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Fourth grade was also back on the road yesterday. Mrs. King added, "Our 4th grade Wildcats were on the road again today. This time we got to spend the day at Allen Community College celebrating Earth Day. The annual event is sponsored by Allen County Farm Bureau. While visiting several stations during the day, we learned about topics such as carbon, recycling, soil types, and managing pasture land for livestock. An added bonus for the day was visiting a station on soil layers hosted by MVHS students in Mrs. Gabbert's Ag class."

It was third grade's turn to go to Greenbush Monday. Here's what one of the third grade teachers, Mrs. Shadden, had to say, "MV third graders had a fun day at Greenbush learning about parachute engineering. Students designed and planned what materials they would use, then built parachutes with materials they purchased. They were given a budget and play money and had to shop wisely for the materials they would use. When parachutes were completed, they tested them and recorded their hang times. They all had a great day!"

17 days left of school! Some of us wouldn't even get to school if weren't for bus drivers like the awesome Deb Sager!

HS Track completed their second meet of the week by going to Iola tonight. Congrats to Piper Barney, Janae Granere, Sophia Heim, Jaedon Granere, Todd Stevenson, and Cooper Scharff for placing first in some of their events!

JH Track traveled to Uniontown tonight! Congrats to Colin Ard, Kaden McVey, Kooper Welch, Daniel Allee, and Clara Ferguson for placing first in some of their events! We had many other medalists and more pr's broken!

Although she has announced her retirement, we love and cherish that Coach Becky Carlson chose to spend the last four years with us!

There's only one more week to order customization on your 6-12th grade yearbook! If you haven't ordered your book for the 2023-2024 school year, do so today by going to https://yearbookforever.com/ or seeing Miss Luken!

We have another conflict in baseball and our JHL game for May 3rd has been canceled. I am looking for make up dates and I will let you know. We are also watching the weather on Thursday and Friday.

HS Iola Track Meet 4/23/2024 Field Events - starts at 3:45 Girls Javelin followed by Boys Middle of the Practice Field Boys Discus followed by Girls Northeast Ring Girls Shot followed by Boys East of Practice Field Girls Pole Vault followed by Boys East of Track Boys High Jump followed by Girls West Apron Girls Long Jump followed by Triple Jump East Runway Boys Long Jump followed by Triple Jump West Runway Senior Night Recognition - 5:00 Track Events - after senior night recognition (all events will start with the girls and then be followed by the boys) JV 4 x 800 4 x 800 100 m Hurdles 110 m Hurdles 100 m Dash 1600 m Run JV 4 x 100 4 x 100 400 m Dash 300 m Hurdles 800 m Run 200 m Dash 3200 m Run JV 4 x 400 4 x 400

4/23/24 Uniontown JH Track Meet Coaches Meeting @ 2:30 p.m. Field Events Begin @ 3:00 p.m. Event Order Turbo Jav 7th/8th Girls 7th/8th Boys Boys Long Jump South Pit 8th/7th High Jump 7th/8th Boys 7th/8th Girls Girls Long Jump North Pit 7th/8th Girls Shot Put South Ring 7th/8th Girls Discus South Ring -closest to Concession Stand 8th/7th Boys Shot Put North Ring 8th/7th Boys Discus North Ring 7th/8th 3200 Meter Run - may combine depending on size start at 3:30 p.m. Track Events @ 4:15 p.m. (order of running 7th Girls, 8th Girls, 7th Boys, 8th Boys) May combine heats if possible 100 Meter Hurdles (30”) 100 M Dash 1600 M Run 4 x 100 Relay 400 M Dash 4 x 200 Relay 800 M Run 200 M Dash 800 M Medley Relay (100,100, 200, 400)

HS Track traveled to Mound City this evening to compete in the Jayhawk-Linn meet. Congrats to all the personal records and Janae for placing first in long jump and Piper in 300 M hurdles!

High School Track at JHL order of events Order of Events 3:30pm Start Girls Shot (west ring) Boys Shot (east ring) Girls Discus (north ring) Boys Discus (south ring) Girls Javelin followed by boys (practice football field east of discus rings) Girls Long jump followed by triple jump (east pit) Boys Long jump followed by triple jump (west pit) Girls High Jump followed by boys Boys Pole Vault followed by girls Running Events – No prelims 4:30pm Start Girls 4 X 800 M Relay Boys 4 X 800 M Relay 30 MINUTE BREAK Girls 100 M HH Boys 110 M HH Girls 100 M Dash Boys 100 M Dash Girls 1600 M Run Boys 1600 M Run Girls 4 X 100 M Relay Boys 4 X 100 M Relay Girls 400 M Dash Boys 400 M Dash Girls 300 M IH Boys 300 M IH Girls 800 M Run Boys 800 M Run Girls 200 M Dash Boys 200 M Dash Girls 3200 M Run Boys 3200 M Run Girls 4 X 400 M Relay Boys 4 X 400 M Relay

Congratulations to Sophia Heim who placed third in Extemporaneous Speaking at Tonganoxie this past weekend! This was the last regular season tournament for the forensics team, next up: STATE!

Did you know that there is only 19 days left in the school year?? We will count down the days by posting a staff spotlight every weekday; today is School Psych, Tera Krantz!

Check out this week's activities!

Fourth grade traveled to Greenbush yesterday. Here's what Mrs. King said about the trip, "Our 4th graders spent the day at Greenbush. The morning was spent learning about the structure and function of plants. Then in the afternoon, we learned about the structure and function of animals by dissecting frogs. Feelings were mixed about that opportunity, but everyone did a great job, and we learned so much. Thank you, Greenbush and Ms. Lisa!"

Due to new rules and regulations, Marmaton Valley Schools will be changing enrollment procedures. Enrollment for ALL CURRENT students will now take place during the month of May instead of August. The location for enrollment will be on the stage of the old gym. You may park in the east parking lot and enter the building through the east door of the school. Enrollment dates and times are as follows: Monday, May 6 & Tuesday, May 7th-- 9:00am-6:00pm Make-Up Day: Wednesday, May 8th--8:00am-12:00pm (in the appropriate school office) Please note that the time for fall school pictures has not yet been determined.

Head Coach Max Mickunas held a meeting today for those that are wanting to play football next year. He's excited to work with the group but even more excited to announce next year's schedule!

Although we're in the middle of spring sports, we can't thank Coach Hannah Endicott for her leadership in the fall and those sports she's coached in the past!

Congratulations to the 7th Grade Boys for placing first as a team at Northeast tonight! Also congrats to Emma Louk, Clara Ferguson, Daniel Allee, and Lane Lord for placing first in some of their events!