MVHS students visited Foley Equipment in Topeka yesterday. They learned about careers that Foley offers, and the training needed to perform those jobs. Students also learned that they could get hired right after high school & be trained while on the job! Thank you Drew Deever!
Just a couple of JV Baseball & JV Softball reminders for this week: No makeup JV SB games tonight vs. Central Heights; JV BSB hosts Osage City JV in a doubleheader today at Eskridge (3:30 start);
Both JV BSB & JV SB will host Council Grove this Friday at 3:30 & 4:30 respectively.
The Mission Valley Jr/Sr High School Carnival was a HUGE success last night! There was a great effort put forth by our staff, and student volunteers who put in extra time to make this event work. It is always great to see the building full of our families! #VikingPride
Our FFA covered over 30 miles of highway today picking up trash! Very proud of their effort with community service especially in the wind and cold today! GO VIKINGS!
We are so proud of our students and staff at MV for the pride they take in our community service days! Great work Vikings!
MV JH and HS students got a chance to meet with FreeState Electric Coop today. The lineman operations manager and HR manager came to talk about their careers, as well as the other careers that can be found at FreeState. Thank you FreeState! #electricity #freestate #vikingcareers
Mark your calendars for the Elementary BOGO Book Fair coming May 9-13. This is a great time to purchase books for your students to read over the summer.
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Congratulations to Carter Phillips who broke MV's career strike out record last night against Osage City! Way to Go Carter! #Go Vikings!
JH Track & Field pictures will be Monday, April 11th. Lifetouch did not send forms to the school, however they will have the packets on Monday. If you would like to order a certain package of pictures in advance then go to lifetouch.com and use this code: EVTJGCCKT. You may enter your payment at that time or you can send payment with your child. If you have any questions, please contact Lifetouch or the HS office.
Great job to the Lady Viking Softball team as they complete the sweep of Osage City with a 19-0 shutout in 4 innings.
Game #2 of Viking baseball was suspended at the completion of the second inning, with the Vikings leading 10-7.
Lady Vikings SB wins big at Osage City, 19-1. Outstanding!!
Viking BSB holds on to defeat Osage City in the 8th inning by a score of 8-6.
Well Done!
Game 2 is underway.
Congratulations to the following award winners from ECD District Banquet
East Central District Proficiency Award Winners
Nick Kuntz--Ag Sales Placement
Chris Cain--Poultry Production
Ashton Lowe--Diversified Crop Placement
Kyler Stephenson--Swine Production Entrepreneurship
Colbey Hinck--Ag Mech Design and Fabrication
State FFA Degree Winners--
Colbey Hinck, Ashton Lowe, Chris Cain, Caylie VanMeter and Nick Kuntz
ECD Star Placement--Colbey Hinck
Mission Valley was awarded the Superior National Chapter awarded.
Kenady Deever and Joslyn Taylor served as our ECD Delegates for the evening.
Excellent evening for our FFA members and our Chapter. Thank you to all of the parents and family who attended.
We are all very proud of these students and our FFA Advisors Mrs. Hoelting and Mr. Fiske! GO VIKINGS!
Dress warm for our School and Community Service Day tomorrow! We are very excite to give back to our communities who all do so much for us here at Mission Valley! GO VIINGS!
We are very proud of our students and Art Teacher Mrs. Palmquist for their accomplishments this year!
2022 FHL Art Show Results
On Monday, April 4 Mission Valley High School art students hosted the Flint Hills League Art Show. Retired Blue Valley sculpture teacher John Butcher along with Clemson graduate and MV alum Autumn Wines judged the projects for the league schools. Area teachers and students came to present work, take part in workshops to explore new media and celebrate the visual arts through this annual competition.
Mission Valley students earned ten medals and many ribbons for honorable mention in multiple categories. Freshman Jena Grame took home silver for her soft pastel dog drawing “The Light in the Darkness'' and Senior Kennedy Brooks earned gold for her oil pastel portrait “Toby on the Train.” Sophomore Hope Blake received silver for the perspective drawing in colored pencil titled “sitting in simple solitude.”
JuniorMick Quinnhad Honorable Mention for his Dr. Pepper in the Ink category. Freshman Hunter Tenbrink earned silver for Acrylic Painting with his portrait “Crazy Man.” Seniors Alexa McGann and Gabriel Goldsmith and Junior Joshua Robinson had Honorable Mention for their portraits in Acrylic as well. Senior Carley Wagner earned gold for her watercolor painting “Dragonfly.” Kennedy Brooks earned her second gold in Mixed Media titled “Flowering Yokes.”
Sophomore Starla Bennet had Honorable Mention for Clay Handbuilt coil pot. In Ceramic Sculpture, Junior Mick Quinn had Honorable Mention for his “Chinese Dragon” clay whistle and Senior Carly Wagner for her name design Graffiti Slab. JuniorMick Quinn and Freshman Luke Dudley took Gold for their cardboard Sculpture titled “Monkey” while Freshman Sam Logan-Hernandez had two Honorable Mentions for his “Zombie” paper mache mask and “Rust” letter sculpture. Sophomore Nolan Handley and Freshman Kaden Brobst had Honorable Mention for their “Lighthouse” cardboard sculpture.
In Modified Curriculum Sophomore Scott Bayless took Gold with his colored pencil drawing “Boss’s Office” and Senior Talia Lira earned Bronze for her Printmaking. Mission Valley were thrilled that the “Monkey” cardboard sculpture by Mick Quinn and Luke Dudley earned Best of Show 3D. What a great representation of our talented and hard working artists!
Just a reminder that tomorrow night is the MV Spring Carnival from 5-8 pm in the HS Commons. Proceeds support our MV PTO. There will be games, a silent auction, concessions and a spring cleaning of MV Prints. It should be a fun night full of activities and something for everyone! We hope you see you there! https://5il.co/18f8v
On Monday Mission Valley hosted the Flint Hills League Art Show for our League Art Students. Please use this link to read the results and see some of our Art Students creations. Wow! They are amazing! https://5il.co/18f4e
Yesterday, the 7-12 students had a presentation from a Kansas non-profit called "Jana's Campaign." This non-profit's mission is about EDUCATION and PREVENTION against gender and relationship violence. The students were given specific definitions of healthy and unhealthy relationships and how to identify both. If you would like to know more about Jana's Campaign or just to get information to help your child develop wholesome healthy relationships of any type, please go to www.janascampaign.org
Our amazing parents have organized a fun night for our JH students!
Mission Valley FCCLA had a fabulous showing at State Leadership Conference!
Ava was inducted as a new Peer Education member.
Clara was installed as the new District D president.
Kenady, Athena & Mrs. Bergin served as STAR Event volunteers.
Our chapter received recognition for being active, having a large membership increase, and having a high percentage of members participating in STAR Events, and recruitment activities during rush week.
Karlyn won four KS FCCLA scholarships, was awarded the District D Member of the Year Award, and presented the national report.
The Gustin Family was honored as the KS FCCLA Family of the Year.
Our LEO (Leadership Educational Opportunity) participants did well on their projects! Clara earned red (high honor) for her board, Kenady and Athena earned red/white (honor) on each of their two boards!
And last, but not least…all five of our STAR Event participants qualified for Nationals and will be San Diego bound this summer! Congratulations Clara, Ava, Kailey, Emma, & Lucy!
We are so proud of our FCCLA program, students and advisor! GO VIKINGS!
The MV Baseball & Softball teams shut out county rival, Wabaunsee, in game #1. BSB wins 4-0 and SB wins, 5-0. Great job Vikings!