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!!!
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.
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.
We are proud to share that the Versailles Exempted Village School District was just notified that we are one of the 2023 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award winners.
"This honor recognizes the outstanding work your school is doing to engage more female students in computer science. Research shows that female students who take AP computer science are more likely to major in computer science in college compared with matched peers. Through your leadership in diversifying computer science education, you’re preparing your female students for the in-demand jobs of the future and giving them the opportunity to help solve some of society's most challenging problems. "
Again, congratulations. Thank you for your commitment to expanding access to computer science education.
Sincerely,
Advanced Placement Program
For further information:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/scores/awards/ap-computer-science-female-diversity-award?SFMC_cid=EM1106807-&rid=406925061
Good evening Tigers, This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with a reminder about tomorrow, January 26, 2024.
Friday, January 26, 2024 will be the 3rd and final full day staff professional development day as indicated on the district calendar. School will be closed for students as staff participate in a number of professional development opportunities.
Thank you very much. Have a great evening and a wonderful weekend!
As students have the day off tomorrow, consider coming out and supporting our Lady Tigers basketball team as they take on Delphos St. Johns this evening.
In accordance with the district's policies on disposal of school property we have an obligation to make this vehicle which was purchased with public funds available to the general public.
The district is disposing of a 2014 Ford Escape. This 4 cylinder, 4-door Escape seats 5. The vehicle was purchased used in July of 2017 and had 28,720 miles on it at that time. The purchase price at the time was $17,149.
The district utilized this vehicle regularly as it now has 187,208 miles on it. The district is removing it from its fleet after it blew a transmission a few months ago. It has been regularly maintained by a mechanic to that point, and has relatively new tires on it. If you work on cars, this might be a nice little vehicle, but to be clear, the vehicle would need a new or rebuilt transmission if you wished to make it road worthy again.
We have an obligation to accept the best responsible bid. To express interest in the vehicle please see the district's website or click this link: https://forms.gle/eYrapzivBdf2irmD7
Good evening Tigers, this Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message regarding an upcoming change to the district's calendar.
Due to the upcoming Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 and the potential travel complications that many government agencies are anticipating, the district will not be in session on April 8. This will be considered a calamity day. As of 1/23/24 we’ve now used three of the five allotted days, the first being the State Championship Football game day, #2 being this past Friday (January 19, 2024) and the third being the upcoming April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse day. Should we have further cancellations due to weather we have the ability to have 2 more calamity days before we would be required to start making up additional days. Should that come into play, we will, of course, communicate that out to the community.
The school is working to obtain solar eclipse glasses for each of our students to offer protection and their ability to safely observe this very rare phenomenon. We will communicate how those will come home once we’ve obtained them. Further, the Darke County Libraries are also going to have solar eclipse glasses available for members of the community. Feel free to contact the Darke County Libraries for further information about their distribution plans. They do not have an unlimited supply of glasses, but certainly want to help their patrons to the degree they are able.
For further information about the solar eclipse, feel free to go to https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/ and Darke County’s Solar Eclipse website at https://www.visitdarkecounty.org/total-solar-eclipse-2024
Good Sunday morning Tigers.
Message from the Cafeteria/Food Service Department:
Due to the snow day this past Friday and the popularity of the meal that day - we will be moving the menu from Friday to Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The menu for the rest of the week will remain the same.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024's menu:
Mac & Cheese (D, W)
PB & J Pocket (P, W)
Corn
Cinnamon Applesauce
Milk
Thanks. Stay warm. See you tomorrow!
MAC Champs!! 🖤🧡 Congratulations to both the boys and girls teams for their first place finishes today! 🏆
TOP 3 RESULTS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS:
FIRST PLACE
200 Medley Relay- Lydia Hecht, Ella Porter, Ava Shardo, Salimah Shardo
50 Free- Ava Shardo
100 Fly- Ava Shardo
100 Free- Dylan Dunn
SECOND PLACE
200 Free- Salimah Shardo
200 IM- Lydia Hecht
200 Free Relay- Lydia Hecht, Lily cordonnier,, Salimah Shardo, Ava Shardo
100 Back- Lydia Hecht
400 Free Relay- Erin Frederick, Lily Cordonnier, Emma Meyer, Paige Holzapfel
200 IM- Michael Menke
50 Free- Dylan Dunn
100 Fly- Michael Menke
400 Free Relay- Daniel Waymire, Andrew Meyer, Ben Pitsenbarger, Dylan Dunn
THIRD PLACE
100 Fly- Lilly Cordonnier
100 Fly- Daniel Waymire
100 Breast- Daniel Waymire
Good Morning Tigers this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important weather related message. Due to the timing of the snow and when it is expected to end, Versailles Schools will be closed today, January 19, 2024. Some of the state routes were actually worse than some of our back roads. Please be safe and have a great weekend.
