Valley Falls USD 338

Congratulations to the following students for being accepted into NEKMEA District Honors Bands/Choirs!!!! Good luck this Saturday!!! - District High School Honor Choir- Gretchen Hager - District Middle Level (9th Grade) Honor Band- Abbey Brosa, Heidi Gibbens, Lillyan Lloyd - District Middle Level (7th/8th Grade) Honor Band- Aubrey Garza, Tannah Bailey, Paisleigh Heinen, Brooklyn Schmelzle - District Middle Level Honor Choir- Danielle Reeves, Curtis Shephard, Violette Whippe, Devon Pemberton -District Elementary Honor Choir- Emily Eaton, Harley Brown, Mathew Loop, Addison Lassiter, Sawyer Schmelzle, Olivia Partridge Have a good performance!!!!

Good Morning Dragon Family! High school basketball kicks off tomorrow night at Oskaloosa. The Dragons will start the season with the JV boys playing at 5pm, followed by the Varsity girls, and then the Varsity boys. There will be no JV girls game. Good luck to both the boys and girls teams. The Preseason KBCA Boys Basketball Rankings have your Dragons ranked #6 in the state in 2A. For more information please visit catchitkansas.com.

USD #338 is seeking an interested patron to serve on the Educational Foundation Board. Any interested parties can submit an email by 12.14.21 to volora.hanzlicek@vfalls338.com explaining their interest in serving and what experience or skills they have to enhance that board.

Freshmen Fitness and Nutrition class and PE class took advantage of the great weather to get some community service in today at the park.

Awesome start to the Dragons basketball big brothers program this morning!

Congrats to the FFA Horse Judging Team on their first place win at Meriden today! Awesome work Dragons!

Happy Thanksgiving from USD 338 Staff!

Happy Thanksgiving from the 3rd grade as they conducted a “gratitude parade” today!

Science experiments, reading stories about Thanksgiving, measuring pumpkins, practicing good manners, STEM activities and art projects are all part of our Kdg-1st grade theme day this year!

Good Morning Dragons! Please join us tonight for Late Night. Things will kick off at 5:30pm with a pulled pork meal sponsored by After Prom and then Late Night activities beginning at 6pm. The activities will include basketball, dancing, baskets, and more basketball!! Hope to see you all tonight and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Big win tonight for both the middle school A and B girls basketball teams against Pleasant Ridge. Great job Dragons!

Congrats to VF FFA who took two teams to Leadership School to compete in Rituals (Opening and Closing Ceremonies) and Parliamentary Procedure on Friday, November 19th. Overall, the teams placed 9th out of 28 teams, finishing 8th in Parliamentary Procedure and 10th in Rituals. Awesome job FFA Dragons!

First day of Lil' Dragon Girls Basketball Clinic was a success! The girls worked hard, learned from our HS athletes, and had some fun in the process! We'll see our junior athletes again at Late Night on Tuesday night for the pairing of their HS basketball buddies.

Congratulations to Emma Gibbens for being chosen as a VFW Voice of Democracy recipient!! She received a cash prize and her entry will move up to the next level of competition.

Congratulations to Gretchen Hager for being selected as a Soprano 2 for the Northeast Kansas Music Educators Association High School Honors Choir. There were a total of over 400 students that auditioned that day, so no small feat! Congrats again to Gretchen!!!

Congratulations to the following High School Band students for making it into the Emporia State University High School Honors Band!!! They will rehearse and perform this Saturday in Plumb Hall at ESU. Emma Gibbens- Flute John Frakes- Alto Saxophone Aiden Sieve- French Horn Maddie Miller- Trombone Serena Toll- Trombone Maddie Regan- Percussion

Congrats to the 2021-22 NHS inductees

Big THANK YOU to parents as we recognize our 8th grade MS girl basketball players and their parents tonight.

8Man Division 1 - District 3 All-District Teams Congratulations to our Dragon Football players that were awarded All-District honors! Great work! 1st Team Samuel Drinkard - OSkill, DSkill Dylan Cervantez - OSkill, DSkill 2nd Team Samuel Drinkard - Returner Solomon Drinkard - DLine Spencer Doughramaji - OLine Zac Evans - OSkill, DSkill Hon. Ment. Dylan Cervantez - Punter Avery Gatzemeyer - Kicker Denten Elias - OLine, DSkill Trenton Kraxner - OLine, DLine 🐉🏈

Congratulations to VFW's Patriot Pen Winners!!!