Valley Heights USD #498

PEDAL TO THE “MEDAL”. “Look around the coffee shop, the park, or the classroom you’re in right now. You are surrounded by lucky people.” Quote from “The Book of Awesome”, by Nei...

SHARING THE LOVE, ONE COOKIE AT A TIME. The Valley Heights FCCLA is selling Valentine's Day sugar cookies. FCCLA decided on something new rather than the Crush Cans sold in prev...

THROUGH THE RAIN. “The way I see it, if you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain first,” is a quote by Dolly Parton. This quote speaks to Kendelle Sweet because she ...

MANY TALENTS On Tuesday, February 21st the Valley Heights Drill team is holding a bake sale raffle during half time of the Varsity boys game. Not only are they great dancers, bu...

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, “That was the worst date I ever had. And we. Are so. Over,” says author C.J Daughtery. We all have watched the perfect romantic date on our favorite show, o...

YEARBOOK SALES. Kadence Pierson was asked what her favorite part of the Yearbook was last year and she responded by saying, “I liked seeing all of the different activities go...

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW As of 2022, it has been recorded that nearly 39% of American adults have a New Year's resolution. To some, this can mean that they have a clean...

HEAD OVER BOOTS OR HEAD OVER HEELS. “Country roads, take me home,” quote by John Denver. Some students at Valley Heights may choose to take the country roads, while others pref...

NICKNAMES. LOVE ‘EM OR LEAVE ‘EM: “ Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.” Quote by Thomas Paine, an influential founding father of the United States and philo...

SNOW DAYS, When the students at Valley Heights High School think about snow days they are usually really excited and ready for a break. There were 37 students that took a survey...

FRESHMAN SEASON. “Getting to spend time with all my teammates from volleyball and transition into basketball season while building friendships with them has been my favorite par...

TREND OR OFFEND? 2022 was a year of the craziest trends yet. There have been tortilla slapping Tik Toks, gym rat “influencers”, makeup artists, BeReal, and the “best chefs of...

PLAYING FOCUSED. With a record of 4-5 at this point in the season, the Lady Mustang Basketball team is ready to bring their “A” game to the Twin Valley League Tournament. Head ...

WE ARE. Every year, the student body eagerly awaits the revelation of the theme of the Valley Heights yearbook. The theme reveal is a time-honored tradition every January. The J...

BREAK A LEG! LITERALLY. Ken Fite says, “Make peace with your broken pieces.” As of December, Valley Heights has had a total of ten leg or foot injuries since the beginning of th...

OBSESSION AND PROFESSION. Ben Worcester graduated from Kansas State University with a Master’s degree in Music Composition and Music Theory in 2010, a Bachelor’s degree in Music...

THE WRAPPING REWIND. The Valley Heights school district has a Santa's Gift Shop for kids in K-6th grade. Twenty three high school students spent the afternoon helping elementary...

ROCKING ROBOTS. In the early 1950s, the first robot was invented by George Devol. At the time, the robot was an incredible invention that has only gotten more and more impressiv...

BOYS BALLIN’. With our two recent games being wins, no one can deny that the boy’s basketball season is going well. With their first game against Riley County, the boys showed e...

FRIENDS FUR-EVER “ Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” Quote from Anatole France. At Valley Heights, the students have all kinds of pets, with...