Valley Heights USD #498

REMINDER: Tomorrow, ONE DAY ONLY- Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1pm-6pm APPLY IN PERSON at PEPC in Marysville at Lincoln Center.
LIEAP applications are open thru March 31, 2026 to assist qualifying families with energy assistance/heating costs. Apply online dcfapp.kees.ks.gov

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. The students performed excellently and many will be advancing to state in Topeka.

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

Valley Heights FFA Valentines Flower orders!
Form attached. EXTENDED DEADLINE Friday 2/6!!
https://forms.gle/eoNyBDbcvQFtWeHj7

Mustang Forensics hit the ground running at their first meet today in Republic County! 8 of our 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

Monday's BVL Tournament games will be live streamed on the Valley Heights YouTube page. Follow the link below to set a reminder for the Junior High Girls Championship game vs Hanover at 4:45. Boys game to follow at 6:15 or as soon as the broadcast can be setup!

https://youtube.com/live/ZeK1Kaec4WA

Junior high boys fall in the second round of the BVL tournament today to Linn 39-31. They will play Monday vs Clifton Clyde for 3rd!

Junior High Girls advance on to the Championship Game on Monday! Come cheer on the Lady Mustangs as they take the court against Hanover at 4:45 at Clyde. VH-33 CC-27

JH BASKETBALL PARENTS: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT... THE GAMES TODAY ARE RUNNING EARLY. THE GIRLS GAME BEFORE THE VH GIRLS IS IN THE SECOND HALF.. BOYS PARENTS I WOULD GET THERE EARLY AS WELL!! ALL GAMES ARE IN CLYDE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHORT NOTICE WE JUST RECEIVED WORD!

LAST CHANCE to Sign up to be a BIG during National Mentoring Month! We are seeking up to 8 more BIGs to match with littles at the Waterville Elementary school this school year! click here:
https://www.kansasbigs.org/be-a-big

NEED HELP TO APPLY?-assistance available ONE DAY ONLY-Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1pm-6pm APPLY IN PERSON for LIEAP Assistance at PEPC in Marysville at Lincoln Center.
LIEAP assists qualifying families with energy assistance/heating costs. Or apply online dcfapp.kees.ks.gov

Come out and support the Junior High basketball teams as they compete in the BVL Tournament on Saturday.

Arctic Stem Challenge for these 6th graders! They have to build an igloo for shelter! A week of planning and a day of building!!

Good luck to the HS Basketball teams playing @ Republic County. 4:30- JV Boys and Girls, 6:00- V Girls, 7:30- V Boys.

Junior high boys win first round game of the BVL tournament against Washington County. Down by 5 at halftime the mustangs come back and out score the Tigers 33-9 in the second half to win 48-29!

Waterville Grade School students had a great day celebrating Kansas! Students enjoyed rotations with guest presenters including a Park Ranger from Homestead National Historical Park sharing a buffalo trunk, the Blue Rapids Museum providing a bingo game for us, Regina Blaske with Parents as Teachers reading us a Kansas story, Cindy Kulp sharing beekeeping with us, old time games during PE, and square dancing during music! Thank you to all our guests for making this day special for us!

Mrs. Williams class worked on booklets for Kansas Day.

Fourth graders also enjoyed doing a scavenger hunt to answer an infographic this morning and a crossword to learn about history, facts, and everything Kansas today!

The 4th graders did a study on Marshall County Dirt celebrating Kansas Day. They layered the different stages to build a good "cup" of dirt out of wafers, pudding, cookies, pretzels and sprinkles. Eating dirt never tasted soooo good!