Valley Falls USD 338

Congratulations to the following students for placing at: Regional Solos and Small Ensembles Saturday April 9th, 2022 Instrumental Solos Dylan Cervantez- Snare Solo- II Rating- Excellent Trenton Kraxner- Trumpet Solo- II Rating- Excellent Serena Toll- Trombone Solo- II Rating- Excellent Vocal Solos Lillyan Lloyd- II Rating- Excellent Gretchen Hager- II Rating- Excellent (3 points away from a I- Outstanding- State Qualifier) Other Participants who did a great job performing: Katelynn Yates- Vocal Solo, Aiden Sieve- Trumpet Solo, Abbey Brosa- Clarinet Solo, Valley Falls High School Choir ( Katelynn Yates, Gretchen Hager, Lillyan Lloyd, Krista Wade, Harly Boyette, Marlaina Nichols, Cody McGuire, Anthony Lux) Congrats to the High School Band for their performance at State Large Ensemble at Atchison Middle School! They received a III rating and were one point away from a II-Rating for Excellent! We compete with 18 schools in the region ranging from 1A bands all the way up to 5A bands!!! Great day to be a Dragon!!!

HS Track Update: The HS track meet today at ACCHS has been canceled at this time. When a make up date has been set, we will update the calendar. Thank you!

HS Baseball Results: The Dragons traveled to Pleasant Ridge and came away with 2 victories on the night. Game 1: W 6-4 in 12 innings Game 2: W 20-4 in 3 innings The Dragons are now 4-2 (2-0 in NEKL)

Dragon Softball Update- Lady Dragons split with Pleasant Ridge! First game they fell short 11-12 in extra innings. Second game Lady Dragon came out with the win 14-12 in extra innings. Great Job Ladies! 🐉🐲

Happy April! Hopefully we will soon be able to enjoy some consistent spring/summer weather - no more morning snow flakes! Here is the Board report for April that highlights student activities through the month of March. https://5il.co/18ne8 Have a fantastic April. Please remember to keep a close eye on teacher emails and notes in book bags highlighting upcoming events. It will be a very busy spring! Ms. Grey

HS Softball Update: Due to predicted heavy storms tomorrow evening. The softball games for Tuesday, April 12th have been moved up to a 3:30pm start time. Thanks!

Good Evening Dragon Family, We are in the homestretch of the year with Spring sports in full swing. Graduation is just around the corner and Seniors are in their countdown to end the year. Please find the VFHS building report including activities for the month of March and early April at the following link: https://5il.co/18czq. Have a Great Evening, Mr. Morgan

HS Baseball/Softball Update: Tomorrow the high school baseball and softball teams will be traveling to Pleasant Ridge. Game times for both baseball and softball will be 4:30pm. Softball will be played at: 32500 Easton Rd, Easton, KS. Baseball will be played at: Leavenworth Sportsfield, 706 N. 20th St., Leavenworth, KS.

4th Grade Took a Trip to the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka

High School Softball Update: Due to current and predicted weather conditions for this afternoon and evening, we have canceled the softball game tonight and have rescheduled for Monday, May 9th, with a start time of 4:30pm. Thank you!

Parents: Today we started the enrollment process for next year. Your student completed an enrollment form today. Copies of those enrollment forms will be sent home with your student tomorrow so you can review it with them. Please sign it and return to the office by 4/14/22. I have copied the link to our Program of Studies for your review. If you have any questions please reach out to Mrs. Cervantez at stacy.cervantez@vfalls338.com. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-C8gi8OyPQf6X0KtzbwvTM9VZ1JtKC5iY5uMOoT4aMk/edit Thank you and have a great evening.

MS Track: The Doniphan West Meet tomorrow (2/8) has been postponed to a later date.

High School Baseball Update: Due to predicted temperatures, high wind, and windchills, today’s game has been canceled. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 5th, 2022 with a 4:30pm start time. Thank you

MS Track: We have added, and will now be attending the Doniphan West meet this Friday (4/8). The meet will start at 11am. Bus will leave at 9am.

MS Track: The Oskaloosa meet on Thursday (4/7) has been cancelled.

Great Day to be a Dragon!!! FCCLA will be sending seven students to nationals this summer in San Diego CA! With a first place in Fashion , Professional level presentation l level 1, and a 1st in Food Innovation level 1!!! All others received silver awards! Proud of all students for their efforts and perseverance! Mrs. Ellerman

4th grade had some fun today tracking “Loof Lirpa” birds to see if we could get a picture. We read an article about bird migration, then went on a hunt. After about 5 minutes of searching they saw that Loof Lirpa is April Fool backwards! They weren’t very happy with us!

Dragon Family: Baseball/Softball Update: The softball game scheduled for tonight has been canceled and is rescheduled for Wednesday, May 11th, with a start time of 4pm. The scheduled baseball game will be played today as scheduled, with a start time of 4:30pm. Thank you and Go Dragons!!

Congratulations to the Middle School Knowledge teams for completing their season! They finished their season with the NEKL Meet tonight.

POWERLIFTING RESULTS 2A State Meet @ Conway Springs 3/26 After a strong showing at league, we had all 7 qualified lifters eligible for state. Unfortunately, only three were able to go. Our three young men were able to set five new personal records for themselves. Also, Samuel Drinkard was able to set the new 2A State Meet record for bench in the 181lb class. The previous mark was 305, and Sam bumped it up to 335. Eddie Delao got 14th in bench, 10th in squat, 10th in clean, and 11th overall in his class. He set PR’s in bench and clean. Solomon Drinkard got 4th in bench, 10th in squat, 14th in clean, and 9th overall in his class. He set PR’s in squat and bench. Samuel Drinkard got 1st in bench, 4th in squat, 4th in clean, and 2nd overall in his class. He broke the meet record for bench in the 181lb class, which was set in 2019 at 305, and set the new mark at 335. He set a new PR in clean. He finished 3rd in the Male Heavyweight Meet Champion tally. Our men finished 19th out of 29 teams.