PROM

Information was sent out about Prom, which will be held at La Vera Party Center in Willoughby Hills on Friday, May 5, 2023. Per the VASJ student handbook, students may be excluded from Prom due to excessive class tardies. If a student accumulates more than 50 tardies, the student will not be allowed to attend Prom. In addition, students must be in good financial standing in order to attend. Financial obligations must be settled with the Business Office before tickets can be purchased for Prom.
 

STUDENT PARKING

Reserved parking will be available this school year to any student who drives to school. You will be required to have a parking permit to park in the school parking lot. Parking permits are $100 for the entire school year and are available from Mrs. Fischbach in the Principal’s Office. Permits will be checked. Any car without a CURRENT VASJ permit sticker will be towed AT YOUR EXPENSE. This will be strictly enforced this school year, as parking is very limited.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Fischbach in the Principal’s Office at ext. 210.

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING

After school tutoring is available for all VASJ students, but it is required for ineligible students. Tutoring is from 3:15-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every week. If we do not have school, we do not have tutoring.

Teachers are available in the following rooms:

• Math with Mrs. Julian: Room 301
• Math/English with Ms. Mowrey: Room 303
• Science with Ms. Babiak: Room 310
• Science/Religion with Ms. Armen: Room 315 (Tuesdays & Wednesdays only)
• History: Students can seek any of the teachers listed above

You do not need to make an appointment to attend. Students are encouraged to attend as often as needed with material to work on.

In addition, students may make arrangements with individual teachers for tutoring as needed. That must be done ahead of time with the teacher and is subject to a teacher's availability.

Boys baseball, boys volleyball, girls softball, and boys and girls track and field will begin practices for the 2023 season on February 20, 2023. Please make sure all pertinent information is complete and up to date in FinalForms. This includes, but is not limited to, a Pre-Participation Physical Exam, Parent and Student E-Signatures, Emergency Medical Authorization, and permissions.

Lady Vikings flag football
The new Lady Vikings flag football program at VASJ is kicking off! We will be holding open gyms on Monday, Feb. 6, Monday, Feb. 13 and Monday, Feb. 20 from 6-8 p.m. at the school. 

Please be sure to bring tennis shoes and water bottles, and dress appropriately for the weather. 


Winter Sports: 
Boys Basketball: mensbasketball@vasj.com 

Girls Basketball: womensbasketball@vasj.com 

Wrestling: wrestling@vasj.com 

Swimming: swimming@vasj.com 

Bowling: bowling@vasj.com 

Cheerleading: cheerleading@vasj.com 

Indoor Track: xctf@vasj.com 

Athletics Department (General Inquiry): dfischbach@vasj.com

Athletic Tickets

Tickets are available online at vasj.com/athletic-tickets (there is a processing fee added to the online ticket prices below). We look forward to hosting you at our next home event! 
$8 - Adults
$6 - Senior citizens and youth ages 7-17
Free - Children 6 and under
$10 - Cash at the gate (all tickets) 

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility for all students is run every Monday morning. Any student who has two or more Fs for any course will be ineligible for the week. Athletes may not play in any scheduled games until eligibility is established the following Monday. Students in club activities may not participate in any club functions during the school day.

In addition to being ineligible for games/activities, students are also required to attend after school tutoring. Students must sign in and stay for the duration of tutoring all three days it is offered, which is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Students who do not attend the tutoring will be ineligible for an additional week regardless of grades.

Returning families:
Financial aid is available! If you need financial aid for the 2023-24 school year, you must complete the FACTS Grant and Aid form for any consideration. You can access FACTS by clicking on this link: online.factsmgt.com/signin/3X1G4.

Your financial contract for the 2023-24 school year was recently mailed to you. Please complete the contract and return it with the $200 deposit to reserve your place for next year.

If you have any questions, please contact the Business Office at 216-481-8414 ext. 240.

Electronic devices, including but not limited to, cellular phones, radios, TVs, iPods, headphones, electronic games or toys, smartphones, smartwatches, iPads, iPhones, or lasers are not permitted in areas of instruction.

Maintaining the integrity of the learning environment is our top priority and the use of cell phones has deteriorated the quality of classroom instruction. We understand that the last few years have been tough and students have gravitated to cell phone usage as a strong means of socialization. We need to get back to the basics of in-class instruction and one way is the elimination of our top distraction — our CELL PHONE.

• Students will be permitted to have cell phones in their possession throughout the school day. However, cell phone use will only be permitted before the first bell, during lunch, in hallways or other common areas, and after the last bell of the day. NOT IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING.
• Students MUST have their cell phones placed on silent during the school day; cell phone use shall cause no distraction or disruption.
• Cell phones will be out of sight during instructional time (inside and outside of classrooms) and collected by instructional staff.
• Cell phone charging is not allowed in the classroom setting.

The only exception to the above policies is as follows: cell phones and tablets used for instructional purposes will be permitted, with the teacher’s explicit permission and supervision.

