August 28, 2020

Dear VCS Families,

What a week this has been! I am so excited and blessed to say that we have finished our first week of school and it has been a great week. Students, parents, and teachers alike have all shared how good it is to be back together as a VCS family.  

When I ran cross country in high school my coach would tell us to pace ourselves when running downhill and use the downhills to prepare us for the next uphill. This week the middle and high school students spent Thursday and Friday doing team-building activities. Each day discipleship group (D-group) leaders spent time reflecting on the summer and preparing students for the “race” ahead of them. Leaders discussed the topic of perseverance. To persevere is to continue even when things get tough. At this moment many of us may be feeling like the “race” is feeling a bit easier now that the kids are in school and things are feeling more “normal”. Enjoy the downhill now, but also be preparing for the next obstacle, challenge, or uphill that you and your family will face. This year has taught us to expect the unexpected. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring but we do know the author of tomorrow and we can fully rely on Him as we face the next hill of life.

I am honored to be one of the “coaches” of the VCS team. God has blessed us with amazing teachers, staff, parents, and students. As a team, we will celebrate all of the good things that God has done and will continue to do throughout the year. We will also persevere and press on regardless of what tomorrow may bring.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 3:12-15

VCS family, may we press on not for an earthly prize but an eternal reward. God is a work in our school, our students’ lives, our community, and our world. This year has been filled with trials of many kinds but I believe that God will use these difficulties to refine and transform us as His followers to accomplish His purposes.

Sean Freund
God bless,

SCHOOL NEWS

Mask Mandate Msg from Mr. Dunn

Hot Lunch

Hot lunch begins Monday. For instructions and menu, please visit the parent portal, link above. 

Afternoon Pick up 

Thank you for your patience and grace as we launched the new pick up procedures. We made the adjustments below and saw great improvement throughout the week. Please be reminded of the adjustments below as we continue to improve moving forward.

• Students will line up in the gym by families
• We will have a staggered dismissal. Please arrive at the times listed below to minimize the number of cars in the lot at the same time. Please note, we may continue to adjust these times once we learn the procedures and the Oshkosh bus begins.
  • 3:10 - A-H
  • 3:15 - I-P 
  • 3:20 - Q-Z
  • 3:25 - Middle and high school students; Zion bus
• Zion Bus: We will dismiss all siblings of students from the Zion campus when the bus arrives. We ask that parents with students at the Zion campus park in the parking spots by the flag pole and we will escort students to the cars when they arrive.
• If you have middle/high school students, AND elementary students, please arrive at 3:25 p.m. and your children will be dismissed together.
• Please keep pulling up in the carpool line as families leave with their children.

Carpool Tags

If you did not pick up your carpool tags at our Back To School Kickoff or earlier this week, all tags were sent home with your children. Elementary students brought them home in their Friday folders, MS/HS received theirs to bring home. If you still are without a carpool tag, please email Carey Holtz at choltz@vcoshkosh.com.

Mom’s in Prayer Begins Sept. 1

Moms in Prayer is an international organization of moms who gather to pray for our school and children. Our VCS Moms in Prayer group will meet on Tuesdays from 8:15-9:15 a.m. in the library. All women are welcome. Prayer is so powerful, and we need it more than ever! Feel free to contact Cindy Curtis with any questions. (920-475-7359)

Bus Transportation:

Berlin bus route: Berlin stop: 7:00 a.m.; Omro stop 7:25 a.m.

• Temperature checks will be done before students leave the bus stop. Please wait at the stop until students have been checked and cleared to ride for the day.

Zion campus bus: departs VCS at 7:55 a.m.

• Transportation will be provided beginning the 1st day of school

ATHLETICS

All Forms for Athletics may be found on the Parent Portal/Athletics

MS = Middle School
HS = High School
 

Cross Country

Practice schedule for the week for all cross country runners:
5th/MS - Monday through Friday 3:30 - 4:45 pm
HS - Mon, Tues, Thu, & Fri - 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Wednesdays end at 5:00 pm

HS Volleyball

HS Football

HS Boys Soccer

All other high school sports will begin practice Sept. 7. Coaches will contact families with details.