Another school year concludes today for most of the faculty and staff. The junior high faculty enjoyed a breakfast together and made a few final plans for the summer. We wish Mrs. Sandra Gambill all the best and a happy retirement. She will be missed.
Monster Recreations
Some Art students from junior high and elementary joined together for a (not so scary) monster art project. Art teachers, Meagan Rice and Mary Ransone, first have elementary students let their imaginations run wild and draw and color an original monster design on paper. Then, junior high students make a painted clay recreation sculpture to give the monsters a three-dimensional form and a more tangible existence. Today, in the junior high commons area, several of the students from both school buildings met together to see their art projects side by side.
🏆 Valley View 8th Grade Awards Assembly 🏆
We are so proud to celebrate the achievements of our amazing 7th graders at Valley View! Their hard work, growth, and dedication this year have been nothing short of incredible.
🏆 Valley View 7th Grade Awards Assembly 🏆
We are so proud to celebrate the achievements of our amazing 7th graders at Valley View! Their hard work, growth, and dedication this year have been nothing short of incredible.
This year, Mrs. James and Mrs. Wildy challenged their 7th grade Geography students 🌍 to identify every country in the world. Lucas Pan, Sloane Robertson, and Katie Carter rose to the challenge and successfully labeled every country without a single mistake ✅🌎! As a reward, they each received a free lunch of their choice 🍕🍔🥗. Great job! 🎉
The Blazer eSports team are the 2025 state champions!
The team traveled to Fort Smith for the state tournament finals and came back home with the Mario Kart championship trophy. Congratulations to these Blazer champions!
#BlazerPride
Freshmen Physical Science students were busy building model bridges last week to gain some hands-on experience with physics and engineering principles. The bridges could only be constructed using plastic straws and tape, and the structure could weigh no more than 30 grams. On Monday, their designs were tested. One at a time, the bridges were placed across a 25cm span as weights were progressively added until their eventual failures.
The winning bridge was designed by Meredith Supine, and it held up an impressive 3,400 grams. Sophie Ji’s bridge claimed second place honors with a very respectable 3,300 grams.
Don't forget, preordering your yearbook is the only way to ensure a copy will be available for you when the books arrive in August. Don't miss out!
Election results are in; congratulations to our new student council members!
Physical Science students in Ms. Higgins’s class were outside of the classroom for some experimental fun yesterday. They were tasked with bouncing ping-pong balls into egg crates from two meters away and then using time, distance, and mass measurements to calculate the speed and momentum of their tosses. Extra challenges included minimizing or maximizing the number of bounces before securely landing a ball into position inside the crate.
🌼🌷🌸Reminder we have our Junior High Semi Formal this Friday, May 9th!!
Happy Nurse Appreciation Week! 💙
A huge thank you to our incredible school nurse for always taking care of our students with compassion, patience, and kindness. Your daily dedication helps to keep our school healthy, safe, and thriving. We appreciate all that you do!
#NurseAppreciationWeek #BlazerPride #LTF
What a night to remember!
We hosted our first-ever Fine Arts Night—a celebration of creativity, talent, and all the incredible work our junior high students have poured into the arts this year. From stunning visual art displays by our 7th–9th grade students 🎨, to powerful performances by our 9th grade choir 🎶 and theater students 🎭, the evening was full of heart, passion, and artistry. Bravo to all who shared their gifts with us!
🎉📚 We’re excited to celebrate our outstanding Jr. High students at the upcoming Academic Awards Ceremonies on Friday, May 16th in the Fine Arts Center! Students receiving Subject Area Awards and/or Honor Roll Certificates will receive invites on Monday, May 12th. Families are welcome to attend—come cheer on your scholars! 🎓✨ 🕣 9th Grade – 8:30 AM 🕙 8th Grade – 10:00 AM 🕐 7th Grade – 1:00 PM
🏀 Junior High Boys Basketball Tryouts are coming up!
May 13th & 15th | 3:30–4:45 PM
Location: VV Jr High Gym
Bring your game—and your updated physical!
Questions? Email Coach Gramling at beau.gramling@valleyviewschools.net
Bump, Set, Spike your summer off right!
Join us for the 2025 McGee Volleyball Camps @ Valley View!
Open to all schools, 2nd–8th grade athletes are invited to train with 16x state champs, VV coaches, and alumni in this ELITE individual skills camp!
May 27–29 | Early bird deadline: May 15
Secure your spot, get the right shirt size, and save!
Scan the QR code to register now!
The junior high girls basketball tryouts are this Thursday, May 1st.
Every year the freshmen Physical Science students participate in the egg drop project. The students are tasked with using some simple materials to build a contraption to save their eggs from the effects falling on to a hard floor from a height of about 25 feet.
It’s Administrative Assistant Week, and we would like to express our appreciation for ours. Cynthia Norris and Crystal Poole are the friendly faces in the office that greet our visitors, and they are the unsung champions of organization for our school. They complete so many tasks that often happen quietly behind the scenes, but the impact of their work is immense. We are enormously grateful for their work and dedication!
Our students in the visual and performance arts courses would like to invite you to Cinco de Mayo night. Please come and help celebrate the talents that will be on display this evening.
