Thank you to Landolls and Travalong for giving our 5th grade students an amazing field trip with an afternoon of bowling.
Due to the impending weather overnight and tomorrow morning, it has been decided that Play Day will be at each respective building and not at the high school. Waterville will still be in the morning hours and Blue Rapids in the afternoon. While we are not able to have play day as normal we will be having fun activities for the kids. With this in mind we will not be able to invite spectators in the Waterville building due to limited space however if you would like to spectate at the Blue Rapids Gym for those activities you may do so. Activities at the Blue Rapids building will start at 12:30! A sack lunch will still be provided.
Senior Awards Night tonight at 7 pm in the VHHS commons. Hope to see you all there for an evening honoring our seniors.
SCHOOL'S OUT, CAMP'S IN!! Valley Heights 21st CCLC Camp Exploration registration is now open! Click the link to register today!
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Valley Heights USD 498 is currently accepting applications for an elementary teacher at Blue Rapids Grade School. Valley Heights has a tradition of success in all areas of academics and activities. Through fidelity and rigor, our elementary was named a 2017 Blue Ribbon School for their transformation within the MTSS framework which ensures each individual student's social/emotional and academic needs are met. In 2018 they were named a National Title I Distinguished School for closing the achievement gap for all student groups, one of only two schools in the state of Kansas to be recognized. Most recently, the foundational work to become a Trauma Informed district has been initiated to address the mental health and Social Emotional Learning of our diverse student population. Another goal we are striving to achieve is in creating collaborative teams of community and school representatives to establish relationships and build connectivity between our district, parents and patrons. Valley Heights has an experienced and dedicated staff that is continually looking toward ways to improve and increase student achievement. We are proud of the rich, rural traditions that have created the family environment that ties our two small, but progressive, cities into one district.
We are #MustangProud and invite you to visit our website and see all the exciting things happening at Valley Heights! To apply, please follow the following link: https://www.applitrack.com/valleyheights/onlineapp/
USD 498 is in the process of evaluating Opaa!, our current food service program. We are asking for our PARENT community to complete the following survey. This is strictly for parents of our district students, as similar surveys are being completed by students and staff at school. We appreciate your feedback!
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Tonight is the night! K-6 Kick-off to Summer! Come for food, prizes, and kick-ball! See you at the Blue Rapids Ball fields from 6-8!
Valley Heights Senior Awards Night will be Tuesday, May 18th at 7:00pm. Location for this event will be at the VH High School Commons. All are welcome to attend and listen to the scholarships that will be shared with our students.
Biology students started the fetal pig dissections this week.
Correction to the earlier post: Jr High Awards will be moved to Thursday, May 20th at 2:30pm at the High School Gym. Again parents are welcome to attend. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
The USD 498 Board of Education voted last night at their regular monthly meeting to alter the school calendar to the following: Monday, May 24th will be the last day of school for students, and this will be a full day. Please note that there will be no school the morning of Tuesday, May 25th. Have a great summer!
Due to a schedule change for the end of this school year, the Junior High Awards will be moved up to Monday, the 24th at 2:30. Parents are welcome to attend.
Effective Tuesday, May 11 the USD 498 mask protocol will be updated to "Masks are recommended, but not required.".
If you received a letter from the Health Dept. regarding the updating of your child’s immunizations, please return those forms to your building secretaries as soon as possible as they will be here on Wednesday!
To all the Mustang mom's past and present....
Due to the incoming weather, we will be moving the Mother/son Night of Fun into the gym and commons tonight!! Lots of yard games, hot dog picnic and a movie! Bring a pillow and a blanket and get some snuggles from all your sweet boys tonight! Cannot wait to see you all there!
Don’t forget! The Mother/Son Night of Fun is tomorrow at 7:00PM-10:00PM! Weather permitting it will be at the football field! If weather decides to rain on our fun, we will move to the gym/commons!!
SCHOOL'S OUT, CAMP'S IN!!
Valley Heights 21st CCLC Camp Exploration registration is now open! Click the link to register today!
https://forms.gle/Sc39Wtw3GRTGjCQE8
Join us Friday, May 14th for our annual Kindergarten-6th grade Kick-off to Summer Kickball Night at the Blue Rapids Ball fields! We can't wait to see you there!
First and second grade classes traveled to the Rolling Hill Zoo in Salina! These are just a few of the second graders who had a fabulous time!
