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
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
On February 10th the 7th grade boys basketball team beat Marion Local 34-13 in the MAC tournament quarterfinals. Scoring for the Tigers Drew Porter 6, Will Keiser 4, Ian Hemmelgarn 6, Arian Drees 9, Nolan Shardo 7, Blaize Brandewie 1, and Asher Ahrens 1.
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
On Tuesday, February 6th, the 8th grade Lady Tigers were eliminated in the semifinals of the MAC tournament by Coldwater by a score of 37-11. Rowan Schmitmeyer led the team in scoring with 9 points, followed by Sophie Stammen with 2 points. The Lady Tigers finished their season with an overall record of 11-7.
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.
The 7th grade Lady Tigers were defeated by Coldwater in the first round of the MAC tournament held at Coldwater on February 3rd. The score was 31-19. Leading in scoring for the tigers was Emily Phlipot with 6 points. Also scoring for the tigers was Abigail Wilker and Kacey Borchers with 4 points, Taelin Partin with 3 points, and Allison Bergman with 2 points.
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
