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Check back here often to stay informed on what’s happening in our school community with helpful updates, announcements, activities and upcoming events for students and parents.
Hot Topics is your hub for TVCS information!
Registration for Buffalo Adventures Winter Camp opens Monday , Dec. 1st at 10:00 AM. Registration information and camp details can be found on our activity app Jumbula. Please visit the website or contact Buffalo Adventures at 352-259-6818 for additional assistance.
The next regular Buffalo HERD parent meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd @ 6:00 pm in Person @ the 4th and 5th Grade Building and Live Streaming @ K-8 Gym. See you then!
The Villages Charter School has many Fine Arts & Performing Arts events coming soon. See the list below and come out and support our talented students.
* VCES Primary Center
* The 2025 VCS Winter Dance Concert features our middle school and high school dance programs and our Golden Girl teams! This is a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays through dance! Join us for our shows on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 7:00PM featuring our VCMS at Middleton campus and VHS Dancers, and/or on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 7:00PM featuring our VCMS at Buffalo Ridge campus and VHS Dancers! Both shows will take place at The Tracy Performing Arts Center at VHS. Tickets will be on sale via The Villages Entertainment two weeks prior to the event.
* VCES Buffalo Ridge 4th & 5th Grade Center “Notes of the Season” music concert on 12/11/25 @ the 4th & 5th Center Gym (9:00 am & 10:15 am performances)
* “Christmas Camp” – The Primary Center 1st Grade Winter Musical Tuesday, December 9th at 6pm at the 4th & 5th Grade Building
* The 1st and 2nd Grade Christmas Musical “The Littlest Reindeer” will be performed on Monday, December 15th. The performance will be here at Middleton K-8 gymnasium with doors opening @ 6:00 and the show beginning @ 6:30.
* VHS Band Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 7:00 pm @ The Tracy.
The State Board of Education designated the list of 2024-2025 Schools of Excellence on September 24, 2025. Section 1003.631, Florida Statutes, requires the State Board to designate a school as a School of Excellence if the school’s percentage of possible points earned in its school grade calculation is in the
80th percentile or higher for schools comprised of the same grade groupings (elementary, middle, high
and combination) for at least two of the last three school years.
The Florida State Board of Education announced the list of schools at their most recent Florida Board of Education meeting. See the memo from FL DOE here.
Thursday, November 27th
* Happy Thanksgiving
Friday, November 28th
* Fall Break
Saturday, November 29th
* VHS Girls’ Basketball vs. Dunnellon @ North Marion (6:00 pm)
Monday, December 1st
* Students Return
Tuesday, December 2nd
* VCMS Middleton Girls’ Basketball @ VCMS Buffalo Ridge @ VCMS BR Gym (4:00 pm)
* VHS Boys’ Soccer @ Lecanto (JV 5:30 pm, Varsity 7:00 pm)
* VHS Girls’ Soccer vs. Citrus @ HG Morse Stadium (JV 5:30 pm, Varsity 7:00 pm)
* VHS Boys’ Basketball vs. Pine Ridge @ VHS Main Gym (JV 6:00 pm, Varsity 7:30 pm)
* VHS Choir Gala @ The Tracy (6:00 pm)
* Buffalo HERD Parent Meeting (In person @ VCES 4th & 5th Grade Center Gym and livestreaming @ K8 Gym)
* VHS Girls’ Basketball @ Wildwood (7:00 pm)
Wednesday, December 3rd
* VHS Girls’ Weightlifting vs. Windermere Prep @ HG Morse Stadium (3:30 pm)
Thursday, December 4th
* VCES Buffalo Ridge Intermediate Center 3rd Grade Field Trip to SeaWorld (Fort, Huey, Locke, Morera, Taylor, Tsirnikas)
* VCMS Buffalo Ridge Boys’ Tennis @ Inverness MS (3:00 pm)
* VCMS Middleton Boys’ Tennis @ Citrus Springs MS (3:00 pm)
* VCMS Buffalo Ridge Girls’ Basketball @ South Sumter MS (4:00 pm)
* VCMS Middleton Girls’ Basketball vs. Wildwood @ K8 Gym (4:30 pm)
* VHS Boys’ Soccer vs. Mount Dora @ HG Morse Stadium (JV 5:30 pm, Varsity 7:00 pm)
* VHS Girls’ Basketball vs. Central Florida Christian Academy @ VHS Main Gym (6:00 pm)
* VHS Drama Department “A Christmas Carol” @ The Tracy (7:00 pm)
Friday, December 5th
* VCES Buffalo Ridge Intermediate Center 3rd Grade Field Trip to SeaWorld (Adaschik, Beltran, Clarke, Klima, Rice, Spanswick)
* VCMS Buffalo Ridge “Physics Day” Field Trip to Busch Gardens (7:30 departure, 6:00 pm return)
* VHS Girls’ Soccer @ Mount Dora (JV 5:30 pm, Varsity 7:00 pm)
* VHS Boys’ Basketball @ Victory Christian (6:00 pm)
* VHS Drama Department “A Christmas Carol” @ The Tracy (7:00 pm)
Saturday, December 6th
* VHS Drama Department “A Christmas Carol” @ The Tracy (1:00 pm)
* VHS Drama Department “A Christmas Carol” @ The Tracy (7:00 pm)
The Florida Department of Education has released the 2024-2025 school grades for all schools and The Villages Charter School has again earned an A rating!
Congrats to all students, teachers, administrators, staff, & parents for this achievement.
For the past 19 years, TVCS has received a “K-12 grade” (all “A’s”)—also,
The Villages High School has now earned 19 straight A’s (2006 – 2025*)
The Villages Charter Middle School has now earned 22 straight A’s (2003 – 2025*)
The Villages Charter Elementary School has now earned 22 straight A’s (2003 – 2025*)
* The Florida Department of Education did not issue grades for the 2020 school year due to COVID-19.
The Villages Charter School (TVCS) has adopted the 25-26 calendar. See below.
The Buffalo Scholarship Foundation has formally announced a long-planned project–the “Buffalo Promise”. Click here to read a recent article about the Buffalo Promise or click here to visit the Buffalo Promise webpage.
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