Mission Valley 330

1 week until the annual MV FFA Corn Fry! This will be the 65th year of the Back to School tradition. Alumni/parents bring your gloves and show these young kids how it is done. Slowpitch Softball game starts at 6 pm(Parents, alumni, & jr high kids vs. FFA members). Supper about 7 pm w/corn, watermelon, and burgers. Corn Fry is open to all FFA members, families, faculty and staff, and any MV community members.

MV is excited to announce that we will be offering an After School Care program for students in grades PK-6th from 3:30-5:45 pm all days MV is in session all day. The daily cost for one child will be $5/day and can be paid with cash or a check made out to MV. Families are required to prepay for 10 days ($50/child) before their child can begin. Once you've used all ten days, another 10 days ($50) must be paid before your child can continue. Students can attend daily or periodically as long as they have a positive balance in their After School Care account. If you would like your child to attend the first day, you must fill out the MV After School Program Registration Form and drop off payment at the school by Tues, Aug 22nd Back to School Night. Once we have your registration, more details will be shared about other details and pick-up locations. If this is going to be your child's regular end-of-day routine, please let the elementary office know. You can email ajohnston@mv330.org if you have any questions.

Greetings, Welcome to the beginning of the 2023 school year! To prepare for our first day of school, I would like to invite all currently enrolled 6th-12th grade band members and parents/guardians to meet on Tuesday, August 22nd 4:45-5:30pm to get our instruments checked out, cubbies assigned and a COMBINED JH/HS pep band rehearsal. Manning Music will have a display set up and will be answering questions about students' musical needs. School instrument rentals will be assigned by availability and require a signed agreement form (provided at check-out). Students are highly encouraged to stay and perform at the pep rally at the end of our open house event. Thank you all for your continued support of the Mission Valley Music department, I'm looking forward to a very exciting year! If you have any questions, let me know -- Robert Kilpatrick Instrumental Music Instructor Mission Valley School USD 330

Fall sports practice starts tomorrow. Make sure physicals are turned in or you won't be allowed to practice. Go Vikings!

Viking Family---Here are some additional pictures from the Vocational Ag renovation, new CTE wing construction, and new sidewalk work at Mission Valley. The Vocational Ag renovation project is moving into the final phase with the classrooms ready to be accessed at the start of school. The new CTE wing construction will continue through the Fall semester with the goal to open the first part of the 2nd semester. GO VIKINGS

Viking Family---Jadwin Construction continues to work on preparing the site for the new softball and baseball fields. Over the course of the next several weeks you will see more and more of the shapes of the field come together. Crews will work to install the drainage system, underground infrastructure, and some areas of concrete. The goal is to move this part of the facility project along in a timely manner so that sod is ready to be installed hopefully by mid-September and the grass will be ready to be played on Spring 2024. GO VIKINGS

Viking Family----NO a new city has not risen out of the ground and NO we are not being visited by anyone from another planet, however if you drive by Mission Valley over the course of the next several days and nights there is a good chance that you will see the new lighting fired up for the football field and track. Torgeson Electric is finalizing the installation and testing of the lighting system. To ensure that everything is working properly the lights may remain on for long periods of time which includes leaving them on overnight. Feel free to drive by and take a look at the new lighting system.....you will be amazed! PS---The future is so bright...you might need shades!

Viking Family----This morning at 7 a.m. the first load of turf rolled into Viking Country and started to be unloaded. This afternoon crews from United Sports started the installation process which will continue for the next couple weeks with the goal to have the Oberhelman Family Field complete on Monday, August 28th. During the turf installation process next week, Bettis Asphalt will begin laying asphalt for the new track which is expected to be fully complete the first part of September. If you happen to cross paths with any of the workers from the many companies working on any of our projects please give them a big Viking "Thank You". GO VIKINGS

We had a really good turnout last night at the coaches/parents meeting. Thanks to all that attended. If you weren't able to make it, please make sure your son/daughter turns in a physical before practice starts on Monday, August 14th. Practice times for Monday HS football - 6-8 am JH football - 3:30-5:30 pm HS volleyball - 8-10 am JH volleyball - 3:45-5:30 pm Cross country - 3:30-5 pm If you are interested in purchasing an activity pass, please contact Marlene Hittle at mhittle@mv330.org Go Vikings!

