Please Attend a Principal Meet & Greet!  The PTO is hosting four Meet & Greets in October to give parents an opportunity to meet and chat with Principal Matt Gibson and teachers and staff from their child's grade. Each Meet & Greet will feature a presentation followed by a question-and-answer session. The Meet & Greets are hosted by PTO volunteers, and a bit of additional volunteer help is requested to assist the hostesses.
Please choose from the following grade levels and dates to RSVP to a Principal Meet & Greet:
A meet & greet for 8th grade parents with Principal Matt Gibson will take place in the winter. ~WE NEED HELP WITH THIS EVENT! If you are able to offer any assistance, please click here and let us know!~
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VFMS Parent Social! 
Tailgate and Chili Cookoff
Please join your fellow middle school parents on Saturday, October 18th from 7-11 pm at the VFMS Adult Social Tailgate!
The venue is great - such a cool barn on North Valley Rd in Malvern. Cap't Dick's BBQ out of Malvern will be there with all you can eat pulled pork, ribs, and beef brisket all smoked on site. Of course meal includes sides and dessert bar. Beer, wine, and soda also included in the ticket price; no cash bar as in previous years.
For entertainment, we have live music by Common Bond, a local band that people love with plenty of room for dancing. Put your balance to the test with a ride on the mechanical bull, or try your arm at horseshoes or corn-hole.
The cost per ticket is $50 and includes EVERYTHING, even a chance to win the $100 Nectar gift card just for attending!
Everything is included EXCEPT the Chili Challenge if you so choose to enter. Entrance fee is $25. Bring your best batch of chili! Right now there are not many entries
so the chances of winning are big! Cash prize of $200 for First Place, $100 for Second, and $50 for Third, not to mention bragging rights! Everyone in attendance can vote once for their favorite chili. A portion of all ticket and Chili Challenge sales will benefit the VFMS PTO.
RSVP soon so we can plan for plenty of food. Rally your friends before you forget...you won't be disappointed! |
Kiwi Yogurt Fundraiser
Come on out & enjoy a sweet treat while helping out  our great middle school! Kiwi Yogurt has generously offered to give back 15% of sales to VFMS on Wed, Oct 8th from 3-9. Please remember to bring the Kiwi Flyer (we will not earn the 15% without it!) which will be given out in home base & is available on the VFMS PTO website. Feel free to give copies to friends & family too!
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InterSchool Council
Want to learn about the happenings in our school district? Come to an ISC meeting! All InterSchool Council  meetings are open to the public and parents are warmly welcome. Your ISC representative at VFMS is Robin Briggs. Check out this year's meeting dates and topics schedule here. |
T/E's Children's Dental Clinic
The Children's Dental Clinic is a not-for profit organization supported by community donations, fundraisers, do  nations from local dentists and more. Students who come to The CDC receive preventative dental care as well as extensive restorative work of their teeth. Volunteers are the backbone of this organization and are needed to transport children to the clinic at T/E Middle School on Thursdays. Click here for more information or contact our CDC school representative, Cathy Mauro, directly to find out how you can help. |
 Open PTO Positions
Please consider taking on one of these positions and becoming more involved in your children's school!
*Executive Vice President - Work alongside the President to oversee the workings of the PTO Board with a view to taking over the position of President the next school year. A great way to get your feet wet before full immersion!
*8th Grade Principal Meet and Greet (Winter 2015) - Provide the venue for the 8th Grade Principal Meet and Greet.
Attendees will bring food and drinks. The 8th Grade event is usually held in late January/early February.
*Grade Graduation Coordinator - Communicate with 8th
grade parents to produce a slideshow to show at the graduation as well as helping to organize the event itself in liaison with the Beautification Committee.
*Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - Enlist the help of VFMS parents to provide a luncheon at the end of the school year to show our gratitude for the hard work of the teaching staff.
*BUILD Coordinator - BUILD stands for Better Understanding of Individuals with Learning Differences and is a group of parents and professionals of TE School District who have formed a support group for parents of children with learning differences.
