The Mustang Messenger

Our FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Chapter and their advisor had an incredible day at the FBLA District Competition hosted by Republic County. Valley Heights had 25 students who qualified for the state event in 22 events! Those students earning first place honors include: Introduction to Supply Management – Langston Gray; Customer Service – Abigail Thorn; Digital Video Production – Lawson Stryker, Kebeb Zimmerman, and Krista Porter; Financial Planning – Kinsley Gillig; Public Service Announcement – Langston Gray and Kebeb Zimmerman; Public Speaking – Klara McIntyre; Visual Design – Violet Slifer and Chad Bargdill; Entrepreneurship – Lawson Stryker, Brady Anderson and Ben Miller; Future Business Leader – Julia Heinen; Sports and Entertainment Management – Everson Parker, Ben Miller and Charlie Warders; and Technology & Support Services – Guen Conti. Congratulations to all of our state qualifiers! A complete listing of the students, events and their placings can be found elsewhere in this newsletter!

Our junior high basketball season came to an end this week as we wrapped up the BVL Tournament hosted by Clifton-Clyde. The girls team finished up as the tournament runner-up and our boys placed third. We would like to congratulate all of our athletes and coaches for having a great season!

Mark your calendars for February 25th for two big events here at Valley Heights! First, classes will be dismissing at 11:50 on that day so we can host Student Success Meetings from 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm. We will be sending out a Sign-Up Genius notification for parents to schedule their meetings! We would love to get 100% attendance at this event. These meeting provide valuable time to discuss your child’s progress in school! Secondly, our FFA Chapter will be hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast, in the Ag. Shop, from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. This event is open to the public and the cost of the meal is a free will donation.

Our High School Scholars Bowl team is wrapping up their season! They have already competed in the TVL meet and are at the Regional Competition today in Topeka. As the high school season ends the junior high season is just getting started. Valley Heights will host a Junior High Scholars Bowl meet this year on February 12th! That event starts at 5:00 pm. If you have never watched a Scholars Bowl competition this would be a great opportunity. Fans can sit quietly in the competition rooms and watch the students answer the questions!

Mr. Broxterman escorted the Senior Government Class to the Marshall County Government Day activities in Marysville on Tuesday. The students got to hear firsthand the duties of our various county officials and watch actual court proceedings. They also had the opportunity to register to vote if they were 18 years of age and had their valid I.D. with them!

Mustang Fans – we only have three home dates left for high school basketball! Plan on coming out and supporting our teams! We play Chapman on February 6th and Clay Center on February 10th. Our final regular season game is on February 17th against Blue Valley. That is also Parent Appreciation Night!

Parents – We do not have classes on February 16th due to Professional Development!

Go Mustangs!

Mr. Savage

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZQeOXLOXbxudyvlt8HT8w0nNrxKksJ-

7th-12th grade parents! It's that time again to start scheduling a time for Student Success Meetings. Please follow the link to sign up with your student's seminar teacher. We will be going over grades, testing scores, and preparation for next year and would love to have 100% attendance rate! If you aren't sure who your child's seminar teacher is or having troubles with signing up, please don't hesitate to reach out to Mrs. Gallimore at cgallimore@valleyheights.org.

You can also sign up by scanning this QR code

Dental Screenings are February 10th for students in grades K-12. Copies of the Fluoride Consent Form will be available for students to pick up in the office beginning February 2nd. If you have any questions feel free to contact Nurse Tiffany DeWalt (tdewalt@valleyheights.org).

Below is a letter explaining the dental screenings, and an OPTIONAL Flouride Consent Form.

Wednesday morning at 7am (by appointment) and after school Wednesday at 3:30pm

Contact Mrs. Stevenson (lstevenson@valleyheights.org) with any questions

Beginning Sunday, December 7, the Blue Rapids Gym will be open for Valley Heights community to shoot, work on their ball handling, or play basketball to hone their skills.

Elementary students grades 3 - 6 will have the gym from 1--2:00, & 7th grade - adult will have gym access from 2:00 - 3:00.

Students in grades 3 - 6 must have a parent/guardian accompany them. Clean Basketball or tennis shoes must be worn when on the court. All participants must abide by school behavior standards or you will be asked to leave and not return.

The following dates will be open gym:

December: 7, 14

January: 4, 11, 18, 25

February: 1, 8, 15, 22

Last Thursday FBLA members traveled to Belleville to compete in the District 4 FBLA Competition. Individuals placing in the top 4 will advance to compete at the state conference in March.

