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Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School 2nd Trimester Awards Assembly
The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School held its 2nd Trimester Awards assembly on March 10.
The following students were named “Star Students of the Trimester”:
6th grade: Lindsey Miller, Taylor Wheeler, Connor Bendull, Ben Eden, Destiny Andrew, Cole Smith, Owen Sloop, Jamie Thompson, Kenneth Jorgensen, Wes Edwards, and Hannah Haisman.
Celebrate Women's History Month at the Palace
Friday, March 25 there will be a free showing of "Her Own Story: A Montage of Benton County Women" The presentation will be held at the Palace Theater from 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Vinton's beloved Esther Williams ("not the swimmer," she was quick to add) worked for the Cedar Valley Times her entire adult life. Next Honor Flight set for April 26; several area WWII vets to go
The next Honor Flight leaves from the Eastern Iowa Airport on April 26. Nearly 100 World War II veterans will make the trip for free, courtesy of the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight donors and sponsors.
Benton County veterans signed up for this trip include: Robert Allard, Urbana; William Bolin, Vinton; Richard Claeys, Belle Plaine; Burton Davis, Vinton; James Peterson, Vinton; Milton Smith, Vinton; Dale Speckner, Shellsburg.
Concert features variety of musical favorites
The Vinton-Shellsburg 7th and 8th grade Vocal Music Concert included several favorites from musicals from several decades Thursday night at the VSHS auditorium.
Vocal music teacher Lois Martin and choreographer Joan Cooling Noeller worked with the seventh and eighth grade boys and girls choir members on a variety of songs. Tractor Day for VS FFA
There are rows of tractors parked at Vinton-Shellsburg High School -- and you will probably see a machine or two in area business parking lots before and after school -- as V-S FFA members participate in their annual Tractor Day. The FFA students do this one day each year, one of their many efforts to raise awareness of the importance of agriculture. 31 apply for VSHS principal position; recommendation for hire expected next week
Vinton-Shellsburg Superintendent Mary Jo Hainstock said 31 people have applied for the job of VS High School principal.
After Friday's deadline, Hainstock will begin the selection process.
"That process includes the first screening done by Ryan Davis and me.
School board sets tentative budget; tax rate remains the same but taxes to rise
The property tax levy rate will remain the same for Vinton-Shellsburg School District property owners, but many will see an increase in their property taxes because of increased property valuation.
The Vinton-Shellsburg School Board agreed to a budget that includes a property tax levy of $15.
AmeriCorps Class 17 goes to work after induction
The School Board President stood in the Vinton-Shellsburg High School auditorium and spoke to the class.
Other speakers talked to the members about what they had learned, the friendships they had made, and the impact they would have on the world tomorrow.
Class members shared their experiences and looked forward to the future. Residents invited to watch AmeriCorps induction tonight at VSHS auditorium
The AmeriCorps Class 17 members have been training for several weeks. They will have their official induction into the program next Wednesday, March 16 (tonight). The ceremony takes place in the Vinton-Shellsburg High School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited. The teams from the Cedar, Oak and Maple units will leave Vinton the next day for the first of their long-term projects.
Middle School Art Show includes new projects, old favorites
Amy Sharar said she tried to add some new challenges to the Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School art program this year. The new projects included "me" collages; black and white fish sketching for 6th grade students that included learning about overlapping, pattern, design and positive and negative space as well as bubble letters (also the students learned to identify the seven types of fins on a fish!); a terracotta army; and U.