Viking Family----It is always exciting when we have visitors to the school who are "Great Friends of Education". On Tuesday, Senator Brenda Dietrich stopped by on her tour of schools to meet with students, staff and to get a look at all the wonderful facility projects at Mission Valley. Senator Dietrich even took home a little gift from the Mission Valley Greenhouse for her garden.
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Viking Family---On the evening of May 8th, the Mission Valley National Honor Society hosted their annual banquet. The Viking NHS Chapter recognized the outgoing seniors, chapter officers, juniors and the new inductees to the chapter. Thank you students for your academic dedication and commitment.
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Our JH Science classes have been busy building some impressive paper roller-coasters!
Please use this link to access our finals schedule. Finals will take place Monday, May 13th and Tuesday, May 14th. GO VIKINGS!
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Viking Family---Here are some more pictures from the Viking Adaptive Play Day where "fun was had", "smiles were big", "laughs were loud", and "friends were made". A special shout-out to Mr. Cochran and the fantastic staff members who worked hard to make this such a wonderful experience.
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Viking Family---Today, the USD 330 Mission Valley Special Services Dept. hosted the 1st ever Viking Adaptive Play Day . Over 40 students from around the area (St. Marys, Rossville, Silver Lake, and Three Lakes Co-Op) joined our Viking students on the new Oberhelman Family Field for a fun filled morning of physical activities, games, music, dancing socializing, and meeting new friends. The morning activities concluded about 11:30 a.m. with a fun lunch.
We would like to thank all the students who participated, their support staff, and the Viking staff and students who made this event a great experience for all.
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Here is the bracket for softball regionals next week.
FCCLA WINDOW WASHING FUNDRAISER.
This Friday, we are hosting the Military & Service Career Appreciation Day @ Mission Valley from 8:30-11:30 a.m. This is a K-12 event created to introduce future career opportunities within the military & service industries. Here are the following agencies/organizations showing up: Stormont Vail Hospital/AMR/Washburn Tech (EMT dept), Harveyville Township Fire Department & Hutchinson Community College Fire/Science Dept, US Army & KU ROTC, KS Army National Guard, US Marine Corps, KS Department of Transportation, EVERGY, US Air Force, KS Air National Guard, KS Department of Wildlife and Parks, the FBI, KS Highway Patrol, & the Wabaunsee County Sheriff. There will be a CH47 Chinook helicopter on site for the students to see and explore, as well as many other pieces of equipment brought to us from our cooperating agencies/organizations.
Mission Valley Baseball finishes regular season play with a 19-3 record. They are the 1 seed going into their 2-1A regional. They are hosting starting on Thursday.
Porter Deters set the new state record for career stolen bases. Porter’s career total as of May 7, 2024 is 123, breaking the previous record of 119. Porter is having an outstanding junior year hitting .667 with 87 PA and 0 strikeouts.
Our 2024 NHS Banquet has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 8th at 6pm.
(This event was canceled Monday due to weather)
JH track is at Council Grove today for their final meet of the season, the Flint Hills League track meet.
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Meranda Bennett captured the records for squat and bench in the 172lb weight class for girls. Lexi White earns the squat record in the 114lb weight class.
MV's 7th Grade had their annual field trip today to West Ridge Lanes where they went bowling, rode go-karts, played video games, and played miniature golf. They ate lunch at Culver's, and then spent time at the Auburn Park for playground activities and ice cream. Here is a link to all the pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KmodExKJa_KZR9d4SXdVCRdokT6xJ1fx?usp=sharing
Regional baseball at Mission Valley on Thursday (see attached).
Due to the high probability of extreme, severe weather in our area the following adjustments have been made: 1) The National Honor Society Banquet scheduled for tonight has been cancelled. A decision about a possible date for a make-up banquet will be made at a later time. 2) All after school practices will be dismissed at 4:30 p.m. If severe weather enters our area earlier than expected then practices will be canceled immediately. STAY WEATHER AWARE----GO VIKINGS.
MV High School Forensics competed at the State Speech Festival this weekend. All events and participants brought home Gold Medals!
Viking Family----It is National Nurses Day.....Mission Valley would like to give a huge shout-out to our (2) amazing nurses (Josey & Iyanna) who each day provide needed medical services with care and compassion to our Viking students.
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Viking Family--Please take a moment to help us celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week as we recognize our great teachers at USD 330 Mission Valley and the thousands of other public school teachers across the United States.
Teacher Appreciation week began in 1953 with support from former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. With this we need to take time to remember and thank all of the wonderful teachers who have walked the halls in USD 330 schools.
THANK YOU for your support and dedication to the students of USD 330 Mission Valley. USD 330 teachers play a critical role in educating and shaping children. Everyone, no matter their level of education, has been shaped by the influence of a teacher.
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Believe it or not, it is our last full week of school for the 2023-2024 school year!
Friday, May 10th at 7pm we will have our 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony.
Sunday, May 12th at 2pm we will have our Graduation Ceremony.
ONWARD VIKINGS ONWARD!