Versailles High School

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.

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.

From Russia, Games are running 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Please plan accordingly as they plan to keep them moving.

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.

Versailles Community, please consider sharing this posting: Versailles Schools is looking for a full time Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist for the coming 2024-2025 school year. Come join an incredible staff of dedicated professionals in a highly supportive community to make a lasting positive impact on our students. Qualified applicants must hold a state of Ohio license in addition to an Ohio Department of Pupil Services license. A full job description is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vjOBU1GWeedukKkYRLC6xFvhiFm3Eprr/view?usp=sharing If interested, please send resume, application, copies of license, transcripts, and BCI/FBI prints and any other pertinent documents that you feel help to convey who you are as a candidate to: Sarah Rhoades, Director of Special Education Versailles Exempted Village Schools 280 Marker Rd., Versailles, OH 45380 or sarah.rhoades@vtigers.org Application available at www.versailles.k12.oh.us, District, Employment, Certified Job Openings. If you have any questions, contact Sarah Rhoades at 526-4681, ext 4130 or sarah.rhoades@vtigers.org.

Parents of Bus 9 students, we apologize for the second call, but wanted to communicate clearly with you. About 7:44 Bus 9 broke down about 5 miles away from the school district. Another bus was sent out to where the bus broke down. The students on the bus are being switched to the new bus and are being brought in to school presently. The last several stops were picked up by several other buses to get those students picked up as quickly as possibly.