If a student is caught using a cell phone during class unauthorized, the following consequences will apply:

First Offense:
Confiscation, teacher contacts parent indicating an item was confiscated. Item returned by the teacher at the end of the school day.

Second Offense:
Confiscation, item turned into Dean of Student Life, logged with demerits, and item not returned until conclusion of the day. Student placed on out-of-school suspension.

Third Offense:
Out-of-school suspension. Administration meets with the family to discuss expectations upon return. Any electronic device used in a classroom is under the discretion of the teacher.

*Emergency situations are to be reported to the VASJ Main Office, where conversations are to take place.

Note: Depending on the item confiscated, it may be destroyed or stored. VASJ is not responsible for items not retrieved within one month after school’s conclusion in May. Likewise, VASJ is not responsible for any item while being held in confiscation. 

School Nurse - Molly Kozlowski, BSN, RN, LSN 
Clinic Hours: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
mkozlowski@vasj.com
216-481-8414 ext. 212

VASJ is currently following Ohio Department of Health and Cleveland Department of Public Health COVID-19 guidelines for schools.

Per the State of Ohio, all students must be up to date on required immunizations for school entry. Please provide the school nurse with a hard copy of immunization records at the beginning of the school  year. Immunization records are not always successfully transferred between schools. You will be notified in September or October if your student is out of compliance with immunization requirements. Often, students have received all required immunizations, but a record is incomplete or not on file.

Per the Ohio Department of Health, all 12th graders MUST have TWO DOSES of the Meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine prior to entry. Please remind your child’s doctor at their next visit and provide documentation of the vaccination to the school nurse. Again, TWO DOSES of MCV4 must be administered for all 12th graders.

Students may NOT carry medication in school during the school day with the exception of emergency medication for seizures, allergies, and asthma. Orders for these medications should be signed by a doctor provided to the school nurse annually. All other medications should be given to the nurse in the original container with a signed medication order and will be kept in the clinic.

All medications given during school require a new order each school year. Please remind your child’s doctor at their next visit if you need new medication forms for the 2022-23 school year.

CLINIC FORMS

Medication form

VASJ requires each family to have a current email address on record with the school. It is imperative that you check your email account very frequently. Important school-related information (including the weekly Parent Newsletter
with current and upcoming events), time-sensitive alert updates, and teacher/counselor communications are sent via email on a regular basis. You can update your email address through your FinalForms account.

To read the latest Parent Newsletter, please click here. 

For the safety of our students, all visitors are asked to enter through the main entrance on Lakeshore Boulevard and report to the Main Office. Guests are required to sign in and wear a visitor badge during their visit. 

Construction of our new atrium at the rear entrance of the building is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 6. The construction will continue through the end of the school year and will cause us to change our traffic patterns, parking, and how we enter and exit the school building.

Please read and follow the following guidelines:

1. The rear entrance to the school will be closed and off limits to all students, school personnel and visitors during this construction period.

2. All visitors and parents are expected to use the front entrance on Lakeshore Boulevard to enter the building at all times.

3. Parking for students, faculty and staff, and visitors will be modified as needed for construction.

We ask everyone to please be patient and courteous as we navigate through this construction period. Our intention is to provide an efficient traffic flow and ensure a safe environment for our students, faculty, staff and construction workers.
 
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

PARKING

Parents and visitors are reminded that if they need to park for school business between the hours of 7 to 8 a.m., they are to park in the MAIN LOT in the spots closest to East 185th Street facing Euclid Hospital (near the recycling bins). All other parking spots are assigned and reserved for faculty, staff and students. VASJ reserves the right to tow any car illegally parked at the owner’s expense.

Afterschool parking: The front drive (facing Lakeshore) is NOT TO BE USED FROM 2:30 to 3:30 P.M. FOR STUDENT PICKUP BY PARENTS OR RELATIVES. This area is reserved for the use of VASJ transportation vans.
 
Parents (relatives/friends, etc.) are NOT permitted to park in the curb lane on Lakeshore Boulevard in front of the school. Please notice that there are NO PARKING and NO STOPPING signs that run from East 185th Street past the school property. These violations cause two issues: parked cars block the line of sight of the VASJ vans exiting the crescent drive, and the blocked curb lane forces the two lanes of traffic into one lane, adding to the safety concerns of pedestrians and our students. You are permitted to park in the crescent drive west of the school, which is Hospice property. The Cleveland Police Department has requested our cooperation in this matter.

ALUMNI 

VASJ welcomes alumni and alumnae back home to meet with our Alumni Office, get a tour, view yearbooks, or meet with former teachers and staff. To make sure we can accommodate your visit, a pre-scheduled appointment is required. Letting us know you’d like to come in allows us to prepare for your visit.

To meet with our Alumni Office, schedule a tour, or view yearbooks, please contact alumni@vasj.com.