Lady Dragons take game one over ACCHS. Great job ladies!
PRESS RELEASE DATE:
04-24-2023
The Jones Project Is Coming to Valley Falls
Valley Falls, KS, May 1, 2023:
Championship wrestling coach Damon Parker knows what it's like to win on the mat, but he now knows winning isn't everything. He's spent the last 18 months fighting his own well-documented battles with mental health so he can help local students with theirs. He is helping students through the newly formed charitable nonprofit, The Jones Project. The goal of The Jones Project is to change how we talk about, treat and ultimately triumph over mental health issues, with a focus on the teen mental health crisis. The organization's goal is to bring a message of hope, help and healing to Kansas middle and high schools, organizations, and associations through inspirational and entertaining presentations. Parker serves as the organization's Executive Director. "Our country is in the midst of a mental health crisis, the likes of which we have never seen before," said Parker. "The mission of The Jones
Project is to accelerate the destigmatization of mental health illnesses, with a primary focus on Kansas secondary students. It is the goal of The Jones Project to be the antidote." Beyond inspiration and understanding, The Jones Project aims to give students actionable steps on mental health and emotional regulation that helps people manage their mental health before it reaches "crisis mode." Through the organization’s fundraising efforts, The Jones Project is able to provide all programming to Kansas school districts and their students at no cost. “It was important to us to remove every barrier possible for schools, and for a lot of
school districts, pricing is a big hurdle. So we’ve taken that one out of the way.”
It is Parker’s goal to speak to every secondary student in the state of Kansas in the next three years. “The kids in our smaller communities and in western Kansas both need and deserve this programming every bit as much as their counterparts in the larger 6A high schools,” Parker said. “Large schools, small schools, western, central, and eastern Kansas, it doesn’t matter. On a Monday we may end up talking to 21 awesome students at Hamilton High School, and the next day 2,100 of them in Derby. We are going to be road warriors, and we’re going to spread this message to everyone who needs it, regardless of the size or location of their school.”
For more information on The Jones Project, visit www.TheJonesProject.org.
About The Jones Project
Founded in June of 2022, The Jones Project brings a message of hope, help and healing to middle and high schools, organizations and associations. Based out of Topeka, KS, The Jones Project was founded with the help and vision of Cody Foster, co-founder of Advisors Excel, and was founded in memory of Josh Jones. The Jones Project helps those struggling with mental health illnesses through inspirational and entertaining presentations. The Jones Project is passionate about raising mental health awareness and funding the resources and research needed to help people thrive.
We look forward to having Damon on campus at Valley Falls to work with our students in grades 6-12 on such an important topic. If you have questions please let Mr. Morgan or Ms. Grey know at the VFMS or VFHS office. Have a great afternoon!
Tonight will be Senior night for Baseball, Softball, and Track. Senior night will be held at the baseball field. We ask that parents of the Seniors being honored be at the fields by no later than 4:15pm, so the recognition can start at 4:20pm.
Thank you!
Work schedule for the week of 4/24-4/28
1. Caulk at expansion joints at all locations.
2. Start final grading at Pre-K.
3. Install cabinets in Pre-K.
4. Schedule exterior painting at Pre-K.
Progress for the week of 4/17-4/21
1. Set up and pour sidewalks at Pre-K.
2. Continued interior work in Pre-K.
3. Installed interior handrail in Pre-K.
4. Finish floor in Pre-K.
Just a reminder to the Dragon Family and Community, every month the HS students in Journalism make a VFHS Newsletter for the community and they do an amazing job!! Here is last month's! They are always uploaded to our website but will now be uploaded to our social media. Also, we will be putting them out here in town at Petro and the Library! Stop by and grab one :)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zVR7jq5VNJL4GXRiHVzk3MQpYzkvt2pY/view?usp=sharing
Pending field conditions, we have rescheduled our JV Baseball game from Wednesday to tomorrow. At this time we will be playing 1 - 7 inning game with either 3 runs or 3 outs. Game time is 4:30pm. Decisions on field conditions will be made by 12:00pm tomorrow.
Parents and guardians of 8th graders: The World of Fun Fieldtrip is Friday, May 12th.
Here is the document that has the registration information on it, this will also be sent out to our weekly guardian update and posted on the website for easy access.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aAdS0j1MPyl2wZB6pM5mErcjPV0oIiG2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115200950987481262392&rtpof=true&sd=true
The High School JV Baseball game scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled due to ACCHS's Varsity schedule. We are trying to find a make up date and will send additional information at a later date.
Thank you!
Valley Falls Middle and High School FCCLA competed at State FCCLA 4-17 to 18! Nine members advanced to Denver, CO, for the National Leadership Conference and STAR Events!
The Site Council meeting scheduled for April 19th at 5:30 pm has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 3rd at 5:30 pm in VFHS Room 101. Have a great day!
Good morning Dragons!
Monday, April 24th there will be a Middle School parent info cheerleading meeting. It will be in the lunch room and start at 6:00 pm!
This is for the 23/24 school year.
Parents:
This is a reminder that all Juniors will be taking the Science State Assessment Tests on Monday and Tuesday this week. Please remind them to charge their Chromebooks, get plenty of rest, and eat a good breakfast.
Work schedule for the week of 4/17-4/21
1. Set up and pour sidewalks at Pre-K
2. Continue interior work in Pre-K.
3. Install handrail in Pre-K.
4. Finish floor in Pre-K.
Progress for the week of 4/10-4/14
1. Installed lights in Pre-K.
2. Stripped form off of concrete walls.
3. Installed ceiling tile in Pre-K
4. Backfilled walls pre-K trench.
5. Continued M&E in Pre K
Third grade enjoyed a visit from another local business owner. Kendra took time to talk with us about her business, Another Monday Morning. Thanks for sharing with us!
Kona Ice will be open for purchases by 3:20. Thank you PTO!!!
High School Baseball Update:
The baseball game scheduled for today at home has been canceled due to McLouth not having enough players to field a team. We will try to reschedule at a later date.
The softball game will be played as scheduled with a start time of 4:30pm.
Go Dragons!
KONA ICE will be here tomorrow the 13th. Come enjoy the warm weather with a cool slush!
NEW Location: corner of the Christian Church Parking diagonal from our campus.
TIME: 2:30-3:30 reserved for our students who earned a party through PTO.
3:30-4:30 Open to the community for purchases
2nd Graders investigated different types of soil today and determined which one was sand, silt, clay and loam. We also discussed which type of soil is best for Farmers to grow their crops.
