Verona Area High School BSU

Home of the Black Student Union student organization seated at Verona Area High School—Bold, Brilliant & unapologetically Black. #GoWildcats 🐾✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

Calling all local NPHC Greeks! We’re hosting a Unity Showcase in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth—we hope you’ll join us! Contact Mr. Amara or Mr. Monroe if you’re interested or have any questions!

[Maia Ellis @MaiaEllis_]

Taking off for my last AAU tourney ever… Wanted to thank the man who makes it all happen. Coaching or watching from the sidelines, he has always been there. Thank you dad❤️ @DrewEllisJ

[Verona Press @veronapress]

When Verona senior Taylor Stremlow announced in December that she was committing to play college basketball at the University of Iowa, senior Reagan Briggs became one of the first to congratulate her. https://t.co/bJ1UPtSbQ2

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

A special THANK YOU to EQT by Design, LLC Founder & CEO, Annette Miller, for guest speaking and showing us a new creative lens on what equity really means! #BlackExcellence #WomensHistoryMonth

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

Our meeting today was a fishbowl discussion about the challenges women, specifically Black women, face in our school, community & society. Thank you to the young people who were so brave to speak, raise awareness & make change in our school community. #WomensHistoryMonth

[VAHS Athletics @VAHSathletics]

🚨 VASD Closed 🚨❄️🥶: Due to inclement weather, all VASD buildings are closed to all VASD students, staff, and renters today, 3/10/2023. There will be no athletic practices, competitions, school-sponsored activities, or community activities. @VAHSwildcats #StaySafe

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

Good luck to these three BSU Scholars and @veronagirlsbb tonight in their big playoff game‼️‼️ 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼 #GoWildcats

[Kabby Hong @KabbyHong]

Nearly 300 high school students interested in becoming a teacher came to UW-Stevens Point for the Educators Rising conference. An honor to speak to them today. @UWStevensPoint @EducatorsRising

[VAHS Athletics @VAHSathletics]

Congratulations to our Boys Basketball program on their honors. We are so proud of you! #GoWildcats

[VAHS Athletics @VAHSathletics]

Congratulations to our Girls Basketball program on their honors! We are so proud of you! #GoWildcats

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

The Verona Area High School Black Student Union celebrates WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH during the month of March! Join us in honoring, highlighting and celebrating women, their accomplishments and contributions to societies around the world! #WomensHistoryMonth

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

#31DaysOfBlackHistory

Days 29, 30 & 31 🖤 Notable Black People in Media & Entertainment—Oprah Winfrey, Steve Harvey and Robin Roberts ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

Thank you to all of you who have followed along this journey with us over the past 31 days, listening, learning and engaging! #BHM

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

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[Verona Area Girls Basketball @veronagirlsbb]

Congratulations to @Reagan_briggs11 who earned the Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year! Reagan has worked so hard on her defense and often shut down the other team’s top scorers. Defense creates offense and that’s exactly what it did for Reagan and our team this season! #wisgb

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

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[Verona Area Girls Basketball @veronagirlsbb]

Congratulations to @StremlowTaylor for earning the Big 8 Player of the Year this season! Taylor is such a play maker and makes her entire team better! We are so proud of you, Tay!

[Brian Cox @Crazedmtngoat]

US has a teacher shortage. HBCUs are helping to change that https://t.co/9IKWssbpPb

[Verona Area Girls Basketball @veronagirlsbb]

Congratulations to Reagan Briggs on scoring her 1000th point tonight! We are so proud of you! @Reagan_briggs11

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

#31DaysOfBlackHistory

Day 28: Black Leaders Today— Everett D. Mitchell. Part of the Dane County Circuit Court and presides over the Juvenile Division. Current candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election being held on April 4, 2022 ✊🏾

#BlackHistoryMonth

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

#31DaysOfBlackHistory

Day 27: Black Leaders Today— Hakeem Jeffries. The first person of color to lead a major party in the United States Congress 🖊️🗒️

#BlackHistoryMonth

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

We’re proud of you, EJ!

[VAHS Boys Basketball @VeronaBoysBB]

The other Best Manager in the Big 8:

EJ Van de Grift

Nickname: E-Money
Fun fact: I’m a self-taught guitarist and programmer
Future plans: Go out of state for college and complete a bachelors degree in Computer Science

[Verona Area High School BSU @BSUatVAHS]

Thank you to all who came out and participated in our NPHC Greek Showcase yesterday! Student leadership, staff support & community engagement were vital to yesterday’s success! #BlackHistoryMonth

[Verona Area Girls Basketball @veronagirlsbb]

Verona defeats Vel Philipps Memorial 86-36! Reagan Briggs led with 17. 16 for Megan Murphy, 13 for Taylor Stremlow and 10 each for Maia Ellis and Ella Gorzalski! #wisgb