As a side note, we've had some issues brought to our attention over the last couple of days with some individuals not getting the all calls. If this happens to you, please contact the school so that we can find our what the issue is or was and make sure that we resolve it. We want to make sure that we are communicating clearly and we aren't always aware if someone didn't get a message.
January is School Board Recognition Month, and Versailles Exempted Village Schools are celebrating its board members for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students.
Today's Board Member Highlight is on Jerry Shardo.
Jerry Shardo is the newly elected Board Vice President. Mr. Shardo grew up in Willowdell and continues to live there. Jerry is a graduate of Versailles High School and has been married for 41 years to his high school sweetheart, Reyna, who works as the HS secretary for Versailles schools. The Shardos have 3 married children, Mindy, Joe, and Jeremy, and 8 grandchildren. Jerry was part owner of a local pallet shop for approximately 35 years until he sold out to his brother and nephew. Jerry continues to work part-time for them today and also runs a small used car business on the side. Jerry shared that he decided to become a Versailles school board member to simply give back and to do my part in keeping Versailles schools at the top of the pack.
Versailles Community, please consider sharing this posting:
Versailles Schools is looking for a full time Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist 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 state of Ohio license in addition to an Ohio Department of Pupil Services license.
A full job description is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vjOBU1GWeedukKkYRLC6xFvhiFm3Eprr/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.
Parents of Bus 9 students, we apologize for the second call, but wanted to communicate clearly with you. About 7:44 Bus 9 broke down about 5 miles away from the school district. Another bus was sent out to where the bus broke down. The students on the bus are being switched to the new bus and are being brought in to school presently. The last several stops were picked up by several other buses to get those students picked up as quickly as possibly.
Good morning, this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important weather related message.
Due to the little bit of fresh snow, we've decided to start today, January 16, 2024 on a two hour delay to give our youngest drivers some daylight. Please be safe when coming in this morning. Take your time. Be careful. We'll see you 2 hours late today.
January is School Board Recognition Month, and Versailles Exempted Village Schools are celebrating its board members for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students.
Today's Board Member Highlight is on Christy Prakel.
Christy is our most recent, newly elected Board member - beginning her service in January. Christy resides in Versailles with her husband Mike. She grew up near New Weston on the Stemley family farm and tomato cannery, attending Ansonia Schools, where her father Neil and grandfather Charles served on the school board.
Christy graduated from Miami University in 1988. She lived in Indianapolis for 16 years and worked in the publishing industry. Seeking a more peaceful, sensible, and family-centered way of life, the Prakels moved to Versailles, Mike’s hometown, in 2004 with their 5 children: Mary, Margaret, Samuel, Caroline and Lucy. Christy was involved in booster groups and other volunteer efforts at Versailles Schools for 16 years. At St. Denis Catholic Church, Christy and Mike have been active in various ministries. Since 2009, Christy has served as the director of the Darke County Foundation, managing charitable funds for the benefit of Darke County residents.
January is School Board Recognition Month, and Versailles Exempted Village Schools are celebrating its board members for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students.
Today's Board Member Highlight is on Matt Magoto.
Matt Magoto is an Engineering Manager for Midmark Corporation. Prior to joining Midmark in 2009, he held positions in quality, was a six-sigma black belt, as well as a product engineering manager for Delphi Automotive and Lear Corporation. Matt came to Midmark as a manufacturing engineer on the casework assembly line. He has been promoted multiple times in his career at Midmark to MPS coordinator, supervisor in operations, manager of technical service, and most recently engineering manager in 2019.
On top of being a school board member of Versailles, He has also served as President of Versailles Rotary Club, Board Member of Versailles Area Chamber of Commerce, and Board Member of Versailles Youth Baseball Association. He has coached both youth baseball as well as youth girls and boys’ basketball teams. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Dayton and an MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute.
Matt is a ‘97 graduate of Russia High School, who has been married for 20 years to his wife Julie, and has 3 children, Lexi (18), Cameron (16), and Kayla (14). His hobbies include playing basketball, running (13 half-marathons), and of course being a big part of his kid’s lives.
Reminder that tomorrow, January 15, 2024 - school will not be in session in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. Born in 1929, King's actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday). The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.
King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law.
The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later on January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.
It feels like there is a message in this picture from the sunrise this morning.
What a blessing this school is to our community!
January is School Board Recognition Month, and Versailles Exempted Village Schools are celebrating its board members for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students.
Today's Board Member Highlight is on Jake Broering
Jake Broering resides in suburbs of Willowdell with his wife Christy and their six children: Greta, Simon, Delia, Vayda, Colin and Lyla. He enjoys spending free time attending kids activities, sporting events, and camping trips.
Jake is the newly elected Board President and is an Engineering Manager at Midmark where he has worked for over 20 years. He has worked in several different capacities in both New Product Development and Manufacturing Operations. Jake is a 2001 graduate of Versailles, holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, and a Master of Science in Business Administration from Wright State University.
