An all-day history lesson

History Day at Valley Falls schools.

Valley Falls Dragons first baseman Kyle Glissman was featured as the Athlete of the Week recently on the MSC Sports website.

by Clarke Davis The Valley Falls school board members were given a completed budget document when they met Monday night and after review voted unanimously to have it published. Financial adviser Dr. Harry Austin projected the budget figures on a screen to walk the members through the process. He said it was a smooth process [...]

Megan Turner, Valley Falls K-12 art teacher, is excited to transform the industrial building into her new art classroom and appreciates the larger space for students and storage.

The Legislature is playing games with funding for education to the point that nothing is predictable even this late in the game.

by Clarke Davis The industrial arts building at Valley Falls appears destined to become the center for art instruction following the March 12 school board meeting. Superintendent Loren Feldkamp told the board that an art classroom appeared to be the best use of the building, at least until some future time when a vocational-type program [...]

by Clarke Davis The Valley Falls school board is contemplating adding more technology to the classroom and is waiting for a general assessment from the teachers along with a price tag. Teachers Cheryl Brosa and Trista Gish gave the board members a demonstration with their iPads Feb. 13, projecting the many applications available on a [...]

Valley Falls sixth-grader Lacey Eisermann gets a congratulatory high-five from a line of 25 elementary teachers and aides during an academic awards assembly at the school Friday morning. Lacey was among the 43 students cited for receiving an “exemplary” on last year’s state assessment tests. Principal Susan Grey recognized each class and its accomplishments that [...]

While Valley Falls Superintendent Loren Feldkamp is cautiously optimistic about the governor’s school finance proposal, he wonders if it will be recognizable once the Legislature gets through with it.