Sharing & Caring

What an exciting time around Vantage this week. Mrs. Grothouse and her VCC class along with Mrs. Osenga and the Early Childhood class are leading the school's Toss A Toy drive this year. There are many families in the area that need help this season and all of us at Vantage can help. Earlier in the year they held a jeans day to start raising money. This Friday, they will be holding another fund raising event that will allow you to wear your jeans and along with that they will include an ugly sweater contest. It will cost $1 for jeans and a dollar to wear either an ugly sweater, Vantage shirt or your home school shirt. Any student who wants to donate a toy can bring the toy to the commons area in the morning and they will receive a ticket to attend a movie in the Community Center room on December 19th during their lab time. If they donate two toys they will be entered into a drawing for a Walmart gift card. Vantage has made a huge difference for little kids in the past and we hope to continue this tradition. Please think about donating and enjoy the season!

I also want to remind everyone about the book fair coming to the library starting this Friday. Mrs Knodel has been doing this book fair for a lot of years and what a great success it is. What a great idea for doing some early Christmas shopping. All books are 30% off and there is NO TAX!!!  There will be more books than you could possibly imagine and one that is just right for that special person on your list. I just read the recent Lexile scores for our students and what an impressive improvement made by over 60% of our school. All because everyone is reading more. I know the students will be tracking their reading time soon so why not pick up a book you would really enjoy and bury yourself in it over the holidays. Just imagine, sitting by the fire, hot cocoa, snow falling down outside and you snuggled up with a great book. It doesn't get any better than that.

Well that is it for now. Don't forget to stop by the office and say hello and grab a piece of candy out of my freshly stocked bowl. The Christmas decorations are up in the office and waiting for all of you to enjoy. Have a great day!