Versailles Exempted Village Schools

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participant is Zoe Billenstein. Zoe is a current Senior, FFA Officer, and exceptional leader in her class. We'd love to have you participate in the Versailles Voices Project! To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Versailles Community, please consider sharing this posting: Versailles Schools is looking for a full time School Psychologist for the coming 2024-2025 school year. Come join an incredible staff of dedicated professionals in a highly supportive community to make a lasting positive impact on our students. Qualified applicants must hold a School Psychologist Certificate/License A full job description is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xX38kldBS28QQStoOCBRsr0z2v1wkifE/view?usp=sharing If interested, please send resume, application, copies of license, transcripts, and BCI/FBI prints and any other pertinent documents that you feel help to convey who you are as a candidate to: Sarah Rhoades, Director of Special Education Versailles Exempted Village Schools 280 Marker Rd., Versailles, OH 45380 or sarah.rhoades@vtigers.org Application available at www.versailles.k12.oh.us, District, Employment, Certified Job Openings. If you have any questions, contact Sarah Rhoades at 526-4681, ext 4130 or sarah.rhoades@vtigers.org.

STATE BOUND!!!! 🧡🖤 Ava qualified for STATE in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly Both the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay also qualified for STATE. Both relays were swam by Lydia, Lily, Ava, and Salimah. GREAT JOB, LADIES!

Just a reminder that Monday, February 19, 2024 - school will be closed in observance of Presidents Day.

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participant is Jenn Von Duhn We'd love to have you participate in the Versailles Voices Project! To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Good evening, All OHSAA tournament events hosted at schools will offer cash sales at the gate. $8 for adult and $5 for students. You can also purchase tickets online at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. If is it not hosted at a school, tickets must be purchased online.

Please see attached public notice for a CHANGE in next Tuesday's upcoming Board meeting. As is noted in the attached document, the Board meeting will now start at 6:00 and go directly into Executive Session for the purpose of Treasurer interviews. The Board will return to open session at 7:00 pm to continue with the regularly scheduled business meeting.

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participant is Darian Feltz. Darian is a recent VHS graduate and current Ohio State University student. We'd love to have you participate in the Versailles Voices Project! To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participants are Jared and Kylie Turner. We'd love to have you participate in the Versailles Voices Project! To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Versailles FFA Places 1st District 5 FFA Ag Sales Contest & Headed to State On Monday, Feb 12th the Versailles FFA placed 1st out of 22 teams in the District 5 FFA Ag Sales Contest at Marion Local High School. The Versailles FFA Ag Sales team consisted of Colin Batten, Jayna Luthman, Andrew Wuebker, and Paige Gehret. Individually Colin Batten placed 2nd overall and Paige Gehret placed 3rd overall in the contest out of 100 individuals. The District 5 Ag Sales contest consists of an online test, individual sales presentation and a team oriented sales presentation. Versailles FFA members sold trailers as part of their presentation which is the district and state topic of the year. Versailles FFA will advance to the state contest. The Versailles FFA would like to thank Ryan Langenkamp of Farm Credit-Versailles and Mark Schutt of Frenchtown Trailer Sales for helping coach and advise the team. Congratulations and Good luck at state! Photo: Versailles FFA 1st Place District 5 FFA Ag Sales consisted of (Left to Right) Jayna Luthman, Andrew Wuebker, Colin Batten, and Paige Gehret

Good evening Tigers. This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with a fun and exciting message of community engagement to the Versailles community. This evening we are proud to announce "The Versailles Voices Project" This is an open invitation to all Versailles stakeholders...Versailles staff, students, and community members. We want to hear from all perspectives on this. Below are a few examples of what will become posts which we will share regularly on our Social Media channels as well as the Versailles Schools app. We are looking for short quotes that you would love to share with the community as a whole about what you love about the School District as well as the greater Versailles community. There is not a "correct" format for your response. We just want the comments to be genuine and to come from your heart, but we've provided a few example "starters" to get you thinking about what this might look like for you, if you choose to participate. Click the link below to participate. Please Share so others can participate. Please encourage others to participate as well. Let's make this go viral! We can't wait to see where this goes! Click here: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Sectional CHAMPS!!!

Versailles FFA places 3rd in District 5 Agriculture and Industrial Diagnostics CDE Contest Lucas Timmerman and Jeremiah Wagner represented the Versailles FFA in the District 5 Agricultural and Industrial Diagnostics Career Development Event (CDE) Contest on Friday, February 9th at Upper Valley Career Center. They placed 3rd in the district contest out of 22 teams. As part of the contest Lucas and Jeremiah took a written test and participated in 5 stations in which each piece of equipment they worked on had several malfunctions. Lucas and Jeremiah had 20 minutes to detect the problems and use diagnostics equipment to detect issues. A special thanks to Koenig Equipment in Greenville for hosting the District 5 contest and thank you to North Star Hardware and Implement for supplying tractors and technicians for the District 5 contest as well. Additional Versailles FFA members that participated in the online test and practices included: Trevor Luthman, Domonic Barga, Dylan Hemmelgarn, Ben Pitsenbarger, Carson Heitkamp, Levi Subler, Brandy Heitkamp, and Nathan Timmerman. A special thank you to Noah Shimp and Noah Barga for coaching the team and Koenig Equipment, North Star Hardware and Implement and Apple Farm Services for hosting the Versailles FFA for a practice. Photo: Team members Lucas Timmerman and Jeremiah Wagner placed 3rd in the district in the Agriculture and Industrial Diagnostics CDE Contest.

