Van Wert High School News

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Heavy rain on Saturday didn’t stop local supporters of Human Trafficking Awareness Month from turning out at the Van Wert High School Gym to give their donations to the annual Van Wert-Lincolnview donnybrook generated on behalf of “human trafficking” to raise money for the month-long fund-raising in Van Wert County

Today's announcements

There will be a forum open to the Van Wert City School District community on January 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to seek input from the community on the characteristics, skills, and experience the Board of Education should consider in evaluating candidates for the district’s next Superintendent.

Today's announcements

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and for the second year in a row, the Van Wert Lady Cougars and Lincolnview Lady Lancers, in conjunction with the YWCA of Van Wert County, are competing to see which team can raise the most funds to benefit victims of human trafficking.

The Van Wert High School Athletic Department will hold a “Military Appreciation Night” at the Varsity Girls Basketball Game versus Ottawa Glandorf High School on January 16, 2020.

Today's announcements

During Van Wert's first Board of Education meeting of the new year, Board members approved a resignation at the end of the school year due to retirement from Superintendent Vicki Brunn. Brunn is in her second year as Van Wert City Schools Superintendent.

Motivational speaker Ray Lozano and his daughter, Brooke, were in Van Wert County this week to speak to students and adults about the dangers of substance abuse — drugs and alcohol — as well as the dangers related to smoking and vaping. 

Van Wert City Schools will join more than 700 school districts throughout Ohio to celebrate School Board Recognition Month in January

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Today's announcements

Channel 44 will be airing the Van Wert High School Concert Choir's holiday performance on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

The Ohio Department of Education began the College Credit Plus program for all students enrolled in Ohio schools. College Credit Plus has two fundamental positions:

Today's announcements

Recognitions were at the forefront of Wednesday night’s brief Van Wert City Board of Education meeting.

Presale tickets for the home JV/Varsity Van Wert vs. Wayne Trace boys’ basketball game will be on sale Friday, December 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the High School Athletic Office.

Today's announcements

Van Wert senior Madison Krick stood bundled, using the corner of the entrance to Walmart on Saturday as a windbreak from the raw east winds, as she stood in the elements and rang the Salvation Army Bell for eight hours.

Van Wert City Schools, in conjunction with the Van Wert Police Department and Van Wert County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, conducted a random drug search at the high school campus this morning.

Van Wert City Schools’ Career Counselor, Kerry Koontz, has been nominated for the 2019-2020 national LifeChanger of the Year award.

Starting with 16 teams and using brain power to progress down to 1, Van Wert High School was crowned champion of the 2019 WTLW TV-44 Fall Whiz Quiz Tournament.

The Van Wert Middle School and High School Vocal Music departments invite the community to attend their Christmas Choir Concerts on Monday, December 16, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center Auditorium.

Van Wert High School welcomed State Representative Don Jones to the school on Friday.

The Van Wert City Schools Board of Education (BOE) is committed to providing the best possible facilities for all our student athletes.

Van Wert High School will use the following schedule for exams on 12/19/19 and 12/20/19:

Van Wert High School students will host a toy drive December 9-13 to benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Van Wert High School student council sponsored several events in November to benefit the Ohio City Food Pantry and the Van Wert Cooperative Ministries Food Pantry.

The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is pleased to announce that Trent Temple, Athletic Administrator at Van Wert High School, has been recognized by this association as a Certified Athletic Administrator.

Pre-sale tickets for the Van Wert vs. Crestview varsity boys basketball game at Crestview on Friday, November 29 and the home Van Wert vs. Lincolnview game on Saturday, November 30 will be on sale Tuesday, November 26 from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. and Friday, November 29 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the High School Athletic Office.

The Van Wert High School Volleyball program held their end of the year awards banquet on November 17.  Varsity Coach Jeff Marbaugh and his staff gave out various awards to the players. 

Van Wert High School Theatre invites you to their upcoming fall production of Sherlock Holmes on November 22 and 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. on the Niswonger Performing Arts Center stage.

