Hello and welcome to the 2023-2024 school year at Volusia Online Learning! For those of you who are new to VOL, I am your proud principal, Dr. Serianni. The publication that you are currently reading is the Foxhole Flyer, a bi-weekly communication designed to keep us connected with worthwhile information delivered through inspirational stories about the amazing people who make up this unique and diverse school. By keeping you informed, my goal is not only to create a network, but also to connect our community by sharing how success is found by individuals and families working together towards common goals. 

Since last school year, there have been a number of changes at VOL. First and foremost, we moved! Over the past several years, we had been stationed in Port Orange on Herbert Street, next to Silver Sands Middle School. This summer, we relocated to Building 3 at Deltona Middle School on Enterprise Road. We are extremely excited about this move and our new location as it checks all the boxes for a long-term home for VOL. For our east-side families, it will mean a longer drive to VOL headquarters, but in the long run, I believe this new location will serve VOL very well. In addition to a new home, we also have a new assistant principal, Dr. Tiffanee Grant! Dr. Grant comes to VOL from Manatee Cove Elementary School where she spent nearly a decade as a member of their administrative team. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge and will be focusing on our part-time school and special programs. We are super excited to have her on our team and hope you get a chance to welcome her to VOL at some point. 

I look forward to working with you this school year to help your students find success. Please take the time to read the content below for critical updates for all grade levels, testing, numerous celebrations and spotlights, as well as shout-outs to the community partners who support your children. As always, I welcome your feedback on how to make VOL and the Foxhole Flyer better and more effective for you and your family; you can reach me via email anytime at [email protected].

Dr. Serianni

Attention Seniors!

You may now schedule your sitting for Senior Portraits with Dean Stewart Photography in Daytona Beach. Use the link below.

East side students may go to the Dean Stewart Photography Studio located at

955 Foster Way Suite 322 in South Daytona any time between the hours listed above.

Students on the west side may come to the VOL (Volusia Online Learning) office located at 250 Enterprise Road, Deltona, Bldg. 3 during the same times listed above. The VOL office is in Deltona Middle School.

Stay tuned for some exciting community news in the next issue!

Our School Advisory Council (S.A.C.), which meets monthly, assists in making recommendations on how our school operates. S.A.C. membership is comprised of elected parents, staff, and business community officials.

• Are you interested in what goes on at school?

• Are you one of our many working parents who cannot be at school during the day to help or volunteer?

• Are you willing to commit to attending eight face-to-face meetings during the school year for approximately 1 hour. Elected members serve for 2 years.

Contact Ms. Horne for more information at [email protected]

See preview of upcoming meeting dates:

The third Wednesday of each month at 4:00pm

State testing for Fall Progress Monitoring (PM1) starts in September. Students in grades K-10 should have received emails from their remote testing administrators about their remote test dates and practice test sessions. Consent for remote proctoring and a secure browser are required for remote testing. All VOL students are required to participate in state testing.

Additionally, Fall EOCs and retakes for some secondary students will begin taking place at zoned schools starting September 13th. Students will receive emails if they need to take these Fall EOCs, and they will be notified of the specific dates for their test(s). Students should check their VCS email accounts regularly to see if any important testing updates have been sent there.

VOL is so excited to shine the spotlight on some very deserving students this year so we can BRAG about how awesome they are. Be sure to check back RIGHT HERE in next month’s issue of our Foxhole Flyer to see if it’s your student who has the SPOTLIGHT shining on them! 😊

Parent/Guardian Account  Virtual School Administrator (flvs.net)                                   

1. Login to your account at- FLVS Login

1) Did you know that students who attend live lessons and small group sessions continue to outperform their peers in their graded assignments, retention of skills, and state assessments? Please make live lessons a priority for your child. Specific information related to your coursework is shared and reinforced through this weekly communication with your teachers.

If your child is struggling with a concept or lesson, please book a tutoring session with your child’s teacher so that she/he can assist them now before they get too far behind.

These students earned prizes which included tickets to a Daytona Tortugas baseball game. Fiona Miller and Kaylie Shaw have been invited to the September 12th School Board Meeting to be recognized as top readers in the summer reading challenge.

3) Seniors, make sure you are in contact with your counselor, Mrs. Hamlin, regarding opportunities throughout the year. Stay on top of graduation requirements, including testing.

