Versailles High School

It is the time of year that we start gearing back up for another season of Tigerball! Our fine football team starts getting to work next week. Of course, they've never stopped being in the weightroom. We are pleased to share some of the specifics of some very significant upgrades to our football facilities for the safety of our student-athletes. The practice field was completely reworked. Previously from the NW corner to the SE corner there was a more than 5 foot change in elevation, and from the NW corner to the SW corner the field dropped by more than 4 feet. Everything is now graded within 6 inches anywhere on the field. Thanks to the Village for letting us work on the area within the rules and requirements of the EPA. MANY thanks to Brumbaugh Construction who did the dirt work. Flow Masters Irrigation did the irrigation and sprinkler installation. Thank you to Brian Pearson, Mike Poling, and John Kindell who reseeded the entire newly graded field. All of the funding for this work came from the Friends of Hole Field. No tax payer dollars were used for this work! We are incredibly grateful to the Friends of Hole Field for their continued support and work to make things better for our kids. At H.B. Hole Field a failing retaining wall was removed and Luthman Concrete did the reinstallation of a new Concrete Wall and drainage behind the wall to ensure longevity. Lawn Plus did the dirt work and reseeding of the game field in the corner near the visiting band area as a result of the concrete work. The grass is starting to come up nicely in that area as well. We are proud of our facilities. We are proud of our students, and we are proud of our community who continue to provide support to the school district in innumerable ways. Tiger Pride! Let the countdown to Tigerball begin!

This content was from the end of the school year, but we thought it was awesome and wanted to share: The Versailles High School Drone team competed in a two day competition at the North Central Aerial Drone Competition in Flint, Michigan this past weekend (May 18-19). This particular competition fields teams from a ten-state region. Team 81834B, consisting of Jack Gerling and Cale Demange scored their highest individual skills score of the year and finished 16th overall. Team 81834T, made up of Patrick McGlinch, Luke Borchers, and Lance Keller, were able to qualify for the final tournament and finished 8th overall. Team 81834V, consisting of Alex Westgerdes, Cooper Keller, and Brady Rogers, had an awesome day and finished 3rd overall! Great job everyone!

We are still looking for a 7th Grade Volleyball coach for this fall. Please reach out to Head Coach Liz McNeilan or the athletic department if you are interested. We are also still looking for a head swim coach as well. Email scott.broerman@vtigers.org if interested.

Good morning Tigers this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message for our families. First, we hope you are all having a wonderful Summer break and that you are finding it restful, and rejuvenating. We are preparing for all of the students to return in the fall. One important task in having things ready to go is that we need all families to go into Final Forms and update your student(s) forms. Everything is color-coded. If it is red, it still needs to be addressed. Once you've updated and submitted each page, it will turn back to green. This is important for many reasons, but one is planning bus routes. Even if you do not use school transportation we ask that you update that screen as well. Please don't skip it thinking you don't use it so it doesn't apply to your family. We appreciate your help very much in getting those forms updated. Have a fantastic week. Go Tigers! You can update your child's form at https://versailles-oh.finalforms.com/

Thank you to all the volunteers for helping with our physical night last evening. Our nurses, Jackie Watren, Renee Subler, Amy Condon, Kylie Turner. Our Physical Therapists (Winning Edge): Dr. Stephen Winner, Dr. Amanda Winner, and Dr. Matt Subler. Dr. Ryan McNeilan (OIO) and his physician assistants : Cameron Flora and Christa Guggenbiller. Our athletic trainer (Wilson Health): Chad Keith. Thank you to Assistant AD's : Tim Summers & Holly Keiser for helping with registration and recording. We are fortunate to be able to offer this free service to our student-athletes and their families. Thank you once again and your time is greatly appreciated!

Congratulations to graduating seniors Lydia Hecht and Kaleb Petitjean for being recipients of the SWDAB Scholarship Athlete Program. Both of them received $1000.00. Congratulations!

The Tigerball Scramble is scheduled for July 21st. See the flyer for more details. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LsiSmu-kC9-XqArtkl0VTmmJ2avtrVu9/view?usp=sharing

Good evening parents, This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message about your child's achievement testing results. New this year is a requirement by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (what was formerly known as the Ohio Department of Education). All schools are now required to notify families of their child's achievement results from the just concluded school year, on or before June 30. We don't believe we will have the glossy, colorful score reports that you may be used to seeing back from the state in time to meet this requirement, however the students' achievement results have been uploaded to ProgressBook and you are able to get them there in the same way you log in to check your students grades and work completion over the course of the school year. Scores are listed as "Placement level" of either 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1.  These correspond to the old language that you are also likely used to from the past.  Now everything is on a 1 through 5 scale.  But you can correspond a 5 to being "Advanced;" 4 being "Accelerated;" 3 being "Proficient;" 2 being "Basic;" and 1 being "Limited."    You may already have a link saved that takes you right to the log in, but if not, go to the school website at www.versailles.k12.oh.us then click the "Parents and Students" tab in the black bar near the top of the screen. From there you can select the link to the ProgressBook log in. From there, at the bottom of the screen will be the Versailles icon. Click that. Next, click "Sign in." From there you'll be brought to the ProgressBook login screen. Enter your username and password. Once logged in, on the left side of the screen in the menu where all grade information is organized, at the bottom of that list is an "Assessment Scores" option. Click that and you will be brought to all of your child's Assessment scores that have been loaded into the system. ​We hope this is helpful. Please let us know if you need assistance. Have a wonderful week and a beautiful summer with your friends and family!

