Versailles Exempted Village Schools

Congratulations to our Varsity wrestling team for winning the 2023 Versailles Dual Tournament going 6-0.

Come out tomorrow as both teams host Ft. Loramie at the old gym! JV girls start at noon JV boys start at 4:30

Good evening TigerCountry, This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an update from myself and on behalf of the Board of Education to the greater Versailles Community. The Board and I wanted to share with you openly and transparently a process that occurred just last night, Thursday, December 21, 2023 as the Board of Education interviewed two highly qualified candidates for the Interim Treasurer position. Current Treasurer Jackie Kremer has had her next career opportunity present itself. Mrs. Kremer notified the Board of the timing of that particular opportunity being that it is coming rather quickly. As a result, the Board quickly and decisively organized a search process with the goal of finding an Interim Treasurer to fill the role while it does a more exhaustive search for the long term Treasurer position that it will fill in the spring. The Mercer County Educational Service Center is helping with that particular long term search which will take several months and has just recently started with a statewide posting. In the interim, the Board was very blessed to interview two fine candidates last evening. Following those interviews the Board selected Lori Koch to serve as Interim Treasurer upon the conclusion of Mrs. Kremer’s time in the district. Ms. Koch has many years of fiscal management experience and specifically School District Treasurer experience as she was a local school district Treasurer for the last 13+ years of her career following extensive time at the Auditor of State’s office and being the Finance Director for the City of Vandalia. Following her retirement as a School Treasurer, she has since served several area school districts in both interim and fiscal consultant capacities. Ms. Koch will start her time working side by side with Mrs. Kremer over her last several days and will assume the role of Interim Treasurer upon Mrs. Kremer’s conclusion of service in the district. We want to thank Mrs. Kremer for her more than 20 years of service in the district and also to welcome Ms. Koch to the team. The Board and I thank you for placing your trust in our leadership as we continue to move the district forward in partnership with this amazing community. Thank you very much. Have a great evening, a wonderful weekend, and a joyous and blessing filled holiday! Go Tigers

Further Clarification for the purpose of transparency regarding Thursday's Special Board of Education Meeting. The language that was included in the earlier public notification is simply copied and pasted from the Ohio Revised Code to both meet the requirement of public notification, but also to state what the Board will be doing in Executive Session. Thursday's upcoming Special Board of Education meeting is for the purpose of accepting the revised letter of resignation from Treasurer Jackie Kremer. Following that action in open session the Board will go into Executive Session to conduct interviews with potential Interim Treasurer candidates. The language of the Ohio Revised Code is far more "all encompassing" than what will be taking place. Apologies for any confusion that may have caused.. Following the Executive Session is it possible that the Board may return to open session to select a candidate for the Interim Treasurer position. It is also possible that they may not select a candidate at that time.

On Saturday the Versailles High School Robotics Team traveled to Loveland to compete in a robotics competition. Of the four teams from Versailles, one of them was able to qualify for the final tournament. This team was led by Nathaniel Drees and Alex Westgerdes. We also had two teams set their highest Skills competition scores of the season. At a Robotics competition, each team gets six qualifying matches. In a qualifying match, each team gets randomly paired with another team. They take on another team of two robotics to see who can score the most points. Points are scored by being able to launch balls across the field and score them under a goal. After qualifying matches are done, teams are ranked for the final tournament. In the final tournament, the top 16 teams get to select partners for the tournament. Robotics competitions also have Skill Challenges. Robots are driven and programmed to see how many points they can score on their own.

This communication is to serve as public notice that the Versailles Board of Education intends to hold a Special Board of Education meeting on Thursday, December 21, 2023.  The meeting will take place at 5:30 PM at the Versailles Board of Education office, 459 S. Center Street, Versailles, Ohio 45380.   The purpose of the meeting is for the Board of Education to accept a revised letter of resignation in open session.   Following the Board's regular business, it will enter into an Executive Session where it will consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing by division (G)(1) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. At the conclusion of the Executive Session, it is expected that the Board will return to open session to take further action before the meeting concludes. Thank you

Versailles Boys Bowling Team defeated Marion Local today 2457-2054 Colten Groff 180-181 Joey Barger 167-178 Austin Ruhenkamp 169-161 Zach Rahm 156-140 Caiden Green 160 Brandyn Hietkamp 134 Record 3-1 MAC 2-0 Versailles Girls bowling team defeated Marion Local 2497-1736 Samantha Yerick 194-192 Carlie Gehret 155-191 Danielle Francis 148-172 Danica York 199 Megan Mangen 179 Ava Billenstein 158 Cora Trissell 137 Record 2-2 MAC 2-0

Congratulations to Versailles Swim Team! Girls runner-up and boys 8th place at the Butler Holiday Invite!

