Valley Falls USD 338

USD 338 is accepting sealed bids for south side path construction at the football field. Bids will be accepted until noon on Monday, July 29, 2024. Scope narrative: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQWN0ZaFXJyLpznrNGzdK0HR-z-mTBkb/view?usp=sharing Sidewalk Detail: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yRlTaCIgIqFu4nvMH8XeeQXsagIoLNVx/view?usp=sharing Integral Sidewalk Curb : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yTQVLGZBe9CvCY38QITP4W6ldg0DRefP/view?usp=sharing Please contact tom.brown@vfalls338.com or john.hamon@vfalls338.com with any questions.

Special BOE Meeting on Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:30pm in the district office. Agenda items will be concrete and fencing at the football field and administrative contracts. https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/4644605/1b._Special_Board_Agenda_7.29.24.pdf

Coaches McAfee and Sieve help our HS Volleyball Team improve their bumps, sets, spikes and blocks during summer workouts. Keep working hard Dragons!

Summertime is not empty of activities! Summer weights and MSBB workouts have helped our athletes be ready for the upcoming seasons. MS Cheer Camp kept the girls busy in the gym and making posters to amp up our Dragon spirit! School will be here soon!

School is right around the corner and a lot of you are starting to looking at your student's schedules. If your student wishes to change their schedule, please have them attend the open enrollment on 8/5/24 so we may have an opportunity to review the schedule together and make any necessary changes. Open enrollment is on 8/5/24 from 8am - 8pm. This is also a good time for any HS student wanting to take college courses to come in and make those arragements as well. Thank you! Mrs. Cervantez, MS/HS Counselor

We want to welcome Adrian McAfee to our list of teachers for the upcoming school year. Mr. McAfee graduated from Horton High School and Kansas State University with a degree in English Education. He will be teaching Language Arts in our High and Middle Schools and has already been busy coaching our high school volleyball team. This school year will mark Mr. McAfee's tenth year in education. In those ten years he has worked as a classroom teacher, a substitute teacher and a paraeducator. Mr. McAfee spent the first five years of his career working for the Lawrence Public Schools. While there he started his coaching career, being hired as head coach for both middle school track and volleyball. In addition to coaching school volleyball, he has coached club volleyball for KC Zoom and most recently NEK Storm, where he plans to coach again this winter. In his free time he enjoys staying active by going on walks and runs.

In case you are hearing fire alarms signals from the school, they are testing fire alarms for the next 10 minutes.

Sending out a big “Welcome” to Chance Gier, our new Coach for the Middle School Dragon Football Team! Chance graduated from Valley Falls in 2010, playing football and baseball for four years, and basketball and track for one year. He took a scholarship to play football at Highland and later attended Washburn University. From 2010-11, and again in 2022, Chance coached youth 5th-6th grade football in Valley Falls. He was also the MS Football Coach from 2012-2013. He is currently employed by Farmer Excavating in Oskaloosa as Project Manager/Estimator. Looking forward to a great football season!

Middle School Weights is CANCELLED today (Tues. 7/16)

Jamie Koch, Dakota Boyce and Brooklynn Schmelzle, students from Valley Falls Middle and High school competed in the National STAR Event Competition and Leadership training at the 2024 FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Seattle, WA, June 29 – July 3, 2024. We are excited to share that Dakota and Jamie represented VFMS at the Focus on Children level I STAR Event and achieved a remarkable Gold medal, placing in the top 10 out of 52 competitors, in recognition of their outstanding performance! Their project taught Elementary, Middle and High school students how to properly wash their hands to help prevent illness and school absences. This project exemplifies their dedication, creativity, and commitment to making a positive impact on the lives of others. Their accomplishment at the national level is a testament to their hard work, teamwork, and unwavering passion. The Kansas PEER Ed member, Brooklynn Schmelzle, attended the Leadership meetings to promote the Kansas state officer candidates and gain valuable leadership skills to help her team prepare and perform leadership workshops throughout the upcoming school year. Members and sponsor, Margo Ellerman, would like to thank the Valley Falls community for their continued support throughout the year thru their BBQ’s, foundation support, cookie sales, donations, and pumping gas at Casey’s to work for hire projects. Your generosity makes these learning experiences possible!

Special USD 338 Board of Education Meeting will be on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 5:30 pm in the USD 338 District Office. Agenda for the meeting: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/4588905/1a._Special_Board_Agenda_7.15.24.pdf

Updated BOE agenda for tonight. Links for the Coaches Handbook and Milk Bids have been added. https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/4568639/1._Board_Agenda_7.8.2024__1_.pdf

HS Volleyball this week, only a handful of practices left. Hope to see you there!

BOE Agenda for Monday's meeting: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/4558303/1._Board_Agenda_7.8.2024.pdf

TODAY, TUESDAY, JULY 9TH! From 8:00 am-8:00 pm we will have pick-up for grade cards & GS/MS yearbooks. Brenda will have lost and found items from the high school out for you to claim. This would also be a great time for you to turn in, or pay for, any items like Chromebooks or library books. Other remaining financial obligations can be taken care of as well. Hope to see you there!

HS Volleyball!🏐🖤💛🖤🏐The girls played hard tonight! NO PRACTICE ON THURSDAY! Enjoy your 4th!🏐💛🖤💛🏐

Congratulations to the VFHS Varsity Trapshooting Team who finished 7th place overall at State Tournament this past weekend! Several awesome scores despite a hot and windy day. Emma Montgomery placed FIRST as high varsity female, made the All-State Team and placed second in our season conference. Great job Emma!

NOTICE to all K-5th Grade Students and Parents: Here is information for our K-5th grade Summer Reading Challenge.! Happy Reading!! https://5il.co/2p1am

USD #338 Valley Falls Pre-School Round Up If you have a child who is going to be four years old on or before August 31, and would like to participate in our Pre-School program, please contact Becky in our Elementary office at becky.nickelson@vfalls338.com. If there is room available, three year olds will be added to a waitlist if you are interested in enrolling.

The USD 338 BOE will have a work session on Monday, June 17 at 6pm in the school library. There will be no action taken at this meeting. Agenda: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/4471134/Board_Agenda_6.17.24.pdf