VCHS ENews 3/6/2020

3/6/2020

Dear High School Families,

Sadies week is coming to its finale, as a ladies' and gentlemen's dance team will square off in our Sadies school rally! The week concludes with our Sadies Glow dance!

We continue to consider great education and instructional practices as a teaching faculty. It is our vision that our classes are engaging, relevant and thought-provoking. Among our recent focuses:

1. Our teachers have collaborated during a couple of instructional meetings, in which we have considered active learning strategies and "what a teacher should be doing" and "what a student should be doing" during an instructional session. Areas of focus have included critical thinking, student-centered approaches and student engagement.

2. On March 20th, we will have a day of professional development. In continuing our active learning direction, I have asked Mr. Davis to share a strategy that he espouses to engage students. The teachers will have additional time to consider lesson planning, with a view towards essential questions and active learning.

3. Biblical integration should be a natural corollary of a student-centric classroom, in which students struggle and wrestle with biblical interpretation. The ultimate outcome should be students who are well-grounded in the Word and have internalized their faith!

Thanks for your prayers and partnership!

Mr. Rowland

Middle and High School Principal

Date	Event
March 6-23	See's Candies Fun-Raiser
March 10	Chapel Tuesday End of 3rd Quarter
March 11	VCHS Spring Portraits
March 17	ASVAB Exam
March 19	Shakespeare on Tour
March 20	CAMPUS CLOSED-NO SCHOOL
March 24	*Open Doors to the Federal Courts
March 26	**Travis Federal Credit Union Mad City Money

Attention Parents! We Need Your Assistance!

* Senior Parents ONLY:
For the Open Doors to the Federal Court event we need chaperone/parent drivers to take the entire senior class. We would need parents from 7:40am to 2:30pm. If you can assist with this event please contact Steve Jacobs @ steve.jacobs@go-vcs.com.

** Junior AND Senior Parents ONLY: For the

Travis Federal Credit Union Mad City Money event we

need parent volunteers to help run this economic simulation where students get a virtual budget and considering spending/saving. Parents would need to help run mock store-front booths in the gym. This will run from 7:40am to 11:30am. If you can assist with this event please contact Rusty Gaudard @ rusty.gaudard@go-vcs.com.

VCHS Spring Portraits

VCHS Spring Portraits are on Wednesday, March 11. Students were provided a portrait order form to bring home today. CLICK HERE to view packages, costs, and/or download and print a form (if necessary) for your student to bring on the day of.

Shakespeare On Tour!!

" Methought I heard a voice cry, 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep."

Macbeth (Act 2 Scene 2).

SF Shakes one-hour touring production of MacBeth travels to VCS with a cast of professional actors in costume, with set, props and live music. At the conclusi on of the show the cast will take questions from the audie nce.

At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a brave and loyal Thane to King Duncan. After hearing a prophecy that he will become king himself, Macbeth is overcome by ambition and greed with dire consequences.

We are so excited to offer this 55-minute show, performed in Shakespeare's original text to all students in VCMS and VCHS on Thursday, March 19.

All VCMS and VCHS students will be billed $7.50 for the performance with their March tuition invoice.

Valerie Marchione, Ed.D

val.marchione@go-vcs.com

707.446.1776 ext. 3203

Open Doors to the Federal

Courts, Tuesday, March 24th

All Seniors are expected to participate in this all-day event in Sacramento at the Robert T. Matsui Courthouse. Seniors participate in a mock trial with a real federal court judge and federal level attorneys. It's a lot of fun and the students get to see a variety of individuals who make federal level justice happen.

Mad City Money with Travis Federal Credit Union, Thursday, March 26th

Thanks to the efforts of one of our own VCS alums, Kris Petnicki, Travis Credit Union will be hosting a fun simulation in personal finance here on campus on Thursday, March 26th. Both Juniors and Seniors will be participating and it will be held in the VCS Gymnasium.

Date	Time	VCHS SPORTS	Location
March 9	6:00	Men's Varsity Baseball vs Buckingham Charter	VCS
March 10	3:00	Varsity Golf vs Linden	Elkhorn Golf Course
March 11	6:30	Men's Varsity Baseball vs Delta Charter	VCS
March 11	6:00	Men's Volleyball Junior Varsity	Bentley
March 11	7:00	Men's Volleyball Varsity	Bentley
March 12	3:30	Swim Team Center Meet #1	Highlands
March 13	3:00	Varsity Golf vs Rio Vista	Cypress Lakes Golf Course