Van Meter Community School District

We're hiring an Elementary Special Education Associate to support student learning and growth! This position works closely with certified staff to provide academic, behavioral, and supervisory support in the classroom. 📘

Apply today at: https://vmcsd.schoolspring.com/?jobid=5425347

As we pause for the holiday, we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for being part of our school community. 🧡🍁

TK and Kindergarten students learned about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, then created their own mini balloons and used Sphero indi robots to hold their own mini parades! 🎈🤖

Congratulations to our IFCA All-State Team selections. Great job this season! 🏈

1st Team:
⭐️ Henry Lounsbury, Kicker
⭐️ Keaton Mennen, DL
⭐️ Christian Williams, LB
⭐️ Tate Doggett, LB

2nd Team:
⭐️ Brayden Fennessey, TE/FB

Honorable Mention:
⭐️ Luke Steinfeldt

After reading Balloons Over Broadway, 3rd grade students in Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Plein, and Mrs. Wright’s classes created their own Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade balloons! 🎈

Our preschoolers have been learning about balance using materials from an Iowa Scale-Up STEM grant! They’ve had multiple opportunities to explore stability, balance, and spatial relations through a moveable fulcrum, pan scales, games, stepping stones, and tops. 🌀

Join our team as an Elementary Special Education Associate! 📢

In this role, you'll support students with special needs by providing instructional, supervisory, and behavioral assistance in an elementary school setting under the direction of certified teaching staff.

Apply today at: https://vmcsd.schoolspring.com/?jobid=5425347 f

2nd grade invited their families into the classrooms for their Literacy Showcase! ✨

Students read a poem they picked out, talked about the words they were able to visualize, and shared the picture they drew of their visualization. After that, they read their Thanksgiving stories, which shared what they are thankful for. It was so fun getting the opportunity to share and celebrate their hard work! 📚

High School students have been helping our 2nd graders prepare for the Literacy Showcase! 📚

Congratulations to November’s Lead Dawgs from Grades 6-8! You make us proud! #VanMeter 🐾

Congratulations to our 5th grade students for Trotting to Triumph!

Our 5th graders were the winners of this year’s Turkey Trot Math Challenge, where the goal was to gobble up growth on Freckle—and wow, did they deliver!

To celebrate their incredible effort over the past three weeks, students enjoyed an action-packed dodgeball tournament, where Ms. Coleman’s class added another victory to their winning streak! 🏆🔥

We are so proud of the hard work and growth our students continue to show each and every day. Way to go, 5th grade!

Congratulations to our Class 2A - District 8 All-District football honorees! We're proud to celebrate these student-athletes. Well done! 🎉🏈

1st Team:
⭐️ Christian Williams: Defensive MVP
⭐️ Andon Watson: Wide Receiver
⭐️ Brayden Fennessey: Tight End/Fullback
⭐️ Gabe Jones: Offensive Line
⭐️ Henry Lounsbury: Offensive Utility & Kicker
⭐️ Luke Steinfeldt: Defensive Line
⭐️ Keaton Mennen: Defensive Line
⭐️ Lexon Blevins: Defensive Back
⭐️ Drew Rhodes: Returner

Honorable Mention:
⭐️ Tate Doggett
⭐️ Adam Glade
⭐️ Adam Boeck
⭐️ Quinton Hall

GAMEDAY: Join us at home tonight for our girls' basketball scrimmage against the Nodaway Valley Wolverines! Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏀
🕖 6:15pm
📍 Van Meter HS
🎥 fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/van-meter/organization/15612/van-meter-high-school
🎟️ Admission: Non-perishable item for the food drive.
#VanMeter

Three of our outstanding students will take the stage tonight at the 79th Annual All-State Music Festival Concert in Ames! 🎶

⭐️ Ella King, All-State Chorus, Alto
⭐️ Liam Newell, All-State Chorus, Piano
⭐️ Michael Smith, All-State Orchestra, Violin

They earned their spots through a highly competitive audition process, and we are incredibly proud of their achievement. 👏

The concert will take place tonight at 7:30pm in Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University in Ames. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and the Iowa State Center Box Office.

Thanksgiving Break is November 26-28! There will be no school for Van Meter students on those days. 🍂

GAMEDAY: IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY! Good luck to our football team as they compete against the Kuemper Catholic Knights in the 2A State Championship Game. 🏈
🕖 10:00am
📍 UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@IowaPBS (IowaPBS)
📈 https://iahsaastats.prestosports.com/composite
🎟️ https://unitix.evenue.net/events/IHSAA
#VanMeter

On Substitute Educators Day, we recognize the professionals who keep classrooms running smoothly. Substitute teachers bring enthusiasm and skill to every assignment, no matter the subject.

Thank you for your flexibility and your dedication to helping students succeed! 🙏

Our 7th graders created ebooks to share what they learned about the challenges faced by the people of South Sudan. With a clear audience and purpose in mind, they presented their work to 3rd graders today. Well done! 📚

#VanMeter

Today we celebrate National Parent Involvement Day—a reminder that great schools become even stronger when families are engaged. Your support and participation help students reach their full potential.

Thank you for partnering with us to make education a team effort! 🙌📚