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Education

  • Despite some improvements, test scores show some students at risk of getting 'left behind'

    The Vandalia School Board last week heard from Superintendent Rich Well that though progress is being made, the district did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress in 2010 standardized test scores.
    The district’s scores were 71.8 percent in reading and 74.2 percent in math. The state standard – which goes up each year by 7.5 percent – is currently 77.5 percent, and next year it will rise to 85 percent. The state’s goal is to have 100 percent of the state’s students meeting the standards by 2014.

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  • Social networking class at KC Vandalia


    The Kaskaskia College Community Education Office will offer a social networking class at the KC Vandalia Campus.
     The class will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Saturdays, Nov. 13 and 20. The registration number for the class is COED 8037 VA01W.
    Students will learn to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to their advantage. This course will include building pages, security and customizing pages. The fee is $20 for students under 60; students over 60 free of charge. Computer experience is required.        

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  • VCHS Alumni Reunion

    After 14 years of coordinating the multi-year Vandalia Community High School Alumni Reunion, Mary Miller handed the reins to the Vandalia Community Schools Foundation. Approximately 150 people attended the event and all seemed to enjoy themselves, according to the event committee, which had that as its primary goal. The date for next year’s reunion will be determined shortly and word will be sent out so that people can plan ahead.
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  • School Menus

    BROWNSTOWN
    Elementary
    Breakfast
    Monday, Oct. 25 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
    Tuesday, Oct. 26 – Bacon scramble breakfast pizza.
    Wednesday, Oct. 27 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
    Thursday, Oct. 28 – Pancake w/syrup.   
    Friday, Oct. 29 – No school.
    Lunch
    Monday, Oct. 25 – Pork fritter on bun, Baked Lays chips, golden corn, peaches and milk.    

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  • Five-class VHS reunion held in September

    Five Vandalia High School classes met at Days Inn in Vandalia on Sept. 11 for a reunion.
    In 1988, the VHS class of 1948 celebrated its 40th reunion, and invited classes from 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1950 to share in the planning of the reunion.
    These five classes have continued to meet jointly over the years, with the individual class chairmen remaining the same: 1946-Iris Brooks Rademacher; 1947-Jeanne Lawler Hohlt; 1948-Annie Spinner Eller; 1949-Gary Bone; and 1950-Jean Meredith Stombaugh.

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  • Cultivating Young Minds & Bodies

    Greta (Cocagne) Krueger had long wanted to return to her hometown and teach at her alma mater. That dream was fulfilled this fall, when Krueger joined the English department at Vandalia Community High School.
    In her Communication for Success class, the 1985 VCHS graduate is passing on something that her students in Homer Glen, a Chicago suburb, learned – the value and enjoyment of community service.

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  • School Menus

    BROWNSTOWN
    Elementary
    Breakfast
    Monday, Oct. 18 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
    Tuesday, Oct. 19 – Breakfast bites w/syrup.
    Wednesday, Oct. 20 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.   
    Thursday, Oct. 21 – Scrambled eggs w/toast and jelly.   
    Friday, Oct. 22 – Choice of cereal, toast and jelly.
    •Milk and juice or fruit offered daily.
    Lunch

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  • Kaskaskia College

    Drawing class at Vandalia Campus

    The Kaskaskia College Community Education Office will offer a drawing class at the KC Vandalia Campus.
    The class will be held on Saturdays, Oct.16 and 23, from 10 a.m.-noon. The registration number for the class is COED 7003 VA01W.
    Students will learn how to use charcoals for rendering subjects such as still life’s and landscapes, and focus on color, harmony and composition. A supply list will be provided prior to the start of the class.

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  • School Menus

    VANDALIA
    Breakfast
    Monday, Oct. 11 – No school.
    Tuesday, Oct. 12 – Pop Tart, cereal, juice and milk.
    Wednesday, Oct. 13 – Breakfast burrito, fruit and milk.
    Thursday, Oct. 14 – Cereal, toast, fruit and milk.
    Friday, Oct. 15 – Bacon, egg & cheese sandwich, juice and milk.
    Lunch
    Grades K-8
    Monday, Oct. 11 – No School.

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  • VCHS Celebrates Homecoming
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