Versailles High School

It feels like there is a message in this picture from the sunrise this morning. What a blessing this school is to our community!

The Midwest Athletic Conference is looking to hire a Commissioner and an Assignor of Officials. Details on both positions are linked below. MAC Commissioner: https://t.co/HcK2zPSNKW MAC Assignor: https://t.co/8NgTZHawMr

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 Jake Broering Jake Broering resides in suburbs of Willowdell with his wife Christy and their six children: Greta, Simon, Delia, Vayda, Colin and Lyla. He enjoys spending free time attending kids activities, sporting events, and camping trips. Jake is the newly elected Board President and is an Engineering Manager at Midmark where he has worked for over 20 years. He has worked in several different capacities in both New Product Development and Manufacturing Operations. Jake is a 2001 graduate of Versailles, holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, and a Master of Science in Business Administration from Wright State University.

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 Hope Batty. Hope just completed her service on the Board of Education after serving for 8 years. We want to thank Hope for her service to the district over the last 8 years and her part in the oversight of the Academic, Athletic, and Extra Curricular Achievement as well as her part of the vision that make the Building Expansion project ("Project Opportunity") possible. Thank you Hope for your dedication to the students of Versailles and we congratulate you on your service and wish you well in your future endeavors!

The VHS and St Henry Hope Squads are hosting a bake sale and 50/50 during Saturday’s boys' basketball game to raise money for The Headstrong Project. The bake sale will start at noon. The Headstrong Project champions mental health and provides support to our military community. In 2023, they provided over 38,000 clinical sessions by providing stigma-free, evidence-based trauma treatment for veterans and military-connected families. During halftime, there will be a friendly free throw competition between a VHS student and a St. Henry student. The two recipients will receive a gift card for participating which is sponsored by VHS Hope Squad. Students who would like a chance to participate in the halftime competition can sign up during lunch on Thursday.

Congratulations and THANK YOU for your dedicated service to the Versailles Exempted Village School District's Board of Education, this community, the VEVSD staff, and most importantly, our students! L to R: Newly elected to the Office of Board Vice President, Jerry Shardo; Newly Re-elected to the Board of Education, and Newly Elected to the Office, President Jake Broering; Newly elected to the Board of Education, Christy Prakel; Returning Board member, Matt Magoto; & Returning Board member, Dr. Steve Ruhenkamp. Thank you for your service!

Good Morning. This is Superintendent Dave Harmon. Today is January 9, 2024. Bus 8 is running approximately 20 minutes behind schedule due to a downed tree which caused a re-route. Students who ride bus 8 will not be counted late. Thank you for your patience!

We are 1 week away from the 1st Annual Prosperity Promotions Lady Tiger Classic! Come out and support a full day of girls basketball. The first JV game will tip at 10:30 am and the first varsity game will tip at 12:00 pm. NO VERSAILLES PASSES will be accepted for this event.

Proud of these ladies! The Versailles Women's swim team took first at the Jay County Invitational today! Scores are in the pictures. In addition to the pictures showing results, Lydia Hecht also got first place in the 200 IM. Great job ladies!

Presale tickets for tonight's boys basketball game at Ft. Recovery are on sale in the HS Office until 4pm. Presale is $7.00

Weekly Athletic Calendar - Jan. 1st https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jP1I8Z__iQEv-u9O1N5IEakW0QdJ7VeDZqzXfQsgns8/edit?usp=sharing

Please feel free to share as we are hope to be able to collect as accurate of data as possible. Attention Class of 2023 graduates. A Google survey was recently sent to your personal email address from our district EMIS Coordinator, Beth Simons. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce requires all Ohio districts to collect and report the data requested within the survey from recent graduates. This information provides a better understanding of what Ohio graduates go on to do after high school. Many of these data elements will also appear on our district's accountability reports (ie. local report card). If you haven't already done so, please take a few minutes to complete the brief survey. Any question can be directed to Beth Simons at 937-526-4427 ext 4114 or beth.simons@vtigers.org. More information can also be found using the link below. https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Data/EMIS/EMIS-Resources/Exiting-Student-Follow-Up-Reporting

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.

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

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.

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