The 8th grade Lady Tigers defeated Marion Local in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament on Saturday, February 3rd by a score of 22-17. Allie Wietholter led the team in scoring with 9 points. Additional scoring included Rowan Schmitmeyer with 5 points, Sophie Stammen and Bailey Koesters with 3 points each, and Lillian Selhort with 2 points. The Lady Tigers will face Coldwater in the semifinals on Tuesday, February 6th.
To conclude the Jr High Wrestling season, the Tigers went to Elida and competed in the Bulldog Invitational. Versailles won the tournament with 224.5 points, while second place Celina finished with 206.5 points. It has been a great season, and the wrestlers have all learned so much since November!
Versailles had wrestlers on the podium in 12 of the 16 weight classes. Finishing fourth were Liam Barga, Isaac Batty, and Sam Schmitmeyer. Earning a bronze medal were Ian Bergman, Carter Francis, and Leo Gehret. Second place finishers were Noah Rhoades, Sam Stammen, Noah Hayes, and Ben Kaiser. Standing atop the podium were Reece Magoteaux and Conall Miller.
Students of the Week
The 7th and 8th grade Power of the Pen teams competed in their first writing competition on Saturday, January 20th. The 7th grade team placed 3rd and Blair Schellhase placed 7th. Congratulations to Lily Bigelow, Skylyn Bradley, Sophia Gerling, Taylor Gibbons, Charlotte Von Duhn, Sophia Von Duhn, Vera Pearson, Blair Schellhase, Annalee Mertz, and Annabelle Menke who will compete at the regional competition on March 2nd at Wittenberg University.
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
Saturday, January 27th, Versailles hosted the St Marys Quint in our high school gym. There were two mats set up, and each of the five teams wrestled all of the other teams. In the first round, Versailles beat Spencerville 72-6. The Tigers dominated Greenville in the second round, and the final score was 71-3. The next team to challenge Versailles was St Marys. The Roughriders were able to put up a few wins, but ultimately fell to the Tigers with a score of 63-30. Versailles had a bye in the fourth round, and then faced Celina in the final round. This was a re-match of the championship dual from last weekend, and the energy was high! After 8 matches, the Tigers lead 30-6. The second half of the Bulldogs lineup is strong, but Versailles was able to pull out some big wins to seal the victory with a final score of 44-30! The jr high wrestlers will travel with the high school team on Tuesday to wrestle the Cavaliers in Coldwater.
On January 25th the 7th grade boys basketball team beat Delphos St. John’s 34-31. Scoring for the Tigers Simon Broering 8, Drew Porter 6, Ian Hemmelgarn 7, Arian Drees 3, Nolan Shardo 2, Sam Mwakabonga 2, Kaden Bergman 6.
On 1-25-24 the Versailles 8th grade boys basketball team lost 30-36 to Delphos St. John’s. Scoring for the Tigers: Ethan Heitkamp-10, Noah Koopman-4, Wyatt Asbury-4. Seth Bruns-7, Damien Barga-2, Jacob Poeppelman-3
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.
The 7th grade girls basketball team was defeated by Delphos on Tuesday January 23rd 25-23. Leading in scoring for Versailles was Kacey Borchers with 10 points. Also scoring for the tigers was Abigail Wilker with 6 points, Allison Bergman, Cecilia Schmitmeyer, and Kyra Bergman each with 2 points, and Emily Phlipot with 1 point.
The 8th grade Lady Tigers defeated Delphos St John’s on Tuesday, January 23rd by a score of 28-18. The leading scorer was Rowan Schmitmeyer with 12 points. Additional scoring for the Lady Tigers included Ella Knapke with 6 points, Sophie Stammen with 5 points, Allie Wietholter and Margaret Schmitmeyer with 2 points each, and Alexis Francis with 1 point.
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
Sports Updates:
On Thursday, January 18th, the Jr High wrestling team traveled to Miami East with the high school team for a dual meet. They still had wrestlers out due to illness and injury, but the Tigers who were there wrestled strong. It was a very close dual, and Versailles was only up by one point when Hunter Wise pinned his opponent in the last match of the meet! Our Tigers won 42-35.
On Saturday, January 20th, the Tigers hosted the 5th Annual Versailles MS Wrestling Dual Tournament with 15 teams representing 17 schools. In the first round, Versailles beat Springboro 69-22. The St Mary’s Roughriders were the next to fall to the Tigers, with a score of 88-6. The Tigers went on to defeat a team of Parkway and Ada 82-6. In the last match in Pool A, Versailles beat National Train 81-9. At this point in the day, the Tigers were headed into the Championship Pool with Celina and Northmont. In the Middle School gym, the Tiger wrestlers dominated Northmont with a score of 61-22. In the final match of the tournament, Versailles relied on some great early match wins from the smaller weights to beat the Celina Bulldogs 46-36!
The team is made up of Noah Rhoades, Liam Barga, Reece Magoteaux, Ryan Magoteaux, Ian Bergman, Sam Stammen, Carter Francis, Leo Gehret, Isaac Batty, Colton Patton, Conall Miller, Gavin Riffell, Noah Hayes, Kane Williams, Russell Winner, Ben Kaiser, Sam Schmitmeyer, and Hunter Wise. Each of these wrestlers have won matches and contributed to the team’s success so far this year. The Tigers have two more weeks of competition left this season, and their next match is Saturday, January 27th when Versailles will host the St Marys tournament.
The Lady Tigers were defeated at Russia on Saturday January 20th 25-15. Kacey Borchers was the leading scorer for Versailles with 5 points. Also scoring for the tigers was Allison Bergman with 4 points, Abigail Wilker and Monica Schmitmeyer with 2 points each, and Theresa Schmitmeyer and Kyra Bergman each added 1 point.
The 8th grade Lady Tigers were defeated by Russia on Saturday, January 20th by a score of 50-35. Rowan Schmitmeyer led the team in scoring with 12 points, followed by Allie Wietholter with 8 points. Additional scoring for the Lady Tigers included Ella Knapke and Sophie Stammen with 5 points each, Alexis Francis with 3 points, and Lillian Selhorst with 2 points.
The Versailles 8th grade boys basketball team beat Minster 41-30. The Tigers turned on the defense in the 4th only giving up 3 points while scoring 13 points. Scoring for the tigers: Ethan Heitkamp-13 Oliver Brunswick-6 Wyatt Asbury-10 Seth Bruns-2 Damien Barga-10
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.
Good luck to Dillon Hiestand and Charlotte VonDuhn who are representing Versailles Middle School in the county spelling bee 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 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.
The 7th grade Lady Tigers were defeated by Minster by a score of 36-25. Leading scorers for Versailles; Allison Bergman with 9 points, Abigail Wilker & Kacey Borchers each added 4 points. Also scoring was Kyra Bergman with 3 points, Emily Phlipot & Taelin Partin each with 2 points, & Theresa Schmitmeyer with 1 point.
The 8th grade Lady Tigers were defeated by Minster by a score of 30-12. Sophie Stammen and Korynn Bergman led the team in scoring with 4 points each. Additional scoring for the Lady Tigers included Allie Wietholter and Margaret Schmitmeyer with 2 points each.
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.