Dear Middle School Families:

We are quickly concluding our 2018/19 school year!  Eighth Grade Promotion and the Class of 2033 Party will shortly be upon us, in which we recognize our students for three years of hard work and achievement.  Many of our eighth grade students will also soon visit our nation's capital, in which they will be able to learn of and honor many of our nation's founders and significant contributors.  As one sits on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on a pleasant evening, and has the vantage point of seeing our Capitol, the Washington and Jefferson Memorials, and the White House it can be rather awe inspiring!  In the direct vicinity one also finds memorials to Vietnam, Korea and World War II soldiers who served and gave their lives.  Recently, Dr. Martin Luther King is also remembered near his most famous address.

We continue to make modifications in our middle school supervision and behavioral expectations.  Our electronics policy is more intentional, our lunchtime and after-school supervision has become more structured and we are  revisiting classroom standards.  My expectation is that ours is a structured, well-supervised program (despite the sometimes crazy kids!).  At VCS, we always bring our best.  God's word reminds us, "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."  At VCS, we honor God by giving our best in all we do, and we don't settle for anything less than excellent."