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January 9, 2025
Interested in having your child attend 4-Year-Old Preschool next year? Please complete the following survey if your child will be 4 years old by Sept. 15, 2025! Fill out our ...
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January 9, 2025
Interested in our 2025-26 Kindergarten/Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program? Fill out the interest form below today! If your child will be 5 years old by September 15, 2...
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November 18, 2024
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June 21, 2023
A free anonymous K-12 school safety reporting system is now available to help prevent violence, unlawful possession of weapons, self-harm and other forms of victimization and thre...
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March 15, 2024
Van Meter School's school radon testing results came back WELL below the EPA's action level of 4.0 pCi/L, and even below the world Health Organization's action level of 2.7 pCi/L!...
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February 14, 2023
Congratulations to our 5th grade Flag Essay winners! The contest was sponsored by the American Legion Post 403 in Van Meter and asked students to write about what the flag means t...
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January 23, 2023
2024-25 Board Approved School Calendar
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January 23, 2023
Click image below to hear about Van Meter from parent perspectives.
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January 6, 2023
We often get requests from teams to use our gyms for various practices. Three years ago we met with our varsity coaches and put together dates that Van Meter youth teams could use ...
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December 21, 2022
Van Meter Elementary December Related Arts Newsletter
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September 22, 2022
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January 7, 2022
Sailors from the USS Iowa had watched the videos the 6th graders had sent teaching them about different people, places and events in Iowa. On Tuesday, each student received a pe...
December 20, 2021
In Ms. Algreen's STEAM class, 3rd through 6th grade students have been working hard over the month of December to create tie blankets for children at Blank Children's Hospital in ...
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December 17, 2021
The Iowa Department of Education recently released the education profiles for all 1,282 public schools in Iowa. This is the third year of grades given to schools. Fortunately, our...
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November 11, 2021
The Van Meter Performing Arts and Parker Lake put together a tribute to those that have served and are currently serving in the U.S. Military.
It's a wonderful tribute. Than...
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November 4, 2021
This week in STEAM, students created marble mazes after reading the book "How to Catch a Turkey". Mazes were then tested by classmates, who gave positive feedback along the way.
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October 28, 2021
The Van Meter Schools October Library and Technology News is here. In this edition of our Library and Technology News, you will find all of the special things happening from o...