Van Buren Elementary School

Earlier this week, Mr. Olinger was pleased to represent Plainfield Community School Corporation at the District Administrators Leadership Institute conference, as our district was...

In celebration of World Kindness Day, Plainfield schools are highlighting their remarkable kindness initiatives that impact students, staff, and the wider community. Each school h...

Do you have a school employee that you want to celebrate? Now’s your chance! 'Tis the season to celebrate all our wonderful PCSC staff members, as ROSE Nominations are now being ...

Fourth grade students at all Plainfield elementary schools had an exceptional opportunity shown to them over the last few weeks. All of them are now able to take part in “Every Ki...

Fourth grade students at all Plainfield elementary schools had an exceptional opportunity shown to them over the last few weeks. All of them are now able to take part in “Every Ki...

Superintendent Scott Olinger is pleased to announce that Plainfield Community School Corporation’s school board has voted unanimously to appoint Mr. Ryan King as the new Principal...

Over the last few years, the Plainfield Schools team has embraced STEM-based learning. A focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) does not mean we’re ignoring thi...

If you saw any red flashes run by last night, it may have been one of our fifth grade track stars.We want to give a major shoutout to our Fifth Grade Track Team for a Third Place ...

Some Van Buren students were able to compete in a couple of competitions this week, and we are proud of their achievements! Math Bowl: Comprised of fourth and fifth grade stu...

Today, Van Buren students participated in a Walkathon to help raise money for our school! Classes walked a lap over to Central Elementary, and enjoyed receiving medals at the fin...

Men IN Action came to share the story of "Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match". The story empowers young people by reinforcing the truth that our differences are what make us unique!

Today, Van Buren students were lucky to have visitors from the high school teach them about words in Spanish! This is a fun tradition that has happened for the past several years...

More projects completed.

Students listen to Snapology presenter.

Snapology visited the Van Buren kindergarten classrooms to teach students building, pre-engineering, art, and other STEAM skills

Happy Spring Break, Van Buren! Students in first and second grades celebrated Beach Reading Day the day before Spring Break. Relax on the beach with a great book! ...

The 2022 Teacher of the Year process is underway in Plainfield, and last evening the four elementary schools made their selection. After Spring Break, those four elementary teache...

Students in Mrs. Ash's class celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by dressing up and doing fun learning activities.

Van Buren students celebrated reading today by decorating masks and reading with them. Every student had an opportunity to personalize their masks and have some quiet reading time...

Mrs. Ash's class visited the STEM room. After we took a look at all the fun things in the room we discussed push and pull. First, we walked around the room and found things th...