Objective Tests:

Accounting: 9th Everson Parker

Accounting: 10th Emma Warders

Computer Problem Solving: 2nd Ruger Ryan

Cyber Security: 10th Ruger Ryan

Data Science: 2nd Ruger Ryan

Economics: 3rd Lawson Stryker

Healthcare Administration: 8th Violet Slifer

Human Resource Management: 5th Abigail Thorn

Intro to Business Communication: 5th Langston Gray

Into to FBLA: 2nd Lydia Wessel

Into to Supply Management: 1st Langston Gray

Journalism: 10th Violet Slifer

Organizational Leadership: 7th Guen Conti

Personal Finance: 4th Kinsley Gillig

Project Management: 9th Lydia Wessel

Real Estate: 9th Brady Anderson

Securities & Investments: 2nd Lawson Stryker

Presentation/Role Play Events:

Customer Service: 1st Abigail Thorn

Customer Service: 3rd Jacqueline Sandoval

Digital Video Production: 1st Lawson Stryker, Kebeb Zimmerman, Krista Porter

Financial Planning: 1st Kinsley Gillig

Graphic Design: 5th Guen Conti

Intro to Public Speaking: 3rd Riley Skalla

Job Interview: 5th Kaitlin Hemry

Job Interview: 6th Callie Schmidt

PSA: 1st Langston Gray, Kebeb Zimmerman

Public Speaking: 1st Klara McIntyre

Sales Presentation: 3rd Kinsley Gillig, Callie Schmidt

Visual Design: 1st Violet Slifer, Chad Bargdill

Visual Design: 3rd Krista Porter, Kaitlin Hemry

Business Management: 2nd Leah Steinfort, Klara McIntyre

Business Management: 3rd Riley Skalla, Emma Warders, Eleanor Toerber

Business Plan: 2nd Riley Skalla, Klara McIntyre

Entrepreneurship: 1st Lawson Stryker, Brady Anderson, Ben Miller

Future Business Leader: 1st Julia Heinen

Hospitality and Event Management: 2nd Lawson Stryker, Chad Bargdill, Dino Conti

Sports & Entertainment Management: 1st Everson Parker, Ben Miller, Charlie Warders

Sports & Entertainment Management: 3rd Leah Steinfort, Eleanor Toerber

Technology & Support Services: 1st Guen Conti

High School Scholars Bowl season has come to an end. On Thursday night they went 4 and 3 at the Regional Scholars Bowl, placing 4th in their pool and just missing making it to finals. This has been an amazing year and everyone has done an excellent job competing.

The animal science baby shower was just in time! Happy birthday to these chicken nuggets!! There are still a few more pipping out of their shells and some have moved into their bigger home for now.

The Junior High Girls Basketball team came home BVL runner-ups! The final score was 20-26.

We are beyond proud of these ladies and the hard work they put in all season long. They played with class, heart, and determination giving it their all every step of the way!

The Valley Heights Junior High boys bring home 3rd place in the BVL tournament beating Clifton - Clyde 45-40! The boys end the season 9-7 in the tough Blue Valley League!

Mustang Forensics hit the ground running at their first meet in Republic County! Eight of the 11 events broke finals, with 5 of those events qualifying for the State Championship! We’re so excited what else this season will bring.

Carter - 1st Solo Acting Serious* and 2nd Prose*

Julia - 1st Informative* and 2nd Solo Acting Humorous*

Dino - 4th Solo Acting Humorous

Dino and Julia - 1st Improvised Duet Acting*

Abigail - 3rd Solo Acting Serious

Abigail and Guen - 4th Duet

*denotes State Champs qualifier

Valley Heights Horticulture students and FFA members are creating handmade floral arrangements in class to sell for Valentine’s Day!

A limited quantity of each arrangement is available (20 of each arrangement). Orders will be filled in the order payment is received. Payment may be made by cash or check (checks payable to Valley Heights FFA).

Arrangement Options:

Be Mine – $15

Riverside Love Bud – $30

Carnation Crush – $45

Orders are for delivery within Valley Heights Schools only and are intended to be purchased for students and staff members.

Delivery/Pickup Details:

One delivery to Waterville Grade School

One delivery to Blue Rapids Elementary School

Friday, February 13

High school orders will be available for pickup outside the high school office

The order form will remain open until Monday, February 2, or until arrangements are sold out.

Order form: https://forms.gle/JbqxMLVG9qLFQAVa9

Valley Heights FBLA Members will be selling and delivering Valentines Grams to classrooms.

Find a high school FBLA member if you are interested in buying any!

There is a lot going on in the Ag Department this month. Check out the calendar below for more information.

Mark your calendars - Valley Heights FFA Annual Pancake Feed is around the corner!!

Details for to-go orders will be out closer to the Pancake Feed!

There is no "Keeping Up With the Mustangs" segment this week, but you can check out tonight's livestream link for the game with Chapman.

https://youtube.com/live/OXXMcQrX6ws

Check out Ms. Jayne's latest newsletter at https://app.smore.com/n/23q17

Ms. Jayne's schedule each day will begin at the VH Jr/Sr High to meet student needs there before the bell rings. The rest of the week will primarily be:

• Monday at Blue Rapids
• Tuesday at Waterville (third Tuesday is Harvesters)
• Wednesday at VH and out and about in our community
• Thursday AM in Waterville/PM in Blue Rapids
• Friday at VH

Meet the Family Advocate, Jayne Whitson by appointment. She is available to help students and families succeed with resources, referrals and donated items to help during a family trauma, crisis or setback.

The best way to reach the family advocate is via cell, 612-202-7366.

Blue Rapids, KS 66411

785-363-2508

Principal-Mike Savage

Athletic Director-Jordan Broxterman

1. Come to the HS office between 8am and 4pm

2. E-mail Mr. Savage msavage@valleyheights.org

3. Call the office (785)363-2508

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