Parent Information Regarding MRSA

We received notification that a student (who is on an SFR coop team that practices at VIT) has tested positive for MRSA. In order to keep all parents informed, We are sending home an informational letter for the parents of students in our district. As far as VIT is concerned, the athlete was not in any classrooms. Additionally, areas that the athlete may have spent time in have been sanitized including:

Locker rooms and restrooms - 

Door handles that may or may not have been in the student's path - 

Athletic equipment used by the student -

Practice buses that the student may have been transported on.

We are confident that we have and are taking the necessary steps to best protect students and staff.
If you have any questions - please call the district office at 309-758-5138
Mr. Mike Curry

Thank You 6th Graders

Last night we recognized our 6th Grade volleyball girls. They played their last home game as Lady Hornets. They will be moving to JH and the SFR Lady Rebel Coop next year. Thank you for your hard work in the "green and white" while at VIT Elementary.

6th Grade Basketball Final Home Game

Congratulations and Thank You to the 6th grade boys BB team for a great win last night and great effort over their time playing Hornet BB at VIT Elementary!

Quite a Sight

Nice to have these two additions to VIT HS.........

Sectional Champions

Lady Rebel Basketball defeats Brimfield for Sectional Championship. Super-Sectional on Monday!!! Great job players and coaches. Also, the crowd tonight was AWESOME!

Another Bitter Day

Well, here we go again. Another day out of school.  This weather is crazy. We have neighboring districts with air and windchill temperature changes of more than 15 degrees, Bushnell was -12/-33 while Astoria was a warmer -8/-14.   As far as our cold districts (-12/-33WC) are concerned,  I am glad that I have people around me that understand that just "because we are tired of missing school it doesn't make it right," to have school for the sake of having school. Another area superintendent said that this morning as we talked about being the first 2 or 3 to cancel. I could not have said it better myself. I have always tried to balance safety and potential for unnecessary trouble with the importance of education and going to school. Decisions like this will always have detractors, no matter which way one decides - but in the end, I don't want my kids or your kids stuck on a broken down bus or waiting outside for a bus in -30 degree weather. Apparently, I am also losing my mind through all of this as I said the wrong date on the phone call this morning and had to call everyone again......like you haven't heard my voice enough in the past 40 days :) Stay warm and we will try again tomorrow.

Central IL Weather - wait 3 minutes and it will change...REALLY

This morning was so frustrating!!! Weather services are amazingly helpful and like most services, prone to some inconsistencies. But this AM was very confusing. Temps in Table Grove varied from -15 to -5 on 3 different sources at several different points in time. Ipava and Vermont varied from
-3 to -10 while Astoria was -3 and Bushnell was -10. This weather is so unpredictable. It is the unpredictability that makes the decision to cancel on days like this - so frustrating and down-right tiring. Today the temps were right on the fence in some parts of the district and in a perfectly safe range in others. So, we fired up the buses, opened the school house doors, and reminded parents of cold weather precautions. We do what we can do. In any event, school is in session. Have a great day and stay warm. I heard 40'a in less than 14 days :)