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Intermediate art students at Valley Heights create portraits for young children in Nigeria. The Memory Project is a non-profit organization, founded in 2004, that allows art teach...

The USD 498 Board of Education would like to invite you to participate in the superintendent search process. Part of the search process being conducted by the Kansas Association ...

As the beginning of the season comes closer the Valley Heights men's basketball team has been in the gym working towards the main goal, which is a winning a State Championship whi...

High school students enjoy an incentive day before Thanksgiving Break. On November 26, the entire high school participated in its annual “Block Out Hunger” day. First thing in the...

BATTLE OF THE BRAINS. Varsity Scholars Bowl travels to Onaga to compete in their third meet of the season. The team came into this tournament hoping to improve over their past t...

Black Friday: the whole family is huddled around the remnants of Thanksgiving dinner to scour advertisements; mom, grandma, and aunt Karen are running on coffee and fumes; unruly ...

BLOCK OUT HUNGER. Valley Heights plans a Block Out Hunger for the second quarter incentive day. Students are asked to bring in food items that can be stacked up in front of ...

As the Mustangs fall sports come to an end, basketball starts up. Coach Green says, “It was a great first practice and we need to keep adding onto that.” The lady Mustangs also ...

This Thanksgiving will mark the 398th year that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. After speaking with the Journalism staff, most families in Blue Rapids and Waterville spend their...

The Mustangs fell short in the regional matchup against Jackson Heights on Friday November, 8 th . It was a battle until the very end. The score was 0-0 at the end of regulation, ...

Samantha Jean Hardin is the daughter of Ron and Kim Hardin. She has been a part of the Valley Heights community for the entirety of her life. Over her high school career as a ...

98 COSTUMES AND COUNTING. It has been a very big year for Valley Heights All School Play. This year’s play, Gone With The Breeze, has the most costumes than any other play the ...

“God bless America, land that I love, stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above.” This past weekend people all over the United States celebrated Vet...

“It’s not how hard you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” This quote by Vince Lombardi, inspires Trey in his everyday life. Theodore Joseph Martin III has been chall...

The Lady Mustangs travel to Dodge City for the 2A State Tournament. On Thursday, October 31st, the varsity squad, along with coaches and managers, departed from the high school to...

The parody of "Gone With The Wind" takes place at the Lone Pine Films Studio in the chaos of casting for the lead role of Jezebel O'Toole. The movie star, Peggy Tempest, has her e...

Valley Heights took on Jefferson County North in the first round of the playoffs on October 31. In the first quarter the team started off slow and trailed 14-12. In the second qua...

The Valley Heights High School is putting on a show. "Gone With The Breeze," a musical parody of "Gone With The Wind," is set to take place November 15th, 16th, and 17th at the Wa...

ROAD TO REDEMPTION. Valley Heights High School volleyball girls win substate for the third year in a row. The Lady Mustangs traveled to Ell-Saline for sub-state last Saturday. T...