NEKL adds Troy and Riverside for 24-25 school year
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USD 338 BOE Agenda for Monday, October 9, 2023
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Parent Update 10-06-2023 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NeodmDT8g6CzyIDOD6IvfyelOwG3blaRtzobQqR_Z0U/edit?usp=sharing
USD 338 is seeking bids for snow removal for the 23-24 school year. Please submit bids to the district office at 700 Oak Street, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Contact tom.brown@vfalls338.com with any questions.
Teams from West Elk Unified School District 282 and Valley Falls USD 338 have been announced as the winners of the Local Foods Recipe Challenge, which required teams comprised of students, educators, school nutrition professionals and local farmers to develop recipes featuring Kansas-grown products.
The Kansas State Department of Education’s Child Nutrition and Wellness (CNW) team organized the multi-year recipe challenge as part of the $289,000 2021 Team Nutrition Training Grant. It challenged students to pair up with local producers and family and consumer science or culinary educators to develop recipes using Kansas ingredients.
Teams had to develop recipes that met all school nutrition guidelines, were easily scalable and tasted good to other students. Each competing school received a $200 subgrant to purchase supplies and recipe ingredients.
Dozens of recipes were submitted to KSDE’s CNW team. Submitted recipes were evaluated by a panel of school food service directors and chefs based on student acceptability, feasibility of preparation and menu planning considerations. Six recipes were deemed finalists. However, due to feasibility, only five were tested. Testing sites included Manhattan Catholic Schools and schools in Shawnee Mission, Hutchinson and Haven.
After rigorous testing and meeting the requirement of 85% student acceptability, four winning recipes emerged. The winners of the Local Foods Recipe Challenge are:
West Elk Unified School District 282 (West Elk High School), Poppa Chocky Muffin.
West Elk Unified School District 282 (West Elk High School), Pumpkin Bar.
Valley Falls USD 338 (Valley Falls High School), Berry Delicious Applesauce.
Valley Falls USD 338 (Valley Falls High School), Kansas Granola.
The winning recipes will be featured in the CNW Healthier Kansas Menus and the CNW Local Foods Culinary Training, a new training for Kansas Child Nutrition Programs on how to implement Kansas Farm to Plate and incorporate Kansas products into local menus.
Winning recipes also will be included in the Team Nutrition recipe database that will be accessible to child nutrition programs across the nation.
Congratulations to the winning teams from West Elk USD 282 and Valley Falls USD 338. Watch for stories on winning teams in upcoming editions of KSDEweekly.
USD 338: Our VFHS Band is in need of truck and flatbed trailer for their float tomorrow if anyone has one please the band can use please let Mr. Morgan greg.morgan@vfalls338.com or Mr. Reed aaron.reed@vfalls338.com know.
Need some extra money for Christmas? USD 338 needs a custodian. This can be a full time position or a part time position (such as helping clean after ball games). Pay starts at $14.10/hour. Contact john.hamon@vfalls338.com or 785-945-3214 if interested.
HOMECOMING:
Friday will be Black and Gold Day for PreK-12th grades. Show your school spirit by wearing black and gold and plan to attend the Homecoming Parade at 2pm.
The HS Football game will start at 7pm, with the crowning at halftime. FCCLA will be doing a BBQ starting at 6pm. Come out to eat dinner, catch the game, and see the crowning.
GO DRAGONS!!!
Track is open to walkers, but we still need to keep it clean until striping. See expectations for track use. Thanks!
The dance team is prepared for the homecoming pep rally! 🖤💛
Middle School Girls basketball practice on Friday (10/6) will be over at 5:00 PM for homecoming. A parents meeting will be on Monday (10/9) after practice. If you have any questions feel free to email me at kayla.thayer@vfalls338.com.
Hello all MSFB parents! The MSFB game against Everest this Thursday (10/5) has been cancelled. It will result in a forfeit win for Valley Falls. 8th grade recognition will be moved to next week against McLouth (10/12). Thursday October 5th MSFB will have practice until 5:15 and Friday MSFB will have no practice. If you have any questions please email me at Dallas.brown@vfalls338.com
Here are those K-5th grade students present that were recognized for exhibiting our Dragon Pride characteristics last week!
MSFB: The MSFB game against Everest this Thursday (10/5) has been cancelled. It will result in a forfeit win for Valley Falls. We will send an update on 8th grade recognition soon.
Our track is open for walkers! The rubberization process is complete with the final step being the striping of the track. We still need to keep the track clean for the striping process so we will be limiting the amount of people on the track.
Tomorrow, parent lead activities will start at 6:30pm on the practice field. Students need to wear shirt, pants, and shoes that they don’t mind getting dirty. Next will be the powder puff football and iron man volleyball on the football field. The evening will conclude with a parent lead bonfire. I hope to see you all there! GO DRAGONS!!
Congrats to Birkley Hernandez for placing 9th overall at the Middle School NEK Cross Country meet today. Great season!!
Over 50 colleges and businesses were on hand at VFHS today for the annual Jefferson County College and Career fair. Thank you to all the students, staff, businesses, and colleges who made this a great event for students throughout Jefferson County.
Today is National Custodian Day. USD 338 is blessed to have awesome custodians! Thank you to Shelly and Danny (pictured), Tom, Brandon, and Ashley for everything you do for our district!
Tomorrow kicks off Homecoming Week! Monday will be color war day and we encourage all classes to participate. Below are the colors for the classes:
Pre-K- Yellow
K- Purple
1st- Orange
2nd- Black
3rd- Red
4th- Pink
5th- Green
6th- Yellow
7th- Orange
8th- Purple
9th- Pink
10th- Red
11th- Black
12th- White
Teachers/Staff- Blue
Hello all MSFB parents! Wanted to send out a reminder that all MSFB games from this point on will begin at 5:30! Also Thursday October 5th will be our 8th grade recognition night! Please come out and support our MSFB dragons! If you have any questions, please email me at Dallas.brown@vfalls338.com