We would like to congratulate and recognize our FCCLA winners and National Qualifiers who attended the FCCLA State Leadership Conference earlier this week.
1--Emma Boyd retired as a state officer
2--Megan Deters and Alex Pickett were inducted to serve as Kansas FCCLA State Peer Education Members
3--Emma Gustin, STAR Event--Focus on Children, Sr., Gold, National Qualifier
4--Sydney Gleason, STAR Event--Teach and Train, Sr., Gold, National Qualifier
5--Kiki Widau & Paige Sims, STAR Event--Life Event Planning, Jr., Silver, National Qualifier
6--Cheyenne Bishop, STAR Event--Chapter Service Project, Sr., Gold, National Qualifier
7--Emma Boyd, State Leadership Educational Opportunity Project--Toward New Horizons, Red Placing (1st)
8--Brogan Area, State Leadership Educational Opportunity Project--FCCLA 101, White Placing (2nd)
9--Austin McGonnell & Angela Akerstrom, State Leadership Educational Opportunity Project--FCCLA
101, Black Placing (3rd)
10--STAR Event National Qualifiers--Paige, Kiki, Sydney, Cheyenne, and Emma
K-3 Music Concert:
Please join us tomorrow night, April 18th, for our PreK-3 Concert starting at 7:00. Please have all students to their classroom no later than 6:45. Thank you for your continued support as we look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night.
Tonight's Junior High Dance and Cheerleader Parent Meeting have been cancelled due to weather. We will reschedule at a later date.
The JV Softball & Baseball games scheduled for this afternoon at Marais de Cygnes Valley {Melvern} have been CANCELLED due to the potential for hazardous weather later today. At this time no decision has been made on whether the games will be made-up or not.
Pennies for Patients - The HS Kay organization collected Pennies for Patients, and we would like to congratulate Mrs. Sandmeyer's 1st grade class with the highest total and winning the classroom party. Thank you to all who saved and sent your pennies.
Pennies for Patients
Week 1 Week 2
Class Teacher Total
Pre-K Butler $0.00 $24.04 $24.04
K Everett $1.63 $15.73 $17.36
K Jacquinet $3.22 $24.43 $27.65
1 Sandmeyer $153.41 $2.92 $156.33
1 Bingham $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2 Christiansen $5.68 $1.38 $7.06
2 Bailey $11.67 $21.11 $32.78
3 Schlesener $0.00 $4.66 $4.66
3 West $13.33 $1.57 $14.90
4 Blades $87.11 $11.35 $98.46
4 Chance $0.97 $2.43 $3.40
5 Campbell $13.32 $0.00 $13.32
5 Kemp $16.49 $22.78 $39.27
6 Bryan $17.57 $0.00 $17.57
6 Lowe $0.00 $2.45 $2.45
Total $459.25
We are so excited for Kindergarten Round Up today!
Congratulations to our FFA Robotics Team for their 2nd place finish this past weekend in Kansas City at the BotsKC competition. Teams such as KSU, ISU, NDSU and Pitt State were involved.
They will be heading to nationals in California, PA from May 16-19. Their robot, Black Widow, became a fan favorite and was originally underrated due to our small school and lack of resources.
The robotics team members are: Mateo Lisk, Keith Jones, PJ Myers, Zach McCarley, Caleb Hinck, Brandon Hittle, Trevor Moore and Kyle Atwood.
Congratulations!
Elementary Activities this week:
Spring pictures are due back to school on Tuesday, April 10th or payment is needed to keep your pictures.
Kindergarten Round-Up is on Wednesday, April 11th. Due to Kindergarten Round-Up there will be NO KINDERGARTEN this Wednesday.
We will be hosting our Grandparent Day/Talent Show on Friday, April 20th. Grandparent Lunch sign up is due this Thursday, April 12th so we can have that information to the kitchen staff.
A JH Dance is scheduled for this Friday, from 7-10:00 pm.
Tonight's Board of Education Meeting Agenda
Teacher shortages are becoming common place across the state. In an effort to help you “grow your own”, K-State has developed a summer immersion camp for high school students interested in becoming elementary teachers. If you know of promising students in our community who you believe would benefit from attending this camp, please share the flyer with them. If you’d like more information, please contact LouAnn Getz (K-State College of Education) at lgetz@ksu.edu or at 785.532.5670.
