Exciting and hard-fought game against Troy for a Dragon win! Collin Kearney received another award for his 1,000th point in his three-year basketball career. Congratulations to Collin and his family & friends, who were there cheering him on!
High school students: an anonymous donor has paid for students to attend the homecoming dance tomorrow night. Have a great time!
Winter Royalty introduced and crowned tonight at halftime of the boy's game. Candidates were: Tannah Bailey, Aubre Garza, Katlyn Gier, Faith Hefty, Brooklynn Schmelzle, Lauren Thomas, Duncan Alverenga, Colby Clark, Collin Kearney, Clay Kirkham, Samuel Sitting Up, and Cash Stein.
Recognition between varsity games tonight included Senior Collin Kearney, who reached his 500th rebound during Wednesday night’s game against Perry-Lecompton. Congratulations Collin!
A check was also presented by Jody Lockhart and her family to the USD 338 Education Foundation in the amount of $342,586 from the James Clulo Estate to be used for student scholarships. Clulo was a Spanish and History teacher at Valley Falls High School for 21 years. Mr. C is remembered by his former students for his fiery lectures and the yardstick that he would bang on the file cabinet when he needed to make an especially important point. Valley Falls was home for Mr. Clulo. He loved this community and especially loved the school and the joy he received while teaching here. Because of this love, Mr. Clulo left this special gift for the students of Valley Falls. Mr. C’s passion for education will continue to impact future generations of Dragon students!
A check was also presented by Jody Lockhart and her family to the USD 338 Education Foundation in the amount of $342,586 from the James Clulo Estate to be used for student scholarships. Clulo was a Spanish and History teacher at Valley Falls High School for 21 years. Mr. C is remembered by his former students for his fiery lectures and the yardstick that he would bang on the file cabinet when he needed to make an especially important point. Valley Falls was home for Mr. Clulo. He loved this community and especially loved the school and the joy he received while teaching here. Because of this love, Mr. Clulo left this special gift for the students of Valley Falls. Mr. C’s passion for education will continue to impact future generations of Dragon students!
Agenda for Monday's BOE Meeting that will be in the Music Room at 6:30
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Pep Rally today started the excitement for the basketball games and recognitions that will happen this evening. Hope to see you here!
Lots happening tonight at our basketball games! Catch all the news in our Weekly Parent Update: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Be8BZ363-_vMXsNP-Ka9mw4eS4_aMq3XaNVFfCT__Q0/edit?usp=sharing
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
Please join the Valley Falls FFA on February 25th from 7-9 am in the Ag building for a community breakfast to celebrate National FFA week! Free will donations will be accepted!
HS Boys Varsity Tournament Update:
Makeup date is 2/4/26.
Schedule:
4:30pm- JW vs. Holton
6:00pm- VF vs. PL
7:30pm- NEK vs. Rossville
Makeup date is 2/4/26.
Schedule:
4:30pm- JW vs. Holton
6:00pm- VF vs. PL
7:30pm- NEK vs. Rossville
January has flown by! Here is our Weekly Parent Update & some pictures from our Kansas Day morning assembly yesterday: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DHVcNqiVH75Zc8Y6ldJ3eCP1UzM_-Pt2ebd7JCNJLz8/edit?usp=sharing
HS Basketball Games: Saturday, 1/31/26 - Games will start at 1pm and will be in the West Gym. Schedule is JVG JVB, VG, VB.
Donuts are here and will be ready for pickup after school today between 3:45-6:00. You may enter in through the elementary office doors and either Mrs. Wininger or Mrs. Hale will help you. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Hale. Thanks!
Hello VFHS Dragon Family,
The Spring 2026 Parent-Teacher Conference time is upon us at VFHS. Knowing this information, I wanted to thank you for your continued support for our students and staff throughout the year.
I will set forth the schedule and associated expectations below for the Parent Teacher Conferences to be held February 19, 2026 in the USD 338 East Gymnasium from 1-8 pm.
P/T Conferences: Scheduled for February 19th from 1-8 pm. We look forward to working with all parents to ensure your student’s success while at VFHS. We will only offer in-person conferences during this date. However, if you and your child need an alternative conference time please work with your student’s seminar teacher to set up an alternate meeting. Please return the bottom of this page to the office letting us know your preferred time on the schedule. Times will be scheduled for your meeting as close to possible in the time slot you choose..
In-Person Meetings -- We ask that the following guidelines be followed:
Enter at the SOUTHEAST Doors of the East Gym
Parents with your VFHS student only. Please make arrangements for any non-VFHS student children, as supervision will not be available for children to be on the playground at the time of conferences.
