Our elementary and rural teachers spent the morning of our district in-service analyzing new reading textbook series. It is hard work, and there was excitement in the room for the future of VCS! Special thanks to April Lambert of ESU 17 for facilitating this.
At the district in-service today, our paraprofessionals were busy, too, with training!
The Valentine Wrestling Invitational has started! Come cheer on your Badgers!!!
VES focus for the week: be responsible, clean up after yourself. Way to go, Badgers!
Mrs. Eide’s 3rd grade class invited Mrs. Wonnenberg to listen to their presentations on life cycles. They all did such a great job, and Mrs. Wonnenberg enjoyed them all so much!
FFA fruit is in!! Mr Nollette's FFA students will be making deliveries soon.
Mr. Muirheads basic woods class is working on projects in the shop.
Yesterday, the 4th grade students of VES treated the residents of Pine View to a fabulous concert of Christmas songs! Thanks to the students, their music teacher, Mrs. McQuistan, their classroom teachers, our bus driver, Mr. Gass, the staff of Pine View, and the wonderful residents of Pine View. At the conclusion of the concert, all of our 4th graders shook the hands of the residents and wished them a merry Christmas! What a way to spread some Christmas cheer!
Valentine Community Schools is seeking applicants for para educator positions. If interested, please complete an employment application available at Valentine Elementary, Middle or High School or at https://www.valentinecommunityschools.org/o/valentine-community-schools/page/job-application-for-non-certified-staff Position subject to Veteran's preference. EOE
This year, to further celebrate students’ success with Accelerated Reader, Ms. O’Kief has begun constructing a wall outside the library. Check it out—we are building readers at VES!
Rook no further! Mr. Little and Mr. Macziewski sponsor a chess club on Tuesdays from 4-5 pm with many of our 4th and 5th grade students!
Members of the VCS School Improvement team attended a Data workshop at the ESU in Ainsworth. The data collected helps prioritize district goals across the district.
The Hour of Code
Mrs. Gass’ 6 grade class along with Mrs. Hoefs’ coding class worked on unplugged coding activities.
The basketball games with McCook have been re-scheduled to Dec 21st starting with the JV at 1 pm. Girls Varsity will be at approximately 2:30 with the boys to follow.
Chadron Holiday Basketball Tournament Bracket
Mark your calendars! The VMS Christmas Music Concert will be December 13 at 7:00pm in the VMS Gym. The VHS Christmas Music Concert will be December 17 at 7:00pm in the VHS Auditorium.
C1 All District Football Team Selected. 1st Team top row: Gage Krolikowski, Devon Osnes, Lane McGinley. 2nd Team bottom row: Brayden Fowler, Jon Keller, Eric Hasse. Congrats!!
The MS basketball games with Winner today have been postponed until 4 pm tomorrow.
Due to road conditions, Valentine Elementary, Middle, and High schools will start at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 3, 2018
The book fair PTA hosts at Winterfest will still go on even though Winterfest is canceled. The book fair will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week, in the VES library. It will be from 7:45-8:30 a.m. and 3:30-4:15 those three days. It is open to the public; stop by!