Valley Heights USD #498

National FFA Week is just around the Corner!

Forensics faced some tough competition at Rock Creek today! 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

High School Basketball vs Chapman is LIVE! Tune in Here!

https://youtube.com/live/OXXMcQrX6w

Fun time tracing with chalk at recess. Mrs. Woodyard's assistant helped being a leader during Really Great Reading. Thursday was the 100th day of school and the class made 100 day hats! A second grade student Camden DeWalt came to read a story to the kids after lunch!

Lots of competitions and lots of fun this week in the Junior High and High School at Valley Heights!

FBLA District Competition, Junior High BVL Tournament games, High School Scholars Bowl, hatching baby chicks, Marshall County Government Day and gearing up for Valentine's Day. And don't forget about Student Success meeting sign-ups. Click the link below to read more.

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Fourth graders enjoyed creating bursting hearts craft today!

ReadBowl is officially over! These were our top 2 readers for most minutes read outside of school. The other picture are of all the 4th graders that participated in ALL 4 quarters of reading outside school! We are proud of all for participating. Our school is Kansas's State Champs!

7-12 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.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAAAD29A7FBC52-62185448-spring#/

Tonight's basketball games against Chapman will be livestreamed. Keep an eye out for when we go live!

https://youtube.com/live/OXXMcQrX6ws

Good luck to the HS Basketball teams at home vs Chapman! All games are at the HS beginning at 4:00 PM.

February Ag Calendar!

A big round of applause to Lexi, Zaiden, Easton, Twila, Aurora, and Edison for being our top spellers and proudly representing us at the Marshall County Spelling Bee. Congratulations to Lexi, who placed in the top 5 out of 36 students!

FREE Income Tax Assistance is available for elderly, individuals and families with low to moderate income and that includes students with part-time jobs! Call the K-State Extension Office 785-562-3531 or RSVP 785-562-2154 for more info or to set an appointment!

The fourth graders enjoyed playing "Headbands" today to work on similes and metaphors. Instead of having it on their head they had it taped to their back, had someone read it to them, and then they decided which figurative language it was!

Our 3rd quarter READBOWL champions from each class! They had the most minutes read outside of school this last week! We are on our last quarter so we will see who wins quarter 4!

The 5th and 6th graders enjoyed the Symphony in Topeka. Thank you to Mrs. Popejoy for organizing the trip!

Take care of your heart, it is Heart Health Month! Your cardiovascular system relies on positive emotions, social connections and strong relationships as well as a healthy diet and exercise to remain healthy! #HeartHealthMatters

FREE Income Tax Assistance begins today! Marshall County elderly, individuals, and families with low to moderate income-includes students working part-time. Call 785-562-3531 for appointment and more information.