We would like to recognize our Mission Valley Paraprofessionals for their teacher assistance in general daily classroom activities, their support and help with special needs students, and their caring personalities for our students physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs. Thank you!
The 4th annual Maisie 5k will be held on Saturday, May 12th at Mission Valley. This 5k coincides with the Maisie Gravel Ride. Both of these events are put on by local community members volunteering their time to help fund the Maisie DeVore Community Swimming Pool. Through these fundraiser, the pool is open all summer and is FREE to all who attend. All proceeds from the events go directly back to the pool If you are interested in walking or running the 5k, I have attached a form.
Volunteers are also needed. not interested in the 5k or gravel ride, you can give back to your community by Volunteering your time to help with the ride/registration/5k/heping with a pit stop(also know as a SAG). Volunteers are needed Friday evening from ~4-8 and Saturday from 6a.m.--complete
Volunteers are accepted for ANY amount of time they can help, so please if you are interested in volunteering, contact myself, Denise Dudley or Sonya Boline.
If you haven't seen a gravel ride start, it is pretty awesome to see 200 riders from all over the US come to Mission Valley to help out our community.
The softball and baseball games scheduled for today versus Central Heights have been postponed. The games are rescheduled for May 1st.
Grandparent's Day in the Elementary is quickly approaching on April 20th.
Mission Valley PTO is hosting Grandparents Day! We hope you can join us on April 20th for lunch and a special dessert with your grandchild(ren). Then, be sure to stay for our talent show at 1:00 p.m.! Please RSVP to Bailey Becker (bbecker@mv330.org or mvpto@mv330.org) by APRIL 12th. This will allow our food service department to prepare for the extra meals. Because of this, NO LATE RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
PTO will be accepting a free will donation at the door to help cover the cost of the meal.
Lunch times for each class:
3 rd (West/ Schlesener) 11:25-11:50
2 nd (Christiansen/Bailey) 11:30-11:55
1 st (Sandmeyer/Bingham) 11:35-12:00
Kindergarten (Everett/Jacquinet) 11:40-12:05
4 th (Blades/Chance) 11:55-12:20
5 th (Kemp/Campbell) 12:00-12:25
6 th (Lowe/Bryan) 12:05-12:30
The Kitchen Staff will be serving the following menu on Grandparents Day:
Cheeseburger
Homemade Potato Salad
Baked Beans
Baby Carrots
Fruit
Special Dessert provided by the PTO
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Bailey Becker at 866-557- 6686 option 4 or mvpto@mv330.org
Congratulations to our 7 students who entered posters in the Farm Bureau Safety Contest.
Rachel Garmon - 1st
Alaina Boyden - 2nd
Lilly Foster - 4th
Honorable Mention - Nova Duehring, Jovahni McCarter, Parker Kelley, Harlie Tenbrink.
Rachel and Alaina both won a monetary prize and Rachel's poster is now entered in the State Contest. Congratulations!
Spring Sport Pictures are set for next Monday, April 9th during Seminar.
The Parent/Dancer informational meeting for Thursday, April 5 has been moved to Monday, April 9 th at 6
p.m. in Mrs. Lowe’s classroom (Rm. 124). It is mandatory that you be there.
We would like to remind the parents of our 8th graders that tomorrow evening (Wednesday) at 6:30 PM, in the HS Commons area, we will be presenting helpful and important information on the enrollment of the students for their first year of high school. High school enrollment can be confusing and complex. How your student starts their 9th grade year, and the type of diploma they wish to graduate with, sets their high school enrollment for the years to come.
We ask that ALL parents of our 8th graders attend. Feel free to bring your student(s) to the meeting as well. Even if you did attend our recent Advisory Conferences, getting information from this meeting can help set a successful high school experience and help with post high school graduation plans.
Date: Wednesday (April 4th)
Time: 6:30 PM Start
Location: HS Commons
Presenters: Mrs. Converse and Mr. Cromer
Today's HS Track meet at Osage City has been postponed to Monday, April 16.
Today's HS Softball and Baseball games at Mission Valley have been postponed to this Thursday, April 5.