Valley Falls USD 338

MSGBB Practice will conclude at 5:00pm today. Please arrange to pick up your player at that time. Thank you!

Congratulations to all the new VFHS National Honor Society Inductees for the 2022-23 school year and wells wishes of continued success to our returning members who were inductees last year.

Reminder, MS (6th-8th) dance tonight from 8:00-10:00 p.m. in the lunchroom. Enter by elementary office doors. $1 to get in, no re-entry. Once students arrive, they may not leave until the dance is over at 10:00. If a student must leave earlier, a parent confirmation with Mrs. Hale is required. Looking forward to a great evening!

Reminder, today is the Community Blood Drive sponsored by the High School STUCO at the Township Hall from 1pm-6pm. Appointment slots are still open. Contact Stacy Cervantez for available times. Stacy.cervantez@vfalls338.com. Thank you!

There will be no C Team practice tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16th. Thursday, November 17th games will be B then A. B team will only play 1/2 a game. Thank you!

FFA members and Ms. Ebersole presented at the BOE meeting. They talked about the awesome experience they had at the FFA conference in Indianapolis. They did a great job!

The USD 338 Board of Education met last night. Action items that were approved: * Jesse Nickelson appointed as board member for Position #6 * Day off for students on 2/15/23. Valley Falls will be hosting NEKL Forensics on this day * Admission Prices for Athletics (retroactive to 10/17/22). Middle School $3 and $5 for students and adults. High School will be $4 and $6 for students and adults. The price increase will help the district capture additional revenue for our student activities which do not make money. * The BOE meeting for December has been moved to Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30 pm in the library. * The layout for the football field and track was approved. Highlights of this include moving the goal posts 15 ft to the west, and having the long jump, triple jump, and high jump on the east side inside the track. The hope is to expand the parking on the east side further south. Please contact john.hamon@vfalls338.com with any questions. Thanks!

Winter is in the air and tonight's forecast indicates we will have our first measurable snowfall of the year predicted. VFHS students and staff have been busy in the month of October and to start November. The Drama Dragons finished the play last week during buffer week with "Murder at the Orient Express." FFA and FCCLA have been busy with district and national events. For more information please visit https://5il.co/1kgm0 for the VFHS November Board Report. As we enter the Holiday season we would like to wish all our students, families, and community stakeholders a happy season and warm wishes. Regards, Mr. Morgan

Welcome November and the much cooler weather! Attached is the November Board Report for the PK-8 Building. https://5il.co/1kp2s I would like to thank all of our parents and community members for all that you do to support our school system helping our students set a priority on learning! We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving later this month and are able to enjoy family!

8th graders and their parents were recognized at the middle school game tonight against McLouth. Thank you parents for the support you have provided your girls over the years.

MSGBB: Reminder, tonight (11/14) will be B team and then A team. 8th grade recognition will take place in between.

Progress for the week of 11/7-11/11 1. Scheduled M/E/P tie ins for Greenhouse. 2. Schedule exterior concrete for Greenhouse. 3. Hung exterior metal on multipurpose building. 4. Gas line approved for Greenhouse. 5. Scheduled interior framing for Multi-Purpose building. Work schedule for the week of 11/14-11/18 1. Roof multipurpose building. 2. Start M/E/P tie ins for greenhouse. 3. Start interior framing on multi-purpose. 4. Mountain toilet risers and multi-purpose after wall layout.

MSGBB Practice will conclude at 5:00pm today. Please arrange transportation for your player. Also Monday night’s games will be B then A. C-Team will scrimmage against the B-Team after the conclusion of the A game. Thank you!

All aboard the Orient Express as your Drama Dragons go on stage tonight!

Hello Dragon Family, Two Valley Falls High School students are putting together a cookbook with recipes from the community for their SPARKS project. Their plan is to collect recipes, create a cookbook to sell at local sporting events and school related functions. Their plan is to donate any profit to local charities to directly impact the community. They are just getting started and would really appreciate it if you could aid their effort by filling out the following form https://forms.gle/M5pjZFuD9nRzzUJ38 or by sending in photos of recipes or typing them out in an email to vfhscookbook@vfalls338.com. You may call the Valley Falls High School Office at (785) 945- 3229 for more information as well. Thank you for assisting our students in this endeavor. Sincerely, Mr. Morgan VFHS Principal

Congratulations to our Dragons selected to NEKL All-League Teams! Volleyball: HM - Lilly Darveaux Football: 1st Team WR - Zac Evans 1st Team Off. UTL - Dylan Cervantez 1st Team DL - Solomon Drinkard 1st Team DB - Dylan Cervantez 1st Team RET - Dylan Cervantez 2nd Team LB - Nick Dodd HM Offense - Hayden Kearney HM Defense - Zac Evans Congrats Dragons! 🐉

Middle School Girls Basketball Update: The order for tonight’s games will be B, 1/2C, A. Games will be played in Nortonville. Start time 4:30pm.

USD 338 Veterans Day program is on Friday, November 11 at 2pm in the east gym. The date in the Vindicator is incorrect. Please come out and support our veterans!

Dragon Family, Please join us at 7:30 pm on Thursday, Nov. 17th in the East Gym for the VFHS National Honor Society Induction Ceremony. Attendees will be able to enter the gym through the southeast exterior gym doors. Have a great evening!

VFHS students spent the morning doing community service with the Clothes Closet and preparing for the Valley Falls Holiday in the Park display. Awesome job giving back Dragons!!