Valley Falls USD 338

Due to NEKL policy, no passes are accepted at the MSBBB Tournament starting tonight.

Dragon boys win a thriller at JCN, 52-51 on Zac Evans basket! Dragons get a split as girls lost a close one. Great effort Dragons!

Dragon boys up 39-35 beginning the 4th quarter over JCN. GO DRAGONS!

1. Finished FRP in Multi-Purpose building. 2. Started ceiling grid in Multi- Purpose building. 3. Continued wall rough-in in Pre-K. Work schedule for week of 2/20-2/24 1. Pour sidewalk & set bollards. 2. Install exterior doors on Pre-k. 3. Keegan floor install in Multi-Purpose building.

Harley Brown and Violette Whipp represented Valley Falls at the County Spelling Bee last night in Meriden. They finished 6th and 7th! Great job ladies!!

Kindergarten through 5th grade is starting the Kid's Heart Challenge next Monday 2/20/2023. Information will be sent home with the all of the students on either Monday or Tuesday with their packet and how to donate. This is a great way for our student's to raise money for a great organization, the American Heart Association. Students will receive prizes as they raise money, and those will be passed out weekly. This challenge starts on 2/20/2023 and will run through 3/10/2023. This is not a requirement for the students to participate and is 100% voluntary. Again, this is only for students that are in the grades K-5. Below will be a link that will take you to the kickoff flyer and you can get more information there. Please feel free to reach out to me at jeff.hale@vfalls338.com with any questions. https://www2.heart.org/site/DocServer/FY23_KHC_Save_the_Date_FINAL_GIFTS.pdf Thanks, Mr. Hale

Valley Falls Middle School and High School FCCLA participates in District E-West STAR Events on 2-8-23 held in Topeka at the St Andrews Presbyterian Church. STAR events (Students Taking Action for Recognition) are individual or small groups that give members the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom with an authentic project that affects the family and community. Many hours of work are put into projects and presentations with the goal to advance to the State competition, April 17th and the ultimate goal to advance to Nationals held in Denver, CO July 2 nd . We had four members that helped judge and time, 24 members competed in 12 different events with 11 advancing on to State in six different events. Congrats to all of the students and Mrs. Ellerman!

Parent/Teacher conferences will be as scheduled from 1pm to 8pm. If you are unable to come, please contact the office or email your child's teacher to set up a conference. Other announcements: The middle school basketball game for tonight has been cancelled and the Book Fair will not be open today. Be careful driving. Thanks!

Tonight's (2/16) MSBBB game against Xavier has been canceled and will not be made up. NEKL Tournament play begins Monday.

USD 338 will not transport students to Highland Tech due to impending weather and road conditions for students to reach the bus in the morning and travel to Atchison. Given conditions, this decision is to ensure safety of all students.

Parents, a decision about Parent/Teacher Conferences will be made by 10am tomorrow (2/16/23).

Thank you for your wonderful support of our book fair this year. The book fair will be open one more day - Thursday, February 16. 1 pm to 7pm.

HSBB Update: On Wednesday, February 15th, the start times will be moved up for JV Girls and JV Boys. We will play 1/2 game of JV Girls in the West Gym and a full JV Boys in the East Gym starting at 4:30pm. Varsity Girls then Varsity Boys will follow. On Friday, February 17th, there will be NO JV Girls game due to low numbers for JCN. JV Boys will start at 5:00pm, followed by Varsity Girls then Varsity Boys. Thank you!

2023 MSBBB NEKL Tournament

Dragon Family, Spring 2023 is flying by and we are nearing parent teacher conferences later this week and are headed for the stretch toward Spring break. Events of late January and the beginning of February at VFHS can be seen at https://5il.co/1owk5 in the February 2023 Principal's Report! In Dragon Spirit, Mr. Morgan

It's February already!! We are marching right along. Here is a link for the PK-8 Board report highlighting building activities. https://5il.co/1p6ti Grandparents Day is tomorrow and our students and staff are looking forward to the wonderful memories to be made! Have a wonderful February!!

Good afternoon! Wanted to wish everyone a Happy FCCLA week! If you see Mrs. Ellerman or any FCCLA member please give them a shout out for their work.

The MSBBB game originally scheduled for 2/9 @ Everest, that was then moved to 2/15, has been canceled.

Book Fair Information: He in it. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/valleyfallselementary

Work schedule for the week of 2/13-2/17 1. Start ceiling grid in Multi- Purpose building. 2. Schedule above ceiling inspection at MP building. 3. Install Pipe Bollards at Multi- Purpose building & Greenhouse 4. Start concrete work at Pre-K. 5. Finish rough-in at Pre-K.