Valley Heights USD #498

Valley Heights competed extremely well today at Regional Music Solos and Ensembles in Concordia. Juliet Busey, Elsee Martin, and Osric Nemechek received twos on their instrumental solos. Carter Germann received a 1 on his vocal solo and qualified for state. Thank you to Mrs. Oatney for playing for us today! Way to go Mustangs!

Live from the stage, it’s FORENSICS NIGHT! On Friday, April 17 @ 7pm, join VH Forensics in the High School Commons to see what students have been competing with all season and will be taking to State!

Please enjoy this week's Elementary Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/z490v

Check out the some of the latest happenings at Valley Heights Junior High and High School!

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Due to sloppy field conditions, the baseball games vs Marysville have been canceled. We will share updates regarding rescheduling as soon as they become available.

Forensics had a very successful (and very late) night at Wamego tonight! 10 of our 16 events made it to finals. Their hard work helped secure the team a 5th place finish out of 18 teams (and missing a trophy by only 6 points). Here is how the students placed individually: Carter - 1st Solo Acting Serious Abigail - Solo Acting Serious Julia - 3rd Solo Acting Humorous and 5th Informative Klara - 6th Informative Lawson - 3rd Impromptu and 5th Oration Lawson and Carter - 5th Improvised Diet Acting Julia and Dino - 6th Improvised Duet Acting Abigail and Guen - 4th Duet

Tomorrow's (4/10/26) home Softball games against Marysville have been moved up to a 3:00 PM start time. This adjustment was made due to the current status of the field lighting project. We appreciate everyone's flexibility and understanding. Come out and support your Lady Mustangs!

Congratulations to Josie Parker, Ava Smith, and Mia Vermetten on being selected to play in the Cloud County Community College All Star Basketball Game. Tipoff will be at 1:00 pm this Sunday, April 12th at Cloud County Community College.

Here is the order of events for the JH track meet at Valley Heights.

Good luck to the JH Track and Field team! Field events will start at 3:00 pm and running events will begin at 3:45 pm.

Don't forget to sign up for the Athletic Banquet! Responses are due by Thursday, April 9, so we can get an accurate headcount to the caterers.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcgvBcFUYesdfjgAie68KcBbTc_xgYA4kCS9_rZOhyhMRSXQ/viewform

Valley Heights will be hosting the TVL Art Contest on Friday, April 10th! The artwork will be on display in the high school gym. The gym will open up to staff, students and the public at approximately 12:00 pm for viewing! This will allow our judges to complete their jobs without interruptions!! Join us on Friday at 12:00 pm to view the Fine Arts on full display!!

We took a small group today to Washington for varsity golf. Brady DeWalt placed 3rd with a score of 83, Henry Bachura shot a 111 (19 shots better than last year,) and Eli Bardill shot 114 at his first Varsity Tournament. Next week we'll have a full Varsity team heading to Onaga on Tuesday.

Save the date! Preschool, Kinder Prep and Kindergarten Open House will be Tuesday, April 28th!
5:30 incoming 3 year old preschoolers
6:15 Kindergarten Signing & Open House for incoming kindergarten students!
6:30 incoming 4 year old kinder prep students

We hope to see you there!

Live results of the high school track meet at Valley Heights can be found at: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/638623/results/all

Good luck to our Varsity golfers today at the Washington County Invitational. Tee off at 1PM. Follow live scoring here: https://ks.prep.golf/

Mustang Baseball drops two games to Dwest.

Game 1: 2-4
Game 2: 3-4

Valley Heights Softball picks up two wins against Doniphan West. Game 1: 5-1 Game 2: 4-0

Good luck to HS Baseball @ home vs Doniphan West!