Thursday, August 10th at 6:00 pm there will be a coaches/parents meeting in the HS commons for all fall sports (football, volleyball and cross country) both JH and HS. Athletes are encouraged to attend, because we will be showing the concussion video which is a requirement for athletes to watch before practice starts on Monday, August 14th. Please have your student-athlete turn in their physical. They cannot practice until one is turned in. We will be collecting them on Thursday if they want to turn them in that night. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Packard at bpackard@mv330.org

Returning students/families please visit www.mv330.org and get enrolled. Office staff will begin reaching out to families who have not enrolled next week. Reminder: New students must enroll in person at Mission Valley Schools. Enrollment is available for returning students online. Visit www.mv330.org for online enrollment instructions. Instructions for online payment for enrollment fees and lunches are also available by clicking the link. We can't wait to get the 2023-2024 school year started!

We've had several more donations to our Gold Club. Thanks to the following: Team Wiseman Real Estate T&M Vacation Giveaways Whitetail Properties Real Estate Kirby and Kimberly Pope Sunflower Genetics, LLC Wells Fargo Advisors It's not too late if you're interested in donating to our Gold Club. If you are wanting your name listed on our posters and pocket calendars, please get it turned in soon as we are finalizing them next week. Contact Ben Packard at bpackard@mv330.org for more information.

We are selling yearly passes to our home games again this year. If you are interested, please contact Marlene Hittle at mhittle@mv330.org

Students/Parents: ACT District Testing is 10/17/23. Cost is $43 (regularly $60). Also, the ACT Workkeys is in October, & is FREE to juniors. It provides a job readiness certificate & can be used for students seeking employment. It is also a vital part of the Individual Plan of Study (IPS) process. If you or you want your child to take either assessment, please email me at jhancock@mv330.org. I will have sign-up sheets for both of these assessments on the first day of school as well.

Returning students/families please visit www.mv330.org and get enrolled. Office staff will begin reaching out to families who have not enrolled next week. Reminder: New students must enroll in person at Mission Valley Schools. Enrollment is available for returning students online. Visit www.mv330.org for online enrollment instructions. Instructions for online payment for enrollment fees and lunches are also available by clicking the link. We can't wait to get the 2023-2024 school year started!

Our office staff will start reaching out to families who have not enrolled starting next week. Thank you! Returning students/families please log onto powerschool and get enrolled! instructions are in the links below. Reminder: New students please get in touch with the office in order to register in person at Mission Valley Schools. Enrollment is available for returning students online. Click here for online enrollment instructions. Instructions for online payment for enrollment fees and lunches are also available by clicking the link. Go Vikings!

Thursday, August 10th there will be a coaches/parents meeting in the HS commons for all fall sports (football, volleyball and cross country) both JH and HS. Athletes are encouraged to attend, because we will be showing the concussion video which is a requirement for athletes to watch before practice starts on Monday, August 14th. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Packard at bpackard@mv330.org

Viking Family: For the next several days concrete work will be being done at the two main entrances on the East side of the building. To help ensure the safety of the workers/staff/students/visitors, please avoid using the two main entrances while work is in progress. Use caution while at the school as there are many projects going on that involve vehicles and machinery. Visibility is often restricted for workers when they are operating the machines so use extreme caution and stay away from construction machinery. Please use the entrances located at the North and the South ends of the building or you can use the entrance by the K-6 cafeteria. We anticipate that concrete work at the (2) main entrances will be completed by the end of the day on Thursday. GO VIKINGS----STAY SAFE----THINK SAFETY

Fall sports practice starts on Monday, August 14th. All athletes must have a physical to participate. Practices for Monday the 14th are scheduled as follows: HS Football - 6:15-7:45 am JH Football - 3:30-5:30 pm HS Volleyball - 8:00-10:00 am JH Volleyball - 3:45-5:30 pm Cross Country - 3:30-5:00 pm Go Vikings!

The HS boys will be having their lift-a-thon and signing day at 5:30 pm on Thursday. Parents and community members are welcome to attend. JH boys had their last day of weights and conditioning on Wednesday. The JH/HS girls will have their last day of weights and conditioning on Thursday at the normal time.