Overall Expectations:
Your student will be expected to have their Chromebook and share their screen with parents and their seminar teacher.
Students will need to meet all requirements of the rubric below to achieve a grade of 100 points overall.
Conference Grading Rubric:
1. Introduction of meeting structure to parent(s), students are able to login to and share their screen (10 pts).
2. Student review of their overall academic progress with their parents and teacher. (20 pts)
3. Student review of their Xello lessons and assignments. (20 pts)
4. Student led discussion of their career interests and goals with parent(s) and teacher. (20 pts)
5. Student led discussion of the pre-enrollment process for next fall using PowerSchool. (20 pts)
6. Student displays professionalism during presentation (10 pts)
Grade Total:______/100 pts
Please mark your preference. Either scan or take a picture and send this back to Brenda in the VFHS office at brenda.lloyd@vfalls338.com or complete and send it back with your student(s) by 3:30 pm on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Student’s Name (please print): _________________________________________
Parent’s Name (please print): _________________________________________
I would like an In-person conference Feb. 19, 2026. My preferred time between 1pm - 8 pm is __________________________.
Please list all of your children and grade levels below and we will attempt to schedule these back to back.
1._________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. __________________________________________
5. __________________________________________
The Spring 2026 Parent-Teacher Conference time is upon us at VFHS. Knowing this information, I wanted to thank you for your continued support for our students and staff throughout the year.
I will set forth the schedule and associated expectations below for the Parent Teacher Conferences to be held February 19, 2026 in the USD 338 East Gymnasium from 1-8 pm.
P/T Conferences: Scheduled for February 19th from 1-8 pm. We look forward to working with all parents to ensure your student’s success while at VFHS. We will only offer in-person conferences during this date. However, if you and your child need an alternative conference time please work with your student’s seminar teacher to set up an alternate meeting. Please return the bottom of this page to the office letting us know your preferred time on the schedule. Times will be scheduled for your meeting as close to possible in the time slot you choose..
In-Person Meetings -- We ask that the following guidelines be followed:
Enter at the SOUTHEAST Doors of the East Gym
Parents with your VFHS student only. Please make arrangements for any non-VFHS student children, as supervision will not be available for children to be on the playground at the time of conferences.
Overall Expectations:
Your student will be expected to have their Chromebook and share their screen with parents and their seminar teacher.
Students will need to meet all requirements of the rubric below to achieve a grade of 100 points overall.
Conference Grading Rubric:
1. Introduction of meeting structure to parent(s), students are able to login to and share their screen (10 pts).
2. Student review of their overall academic progress with their parents and teacher. (20 pts)
3. Student review of their Xello lessons and assignments. (20 pts)
4. Student led discussion of their career interests and goals with parent(s) and teacher. (20 pts)
5. Student led discussion of the pre-enrollment process for next fall using PowerSchool. (20 pts)
6. Student displays professionalism during presentation (10 pts)
Grade Total:______/100 pts
Please mark your preference. Either scan or take a picture and send this back to Brenda in the VFHS office at brenda.lloyd@vfalls338.com or complete and send it back with your student(s) by 3:30 pm on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Student’s Name (please print): _________________________________________
Parent’s Name (please print): _________________________________________
I would like an In-person conference Feb. 19, 2026. My preferred time between 1pm - 8 pm is __________________________.
Please list all of your children and grade levels below and we will attempt to schedule these back to back.
1._________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. __________________________________________
5. __________________________________________
Reminder: Little Cheer Clinic will be on Friday after school and then the performance will be on Saturday. Please see the form for times.
Happy Board Clerk Appreciation Day! Thank you Dayna Lloyd for everything you do for our district!
Great job by both the boys and girls last night with a sweep over Jackson Heights. The Lady Dragons won 39-26 and the Dragons won 48-40! Way to go Dragons!
Surprise visit this morning from Danny Zeck, a member of our State School Board, congratulating Phoebe Stottlemire again for her Kansas Horizon Award. Keep up the great work!
MSBBB:
The MSBBB game originally scheduled for 1/26 has been rescheduled for Wednesday 1/28.
Order will be 1/2 C, B, A at Oskaloosa beginning at 4:30.
Go Dragons!
The MSBBB game originally scheduled for 1/26 has been rescheduled for Wednesday 1/28.
Order will be 1/2 C, B, A at Oskaloosa beginning at 4:30.
Go Dragons!
HS Basketball Games scheduled for tonight have been moved to Tuesday 1/27, starting at 4:30pm all in the West Gym.
No School or activities for tomorrow, January 26, 2026 due to inclement weather.