Due to weather conditions, there will be no school tomorrow, Thursday April 11, 2019, at VES, VMS, and VHS.
Due to forecast of dangerous weather, there will be no school at VES, VMS, or VHS today, Wednesday April 10, 2019.
The VCS April Board Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 8 has been moved to Monday April 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. due to predicted storm for the area.
Due to forecasted weather, the 8th grade State Science Test will be tomorrow instead of Thursday. Please get plenty of sleep and have a good breakfast.
Tomorrow's SWC Quiz Bowl is being postponed. We are currently working on a date that will work for all eight schools.
With the O'Neill HS Track Meet being moved to April 16th we are going to move our HS Spring Concert to April 23rd starting at 7 pm in the Auditorium.
2019 O’Neill Jr - Sr High Track Meet
Revised Schedule of Events
Field Events: Starting at 9:30 a.m. Please scratch and add at event site. All finals - JH (3 efforts) HS (4 efforts)
Shot Put Boys I, Boys II, Boys JH - (South ring)
Shot Put Girls II, Girls I, Girls JH (North ring)
Discus Girls I, Girls II, Girls JH, (South ring)
Discus Boys II, Boys I, Boys JH (North ring)
Long Jump Boys II, Boys I, Boys JH (NW pit)
Long Jump Girls I, Girls II, Girls JH (SW pit)
Triple Jump Girls II, Girls I, Boys II, Boys I, JH Girls, JH Boys (SE pit)
High Jump Girls I&II, Boys I&II, Girls JH-North pit, Boys JH-South pit
Pole Vault Boys I & II, Girls I & II, Boys JH, Girls
Running Events: (all finals)
9:30 am 1600 m Run JH girls, boys
10:00 am 4 x 800 m Relay HS girls I & II, boys I & II
10:25 800 m Medley Relay JH girls, boys
11:00 100 m Low Hurdles JH 7th g, 8th g, 7th b, 8th b
11:25 100 m High Hurdles HS girls II, girls I
11:40 110 m High Hurdles HS boys II, boys I
12:05pm 100 m Dash 7th g, 8th g, 7th b, 8th b, DII G, DI G, DII B, DI B
12:50 4X 800 m Relay JH girls, boys
1:20 1600 m Run HS girls I & II, boys I & II
1:50 4 X 100 m Relay jh g, jh b, 9th g, 9th b, DII G, DI G, DII B, DI B
2:35 400 m Dash 7th g, 8th g,7th b,8th b, hs girl I & II, hs boy I & II
3:50 300 low/int Hurdles HS hs girls I & II, hs boys I & II
4:20 200 low Hurdles JH JH G, JH B
4:30 800 m Run jh g, jh b, hs girls I & II, hs boys I & II
5:10 200 m Dash jh g, jh b, DII G, DI G, DII B, DI B
6:00 3200 m Run HS girls I & II, boys I & II
6:35 4 X 400 Relay HS D II G, DI G, D II B, DI B
The HS track meet in O'Neill Thursday has been postponed until Tuesday April 16th. They will run both the MS and HS at the same time. The meet will start at 9:30 a.m.
The VMS Student Council put on a tropical pep rally today to get motivated for the upcoming NSCAS State testing!
The MS track team will depart at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow. We originally had them scheduled to leave at 7:00 a.m.
The final concert for the elementary took place last week. The 2nd grade class performed a number of songs for Cherry Hills as well as many parents. Great work, 2nd grade students and Mrs. McQuistan!
2C science class investigated how to make a strong tower out of notecards and paper clips. Our strong tower held up 17 big books!
Mrs. K. has our 5th graders tapping into their creative side!
The Valentine Children and Families Committee is gathering information on services that are available for our youth and information on what areas we need further support in. If you haven't already, please take the time to provide your input through the survey link below. This information is being gathered through our committee and the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. Once the information is collected, a community meeting will be held to share the results and develop action plans. Your input is valuable and we would like for you voice to be heard. Thank you!
Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CherryCo
Please share on your personal page to help us get input!
The Hershey Golf Invite on April 11th has been moved to April 9th due to the weather forecast. We will send our Varsity team to Hershey (Oregon Trails Golf Club in Sutherland) and our JV team will still be hosting a triangular at 4 pm on Tuesday at Frederick Peak.
NSCAS (state) testing will begin next week at VES for our 3rd-5th graders. As we posted earlier this week, it is important that students are getting a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast the morning of a test. It is important that they are here on these test dates barring any extreme illness. Attached is the schedule for VES NSCAS testing. Here's to seeing the growth our students have shown this school year! Encourage your child to put forth their best effort on these tests to show how they've grown!
The HS track team will be departing at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. The original time was 7:30 a.m.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Reganne Shrunk on placing 3rd in health and human resarch at the state FFA convention!
And to
Ms. Epke on and honarary state degree!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FFA STATE FINALISTS
Agriscience Fair Finalists:
Fletcher Larsen
Faith Cox & Logan Cate
Jayce Anderson & Morgan McGinley
Tagg Buechle & Hayes Hammond
Holden Mundorf & Gunnar Battershaw
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING TOP 10 FINISHERS:
Fletcher Larsen, Ag Communications
Brody Benson, Ag Communications
They will all be recognized tomorrow!
STATE FFA DAY 2
A lot of events left, Agriscience team is ready to go!
