The Mustang Messenger

The Valley Heights Booster Club hosted a fantastic fundraiser this past Saturday at the Waterville Opera House. The theme of the evening was the Roaring 20’s with guests dressed up in the styles of the 1920’s. Each person had a role to play as they tried to determine who committed the murder by the end of the evening. Everyone in attendance had a fantastic time. The Booster Club also had a silent auction going on during the evening and had some very nice items on the bidding list. The money raised by this event goes to the various projects our Booster Club is currently working on for our student activities. This event took a tremendous amount of planning and effort and we would like to say a big "Thank You" to our members for supporting our Mustangs! If you are interested in joining Booster Club they have a membership drive at the start of every school year!

The high school basketball season continues to wind down and we move closer to postseason play. We still have road games on the schedule with Frankfort (2/13) and Onaga (2/20). Our last regular season home game is this Tuesday night (2/17) when we host Blue Valley. This is also our Parent Appreciation Night, so let’s pack the stands and cheer on our Mustangs. As it stands now, we will host a first round substate game for the Lady Mustangs. We are also working on a final game for the boy’s squad in order for them to cap off the season! We will provide more information as we proceed!

We have Student Success Meetings scheduled for February 25th. We will dismiss classes at 11:50 am. We will serve breakfast that day but will not be serving lunch! The meetings will start at 12:30 pm and run until 8:30 pm. We have sent out a Sign-Up Genius so parents can reserve a time to visit with their child’s seminar teacher and their other classroom teachers during the event. Items that your students will cover include current grades, Fastbridge scores (if applicable), 2026-2027 enrollment and future classes, and state assessment incentives.

Parents – We do not have classes on February 16th due to Professional Development! We will dismiss classes on February 25th at 11:50 am and we do not have classes on February 27th!

Go Mustangs!

Mr. Savage

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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

If your student would like to take the Driver's Ed course this spring, please call the office at (785)363-2508 and speak to Mrs. Jacy Steinfort, or e-mail her at jsteinfort@hopeschool.org. Students must be 14 by March 1st. Registration forms will go out soon, so please sign up while there is still time.

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

The first Junior High Scholars Bowl meet was Monday evening. The 8th graders came home with 2nd place medals and the 7th graders earned 3rd place medals. Congratulations to both teams!

Valley Heights art students had the best afternoon last Friday, learning from visiting artist Eric Stearns! His ceramics knowledge was incredible and so valuable for our students. His beautiful work is currently on display at the Lee Dam Art Center in Marysville. Huge thanks to MCAC (Marshall County Arts Cooperative) for bringing such an amazing artist to our school!

Forensics faced some tough competition at Rock Creek last Saturday! The stakes were high with students going up against 19 other schools. Our kids secured a fourth place finish with the following students medaling individually:

Carter 1st Solo Acting Serious and 1st Prose

Julia 2nd Solo Acting Humorous and 2nd Informative

Dino 6th Solo Acting Humorous

Lawson 1st Original Oration

Lawson and Dino 3rd Improvised Duet Acting

Forensics class solved a crime using a blood typing test.

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!

Valley Heights NHS 3-on-3 tournament is April 18th. Contact bturner@valleyheights.org for more information and to get your team registered or you can register your team using the Google Form below:

https://forms.gle/qN2HLscfd7iaipN48

Team registration due April 11th.

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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