Vienna-Finley Elementary School hosted it's Annual Veterans Day Celebration on Friday, November 11 to honor all Veterans. Third grade and kindergarten students provided a special musical performance in honor of our military and our student council helped to greet and escort Veterans to their seats. Boy Scout Troup 4023, led by Trevin Baldwin, presented and retired the colors for the celebration. Vienna-Finley students presented their special guests with a commemorative pin during the program. Friends, family and the community shared in this spectacular honor. On behalf of Vienna-Finley Elementary School students, and staff, and Scott County School District 2, we would like to thank each and every Veteran and their family for their service to our country.

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During a recent election, Student Council members at elected their new officers for the 2016-2017 school year. Thank you to everyone who campaigned and worked so hard during the election process and to our voters, and congratulations to our newly elected officers.

President: Haley Thomas

Vice President: Kody Clancy

Secretary: Zachary "Ty" Hancock

Treasurer: Chase Coomer

Thursday, November 10 was Lexington Elementary Day in the district by a proclamation by Dr. Marc Slaton. Lexington Elementary received the Blue Ribbon in Education Award in Washington D.C. and was also a deemed 4-Star school from the Indiana Department of Education. In honor of Lexington Elementary, we wore red on Thursday. Congratulations Lexington! We are so proud of your accomplishments!

During a recent staff meeting, Mrs. Amy Ault, Vienna-Finley Elementary school second grade teacher, received the first Quarter Crystal Apple Award at Vienna-Finley Elementary School. Mrs. Ault was chosen based on the first quarter Accelerated Reader results. Mrs. Ault's second grade class read an average of 89.9% correct on test and a 24.7 point medium for the class for the first grading period. Mrs. Ault was presented the award by Mr. Richard Jackson, a representative of Horace Mann. Horace Mann sponsored the award. The Crystal Apple will be awarded to a Vienna-Finley teacher once each quarter for accomplishments in educating students.

Congratulations Mrs. Ault!

During a recent staff meeting, Holly Asdell, previous recipient of the "This Rose Bud's for You!" Award at Vienna-Finley, presented Mrs. Patty Clancy with the award for the month of November. Mrs. Asdell stated the following in honor of Mrs. Clancy. "I would like to nominate Patty Clancy for This Bud’s For You Award. It is a wonderful feeling to know I work with such passionate, smart, hardworking, and loving people. Today, I would like to pass this award to Mrs. Patty Clancy. Not only to I work with all of you wonderful people but many of you have been my sons teachers. I am taking advantage of this opportunity and not only giving this award to a wonderful teacher who I admire as a co-worker but also giving it to someone who has helped me from a parental perspective. This is my oldest son’s last year at VFES. Trust me, I can give this award to any of his previous teachers because they have all worked so well with him and been able to balance pushing him while being flexible with his needs. So, with this being his final year in elementary school, Mrs. Clancy has a unique time with him as she helps him and the rest of her students prepare for their next level of education at SMS. Mrs. Clancy came to our school last year. She came from a district where she had a good career going, many great relationships formed, and a place where she probably could have stayed until she retired. She chose to come back to SCSD2 and VFES was fortunate enough to be the place where she landed. She came right before the school year started and she fit right in. She has learned the ropes from our lead teacher Mrs. Smith which helped shape her into the teacher she is. With the help, encouragement, and advice she received from Mrs. Smith, she was able to turn around the following year and help Mrs. Cazares transition from teaching Kindergarten to teaching 5th grade. Mrs. Clancy welcomes every student into her classroom with a smile. She makes learning fun. She looks for the bright side and solutions to the challenges that come up. We are blessed to have her as part of our staff and I am blessed as a mother to have her as my son’s 5th grade teacher. Thank you Mrs. Clancy for all that you do.

Congratulations Mrs. Clancy!

We will have a Gingerbread man Box Tops race for the month of December! Which ever class brings in the most box tops by December 20th will win an ice cream party!

On Friday, November 4th, the STEAM Museum came to Vienna-Finley. All of our students were able to run through the museum and interact with science activities. It was an amazing experience for our students and staff. Thank you to our awesome Title One department for bringing this to Vienna-Finley! Thank you to all of our amazing parent volunteers for coming and helping make this possible.