Eagle News

We need your help in improving behavior at VMS. Specifically, we need to address student behavior in the cafeteria. Students are expected to stay in their seats unless they are going to buy food in the line, throw their trash away, use the microwave, or if they have permission to use the restroom. We have many students walking around the cafeteria who are asked to return to their seats multiple times every lunch period. Students are leaving trash on the tables and the floor. We have students who throw food at friends, fling yogurt, and even put their feet on the cafeteria tables. Last week our 6th grade students began participating in a Tik Tok challenge that disrupted the lunch period. In this challenge, a student says pumpkin and any student that hears it has to reply pumpkin louder. This resulted in 6th grade students screaming pumpkin back and forth across the cafeteria.

We tell our students every morning and throughout lunch that their behavior should reflect the way they would act if they were eating in a restaurant or eating at the table with their family. Please help us reinforce these good manners and habits at home by having conversations about appropriate cafeteria behavior with your Eagles. We know that aligning expectations at home and school will help improve student behavior. If you would like to volunteer to help during a lunch period, please complete the volunteer form at the bottom of this newsletter. Thank you for your support.

The VMS Theatre competed in the UIL One Act competition on Saturday, November 16th. It was a 12-hour day with 6 schools competing out in Fredericksburg. Each school gave exceptional performances and the competition was intense. Students are critiqued on a number of things from their projection and articulation, to their expression of emotions, storytelling, physicality, tech elements, and ensemble work among many other things. Each school is allotted 7mins to set up, exactly 40 minutes for their full performance, and 7mins to strike the entire set.

After a series of incredible performances, Voss was the penultimate show. The students' performance elicited so many reactions during the show including huge laughter, gasps, and tears. At the end of the performance, they checked our performance run time. There are 3 official stopwatches across the auditorium to compare results. UIL rules states that at least one of those watches MUST be under 40mins to pass. (A single second over would lead to disqualification.) Two of the three watches recorded exactly 40 minutes and 0 seconds with one watch stopped at 39 minutes and 57 seconds.

That being said, Voss Middle School won 3rd place with several students winning additional awards! Easton Murski was awarded Best Tech; Gage Folmar won an Honorable Mention; Gage O'Connor won an All Star Cast Award (along with a huge fan base among the other schools...); and finally, Haley Faulkenberry won one of the only two Best Performer Awards. Of all the students across all the schools competing, only two students receive this award and this is the second year in a row (and third competition in a row) that a Voss student has won this award (—with Gage Folmar being our previous award winner!)

We are incredibly proud of our students and the incredible performance they put on and how well they represented our school. There is so much work that goes into these performances and so much teamwork required in order to succeed. Thank you to our director, Mr. Robert Gonzalez for your work with our theater. Congratulations VMS theater!

Would you like to celebrate one of our VMS staff members? We would love to hear your feedback on the amazing things our teachers and staff members are doing to help students and make VMS the best middle school in Texas. Please feel free to give a shout out to staff here: VMS Staff Shout Outs.

• Mrs. Comley - Mrs. Comley has been so supportive and helpful. If there is ever any question or concern, she is quick to respond and help out. We are so thankful for her dedication to the students and love for Voss!
• Ms. Perez - Thank you for giving up your time so freely to tutor my son with his math work. You have no idea how much it means to me! We saw the great things you did last year with our older son, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being the teacher that you are! (And... a life saver... cuz I am reading teacher and NOT a math teacher....)
• Ms. Nichols - Thank you for taking extra time during advisory to help my son with his math. I appreciate how hard you work with your kids given everything you've had to deal with. You are a strong woman and an awesome teacher! Thank you very much!!!

Great job by both 7th grade girls teams for going to North and taking care of business

7b won 23-3. Ryah Grace led the team in scoring with 6 and violet fry added 4. Katelyn Vogt led the team with 12 rebounds. Overall a great defensive effort by the girls. The 7b girls had a great weekend, taking 2nd place in the Hays Hoopfest Tournament!

7a won 32-15. After a slow start the girls picked up the energy and dominated the 2nd half. Ava Becker led all scorers with 12 points and Ella Hill added another 8. Sadie Micale led the team in rebounding with 8. Great job by all the girls tonight. 7a team also walked away with 2nd place at the Hays Hoopfest Tournament!

Our 8th grade girls lost a pair of physical games against North. Our girls fought hard and continue to make great strides week in and week out. The 8b team took home a 2nd place trophy over the weekend at the Hays Hoopfest Tournament!

Our boys teams secured a clean sweep against the greyhounds this week. These were huge bounce back wins after a tough start to our season. Our boys have shown tremendous integrity and perseverance this season!

We are very proud of all of our Eagles!!

Academic UIL season is here. Please check out information and descriptions for each of the academic UIL contests here: UIL Descriptions.

