April 17, 2019
We would like to congratulate Molly Craney for being voted Van Buren's 2020 Teacher of the Year! Way to go, Molly!
While all of our teachers at Van Buren are outstanding, we...
April 5, 2019
Second grade recently learned all about pets and the responsibility of owning and caring for a pet. They had some furry friends visit, including Haley Roesch and her Golden Retri...
March 21, 2019
It's probably fair to say that most of the classroom volunteers in elementary schools are women. But today, it was all about the men. The inaugural #MenINActionREAD event took ...
March 20, 2019
The Plainfield Legacy Foundation visits our kindergarten classes every Spring, just before Spring Break, to promote continued reading over the time off from school. They give eve...
March 11, 2019
Astronaut Day for the kindergartners at VB is a big deal! They learned all about the planets and astronauts with various activities through out the day. They had to complete an ...
March 7, 2019
This year's theme was "Every Book is Awesome" based on the Lego Movie that showcases "Everybody's awesome, everybody's cool when you're part of a team!" For those of you unfamili...
February 26, 2019
Lego Club is for K-3 students that are interested in Legos and robotics. This is the feeder program to The Robotics Club for 4th and 5th graders. This entry level club teaches a...
February 26, 2019
Hendricks Power presented a high voltage safety demonstration to the 4th grade classes. The line crew demonstrated what happens when an individual comes into contact with 7,200 ...
February 22, 2019
Last night marked the 23rd annual Indiana Academic M.A.T.H. Bowl, with Plainfield elementary students representing their schools in the district event held at Tri West High School...
February 22, 2019
Fourth and fifth grade participants have been practicing for the Math Bowl Competition since Thanksgiving Break. After much practice, the team attended the Math Bowl Competition a...
February 8, 2019
Congratulations to Drew White, Clark Laker, Preston Irving and Ted Means for bringing home the WIN in the 2019 Battle of the Books Competition! Well done! For the first time sin...
February 8, 2019
This week our first grade students learned more about the different genres of books with the main focus being fairy tales. Students learned the characteristics often used in fai...
February 4, 2019
Van Buren had an exciting Battle of the Books finale today! The "Revenge of the Jimmy Dean Sausages" team (Preston Irving, Drew White, Clark Laker and Ted Means) won first place....
January 23, 2019
Earlier today I spent about an hour just wandering the halls and classrooms at Van Buren, and no matter where I turned, I found students and teachers engaged in normal learning ac...
January 18, 2019
Green Bean, an African Penguin from the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky, visited the students at Van Buren. The students got to learn all about African Penguins by listenin...
January 18, 2019
Kindergarten students had to decorate a shirt with 100 things. Then they walked the “runway,” Fashion Show style, awhile the teacher read a description of how they decorated their...
January 8, 2019
Little Quakers Academy is very excited to host our 4th Annual Open House for Plainfield residents who are considering enrolling their child(ren) for the 2019/2020 school year. I...
December 5, 2018
The Plainfield Community Schools Legacy Foundation sponsored the Harlem Wizards to compete in a basketball game against the Red Pride Renegades, made up of Plainfield Community Sc...
November 16, 2018
Another successful Native American Day Feast! This is the 25th year that Van Buren has been celebrating this feast! Thank you to all of the volunteers who make it possible! Wit...
November 2, 2018
Pictured above: the PHS 4th-year Spanish students. All photos below were taken at Central and Van Buren Elementary schools. Eighty-six Plainfield High School students, all i...