VUES Holiday Music Concerts

The annual holiday music concert for K-2 students was on December 11, 2012!

• The kindergartners sang “Zumba Zumba” and “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer.”
• The first graders sang “Obwisana” and “Song of the Shepherds.”
• The second graders sang “In the window” and “ Jingle,Jingle,Jingle.”
• And the final song of that night that the k,1,and 2 sang was "We Wish You a Merry Christmas!"

by Karyn K,

Miss Vermont Speaks to Kids about Healthy Eating

Miss Vermont (Chelsea Ingram) came to our school on Tuesday, December 4th.  She was here to talk about nutrition and healthy foods.  She spoke to K-4 students during lunch about healthy eating habits.   

                                                                     
                                                                                                                            Photo by Ms. Newton
                                                                                                                           Article by Hannah W.

VUES craft fair

On Saturday,  December 1st we had our annual Holiday craft fair at the Vergennes Union Elementary School.  We had 87 vendors and hundreds people that came to look and buy things  from vendors!  VUES parents, children and teachers  were there to help and the chorus was singing for 1 hour.  All profits benefit the VUES after school enrichment program

Thanksgiving Day Assembly

Thanksgiving Assembly and Food Drive

On Monday, November 19th we had a school assembly to show all the students how many cans of food and other food items we collected for the Vergennes Food Shelf.   We had over 500 items!

by Hannah W.  Photos by Kathryn W. and Ms. Foley

Apple Award

Jody Delisle Won the Apple Award!

By Dylan B. ,Richmond R.,and Mike A.

This year Jodie Delisle won the Apple Award for being an outstanding educational office professional.   She works in the front office of the school as the administrative assistant for Mrs. Sargent . Mrs. Hayes nominated Mrs. Delisle for this award which was given by the Vermont Association of Educational Office Professionals (VAEOP).   

2012 Book Fair

V.U.E.S Book Fair

On the week of November 5th through the 9th V.U.E.S hosted the scholastic book fair, which turned out to be a major success!  We had all kinds of books by different authors that kids of all ages enjoyed.  Total sales were over $4000! The library was able to earn a profit of $1500.00 in Book Fair books and "Scholastic dollars", and $490.05 in cash. This year's book fair was a huge success!

by Birch S., Zeke P. and Dylan R.

photos by Hannah W. and Ms. Foley

These are some of the books that will be added to the library!

More books for the VUES library!

And finally more books for the library!

Costume Parade

On Halloween,  October 31st, everyone in the school could dress up in their Halloween costume. There were goblins, ghouls ,vampires , and werewolves . The  whole school gathered in the gym for a  parade  with spooky Halloween themed music. Each grade danced around the gym two times (laughing and playing ).  The host, Mrs. Sargent  was dressed liked a clown  with colorful cheeks and a red nose.  The teachers dressed up in their costumes and marched around the gym too.      
                                                                     -  Article by 5th graders, Emma B. and Hannah Wyman