some of you with older kiddos may remember him from previous years as our computer teacher. We are blessed to have him back with our family.

As always we have an awesome group of support staff that have stayed as well as some new smiling faces as well. Some of our returning staff are: Mrs. Zering, Mrs. Kocsis, Mrs. Jahnke, Mrs. Greenup, Mrs. Elwood, Mrs. Woods, Ms. Tina, Mr. Jason, Ms. Becky, Mrs. Massey. We are so blessed and honored that they are part of our Van Buren family.

Now for some upcoming fun…..
On Thursday August 18th we will have our annual Ice Cream Social, but his year we are starting it earlier and having games and food. Starting at 4:30pm and going to 5:30pm families can come to the playground for some great games and to meet up with their friends. There will also be hot dogs, chips and a drink for $2 per plate. Then 5:30pm to 6:30pm we will be serving free Ice Cream and the school will be open to meet your students teachers and see their classrooms. You are welcome to bring in school supplies at this time.

The school year's first days are a little different this year, the first 2 days will only have half the students. This will give the teacher the opportunity to meet the students in smaller numbers and be able to assess the students needs and academic levels. Students with the last names starting with A-L will be on August 19th and M-Z will be on August 22nd. All students will start school on August 23rd.

The PTU has created a new website and if you are reading this you have found it! This site is for our Van Buren community to stay informed and better connected. Here is to a great year!!