Valley View Jr. High School

🥤 Friday was made even sweeter thanks to the eighth-grade parents! Our junior high teachers and staff were treated to a fun Fizzle Up drink station during the final day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you for supporting and encouraging our teachers in such a refreshing way! 💛

REMINDER -- Tomorrow will be Fun Friday! We will have a day filled with activities celebrating the end of testing.

Thursday of Teacher Appreciation Week did not disappoint! 🎉

Our junior high faculty and staff enjoyed Sonic drinks provided by Farmers and Merchants Bank, a delicious fajita lunch provided by ninth-grade parents, and bundt cakes plus a huge drink station provided by Valley View PTA.

Thank you all for your generosity and support as you helped make our teachers feel celebrated again this week! 💛

We reached the midpoint of Teacher Appreciation Week yesterday, and Wednesday was made better by a Honey Baked Ham box-lunch provided by Valley View PBIS and a terrific gift basket of snacks from our supporters at First Community Bank. 🥪🥨🍪 The junior high faculty and staff thank you for your thoughtfulness and support. 💙💛

Junior High Academic Awards - Friday, May 18th

📚✨ It’s Reading Wednesday, and today we are recognizing our top library readers of the spring semester. These students were invited to the commons area on Monday and treated to a pizza lunch in recognition of their outstanding reading efforts. 🍕😋

Congratulations to these leading readers: Karleigh Anderson, William Tate Barham, Izzy Boyd, McKinley Burns, Rebecca Davis, Madison Easdon, Londyn Harris, Betty Jo Harwood, Adalyn Henley, Kraven Howie, Caitlin Jacobs, Abigail Jenkins, Skyler Lipsey, Casey Lipsey, Ben Logeman, Salie McKnight, Rylain Miller, Joangel Morales, Abigail Morris, Ella Owens, Kimberlyn Owens, Kason Pratt, Gibson Rigsbee, Raeleigh Robinson, Lexie Russell, Jacob Sanders, Presley Schoolfield, Finn Shive, Carlina Tee, Starre Wells, Murray Wills 👏💙 📚

🩺💙Today we celebrate National School Nurse Day! 💙🩺

A huge thank you to Nurse Adrienne for her dedication and compassion that she provides to our students each and every day. Whether it’s providing a bandage, promoting healthy choices, or simply welcoming students with a calming presence, she makes a difference in so many ways! Your impact goes far beyond the nurse’s office, and we are thankful for all you do! 💙💛

The junior high faculty and staff would like to say thank you for Tuesday’s bagel breakfast. We started the second day of Teacher Appreciation Week right with a large assortment of Panera Bread bagels provided by Junior High Dance. 🥯 Thank you for your thoughtfulness. 🙌💙

Thank you for making our Monday extra special! We started the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week with an outpouring of support. 💙

The junior high faculty and staff would like to send a big thank you to NextStep Counseling Services for providing coffee from Shadrachs to help our teachers start their day strong, and to our wonderful seventh-grade parents for treating our staff to a delicious lunch from Olive Garden. ☕🍝

Your generosity and thoughtfulness mean so much to our teachers—we really appreciate you! 🍎🙌

REMINDER – Students and Parents:

ATLAS testing in the junior high resumes tomorrow and will conclude on Wednesday (May 5-6). This Friday, will be our End of Testing Celebration for students. During this special celebration day, students will be permitted to have and use their phones.

In order to be eligible to attend, students are expected to demonstrate strong test-taking habits throughout testing. Expectations include:
• Bringing a fully charged Chromebook each day
• Arriving on time and prepared
• Showing effort and doing their best
• Following directions and staying focused

Parents, we appreciate your continued support as we encourage students to finish strong and show all they have worked toward this year.

Students in Coach Dunivan’s Physical Science classes recently completed the annual truss bridge design project. 🌉⚙️📐
The challenge is to use stability equations and geometry to design a bridge that can support the most weight possible across a 10-inch span. Bridges can only be constructed from tape and a maximum of 20 plastic straws, and the entire structure can weigh no more than 30 grams. The winning team of Lane Fitzgerald and Seth Wade created a bridge design that supported over 3,500 grams. 🔩💡🥇

Check out the video of the winning design's triumphant moment. 🏆 🌟

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week!

We will begin collecting Chromebooks in the junior high on Monday, May 11th.

🎉 It’s National Principal’s Day! 🎉

From early mornings to late afternoons, your dedication and hard work keeps our school going forward. Thanks for leading the way and always showing up for our students, staff, and community! We appreciate you and you make a difference Mr. Jones! 💙 🙌

If you haven’t heard our big news yet, Valley View Junior High will have a new principal for the next school year. Mrs. Lamberson is certainly not new to us. She has done an excellent job as our assistant principal for the past 10 years, and she’s been at Valley View for nearly two decades. As she moves into the role of principal, we are excited to welcome her, and we look forward to her guidance and leadership. Congratulations Mrs. Lamberson! 👏💙💛

🎤 Don’t miss Rockin’ the Ages! 🎸
⏰ 6:30 PM tonight | 📍 Fine Arts Center

Featuring hits from Queen, Bonnie Tyler, The Eagles and many more.
Don’t miss this throwback celebration of timeless hits and rockin’ energy! 🤘🔥

May the arts be with you—always. 🌟 Join us this Monday, May the 4th, in a school not so far, far away… 🌌

You are invited to a stellar showcase of student creativity. Don’t go to the dark side, come to the arts side, and enjoy an evening featuring out of this world work from our junior high choir, band, art, and drama students. There will be a galaxy’s worth of student creativity and talent on display. This is the showcase you’re looking for. ✨ 🚀

🎉 Valley View Junior High End of Testing Celebration 🎉

Parents/Guardians, today marks our first day of ATLAS testing. We look forward to finishing testing next week with a special End of Testing Celebration for students.

In order to be eligible to attend, students are expected to demonstrate strong test-taking habits throughout testing. Expectations include:

• Bringing a fully charged Chromebook each day
• Arriving on time and prepared
• Showing effort and doing their best
• Following directions and staying focused

We appreciate your support as we encourage students to finish strong and show all they have worked toward this year.

Due to the storms last night, we are going to postpone testing for today. We feel like this is what is the best interest of our students and staff. We will resume testing tomorrow at Intermediate and Junior high.  For intermediate, we will test Reading on Wednesday, Math on Thursday and then Writing and Science next week on Monday and Tuesday.  Junior high will remain the same schedule except for moving the writing test from today to tomorrow.  Please let me know if you have any questions. We appreciate everyone’s flexibility and understanding.