Sectional CHAMPS!!!
Versailles FFA places 3rd in District 5 Agriculture and Industrial Diagnostics CDE Contest
Lucas Timmerman and Jeremiah Wagner represented the Versailles FFA in the District 5 Agricultural and Industrial Diagnostics Career Development Event (CDE) Contest on Friday, February 9th at Upper Valley Career Center. They placed 3rd in the district contest out of 22 teams.
As part of the contest Lucas and Jeremiah took a written test and participated in 5 stations in which each piece of equipment they worked on had several malfunctions. Lucas and Jeremiah had 20 minutes to detect the problems and use diagnostics equipment to detect issues.
A special thanks to Koenig Equipment in Greenville for hosting the District 5 contest and thank you to North Star Hardware and Implement for supplying tractors and technicians for the District 5 contest as well. Additional Versailles FFA members that participated in the online test and practices included: Trevor Luthman, Domonic Barga, Dylan Hemmelgarn, Ben Pitsenbarger, Carson Heitkamp, Levi Subler, Brandy Heitkamp, and Nathan Timmerman. A special thank you to Noah Shimp and Noah Barga for coaching the team and Koenig Equipment, North Star Hardware and Implement and Apple Farm Services for hosting the Versailles FFA for a practice.
Photo: Team members Lucas Timmerman and Jeremiah Wagner placed 3rd in the district in the Agriculture and Industrial Diagnostics CDE Contest.
Link for today's State Duals
https://www.versailles.k12.oh.us/o/vevs/page/athletics
Also can be found on the NFHSNetwork.
Due to injuries, the JV girls basketball game today vs. WLS will only be 2 quarters. It will now start at 12:30 pm instead of 12:00 pm. Please adjust your schedules accordingly. It is also Teacher Appreciation. The varsity game will follow.
We are one day away from hosting the top 8 Division III wrestling teams in the state in the OHSWCA State Duals. You can see the bracket for more details. Back by popular demand with be commentary from Ryan Bergman and Nick Rhoades. Best in the State!
Public notice: The Versailles Board of Education has called a Special Board meeting for this coming Monday, February 12, 2024 at 7:00 pm for the purpose of conducting the Treasurer interview process.
Versailles FFA Hosted Harvesting Wellness Program Focused on Ag Mental Health & Estate Planning Sponsored by Darke County Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America Versailles
On January 29, the Versailles FFA promoted Ag Mental Health and estate planning with a brand new program called "Harvesting Wellness". Over 150 guests were in attendance for this first time event held at Versailles School cafetorium. The Versailles FFA noticed heightened suicide rates in farmers, and chose to take action to promote mental wellness. The program was made possible through the generous sponsorship of Farm Credit Mid America and Darke County Farm Bureau.
The program started with a delicious free meal that was enjoyed by all guests and during the meal guests also had the opportunity to visit different educational booths that included: OSU Extension, Phelan Insurance-David Coons, Tr-County Board of Recovery Mental Recovery and Be You For You. The meal was followed by a welcome from Zoe Billenstein, Versailles FFA President followed by remarks from Taylor Watkins, Darke County Farm Bureau organizational director as an event sponsor. The program next consisted of a dinner-theater style demonstration of stressors on farms. Skits were led by FFA members Zoe Billenstein, Riley Kruckeberg, and Colin Batten, with FFA Alumni member Greg McGlinch, Versailles FFA Advisor Dena Wuebker, and Darke County Commissioner Matt Aultman involved. Between each skit there were discussion questions led by the booth attendees; OSU Extension, Farm Bureau, Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health, and Be You and For You. Local assistants touched estate planning, stress management, and overall mental health, specifically of agriculture industry professionals and their families. Versailles FFA member Rhylan Broerman presented her prepared Public Speaking Speech relating to mental health in the agriculture industry. There was a separate program for kids in the ag classrooms that included games and activities that built on practices of farm safety and mental health. Mental health professionals' led the program with their certified information with every family that attended leaving with a care package. The event was to encourage adults and the youth involved in agriculture, and to learn about the importance of mental health. The program also consisted of a presentation by David Marrison, OSU Professor Interim Director of Farm Financial Management Policy and Institute who spoke on estate planning. In addition, different agencies and organizations spoke about the resources available through their offices which included: presentations from Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Julia Rose Coordinator, and Staff member Cody Odom, Bridget Britton OSU Extension Behavioral Health Field Specialist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Nicole Keller and Laurie Lewis representing Be You and For You. In addition all the guests left with special gifts to remind them of different factors of mental health which included journals, water bottles, t-shirts and Why God Made A Farmer sign designed and cut by Ken Hartke. The Versailles FFA would like to thank everyone that attended and a special thank you to Farm Credit Services and Darke County Farm Bureau for their sponsorship of this program and thank you to all the presenters. A special thanks to Versailles FFA President Zoe Billenstein and Vice-President Colin Batten for all their hard work in planning and carrying out the program.
Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event possible!
Photo 5434: A free meal was provided to everyone in attendance catered by Joan Grilliot
Photo 5456: Caden Buschur, OSU Extension Educator is shown at the booth with guest at the start of the program.
Photo 5471: Rhylan Broerman presented her prepared Public Speaking Speech related to mental health in agriculture
Photo 5522: (Left to Right) Riley Kruckeberg, Greg McGlinch, and Dena Wuebker participated in the skits throughout the night.
Photo 5537: Dave Marrison-OSU Extension is shown presenting at the Harvesting Wellness program on estate planning.
Photo 9516: Paige Gehret is shown giving gifts to one of the families that participated in the program.
Photo 9486: The youth participated in a separate program that focused on mental health and farm safety taught by Versailles FFA members.
The Varsity ONLY Girls Basketball game vs. New Knoxville on Thursday will tip at 6:00pm instead of the originally scheduled 7:00 pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.
UPDATE to the Special Meeting notice from yesterday.
As the Board will already be meeting, we've added one regular item for business which will be addressed in open session. That being the sale of a district asset - specifically, the used Ford Escape that was publicly advertised. After the Board takes action on that single item, they will go into Executive Session.
Prior message:
This communication is to serve as public notice that the Versailles Board of Education intends to hold a Special Board of Education meeting on Monday, February 5, 2024.
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 to meet with the Board of Education’s consultant from the Educational Service Center who is running the search process regarding applicants for the open Treasurer position to evaluate applications.
At the meeting, the Board will enter executive session to 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.
After conclusion of the executive session, it is possible that action will follow in open session.
Congratulations to Head Wrestling Coach, AJ Bey for passing previous coach Bill Roll for all time wins!
We are proud to share that the Versailles Exempted Village School District was just notified that we are one of the 2023 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award winners.
"This honor recognizes the outstanding work your school is doing to engage more female students in computer science. Research shows that female students who take AP computer science are more likely to major in computer science in college compared with matched peers. Through your leadership in diversifying computer science education, you’re preparing your female students for the in-demand jobs of the future and giving them the opportunity to help solve some of society's most challenging problems. "
Again, congratulations. Thank you for your commitment to expanding access to computer science education.
Sincerely,
Advanced Placement Program
For further information:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/scores/awards/ap-computer-science-female-diversity-award?SFMC_cid=EM1106807-&rid=406925061
The Varsity wrestling team earned the #1 seed in the District for the OHSWCA District Duals. Because of the seed, we are excited to be hosting the District Duals this Saturday. The winner of this District Dual Tournament will advance to the State Tournament the following Saturday back at Versailles High School. The District Dual Tournament will start at 10:00 am and be held in our JH Gymnasium. The other qualifying schools are #4 Brookville, #5 Legacy Christian, #8 Greeneview, and #9 Columbus Grove. With this being a non-Versailles event, we will not accept any Versailles passes. All tickets are $10 and can be purchased with cash at the door or online.
Good evening Tigers, This is Superintendent Dave Harmon with a reminder about tomorrow, January 26, 2024.
Friday, January 26, 2024 will be the 3rd and final full day staff professional development day as indicated on the district calendar. School will be closed for students as staff participate in a number of professional development opportunities.
Thank you very much. Have a great evening and a wonderful weekend!
As students have the day off tomorrow, consider coming out and supporting our Lady Tigers basketball team as they take on Delphos St. Johns this evening.
In accordance with the district's policies on disposal of school property we have an obligation to make this vehicle which was purchased with public funds available to the general public.
The district is disposing of a 2014 Ford Escape. This 4 cylinder, 4-door Escape seats 5. The vehicle was purchased used in July of 2017 and had 28,720 miles on it at that time. The purchase price at the time was $17,149.
The district utilized this vehicle regularly as it now has 187,208 miles on it. The district is removing it from its fleet after it blew a transmission a few months ago. It has been regularly maintained by a mechanic to that point, and has relatively new tires on it. If you work on cars, this might be a nice little vehicle, but to be clear, the vehicle would need a new or rebuilt transmission if you wished to make it road worthy again.
