Just a friendly reminder that school will be closed for a half-day on December 21 through January 2 for the Winter Break. Classes will resume on January 3, 2024.
Release times for December 21 are as follows:
Secondary: 11:40 AM
Elementary: 12:15 PM
Early Childhood: 11:15 AM
Wishing you a fantastic break!
"Voices," a podcast production of the VPSD Student Advisory Team presents two fresh episodes. Tune in to hear Dr. Dilg's conversations with Colin '24 and Naomi '26 as we learn more about what they love about VPHS and being a part of the Student Advisory Team. Head to www.vpschools.org/voices to check it out. Have a fantastic weekend! #VPPride
Voices," a production of Valley Park School District's Student Advisory Team, third podcast is available now! www.vpschools.org/voices Take a listen to Jimmy '25 and Dr. Dilg. Have a great weekend! #VPPride
Alexis Mathews, VPHS Mathematics Teacher and VPSD's Teacher of the Year, received a proclamation from Rep. Deb Lavender. Congratulations, Alexis! #VPPride
Don't forget to join us tomorrow, December 7th at 6:30pm in the Elementary Gym for our Winter Choral Concert. District Choruses will be performing a variety of musical repertoire, selected by the students. We hope you will join us and see our talented students perform! #VPPride
Valley Park School District is very lucky to have amazing partners at @SSDStLCo. One key to limitless learning is having inclusive special education programs to help all students not just overcome challenges, but assisting them in finding and developing their talents too. Thank you to our SSD staff at Valley Park who work so hard each day for the success of our students! #NationalSpecialEducationDay #VPPride
"Voices," a podcast production of Valley Park School District's Student Advisory Team, is here! Soar with us as we elevate, celebrate, and spotlight our students, staff, and community members' accomplishments, achievements, and extraordinary efforts! "Voices" is your backstage pass to the incredible stories happening in our Limitless Learning Community! Take a listen to our first two episodes. Visit www.vpschools.org/voices to listen. Coming to your favorite streaming channels soon. #VPPride
Busy day of hoops tonight at Valley Park for the final day of the 48th annual Valley Park Invitational tournament. Check out the schedule and come cheer on your HAWKS! Good luck to all the teams! #GoHawks
Are you interested in serving on Valley Park School District's Board of Education? There are two director positions available. Position filings end December 26th at 5PM. Visit www.vpschools.org/filing to find out more information on how to declare your candidacy. #VPpride
Valley Park High School will play KIPP at 8:00 PM Friday night in the Championship game of the 48th annual Valley Park Invitational Tournament! Come cheer on your Hawks! $3 for adults and $2 for students at the door. #GoHawks #VPPride
So many celebrations at the November Board Meeting. Our athletes of the month, Grace Vogt and Austin Cary and our middle school students of the month who were recognized for their outstanding contribution to the Valley Park School District! Congratulations! #VPPride
The Valley Park School District November Newsletter hits mailboxes this week. If you don't want to wait to check out your copy at home, here it is! #VPPride www.vpschools.org/novnews
Valley Park and Brentwood advance to play Wednesday at 6:30 PM in the semifinals of the VP Invitational. Christian and NCC will matchup Thursday at 6:30 PM in the consolation semi's. More exciting basketball tonight at the Field House! Come out and support your teams! #GoHawks
The Valley Park Education Foundation offers opportunity to our graduating seniors to follow their dreams. Since its inception, more that 400 scholarships have been awarded totaling more than $300,000 to our graduating seniors. Tomorrow, on #GivingTuesday2023 please consider donating to our scholarship fund to continue to support the students at Valley Park School District in their post secondary plans. #GoHawks #VPPride #GivingTuesday Donations can be made online at www.vpschools.org/donate or mailed to VPEF Attn: Jaime Gast 1 Main Street Valley Park, MO 63088.
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” – Maya Angelou
Happy Thanksgiving to our Valley Park School Community. We are so thankful and grateful for all of you and your support this year. #VPpride
This is a reminder that school is closed for Thanksgiving Break November 22-24, 2023. Happy Thanksgiving to our Valley Park School Community. We are so thankful and grateful for all of you! School will resume on Monday, November 27, 2023 #VPpride
Today we celebrate our Education Support Professionals! This day honors a long list of professionals who keep our schools running smoothly. They include all administrative assistants, classroom aides, cafeteria workers, maintenance workers, bus drivers, and the others who support our teachers, school leadership, and the students, too. These professionals do their part in making the Valley Park School District exceptional for every child so they can feel safe and supported, receive limitless learning opportunities and feel empowered to make the world a better place! Thank you! #VPPride #EducationalSupportProfessionalsDay
Congratulations, Mr. Wood, VPSD's Teacher Proud Tuesday award winner! Mr. Wood teaches in the VPHS Social Studies department and received several nominations.
"His class has been engaging especially because of the activities he employs for the class to partake in. He is always open for questions and is not afraid to admit he is wrong. Those attributes are very rare in a teacher so that is why I decided to nominate him."
"Mr. Wood is very passionate about teaching and does his best to make his class fun."
"I am nominating Mr. Wood because he has made class a fun experience this year. His lessons are always entertaining, and you can really tell he loves to teach. He always does his best to make lessons fun and immersive, and he is always encouraging his students to think deeper about subjects rather than take them at a surface level. He is a great teacher and Valley Park is lucky to have him."
"Mr. Wood is always making us laugh with his fun classes and he does fun games that help kids understand the topic better."
Thank you, Mr. Wood for being such a great teacher to our VPHS students!
On the second Tuesday of each month, Missouri school districts will recognize a Teacher Proud Tuesday honoree for making a difference in the lives of students. To nominate a teacher, visit www.vpschools.org/tpt Stay tuned for more! #VPPride #tptteachers
Dzenana Salic-Camarena, School Counselor at Valley Park Elementary, earned her certification as a National Certified Counselor (NCC). NCC is the premier counseling certification and signifies that Dzenana has met high national standards for the practice of counseling. Those standards include demonstrating a mastery of counseling knowledge and skills by completing a graduate degree from an institutionally accredited or Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) counseling program, passing a rigorous national examination, the documentation of work experience and supervision requirements, and subscribing to the highest ethical and practice standards. Congratulations, Dzenana! What an amazing accomplishment! #VPPride
“The Parents as Teachers program can be considered Missouri’s Gift to the field of early childhood education.” In 2022-2023, the Missouri Parent Education Program supported 36,853 families and 50,574 children over 63% had high-needs stressors. A big thank you to our Parents as Teachers coordinators. Helping our community's littlest learners is a big job and you do it well! Share your favorite PAT memory in the comments! #VPPride
