Falcon Forum Parent Newsletter
The VHS Physical Education Department is pleased to announce the implementation of IHT Spirit Heart Rate Monitors for use during physical education classes. These innovative devices offer immediate feedback to students, helping them monitor their heart rate and maintain activity within their optimal fitness zone (commonly referred to as the yellow zone).
Following each workout session, both students and instructors receive an emailed summary of the heart rate data, enabling valuable reflection and progress tracking. Since the introduction of these heart rate monitors, we have observed an increase in student engagement, effort, and participation in vigorous cardiovascular activities, as they strive to remain within their healthy heart rate zone (120–180 bpm).
We are incredibly proud of our students' dedication and the positive outcomes we are seeing. We look forward to expanding the use of these devices across more of our physical education classes to further enhance student fitness and learning.
Coach Geiger and Coach MeadÂ
Mr. Anthony Devine, VHS Librarian
It has been a great school year here in the Vilseck High School Library. I am thrilled that we had over 15,000 visits made by students to the library. As we transition from the academic school year to summer break, I would like to remind everyone of the MWR Library's Summer Reading Program: Level Up at the Library! This program is open to all students in our community, whether you normally visit the Rose Barracks library or the Tower Barracks library. To get started, just click on the Level Up at the Library graphic to sign up!
Keep Reading, Falcons!
Mr. Anthony Devine
Click the "Level Up at your Library" image to sign up for the MWR Tower Barracks/Rose Barracks Library Summer Reading Program!
All Library books are due by May 30th. Please return all Library books to the VHS Library. Thank you!
Scroll down past the flyers sections of this newsletter to view our Upcoming School events. Also, you can click on the button below to view our full School Calendar.
The last SAC meeting was held on 5/19/25 in the VHS Library. Meeting minutes from that meeting will be posted on our next newsletter. For now, we have our 3/24/25 minutes available below.
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway Information
DoDEA’s CTE Pathway Program offers career-related courses to students. Vilseck High School offers various career clusters designed to prepare our students for careers and continued education. Please check out this video on what we have available, and reach out to Ms. Sprague to be sure you're on the CTE pathway that is right for you!
See more information about these courses on DoDEA’s CTE website at: https://www.dodea.edu/curriculum/career-technical-education
If you are a current VHS student and any of these courses or CTE pathways interest you, see Ms. Sprague or email her at:Â janet.sprague@dodea.edu
📚 New Course Offerings for the 2025-2026 academic year 📚
See more information about these courses on DoDEA’s website at: https://www.dodea.edu/education/dodea-courses
If you are a current VHS student and any of these courses or CTE pathways interest you, see Ms. Sprague or email her at: janet.sprague@dodea.edu
- Sociology-Social Studies Elective
- Street Law-Social Studies Elective
- AP Environmental Science-General Elective
- AP Research-General Elective BUT part of the Capstone Diploma Program–more on that later!
- Education II to continue the sequence for the Teaching as a Profession-Education Pathway, Education III coming 2026-2027 Academic year.
- Business Law-CTE
- Sculpture -Fine Arts
- Strength & Conditioning: Athletics-Based
- Strength & Conditioning: Functional Fitness-Based
- Foundations of Fitness
- PE-Lifetime Activities
We are so proud to announce that our very own Ms. Dana Panczenko has been recognized as the DoDEA Europe East District 2026 Teacher of the Year! We surprised Ms. Panczenko in her classroom to share the good news! Thank you, Ms. Panczenko, for your dedication to inspiring excellence and fostering a love of learning for our Vilseck Falcons!!!
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