Degree: Associate Degree in Computer Programming & Analysis from Daytona State College

Certification: Computer Science K-12

Organization: Volusia United Educators

Miss Lenge started her teaching career with Volusia County Schools in 2020. Prior to that she worked for Daytona State College as a Computer Science tutor for 3 years. The thing she enjoys most about teaching, especially with VOL, is how much time she gets to spend connecting with students one-on-one and she’s always excited when she gets to teach the same student across multiple years. When not working, she loves to go camping, read, write, program (games, apps, websites), walk her does (Sugar Cookie and Stella Rose), and (of course) play a lot of video games! Her most memorable VOL moments are definitely our Halloween Trunk or Treat events and actually getting to see her students in person and in costume.

In elementary school, I always wrote down "teacher" for what I wanted to be when I grow up. By high school, I was convinced I would become a Speech Pathologist. Somewhere along the way in college I got a little lost, found myself learning Computer Science, and listened to an Education Department recruitment speech while sitting in a Calculus class. My high school AP European History teacher, Ms. Dewar, let me call her up seven years after I'd long since graduated high school and told me the good, the bad, and the ugly of teaching. The next day I enrolled in Daytona State College's EPI program for aspiring teachers who already held a degree, and I've never once regretted it.

"Listen to your inner eccentricity and follow your arrow wherever it points." - Jennifer Algard

Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen. Imagine the ground-breaking literature that would come out of that dinner conversation.

Admittedly I am not a big movie person, but I think some of the funniest movies I've watched in recent years are the Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Shoutout to all my middle school students for convincing me they were worth watching!

Outer space let's goooo! Why stay home when there are adventures to be had? Growth comes from being brave enough to push the boundaries of our comfort zones. And I think it would be really cool to fly over my house in a rocket.

Teleportation please! I have a bad habit of getting lost very easily (I can and have gotten lost in a circle, which was the shape of the high school I attended). Teleportation would solve that problem and keep me from being late all the time.

In elementary school I learned to play the clarinet and bass clarinet. I was in band all the way through my high school graduation. Now I'm trying to teach myself how to play the piano and enjoy using computer code to make songs and sounds.

One of my goals in life is to design and code an educational app that better supports student learning, language development, and literacy.

Last year in Computer Science, my students designed their ping pong and trivia games using Scratch and learned how to use code to draw pictures in JavaScript!

I co-founded our Lego Robotics Club and it's been super awesome meeting up with VOL's elementary and middle school students once a month to build, code, and test different robot designs.

-B.S. in Exceptional Child Education

-Specialist in Educational Leadership

-Certified in Deaf and hard of hearing

-Certified in Social Science

-Member of the International Literacy Association

-World’s Greatest Mom

-VOL Teacher of the quarter

-Model Literacy Classroom

Mrs. Beasley started working for Volusia County Schools in 2018 but she has been teaching since 2004. Mrs. Beasley started working for Volusia Online Learning in 2020. Prior to teaching, Mrs. Beasley was a banker, but she says teaching is way more fun.

Mrs. Beasley enjoys working for VOL. She enjoys working individually with students and teachers to achieve their academic goals. When Mrs. Beasley is not working, she is spending time with her family. Mrs. Beasley’s family loves to play games, watch movies, and spend time outside.

One of Mrs. Beasley's most memorable moments at VOL was the first time she met everyone in person at the VOL holiday party in 2019. Yvette Lescano was the first person to say hi and invite her to join her for a meal. Everyone was so kind and, although they didn't know Mrs. Beasley, she was still included in all the festivities. VOL instantly felt like home.

Mrs. Beasley started out in elementary education but made the switch to Exceptional Child Education when her cousin was young, and her aunt was having a difficult time getting the services she needed to be successful. Watching her aunt go through such a challenging time propelled her to pursue a degree in education.

The best advice she has ever received is to keep in mind how precious the time is that we have to spend with our friends and family. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

Anne Frank, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Joan of Arc.

One of our favorite family movies is Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). There are so many scenes that remind us of our crazy, big family and Steve Martin's physical comedy is always spot on.

I think that it would be awesome to see Earth from outer space and take a walk on the moon. Being among the stars would be surreal.

I play the flute and piccolo. I would love to learn to play the violin.

During this time, Floridians can purchase everything from generators and carbon monoxide detectors to everyday household items like dish detergent, all free of the state's usual sales tax. Plus, there's no limit on how many items you can buy.

Here are some of the items eligible for Florida's Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday:

The tax holiday also include a number of items related to the safe evacuation of household pets. Exempted items include:

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