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Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

• My name is Tim Cavey, and I’m the VCS Middle School vice-principal
• My name is Mary DeBoer, and I’m the VCS Middle School principal

Here were some highlights from the week (see MS Community Classroom):

• The week of Fog (in more ways than one)
• Today was Culture Day
• Chapel Speaker: Jenny Shantz from Inner Hope Youth Ministries

Upcoming Dates:

• Ongoing: Your child should make a date with you to walk you through their presentation of learning (Google Slides or Sites)
• Thursday, February 3rd: Student-Teacher-Parent Conferences 1 - 8 pm
• Tuesday, February 8th: MDI Survey for Grade 8s
• Friday, February 18th: Professional Learning Day (no classes)
• Monday, February 21st: Family Day (no classes)

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Our next staff interview will be with … Anika Brandt

Mary: Now we’d like to share a shoutout to our listeners! This week’s shoutout goes to Laura Campa, who wrote “Hi Mary, Just wanted to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed the middle school matters podcasts. It’s great being able to hear from the teachers, through interviews, as we haven’t had the opportunity to do that in person (thanks Covid). Thanks for making the time and effort to bridge this gap!”

Final Words

Mary: Contact us at any time at mdeboer@vancs.org or tcavey@vancs.org. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our next "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen at the end of February and will include a $60 gift card for Boston Pizza, the book, How to Hug a Porcupine:  Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years, and some other fun family items.  By the way, if you are a student listening in to our podcast, we'd love to hear from you as well.  Let us know what you are enjoying about the pod!