WELCOME NEW
ADMINISTRATORS
Please join me in welcoming interim treasurer John Scott and Operations Coordinator James Williamson to our district. James joined our team in early September. He was chosen for his experience in commercial maintenance and construction with area companies, including as corporate warehouse operations manager for Hahn Systems and operations manager of Quicknail in Sheffield Lake. He and his family reside in Vermilion. John Scott is well known in our local area, having served as assistant treasurer for Lorain City Schools and as treasurer of Clearview Local Schools. John officially joined our team on October 1, after working several days with outgoing treasurer Amy Hendricks to transition fiscal responsibilities. We are very pleased to have both of these outstanding individuals on our team.
THANK YOU VERMILION EDUCATION FOUNDATION
This week the Vermilion Education Foundation held their annual award dinner in support of Vermilion Local Schools and St. Mary’s Elementary School. On behalf of our students, teachers and administration, I would like to thank all of the donors for their support. Vermilion is very fortunate to have a group of individuals who are dedicated to enhancing educational opportunities for young learners. Each year teachers are encouraged to seek creative ways to improve instruction and those creative ideas are made a reality through the generosity of Foundation members and donors. We are grateful to all who made a commitment to help bring new opportunities to our students.
BUSINESS ADVISORY MEETING OCTOBER 8
The meeting will begin at 8:30 A.M. at the Administration office, 1230 Beechview Drive. The purpose of this meeting is collaboration and idea sharing. We have some innovative ideas to share this year, including streamlining fundraising efforts for our support groups and offering free advertising for local vendors. I will be discussing future school district plans, and ways the Ohio Report Card impacts your business and our entire community. Your feedback on these and other ideas is welcome.
FACILITY PROJECT UPDATE
Site preparation is complete, footers are being poured and block is being laid for our new elementary school. We are beginning to schedule meetings with key employee groups to insure that our infrastructure plans will support programming needs in specialized areas of the building. Residents can follow the progress of the facility project through the Facility Project Blog. A link to the blog is located on the home page of our district web page, www.vermilionschools.org . Photos updates of the project are posted regularly on a special Facebook page dedicated to the project. You can find a link to the facility Facebook page from the Vermilion Schools Facebook page, or search for “The New Vermilion Elementary School”.
VERMILION COMMUNITY NIGHT AT THE “Q”
Sailorway Middle School is partnering with the Cleveland Cavaliers to host a Vermilion Community Night Fundraiser at the Quicken Arena. The event is scheduled for Friday, January 24, 2014 at 7:30 PM with the Cavs vs. the Milwaukee Bucks. The cost of each ticket is $25.00. Anyone wishing to attend this event may purchase a ticket at the Sailorway Middle School office or at the Sailorway Middle School PTO Booth at Varsity Football home games. Each ticket sold provides one opportunity for a Vermilion Local Schools student to participate in the “Halftime High Five Tunnel” at the game. Each time a student is identified with a purchased ticket, their name is entered into a drawing to be chosen for the halftime activity during the game. Twenty five total winners are selected. When purchasing your ticket, please identify the Vermilion student you would like to enter into the drawing. All students selected for the Halftime Tunnel must have a purchased ticket - students will not receive free admission. Remember all winners, must be a Vermilion Local School District student.
STRAIGHT A FUND
The Vermilion Schools participated in a discussion with local education leaders on the idea of forming a consortium to develop and submit a grant proposal through Ohio’s new $250 million Straight A Fund. The Straight A Fund seeks to provide funds to educational entities in Ohio with the drive and courage to try new approaches that meet the learning needs of students, reduce the cost of running a school or school district, or drive more dollars to the classroom. Through a rigorous screening process, the Straight A Fund Governing Board will offer seed funding needed to get new ideas off the ground. Proposals must solve specific problems in our schools, must be quickly duplicated by others and must be sustained by schools or districts in future years. Funds will be allocated to local educators who submit proposals that pursue three goals:
Significant advancement in raising student achievement;
Significant advancement in reducing spending; and
Significant advancement in targeting more resources to the classroom.
The Straight A Fund governing board will pay special attention to proposals that promote sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness and involve innovative new ways of teaching and learning. More information about this new initiative is available at http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Straight-A-Fund .
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