Attention Voss Eagles! 🦅

Do you have what it takes to compete in the Spanish Spelling Bee? 🐝✨

We’re looking for participants who are ready to showcase their Spanish spelling skills!

Who can join? ✅

ANYONE at Voss! No prior experience needed—just a love for learning and a bit of courage!

How to sign up? 📅

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQRU3Apqcfkb8ldz8GcpMfx7RoBClzEeHBsvnZKkcHMbjZCw/viewform?usp=sf_link . Don’t wait—secure your spot today!

Prizes and Fun Await!🎉

Challenge yourself, have fun, and maybe even win a prize!

Spread the word, and let’s make this year’s Spanish Spelling Bee unforgettable!

Questions? 🍎

Contact Ms. de Leon at abigail.deleon@boerneisd.net

✨¡Buena suerte! or Good luck! ✨

November 18th - BISD Board Meeting 6:30pm BISD Board Room

November 18th - Boys Basketball vs Loma Alta - 7th Home/8th Away - 5pm/6pm

November 19th - 8th Grade Ropes Field Trip (half of 8th grade goes each day) - permission slips due by November 15th

November 20th - 8th Grade Ropes Field Trip (half of 8th grade goes each day) - pernission slips due by November 15th

November 21st - Girls Basketball vs Loma Alta - 7th Home/8th Away - 5pm/6pm

November 25th - November 29th - Thanksgiving Break

December 2nd - Boys Basketball vs Kerrville - 8th Home/7th Away - 5pm/6pm

December 4th - Catching Up With Cornett - 8:30-9:00am - VMS Library

December 5th - Girls Basketball vs Kerrville - 8th Home/7th Away - 5pm/6pm

December 5th - BISD Combined Orchestra Concert - Blizzard of Bows - 7pm CHS Spectator Gym

December 6th - Anastasia Musical - 7pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 7th - Anastasia Musical - 7pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 8th - Anastasia Musical - 6pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 9th - Choir Concert - 6pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 9th - Boys Basketball vs Medina Valley - 7th Home/8th Away - 5pm/6pm

December 12th - Girls Basketball vs Medina Valley - 7th Home/8th Away - 5pm/6pm

December 16th - BISD Board Meeting - 6:30pm - BISD Board Room

December 17th - Semester Exams - no exams may be taken early

December 17th - Beginning Band Winter Concert - 6:30pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 18th - Semester Exams - no exams may be taken early

December 18th - Rising 6th Grade Night Committee Meeting

December 19th - Semester Exams - no exams may be taken early

December 19th - Advanced Band Winter Concert - 6:30pm - VMS Cafeteria

December 20th - Outstanding Student & Staff Breakfast

December 20th - Semester Exams, Early Release at 12:35pm

December 21st - January 5th - Staff and Student Winter Break

January 6th - Student Holiday/ Teacher Exchange Day

January 7th - Student Holiday/ Teacher Exchange Day

January 8th - Student Holiday/ Teacher Workday

January 9th - Student Holiday/ District Staff Development

January 10th - Student Holiday/ Campus PD

Thank you so much to everyone who has generously donated to our annual Thanksgiving Pie Drive! We only have five more pies up for grabs! We are collecting online donations that will go toward a $20 Bumdoodlers gift card for our amazing Voss staff to enjoy over the holiday break. Please donate a pie (or two, or 5) to help us reach our goal of giving a gift card to every staff member: https://www.vosspto.org/product-page/thanksgiving-pie-drive-donation

I am excited to announce that the referral window for the Gifted and Talented program will be open from November 15th to December 17th. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to nominate your child for consideration in our Gifted and Talented program, which is designed to provide advanced educational opportunities for students who demonstrate exceptional abilities.

If you believe your child would benefit from this program, please take the time to submit a referral during this window. Additional information about the process, including the referral link, can be found on the district’s Advanced Academics website linked here.

I encourage you to reach out with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the referral process. Thank you for your continued support in fostering our students’ growth and potential.

Need to update your child's profile in Skyward? Click here if you need to make up any updates: https://www.boerneisd.net/domain/3705

Would you like to be more involved at VMS? If you would like to volunteer on campus, please complete the BISD volunteer application. You do not need a separate application for each school but you must complete the application once every calendar year. The application and information on volunteering can be found here: https://www.boerneisd.net/volunteers.

Once you have completed a volunteer application, please sign up for a time to volunteer on campus HERE.

School safety is very important, and it's up to all of us to work together as a team to prevent bad things from happening.

If we all stay alert and work as a team to report dangerous or suspicious activity, we can help keep our schools safe.

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Email: katherine.cornett@boerneisd.net
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Location: 45 Voss Parkway, Boerne, Texas 78006
Phone: (830)357-3500