The coordinator helps spread the word about Build meetings, forwards meeting announcements to LD teachers/counselors at VFMS and puts announcements into the VFMS Blast.
*Audit Review Committee - Once a year review the expenditure of the PTO and verify expenses tally with receipts. This is not an official audit per se and does not require accounting experience.
Please contact Sarah Culbert at president@vfmspto.org if you are interested in any of the above positions. |
Keystone Seminar
Not quite sure what is involved with the Keystone Exams required for graduation? Attend the Keystones Exams parent seminar on
October 7th at 7:00pm at the Radnor Municipal building to educate yourself. Click here to learn more. |
Shop Amazon / Support the PTO!
If you love to shop on Amazon, we have a fantastic way for you to help VFMS at the same time. On the VFMS PTO homepage, you will see an Amazon.com graphic. When you want to shop on Amazon, we are asking that you simply usethis link which will send you directly to the regular Amazon.com home-page. However, it will mark that your order is associated with our school and Amazon will donate a certain percent o  f your sale to VFMS! It is that simple and takes just one extra step! You do not need to sign up or register with the program and if you are already an Amazon Prime member, you will still receive all of your Prime benefits. VFMS has already earned roughly $650 with just a few parents participating and we bet there are more Amazon shoppers out there! Think how much more we can earn by just one extra click!
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| This Week at VFMS |
Tuesday: Gr. 5/6
Curriculum Night 6:50-8:30
Thursday: Gr. 5
Cherry Crest Farm Field Trip
Thursday: Gr. 7/8
Curriculum Night 6:50-8:30
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PTO Volunteer Opportunities
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Volunteer opportunities are still available at the Middle S chool level! Please contact us and let us know how you'd like to stay involved. All information is here on our website. Looking forward to working with you!
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| Box Tops for Education! |
Box Tops for Education
are an easy way to help raise money for VFMS.
Just clip Box Tops
and drop them in the collection box located in the main office.
Help us reach
our goal this year!
If you have any questions, contact
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Girl Scouts Information
| Girls scouts is starting up again this year. If you're interested in finding more information,
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Distracted Driving Seminar
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Radnor Area School District has opened its doors to an assembly that it is hosting on October 13th which will foc  us on a push to "End Distracted Driving." A hot topic in our modern day society, all are welcome to come learn how to reduce the effects of this dangerous habit. For more information, check out this flyer. |
CHS Girls' Basketball Clinic
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A Girls Youth Basketball Clinic will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (10am-Noon) at VF Middle School for girls in grades 2 - 8. Pre-registration is encouraged. Information can be found here.
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| Parent Seminar! |
Interested in protecting childhood and family relationships in the digital age? Come to the BIG DISCONNECT seminar on November 11th hosted at The Agnes Irwi n School. Space is limited so click here for information on registering.
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Trash Vocal Performance
| Delta is sponsoring a fabulous performance that you won't want to miss! Described as a cross between "Glee" and "Stomp" this green-minded ensemble entertains with a unique type of "Urban Broadway!" Takes place on Friday, November 14th. Click here for more information or check out Delta's website. |
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Valley Forge
Basketball League
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Fall Indoor Tennis Classes
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Fall Indoor Tennis Classes sponsored by Tredyffrin Township Recreation are available at Radnor Racquet Club - ages 4 thru adults. Click "Registration" and then Tredyffrin Township on www.davidbroidatennis.com
or check out schedule and registration information here. If interested, remember to fill out this waiver.
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| Important Numbers | |
VFMS Main Office:
610-240-1300
Attendance Line:
610-240-1330
T/E Transportation:
610-240-1680
T/E District Office:
610-240-1900
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Blast Submissions
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If you have school news you want to have published in the Blast, please write it up exactly how you want it to appear and send it in email to the editor, Lori Benedict, at lori.mb@gmail.com by 4PM the preceding Friday afternoon. Blast will go out each Sunday afternoon.
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