Valentine Community Schools

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!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FFA STATE FINALISTS Agriscience Fair Finalists: Fletcher Larsen Faith Cox & Logan Cate Jayce Anderson & Morgan McGinley Tagg Buechle & Hayes Hammond They will be recognized on stage Friday Morning!

Indoor archery incorporated into the VMS physical education classes.

The VMS Music Concert will be held on Monday, April 8 @ 7:00pm in the Middle School Gym.

7th Grade STEAM Class Marble Challenge The challenge is for the marble to run for at least 30 seconds.

The golf triangular at Ainsworth has been rescheduled to 4/15 starting at 1 pm.

STATE FFA is under way! Nearly 50 students representing Valentines FFA Chapter will be competing in Lincoln the next three days. This is a display made in the Hall of Chapters that represents Valentine.

A big thank you to Runza and also all who supported our fundraiser yesterday. We appreciate you supporting our local TeamMates Mentoring Program!

Order of Events for North Central MS Track Invite on Tuesday. Please note the pole vault start at 9:30 a.m. and all other field events start at 10:00 FIELD EVENTS – 10:00 A.M. (3 Attempts - NO FINALS) EXCEPT POLE VAULT – Starts at 9:30AM Shot Put......................    Boys followed by Girls. Discus.........................    Girls followed by Boys. Long Jump..................    Boys followed by Girls.    (Southeast Pit) High Jump..................    Boys followed by Girls.    Triple Jump.................    Girls followed by Boys. (Northwest Pit) Pole Vault……………. Girls followed by Boys (HJ and Pole Vault starting heights will be determined by entries) RUNNING EVENTS - 12:30 P.M. All running events will be run Girls first followed by Boys. Finals against time. 3200 Meter Relay .......................................    Finals 100 Meter Hurdles 30” (Girls)......................    Finals 100 Meter Hurdles 33” (Boys).....................    Finals 100 Meter Dash .........................................    Finals 1600 Meter Run .........................................    Finals 400 Meter Relay .........................................    Finals 400 Meter Dash .........................................    Finals 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles .............     Finals 800 Meter Run ...........................................    Finals 200 Meter Dash .........................................    Finals 1600 Meter Relay .......................................    Finals

Thursday's MS Track Meet Order of Events 12:30 am - Field Events (3 attempts, no finals.) Shot Put- Boys followed by Girls Discus- Girls followed by Boys Long Jump- Boys followed by Girls (pit outside track on West end) Triple Jump- Girls followed by Boys (pit inside track on the North) High Jump- Boys followed by Girls Pole Vault- Girls followed by Boys 2:00pm - Running Events (may be pushed to 2:30 if needed) All running events will be Girls followed by Boys, finals against time. 3200 Relay 100 meter hurdles (Girls 30”, Boys 33”) 100 meter Dash 1600 meter Run 400 meter Relay 400 meter Weightperson Relay Short break for meal for coaches and workers 400 meter Dash 200 meter Hurdles (Girls 30” and Boys 33”) 800 meter Run 200 meter Dash 1600 meter Relay

The golf dual on April 9th is now with Gordon/Rushville rather than Ainsworth. It will start at 4 pm.

Winner HS Track Invite order of Events Field Events: No Finals-4 jumps and 4 throws. 11:00 Girls shot put followed by boys Boys discus followed by girls Girls long jump followed by boys Boys high jump followed by girls Boys triple jump followed by girls Running Events: 1:00 3200 Meter Relay Girls then Boys 100 Meter Hurdles Girls 110 Meter Hurdles Boys 100 Meter Dash Girls then Boys 800 Meter Relay Girls then Boys 1600 Meter Run Girls then Boys 400 Meter Relay Girls then Boys 400 Meter Dash Girls then Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Girls then Boys 1600 Medley Relay Girls then Boys 800 Meter Run Girls then Boys 200 Meter Dash Girls then Boys 3200 Meter Run Girls then Boys 1600 Meter Relay Girls then Boys

We are focusing on putting for our best effort as staff and students as we gear up for state testing and the end of the year. We had a record number of badger paws come through the office, and pictured are some of our students who earned one last week. Good work, Badgers!