Valley Falls USD 338

Gym Entrance -The students lining the walkway with the flags did a great job!

It was so nice to honor our Veterans yesterday afternoon. The event started with a reception and entrance into our gym to be seated.

Happy November! Not sure where the year has gone. Watch for information on today's Veteran's Day Program. It was a great program for our community and our students. Here is the link for the PK-8 November Board Report. https://5il.co/30wd8 Have a great rest of November!

Thank you Seth and Jeffery for sharing some of what 6th graders are learning in social studies classes with the Board of Education tonight!

Good evening, We are approaching mid-term of the 2nd quarter and Thanksgiving break. Falls sports have concluded and winter sports starts on November 18th. For activities and events of October and early November at VFHS please visit https://5il.co/30kj2 Have a great evening!

Good morning, Please join us Friday evening at 7 pm or Sunday afternoon at 2 pm for our Fall play. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. For $25 per ticket there will be a dinner with Chicken Cordon Bleu as the main course on Friday with $20 of the price going to PTO. On Sunday afternoon for $15 per ticket PTO will be serving desserts and snacks with $10 going to PTO. Advance tickets and registration for dinner/snack tray can be purchased through the VFHS office at (785)945-3229 or by emailing Brenda Lloyd at brenda.lloyd@vfalls338.com.

We will be honoring our Veterans today at 2:00 pm , as well as recognizing our students with family members who are deployed or will be soon. Join us for our program in the east gym.

Proud of Mr. Bruner! Cullen and the Benedictine football team with a big 49-10 win today! Cullen kicks off and is the punter.

Mr. Hansford's 5th Grade Class presented their annual historic account of Christopher Columbus today at school. Great job!

Link to Weekly Update: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v7UXsY2e6ecLJhiGncHULmV_AY8Vl2IyNXjh5tr8zkk/edit?usp=sharing Lots of great events coming up. Have a great weekend!

BOE Agenda for Monday's Meeting: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/931/Valley_Falls_USD_338/5010000/1._Board_Agenda_11.11.24__1_.pdf

Deadline for dropping of items is tomorrow, November 15th! Help us to supply the Kids Christmas Store! We are in need of physical items for children, adults, parents/grandparents, gift wrap, and bows, as well as monetary donations. See gift ideas and details on fliers.

Remnder: There will be a quick parent/student informational meeting tonight for any student planning on attending either Washburn Tech or Highland Tech next school year. If your student currently attendings Washburn Tech or Highland Tech, you do not need to attend. This is intented for new students for Fall 2025. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria at 6:00pm.

A Team won a hard fought MS girls basketball game tonight against the Riverside Cyclones! Great fight for B Team as well. Thanks cheerleaders for leading the fans tonight!

PICTURE RETAKE & TEAM PICTURE DAY Fall Picture Retake Day will be Thursday, November 7th. If you need retakes done, please call Becky in the Elementary Office or email becky.nickelson@vfalls338.com. Middle School Girls Basketball, HS/MS Cheerleaders, and HS Dance Team will also be taken that day.

First Quarter PBIS reward earning students were recognized Wednesday at an assembly. Congrats to all reward earners!

Some heartbreak news for Brooklynn and the XC team. Brooklynn sustained an injury to her foot. She was told by doctors today that she may not run at the state meet. Please send your Dragon love her way and let this awesome runner know that we appreciate her hard work and the achievement of qualifying for state. We hope this is fixable and that she will be back strong as ever next year. We are proud of you Brooklynn.

The HS Play is looking for some furniture for the upcoming production on Nov. 15 and 17th. They are looking for 1950s style living room furniture. Regardless if donations are to keep or just to borrow, we will treat them gently and with care. If anyone would be willing to donate some pieces, it would be very much appreciated. Please reach out to Brittany Wininger if you think you may have something to send. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Enjoy the sunshine today and have a great weekend! Here's our weekly update link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cMgCiVWEhKXLQEQBbh1J__GPOFaa9r8ygWwCHXicTuY/edit?usp=sharing

Pep Rally for our Cross Country Team was yesterday. Brooklynn Schmelzle qualified for the state cross country meet at Regionals last weekend. Despite most of the team running career best PR's, the Lady Dragons fell four points short of team qualifying. The boys ran well too, led by Layne Adcock who also had a career best. Coach Spade is pretty proud of what the team has accomplished this season and is already looking forward to next year! Great job Dragons!