SCHEDULE CHANGE!! There will be no freshman game vs. Ft. Loramie on Dec. 23rd. The JV game will start at 4:30 pm with the varsity to follow. Schedule for the day: Location: Versailles Board Office Gymnasium (459 South Center St) JV Girls @ noon Varsity Girls 1:30 pm JV Boys @ 4:30 pm Varsity Boys @ 6:00 pm Our Versailles Broadcast Team will be doing their manual broadcast through the NFHS Network with audio from Scott Ward and 97.5 WTGR

The Athletic Department is looking for a JV Softball coach for this spring. If interested, please contact Scott Broerman @ scott.broerman@vtigers.org

The Athletic Department is currently exploring other live-streaming options for the 2024-2025 school year. We will continue to use NFHS for the remainder of this school year. I'd recommend to NOT renew your NFHS subscription until a decision has been made.

We would like to thank 1976 graduate David Layman and his family for their generous donation to put towards a new Trackman Golf Simulator for our boys and girls golf programs. His father, Robert, played an instrumental role in obtaining the first school sanctioned golf team in 1972. The new golf simulator will be installed in our new addition near the Stem & Robotics rooms. Pictured (Left to right) Chris Hecht - Head Boys Golf Coach, Mr. David Layman, Mrs. Leila Layman, Nicci Keiser - Head Girls Golf Coach

The Athletic Department is looking for a scoreboard operator for the JV and Varsity Boys Basketball season. This is a paid position. If interested, please contact Scott Broerman at scott.broerman@vtigers.org.

Go Tigers!

JH Boys Basketball Results - 12/5/23 7th Grade Versailles over Marion Local 24-19 8th Grade Marion Local over Versailles 45-25

On Tuesday, December 5th the 8th grade Lady Tigers defeated Marion Local by a score of 35-20. The leading scorer for the Lady Tigers was Rowan Schmitmeyer with 15 points, followed by Allie Wietholter with 10 points and Korynn Bergman with 4 points.

Congratulations! Versailles has a Nominee for the MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Award. We are pleased to offer these weekly awards again this school year. The MP AOW awards are decided by fan vote, so we encourage you to forward this message to others in your school, district, and community. We also encourage you to make reminders over your daily announcements (beginning and ending of school day) and announce the honor/nomination during your weekly athletic events. You are welcomed (and encouraged) to promote and share on district's social media as well (Facebook and Twitter). Voting is live and will conclude at Noon on Monday, Dec. 11. You may vote as often as you like. The TOP vote-getters (2 or more) will earn awards. Winners will be announced on site Tuesday. OHIO HS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES * Dorian Pringle, Massillon Washington Football * Michael Osborne, Versailles Football * Dominic Purcell, Watterson Football * Brandon White, St. Edward Football * Kyle Otte, Marion Local Football * Marquan Braswell, Toledo Central Catholic Football * Brayden Richards, Perry Football * Ruel Tomlinson, Glenville Football CLICK HERE TO VOTE: https://www.maxpreps.com/news/LTmzvhNA8UKrvm7nDqeLjA/maxpreps-ohio-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-award-vote-now.htm Thank you for helping promote Ohio High School Sports and your School District.

Let's Go Tigers!

Basketball Schedule Update We have rescheduled out F/JV/Varsity Boys basketball game vs. St. Henry to Jan. 13th. The freshman will tip at 4 pm. It was originally scheduled for Dec. 8th

Good morning, Please see the link below for next week's athletic calendar. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LjMFLyvQ-Mu-PAxmABBS-jBhTIvkzIPyzpwWUTuFCuw/edit?usp=sharing Go Tigers!