Van Buren Elementary School

Van Buren's third graders entered a contest for the Children’s Museum Guild’s Haunted House. This year’s theme was Cursed Castle. Out of all the many students from other school...

Van Buren had a lot of Captain K Superheroes show up at school today! K is for KINDNESS is their super power! The Captain K's were spreading kindness throughout the building all...

Nine13Sports promotes health, wellness, and exercise for youth between the ages of 5 and 18 through their Kids Riding Bikes® programs. Students ride stationary bikes and watch a...

Each student had a small pumpkin to investigate. The investigation included things like predicting the height of the pumpkins, predicting if the pumpkins would float or sink, and ...

Van Buren gave a warm welcome to the Indy Air Bears! The Indy Air Bears team was established in 1986 by Niki Glover and has been performing, competing and teaching jump rope skil...

All four kindergarten classes took a walking field trip to the Plainfield Fire Department. They learned all about fire safety and what the firemen and women do. A big thank you ...

Here are some pictures from Mrs. Ash's class doing a potato investigation, They dug them up from Van Buren’s courtyard garden, washed them, measured them with cubes and weighted ...

Competitive spirit is in the air at Van Buren! Fourth and fifth grade students are beginning to prepare for the 3rd Annual Battle of the Books competition! Students form teams ...

Recently our fifth graders were able to visit and spend the night at Flat Rock River YMCA camp. While at camp the students were able to make candles, play Native American games, ...

Van Buren 1st graders attended a fun filled day at Eagle Creek Park. Their field trip included a pond study, dry lab presentation where they each were able to make and take home a...

Van Buren's kindergarteners visited AppleWorks this week. Among the activities they experienced were taking a wagon ride to apple trees, learning about different kinds of apples,...

Students experiment with pennies and water to learn about surface tension.

In loving memory of Caleb Steely, a Little Free Library, Take a Book, Return a Book, was built at the corner of Shaw Street and Buchanan Street. Pictured here is the stand with b...

Help Our School Win! So far, Van Buren Elementary School has requested 77 Energy Kits and has saved 15,400 kWh of energy. Our school has the opportunity to win $2,500, and we...

Students create raps and dances while learning about latitude and longitude in social studies.

First graders read Get the Egg this week which is a realistic fiction about children who help save a birds egg that fell from a nest. Students made bird feeders from sticks, pea...

Every summer since 2010, the Plainfield Library has had a Summer Reading Club. The elementary that has the most participants win bragging rights and a traveling trophy. Van Bure...