Valley Falls USD 338

Jodie Cook, Addison Lassiter, Olivia Partridge, and Ellie Shipley all participated in music opportunities with many other schools last Saturday! Jodie and Addison with Choir at Topeka High. Olivia and Ellie with band at Seaman. Wonderful experience for our students. Thank you Mrs Stottlemire for making this happen!!

Congrats to the middle school girls basketball players for winning their first game of the NEK tournament last night!! Next game will be in Oskaloosa at 4:30 on Thursday!!

Welcome to December, there are nine days left before our Holiday break and the end of the first semester at VFHS. Time is flying by and the slate for the next nine days is full with activities and events. For activities and events of November and early December at VFHS please visit https://5il.co/32ac0. Have a great evening!

"Starting this basketball season, the KSHSAA will recognize a League Sportsmanship Champion which is inclusive of the girls’ and boy’ teams (players and coaches), spirit squads, pep bands and spectators based upon regular season basketball contests as evaluated by the adopted sportsmanship rubric. Each high school League/Conference Champion will be awarded a championship trophy." Given this information from KSHSAA, let's start tonight with a run toward doubling up on some league hardware for boys and girl's basketball season. Come out and show your Dragon PRIDE!!!!!! Let's go Dragons!

BOE Agenda for Monday, 12/9/24 Meeting: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/5081281/1._Board_Agenda_12.9.24.pdf

The 2024-2025 High School Basketball season starts tonight at home against Jeff West. JV girls will start at 5pm in the West gym, and the JV boys will start at 5:00pm in the East gym. Varsity girls and Varsity boys will follow the JV girls in the West gym. Come out and watch some great games and cheer on your Dragons!!!

MSGBB: The NEKL MSGBB Tournament begins on Monday (12/9). The Dragons will take on JCN at 5:30 in Troy!

Warmer weather in the forecast. Hang in there! Here's our Weekly Update: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xh2swy4vIDuf7GXDzRNsnqIXSGYbA1t3TU6RXI1SwzA/edit?usp=sharing

For those unable to attend in person tomorrow night as your Dragons and Lady Dragons tip-off the 2024-25 season we will have all home games streamed at https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ks/valley-falls/organization/41987/valley-falls-high-school Let's Go Dragons!

Dragon Basketball Fans: As we approach the upcoming basketball season, I wanted to take a minute to update you on some exciting things happening here at the high school. We as a school have signed up to be a pilot school with KSHSAA for the shot clock. Thanks to our Valley Falls Rec Commision, we have new shot clocks installed in the West Gym and they will be used during all Varsity Girls and Boys games. With that being said, I wanted to take a minute to ask that we please be patient as this is new and there will be mistakes made. Please remember that this is a learning process and everyone is trying their best. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Stacy Cervantez at stacy.cervantez@vfalls338.com. Thank You and Go Dragons!!

Please join us as the VF Elementary School proudly presents “Christmas Around the World” through song on Wednesday, December 4, at 6:30 pm. Please arrive 15-20 minutes prior to the start of the program.

HS Basketball Jamboree Schedule for Tonight: VF JV boys and girls will play at 5pm with the Varsity following them at around 5:15.

There will be an informational meeting for families of those that are interested in Middle School Boys Basketball on Thursday (12/5) in the lunchroom, beginning at 5:30pm.

VFHS Upcoming events: Dec. 3rd: VFHS Basketball will tip off this week. We host Onaga, Axtell, and Maranatha (Girls-east, Boys-west) from 5-9 pm in the first basketball jamboree. Dec. 5th - VFHS Scholar's Bowl at Maur Hill (postponed new date TBD) Dec. 6th - VFHS Girl's and Boy's Tip off at home vs Jeff West Dec. 10th- BBall vs Oskaloosa @ home Dec. 12th -FCCLA Holiday Dinner 11-1 pm Band Room Dec. 13th - BBall @ Royal Valley Dec. 14th - PowerLifting @ JCN Dec. 16th - 6-12 Holiday Concert 6:30 pm East Gym Dec. 17th -BBall vs Troy @ home Dec. 20th - half day of school, BBall @ home vs ACCHS

Service learning at the Capper Foundation this morning!

Great afternoon with career day. Students spent the afternoon in over 15 career path breakout groups! Just a glimpse mose f students learning he ropes of piloting commercial drones!

Lots of great things happened today, and the day is not yet over! High School students spent the morning completing service projects like raking leaves, maintaining bluebird boxes, and helping at the Capper Foundation & Valley Health Center. The Career Fair was this afternoon, with lots of our alumni talking to students about their jobs. Thanks to all who helped organize and accomplish these events!

All of our Dragon winter sports will be available through the Valley Falls HUDL page at https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ks/valley-falls/organization/41987/valley-falls-high-school

Over the past couple of weeks the VF Middle School students have worked hard collecting donations for the local food pantry. Working together to benefit others, the students were able to give back to their community by collecting 354 items. On Monday, Nov. 25th, a few middle school students helped to load, deliver items, and stocked the shelves. Great job middle school and thank you Valley Falls Food Pantry for giving your time to the community!!

Reminder: PTO Turkey Bingo tonight starting at 5 pm in the East gym. Fun for all ages!!