Southern Middle School Open House

We will be having a new 6th Grade Orientation Meeting for parents on April 23rd at 6:00 p.m.  It will be a great opportunity for you to come to Southern Middle to meet the administration and 6th grade teachers.  During orientation you will learn about Southern Middle School’s policies, procedures, and expectations.

Spring Pictures & Class Photos

Spring pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, April 10th.  At this time students will take individual photos along with class photos.  Enveloped to pre order class photos will be send home next week. Class photos are pre-paid only.  All individual photos will be sent home for purchase.

It’s time to Spring Clean!

Please join the VPE Dad’s Club on April 13 beginning at 9:00am as we spread mulch.  Bring your shovels and wheelbarrows as we make VPE look ready for spring!

Family Survey-Please Complete!

Your child is bringing home a copy of the district family survey.  You also may have received the electronic version via email a few weeks ago from the district.  Please fill out one survey per family one of two ways (online or paper copy).  Our goal is to have 30% participating and we are currently at 25% so we need your help.  This feedback helps VPE continue to improve as a school and we greatly appreciate your time and efforts.  

Food Drive

The Spirit Project for the month of March will be our VPE Food Drive.  With the opening of our Family Resource Center here at Veterans Park Elementary, the food collected from our Food Drive will benefit students and families of our VPE community as well as God's Pantry. Each classroom will have a food collection barrel outside of their classroom and there will be weekly challenges and prizes throughout the school.

• FIRST 3 CLASSES TO FILL THEIR DONATION BARREL WILL BE AWARDED A POPSICLE PARTY!
• Week of March 11-15: Top 2 classes with the most Canned Vegetables collected during that week will receive extra recess time.
• Week of March 18-22: Top 2 classes with the most Peanut Butter collected during that week will get to celebrate with lunch in the courtyard with Mrs. Dabney.

The Cathy Crum Bell and Amy McVey Scholarship

The Cathy Crum Bell Scholarship and Amy McVey Scholarship, sponsored by the VPE PTA, are offered each year to two seniors who currently attend a Fayette County high school and were promoted from the 5th grade at VPE.  Seniors that graduated from VPE in 2010-11 are eligible to apply. The application will be posted on our VPE website and will be available on the PTA Info table in the front hall. All applications are due March 25, 2019.  Contact VPE Guidance Counselor Mrs. Brehm (859-381-3161) or PTA Scholarship chair Kelly Ives (kellyerin_arc@yahoo.com) for more information. Click HERE for the application.

Immunization Changes

The Kentucky Department of Education has mandated new immunization certificates beginning with the 2018-19 school year for every student in the Commonwealth.  New state laws requiring all students to be immunized for Hepatitis A and students 16 years of age and older to receive the Meningococcal ACWY (MCV4) vaccine created the need for new certificates for every student.  If you have not had a chance to take care of these new requirements, please find time over the winter break to obtain certificates for your students from your healthcare provider. Students not in compliance may be excluded from attendance, especially in the event of widespread illness.  If you are unsure if your student's records are up-to-date, please check with his or her school when we return to school on January 3, 2019.

VPE APP

Extra Extra read all about it...Well  now you can on our new Veterans Park APP that is available for download on ITunes or Google Play.  The APP is free (search Veterans Park) and to sign up as a parent you will need the passcode 3813161 (our school phone number).  The VPE APP will also help in providing calendar information, specials rotation day, PTA updates, classroom/club information as well as much more.  Please make sure to click for push notifications when you sign up to help us in providing information to families such as school closing/delays, VPE events and other parent focused information.