Info for tonight's District Final Baseball Game Address: 1165 Eaton Ave, Hamilton, OH 45013 Tickets can be purchased with cash or online at ohsaa.org. $5 students/$8 adults Gates open at 4:15 pm Please park in between the gymnasium and football field behind the school

The Athletic Department has the following positions open for the 24-25 school year Potential JH Volleyball coach Head COED Swim Coach Potential Freshman Girls B-ball Coach Potential JH Girls B-ball Coach Please contact email scott.broerman@vtigers.org if you are interested.

Sectional Final Baseball - UPDATE Milton Union vs. Versailles Game: Postponed We will play this on Thursday. 5:00 pm Versailles High School

Good evening Tigers, this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message for planning purposes about the last day of school. It is hard to believe that the last day of school is now only 2 weeks away. Pending Board approval at the upcoming May 21st Board meeting, we wanted to communicate to you for planning purposes, that the school district will let out 2 hours early on that last day - Friday, May 24, 2024.  Normal dismissal is at 3:05. On Friday, May 24, 2024, we will dismiss for summer at 1:05 in the afternoon. Thank you very much.  Let's make these last two weeks magical!

MAC League Track Meet tonight Hosted at Versailles 459 South Center St. Field Events start at 4:30 Running Events start at 5:30 pm All information with the meet can be found here: https://www.baumspage.com/track/trevent.php?peventid=2984&table=A

2024 Spring Tournament Ticket Information Tickets can be purchased online at www.ohsaa.org/tickets or with cash at the door. The only time the cash option will NOT be available is if the contest is taking place somewhere other than a school district. All students 6 years or older will need a ticket. Softball/Baseball: $5 for students, $8 for adults Track: $6 for students, $8 for adults Good luck to all our spring tournament teams!

Let's flood the interwebs with positivity! Drop just a name, or a name and a story. Thanks for making someone's day! #BetterTogether

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participant is Caroline Anthony. Caroline is a Senior at Versailles High School and is headed to Bowling Green next year Thank you Caroline for sharing. You mention in your post that you are proud to have gone to Versailles. Well....we're darn proud of you too! We would love to continue to share these, but that is only possible if you take a moment to submit them. We appreciate and need your continued submissions to the Versailles Voices Project. Please consider submitting a response as we'd love to hear from you (and so does the community!) To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

We are incredibly proud to share that Versailles High School has just been named to the US News and World Report's 2024 Best High Schools list. As we approach Teacher Appreciation Week next week, this notice was a pretty nice, and well timed "Thank you." None of what we do would be possible without the tremendous support of our community. We are blessed to have fantastic staff. We are just as blessed to have a fantastic community, and fantastic young people in our schools. Thank YOU Versailles! To read more, please follow this link: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/ohio/districts/versailles-exempted-village/versailles-high-school-15405

Our next "Versailles Voices Project" participants are Megan and Mason DeMange. Megan and Mason are 2016 Versailles graduates. Megan teaches 2nd grade, and Mason teaches vocal music. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. DeMange for your submission! It's been a while since we've posted one of these. Lets get this going again. We appreciate and need your continued submissions to the Versailles Voices Project. Please consider submitting a response as we'd love to hear from you (and so does the community!) To do so, click the link below: https://forms.gle/D8f7p542BNJEjAVj8

Congratulations to the following students who will represent their class as student council members for the 2024-2025 school year! Seniors: Colin Batten Emmit Demange Erin Frederick Landry Knore Ella Porter Ava Shardo Juniors: Paige Gehret Katey Litten Jayna Luthman Drew Meyer Ryan Pleiman Lauren Prenger Sophomores: Juliet Ahrens Greta Broering Rhylan Broerman Cale Demange Patrick McGlinch Maddox Stonebraker Freshmen: Liam Barga Gracyn Beasley Lily Bigelow Monica Evers Alexis Francis Samantha Knapke

Dear Parents and Families of High School Students, Staff, and members of the community, This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message about the morning of Friday, April 26, 2024. We have advertised this several places, including in a message to High School families from Mrs. Stonebraker, as well as the fact that it has been shared in the newspaper, but we wanted to make one last effort to communicate to the families of students at the High School, staff, and general community members, that in an effort to educate and encourage teens to make good choices when getting in or behind the wheel of a vehicle, Versailles High School has arranged to present the Drive Smart Program. On Friday April 26th at 9:00am, a mock crash scene will be staged at the school. Students will be spectators and will witness the life-like events that occur after a drunk driving related crash. Police, Fire, EMS and others will arrive on scene in an attempt to rescue the victims of this staged, but very lifelike accident. In the final moments of the event, a parent speaker will discuss a real life scenario and will encourage our students to learn from this demonstration. Our goal is that students will make the right decision and never get behind the wheel while impaired or get in a vehicle with an impaired driver. If you prefer your child to not witness this event, please contact the high school office at 937.526.4427 ext 3000 or email Jacki Stonebraker at jacki.stonebraker@vtigers.org. A huge thank you to the Versailles Police, Fire & EMS, MVH Careflight, Darke Co Coroner’s Office, Bailey & Zechar Funeral Home, School Staff and Student volunteers for their time and effort put into this event.