
Due to extreme temperatures & continued risk of rolling blackouts, there will be no school at Valentine Elementary, Middle & High schools Wednesday, February 17th.

No school due to rolling blackouts and extreme temperatures for Tuesday the 16th.

Saturday we had the pleasure of hosting the NSAA Class C4 District Wrestling Tournament. We would like to thank the following people for donating their time all day Saturday:
Mark Ormesher, Tracy Lamb, Jake and Coby Higgins, Scott Fullerton, Vince Lopez, Dave Renning, Blake Beebout, Kara Buechle, Devin Muirhead and The Mat Maids.
Was a great event and we couldn't have done it with all of your volunteered time! Thank you!!!

Basketball Tomorrow:
Lady Badger's first round sub-district game in Broken Bow has been moved to a 4 pm start.
MS Boys vs North Central has also been moved to a 4 pm start.

Speech Results - North Platte (Blue & Gold) Virtual:
Everyone competed varsity today – tough meet with 258 contestants! Help us congratulate our VHS placers:
Poetry – Taylor 8th
Inform – Calvin 12th
Ent – Calvin 3rd
Extemp – Shyanne 10th
Duet – Josiah & Grace 8th


Valentine community, please help NCAP spread the word about resources available!


Valentine Middle School Graham Cracker Challenge results are in!
We collected a grand total of 483 boxes! The winning Badger Pause group, collecting the most graham crackers and winning a pizza party is…. Mr. Pettigrew’s group. They collected 118 boxes, followed very, very closely by Mrs. Breuklander’s group with 107 boxes. That’s over 6,000 individual crackers you guys! Great job!


Girls Sub-District Basketball:
Valentine will play Ainsworth at 6 pm in Broken Bow on Monday.
If they win they will play again on Tuesday @ 6pm vs Broken Bow.
Championship will be on Thursday @ 7pm.

District Wrestling
The NSAA just released a statement increasing capacity for HS events to 75%. With that we are going to open up District Wrestling on Saturday to the public. We are going to allow the first 750 fans in the door to attend. The gates open up at 9:45 so please don't arrive earlier than that. Admission is $8 for students and $6 for adults. NSAA rule is mask have to be worn correctly over the mouth and nose to be in attendance.

More badger paw winners at VES, modeling for all students what it means to be a badger and follow our school-wide expectations! Way to go, Spencer Broom, Brantley Liddy, and Sadie Bachelor!




Valentine will have freezing wind chills & temperatures for the rest of the week. Please ensure your student(s) is dressed in appropriate clothing to keep warm. Thank you!


Valentine Middle School parents should have received a letter mailed on January 28th regarding their scheduled time for Parent Student Teacher Conferences on this Wednesday, Feb. 10th. If you are unsure of your time, please call the school at 402-376-3367.

Today's basketball games with Chadron have been postponed until Tuesday and we will start with the JV games at 4:00.

Speech Crew: We are not going to risk the trip today. Stay home. Sleep. Rest up for next week!


Next Week In Badger Nation:
Tuesday:
5:00 MS Boys Basketball @ Rushville
Thursday:
4:00 JV Girls Basketball @ HS - JV Boys @ MS
5:00 V Girls Basketball @ HS
6:30 V Boys Basketball @ HS
No Restrictions on attendance. Mask must be worn.
5;00 MS Boys Basketball @ O'Neill
Saturday:
11:00 District Wrestling @ Valentine. Attendance - limited to 4 people per wrestler. You must have your name on the list to enter the event. Mask are mandatory. This event will be live streamed on our website.
Speech @ North Platte - Virtual

Thank you Bomgaars for the donation of tissues to Valentine Middle School!


Watch our honor choir students perform live at the Chadron State High Plains Music Festival tonight at 5:00 MST: https://www.csc.edu/kjzcradio/index.csc.
Way to go kids! We are proud of you! Go Badgers!


Any student interested in a career in law enforcement or just have a desire to learn more bout criminal justice you can find applications for the American Legion Jr. Law Cadet Program in the office. More information can be found on the website: www.legion.org/juniorlaw/about

Link to Chadron State Honor Band and Choir Concert Live Stream:
https://www.csc.edu/kjzcradio/index.csc

This week in Badger Nation:
Monday:
5:30 MS Boys Basketball @ Bennett Co. - game is played at the elementary school not he west end of town
Friday
JV/V Basketball @ Gothenburg
5:30 - Varsity Girls and JV Boys
7:00 - Varsity Boys and JV Girls 2 quarters
Live Stream Link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpSg9QMoJtUkc-az4UkPcFA/featured
Saturday
TBA - Speech @ West Holt
11:30 CT - Sub District Wrestling @ Mitchell
JV/V Basketball vs Chadron
4:00 JV Girls @ HS 2 quarters - JV Boys at MS
5:00 - Varsity Girls @ HS
6:30 - Varsity Boys @ HS