We have an obligation to accept the best responsible bid. To express interest in the vehicle please see the district's website or click this link: https://forms.gle/eYrapzivBdf2irmD7
Good evening Tigers, this Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important message regarding an upcoming change to the district's calendar.
Due to the upcoming Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024 and the potential travel complications that many government agencies are anticipating, the district will not be in session on April 8. This will be considered a calamity day. As of 1/23/24 we’ve now used three of the five allotted days, the first being the State Championship Football game day, #2 being this past Friday (January 19, 2024) and the third being the upcoming April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse day. Should we have further cancellations due to weather we have the ability to have 2 more calamity days before we would be required to start making up additional days. Should that come into play, we will, of course, communicate that out to the community.
The school is working to obtain solar eclipse glasses for each of our students to offer protection and their ability to safely observe this very rare phenomenon. We will communicate how those will come home once we’ve obtained them. Further, the Darke County Libraries are also going to have solar eclipse glasses available for members of the community. Feel free to contact the Darke County Libraries for further information about their distribution plans. They do not have an unlimited supply of glasses, but certainly want to help their patrons to the degree they are able.
For further information about the solar eclipse, feel free to go to https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/ and Darke County’s Solar Eclipse website at https://www.visitdarkecounty.org/total-solar-eclipse-2024
Special Schedule for Saturday's basketball games @ Russia
Freshman Boys: 1:00 pm
JV Girls: 2:30 pm
JV Boys: 4:00 pm
Varsity Girls: 5:30 pm
Varsity Boys: 7:00 pm
Ticket Prices: $8 students and $10 for adults. This is good for all day.
Good Sunday morning Tigers.
Message from the Cafeteria/Food Service Department:
Due to the snow day this past Friday and the popularity of the meal that day - we will be moving the menu from Friday to Wednesday, January 24, 2024. The menu for the rest of the week will remain the same.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024's menu:
Mac & Cheese (D, W)
PB & J Pocket (P, W)
Corn
Cinnamon Applesauce
Milk
Thanks. Stay warm. See you tomorrow!
MAC Champs!! 🖤🧡 Congratulations to both the boys and girls teams for their first place finishes today! 🏆
TOP 3 RESULTS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS:
FIRST PLACE
200 Medley Relay- Lydia Hecht, Ella Porter, Ava Shardo, Salimah Shardo
50 Free- Ava Shardo
100 Fly- Ava Shardo
100 Free- Dylan Dunn
SECOND PLACE
200 Free- Salimah Shardo
200 IM- Lydia Hecht
200 Free Relay- Lydia Hecht, Lily cordonnier,, Salimah Shardo, Ava Shardo
100 Back- Lydia Hecht
400 Free Relay- Erin Frederick, Lily Cordonnier, Emma Meyer, Paige Holzapfel
200 IM- Michael Menke
50 Free- Dylan Dunn
100 Fly- Michael Menke
400 Free Relay- Daniel Waymire, Andrew Meyer, Ben Pitsenbarger, Dylan Dunn
THIRD PLACE
100 Fly- Lilly Cordonnier
100 Fly- Daniel Waymire
100 Breast- Daniel Waymire
Good Morning Tigers this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with an important weather related message. Due to the timing of the snow and when it is expected to end, Versailles Schools will be closed today, January 19, 2024. Some of the state routes were actually worse than some of our back roads. Please be safe and have a great weekend.
As a side note, we've had some issues brought to our attention over the last couple of days with some individuals not getting the all calls. If this happens to you, please contact the school so that we can find our what the issue is or was and make sure that we resolve it. We want to make sure that we are communicating clearly and we aren't always aware if someone didn't get a message.
January is School Board Recognition Month, and Versailles Exempted Village Schools are celebrating its board members for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students.
Today's Board Member Highlight is on Jerry Shardo.
Jerry Shardo is the newly elected Board Vice President. Mr. Shardo grew up in Willowdell and continues to live there. Jerry is a graduate of Versailles High School and has been married for 41 years to his high school sweetheart, Reyna, who works as the HS secretary for Versailles schools. The Shardos have 3 married children, Mindy, Joe, and Jeremy, and 8 grandchildren. Jerry was part owner of a local pallet shop for approximately 35 years until he sold out to his brother and nephew. Jerry continues to work part-time for them today and also runs a small used car business on the side. Jerry shared that he decided to become a Versailles school board member to simply give back and to do my part in keeping Versailles schools at the top of the pack.