Link for today's State Duals https://www.versailles.k12.oh.us/o/vevs/page/athletics Also can be found on the NFHSNetwork.

Due to injuries, the JV girls basketball game today vs. WLS will only be 2 quarters. It will now start at 12:30 pm instead of 12:00 pm. Please adjust your schedules accordingly. It is also Teacher Appreciation. The varsity game will follow.

We are one day away from hosting the top 8 Division III wrestling teams in the state in the OHSWCA State Duals. You can see the bracket for more details. Back by popular demand with be commentary from Ryan Bergman and Nick Rhoades. Best in the State!

Public notice: The Versailles Board of Education has called a Special Board meeting for this coming Monday, February 12, 2024 at 7:00 pm for the purpose of conducting the Treasurer interview process.

Versailles FFA Hosted Harvesting Wellness Program Focused on Ag Mental Health & Estate Planning Sponsored by Darke County Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America Versailles On January 29, the Versailles FFA promoted Ag Mental Health and estate planning with a brand new program called "Harvesting Wellness". Over 150 guests were in attendance for this first time event held at Versailles School cafetorium. The Versailles FFA noticed heightened suicide rates in farmers, and chose to take action to promote mental wellness. The program was made possible through the generous sponsorship of Farm Credit Mid America and Darke County Farm Bureau. The program started with a delicious free meal that was enjoyed by all guests and during the meal guests also had the opportunity to visit different educational booths that included: OSU Extension, Phelan Insurance-David Coons, Tr-County Board of Recovery Mental Recovery and Be You For You. The meal was followed by a welcome from Zoe Billenstein, Versailles FFA President followed by remarks from Taylor Watkins, Darke County Farm Bureau organizational director as an event sponsor. The program next consisted of a dinner-theater style demonstration of stressors on farms. Skits were led by FFA members Zoe Billenstein, Riley Kruckeberg, and Colin Batten, with FFA Alumni member Greg McGlinch, Versailles FFA Advisor Dena Wuebker, and Darke County Commissioner Matt Aultman involved. Between each skit there were discussion questions led by the booth attendees; OSU Extension, Farm Bureau, Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health, and Be You and For You. Local assistants touched estate planning, stress management, and overall mental health, specifically of agriculture industry professionals and their families. Versailles FFA member Rhylan Broerman presented her prepared Public Speaking Speech relating to mental health in the agriculture industry. There was a separate program for kids in the ag classrooms that included games and activities that built on practices of farm safety and mental health. Mental health professionals' led the program with their certified information with every family that attended leaving with a care package. The event was to encourage adults and the youth involved in agriculture, and to learn about the importance of mental health. The program also consisted of a presentation by David Marrison, OSU Professor Interim Director of Farm Financial Management Policy and Institute who spoke on estate planning. In addition, different agencies and organizations spoke about the resources available through their offices which included: presentations from Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Julia Rose Coordinator, and Staff member Cody Odom, Bridget Britton OSU Extension Behavioral Health Field Specialist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Nicole Keller and Laurie Lewis representing Be You and For You. In addition all the guests left with special gifts to remind them of different factors of mental health which included journals, water bottles, t-shirts and Why God Made A Farmer sign designed and cut by Ken Hartke. The Versailles FFA would like to thank everyone that attended and a special thank you to Farm Credit Services and Darke County Farm Bureau for their sponsorship of this program and thank you to all the presenters. A special thanks to Versailles FFA President Zoe Billenstein and Vice-President Colin Batten for all their hard work in planning and carrying out the program. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event possible! Photo 5434: A free meal was provided to everyone in attendance catered by Joan Grilliot Photo 5456: Caden Buschur, OSU Extension Educator is shown at the booth with guest at the start of the program. Photo 5471: Rhylan Broerman presented her prepared Public Speaking Speech related to mental health in agriculture Photo 5522: (Left to Right) Riley Kruckeberg, Greg McGlinch, and Dena Wuebker participated in the skits throughout the night. Photo 5537: Dave Marrison-OSU Extension is shown presenting at the Harvesting Wellness program on estate planning. Photo 9516: Paige Gehret is shown giving gifts to one of the families that participated in the program. Photo 9486: The youth participated in a separate program that focused on mental health and farm safety taught by Versailles FFA members.

The Varsity ONLY Girls Basketball game vs. New Knoxville on Thursday will tip at 6:00pm instead of the originally scheduled 7:00 pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.

UPDATE to the Special Meeting notice from yesterday. As the Board will already be meeting, we've added one regular item for business which will be addressed in open session. That being the sale of a district asset - specifically, the used Ford Escape that was publicly advertised. After the Board takes action on that single item, they will go into Executive Session. Prior message: This communication is to serve as public notice that the Versailles Board of Education intends to hold a Special Board of Education meeting on Monday, February 5, 2024.  The meeting will take place at 5:30 PM at the Versailles Board of Education office, 459 S. Center Street, Versailles, Ohio 45380.  The purpose of the meeting is to meet with the Board of Education’s consultant from the Educational Service Center who is running the search process regarding applicants for the open Treasurer position to evaluate applications.  At the meeting, the Board will enter executive session to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing by division (G)(1) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code.  After conclusion of the executive session, it is possible that action will follow in open session.