Valley Falls USD 338

The 5th Grade Class presented the play "Christopher Columbus' Mistake: A Historic Account of Christopher Columbus" to parents and other classes today. Good job 5th grade!

It's been a good week with great weather. Enjoy the weekend!

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Speaker Tim MacKenzie and Quilt Recipients Heather Barker, Judee Correll and Rich E. Heuertz with quilts made by the Happy Stitchers Quilt Group. Patriots Pen & Voice of Democracy Scholarship Essay Winners were Mylie Merz and Thomas Welsh. Second graders enjoyed looking at the branch uniforms on display, along with a WWII Ozawkie Community Quilt with embordered names of military personnel and Ozawkie residents. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a memorable event!

Veterans entered the gym and the program began with the Posting of Colors by student representatives from the Prosperity and Valley Victors 4-H Clubs. Students and staff introduced each of the almost 50 Veterans who attended.

Our annual Veterans Day program on Tuesday began with a reception for our Veterans and their families. Students and staff were matched up with our vets and the conversations began.

Congrats to the following athletes for being voted NEKL All-League 2nd Team Volleyball: Aubre Garza, Cali DeLong, & Caydren Strickler!

HS Boys and Girls Basketball Player and Parent meeting on Wednesday, 11/12/25 @ 7pm in the commons.

The VFHS FFA officer team presented the November good news at the Board of Education meeting last night. The team did a great job updating everyone on their trip to FFA Nationals, Fall Competition progress, and programs that our Ag students are engaged in through academics and co-curricular activities in FFA and the classroom. Awesome job FFA team and Ms. O!

This past Saturday, four Valley Falls students traveled to Eudora to audition for District Honor Band. Several hundred students from across Northeast Kansas were in attendance, we are so proud of our four students; Alila, Avalon, Emma, and Violette, who took went above and beyond to audition for these ensembles.

We are very excited to announce that two Valley Falls High School students (Violette on piccolo and Emma on clarinet) have been placed in a Northeast District Honor band. It has been several years since any VFHS students have achieved this honor. They will perform in a District Honor Ensemble on Saturday, December 6th in Topeka. Great work and Congratulations!

Good evening, the Fall 2025 semester is hitting the homestretch as we near mid-term of the 2nd Quarter. Fall sports have wrapped up and winter sports tip-off on November 17th. For activities and events of October and early November at VFHS please visit https://aptg.co/9VFBHz. Have a great evening!

HS Parents: The Letter Jacket Man will be here on 11/13/25 for students to order their letter jackets. See Mrs. Cervantez for details.

Junior Parents: The Junior Class Fundraiser Meal will be on Friday, December 12th, start time 5:00pm, set up at 4:30pm. See email for details.

Parents of 10th & 11th Grade Students: There will be a Tech School Meeting for those interested in attending Tech next year. The meeting will be on Friday, 11/14/25 @ 6pm in the commons.

MSGBB:
- Upcoming Schedule -

- 11/10 @ McLouth - B, A
- 11/13 vs. Troy - B, A
- 11/17 @ PR - 1/2 C, B, A

Play begins at 4:30pm
Go Dragons!

Hope you can enjoy the weather outside today. Have a great weekend!

Weekly Parent Update: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13H1k0W4yhrBo6AYZV9YNbPM38_UHtKYDKy3uAHQDS9U/edit?usp=sharing

Agenda for Monday's BOE Meeting https://drive.google.com/file/d/12v1swy4b81jhWRayCUpBQP3Rcy2GVCuL/view?usp=sharing

2025 Principal of the Year Awards in Wichita. Congratulations Susan Grey!

Reminder: Fall Picture Retakes & Winter Sports pictures are TOMORROW (Thursday, November 6th).