Van Wert City Schools recently released its 2019-2020 Quality Profile. The QP is designed to be an at-a-glance summary of what makes the educational experience at VWCS outstanding,

Van Wert High School announces that Parent-Teacher Conferences for 2019-2020 will be held in the High School/Middle School Commons on the following dates:

Van Wert High School senior Kirsten Clay recently signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career with the University of Cincinnati next fall.

It’s rare — really rare — to find a runner who is competitive at 100 meters and also at 5000 meters. Van Wert’s Caylee Phillips has been there and done that.

Van Wert High School honored veterans on Monday as part of local Veterans Day activities. 

On Friday, October 18, Van Wert High School participated in the annual MakerFest event held in Lima.

Van Wert High School recently honored 142 students with an Academic Award for the 2018-2019 school year.

Van Wert High School will be honoring local veterans this Monday, November 11 at the annual Veteran’s Day assembly.

During a recent special Board meeting, the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education hired Michelle Mawer as treasurer to fill Mike Ruen's emptied position.

Van Wert Federal Savings Bank recently donated $3,500 to the Van Wert High School Athletics Department.

Dalton Heppeard has been a familiar face at the local farmer’s market for several years, but for the first time he agreed to set up a booth in this year’s Apple Festival selling apple dumplings. 

Ohio bus drivers reported over 1,500 stop arm violations in just one day.

Van Wert High School’s Student Council will host a blood drive on Wednesday, November 6 from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the VWHS gymnasium.

Anyone who purchased varsity boys basketball season tickets for the 2018-2019 season can purchase their same season tickets for the 2019-2020 season during third quarter of our home varsity football games against Lima Bath on October 25 and Celina on November 1.

A standing-room-only crowd was on hand to listen to Van Wert’s three mayoral candidates talk about their qualifications and priorities, as well as answer questions about their stances on charter government and a number of other issues.

On Wednesday morning, shortly after school started, Van Wert City Schools conducted a full-scale evacuation drill.

It appears random drug testing will not be implemented at Van Wert High School at this time. During Wednesday night’s Van Wert City Board of Education meeting, VWHS Principal Bob Priest told the board that, after researching drug testing, he has changed his stance on the testing.

Van Wert High School Theatre is preparing for their upcoming production of Sherlock Holmes adapted by Tim Kelly.

Keeping children safe and healthy during school hours is central to the mission of the Van Wert City School district.

Van Wert High School’s Government students would like to invite to the residents of Van Wert City to join them in the upcoming mayoral candidate forum on Monday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center’s First Federal Lecture Hall.

Van Wert City Schools is pleased to announce we will be publishing a district newsletter soon.

School has been back in session for a few weeks but already bus drivers have been reporting violations of safety laws.

Van Wert High School’s Student Council is proud to announce the 2019-2020 Homecoming Court.

Van Wert City Schools is excited to announce an alumni portal now available on the VWCS website.

All four Van Wert County school systems saw improvements on Ohio School Report Cards released Thursday, with Van Wert City Schools seeing the most improvement over last year.

Inappropriate adult behavior at high school athletic events in Ohio has reached epidemic proportion.

Two finalists for the open district treasurer’s position were interviewed Wednesday night by the Van Wert City Board of Education.

According to the National Institute for Mental Health, suicide is the second leading cause of death in individuals ages 10-34, right behind accidental deaths.

Van Wert senior Levi Newell pulled double duty during Friday night’s football game against Defiance.

Those wishing to purchase season tickets for the 2019 Van Wert Cougar football season must do so by Wednesday, September 11th at 3:00 p.m. in the High School Athletic Office.

Van Wert City Schools is excited to announce a special program now offered throughout the district in conjunction with Crayola.

Are you interested in a future career in the Criminal Justice or Law Enforcement? If so, we would like to invite you to attend the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office Exploring Open House on October 16.

Come learn about firefighting, emergency services, and EMT. I invite you to become a member of the Fire/EMS Exploring program sponsored by the City of Van Wert Fire Department.

Van Wert High School students gathered at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center Thursday morning to hear Kevin Atlas, the first basketball player with only one hand to earn a D1 basketball scholarship, give a motivational speech.

Roads are becoming busier and distractions more complex, causing students to be more at risk than ever before.

The Van Wert Cougars will travel to Bryan this Friday, August 30, to take on the Golden Bears in the first game of the season.