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NEVER GIVE UP. “Don't give up when things get hard because even when things get hard, you should still push to finish what you started, ''says Jasmine Gartner, Senior at Valley ...

Valley Heights is pleased to announce that the 2022 Winter Formal Queen Candidates are (left to right) Elle Brooks, Maddy Vermetten, and Hallie Borgerding. The King Candidates are...

YOU BRING THE GAME. WE’LL BRING THE CHEER. #MustangTough “ Hey Mustangs fans are ya there? Yeah! Wave your hands in the air. Feel it like a Mustang. Say it like a Mustang. We are...

INSIDE JOKES AND INTERESTING FOLK. “My favorite thing about forensics is all of the inside jokes and interesting people we meet,” says four-year forensics veteran, Abigail...

SMILING FOR THE CAMERA. Lifetouch is coming to Valley Heights Jr/Sr High School! Winter sports pictures will be January 27th. Athletes, if you have not received an order form an...

GOING FOR THE WIN. The Jr. High basketball boys win their first game against Blue Valley on Monday. The boys have been practicing and getting better every day. Alex Nolte, hea...

SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE. “Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a...

WINTER BLUES. “To combat the winter blues, I cuddle my dog and watch TV wrapped up in a warm blanket,” says junior, Payton Woodward. The winter blues have come up in full approa...

“We are studying the production of ethanol so that we can better understand the work that goes into making everyday life work. Such as how the ethanol is used in gas so that gas i...

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. Drew Obermeyer, the Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor at Valley Height said, “Doing events like job interviews are crucial in giving the studen...

BASKETBALL STATS AND UPDATES. The Mustang basketball teams are starting out this long season grinding it out on the floor. The Lady Mustangs have a solid record of 10-0 and a...

HAVE FUN AND LEARN NEW THINGS. The annual KAY’s conference is right around the corner. This year's conference is on January 24th, at Valley Heights High School. KAY’s officer Ma...

PAPER PLATE AWARDS. “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players,” writes famed poet and playwright William Shakespeare. This year the All-School Play ca...

TOURNAMENT TIME. “We’ve been running scout plays in practice to get to know the other teams to prepare for the TVL Tournament. We will have played about half of the teams in the...

SEMINAR’S BOREDOM BUSTER. Greek scholar Cicero once said, “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Book clubs have now been implemented into our weekly Valley Heigh...

The Junior class have just begun their second fundraiser of the 2021-2022 school year for prom. Last time, a variety of Scentsy products were available for sale. This time, howeve...

NAUGHTY OR NICE. According to the website Capitol Counselor, the average American tends to spend approximately $886 on Christmas gifts. Families celebrate Christmas in different...

LUXURY RAFFLE. Tonight Friday, January 7th, 2022, the Senior class will be selling raffle tickets to sit in a luxurious La-Z-Boy chair. The class is trying to earn money to b...

PLAYING IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. “Mild he lays his glory by,” Hark the Herald, verse three. Every year, the Valley Heights Jr/Sr High School Band and Vocal perform a Christmas C...

BLOCK OUT HUNGER. “We just want to do a good thing for families in the community,” says Student Council President, Caden Parker. Friday, December 17th, was one of the Stude...