Congratulations on an outstanding 2024 Track and Field Season Middle Schoolers!
Mineral Belt League High Jump Champion
Paeshence Best
50 Medals Earned
72 Point Earners
152 Personal Records Broken
Pre-School Graduation Information
On Saturday Mr. Russell represented USD 283 at the Kansas City Out-Of-School Time Summit. He was honored to be invited as a session presenter. Elk Valley piloted eSports as part of the after-school program and due to the immense success others can follow.
The Friends of Elk City State Park Group is hosting an Outdoor Kansas Kids Day this Saturday May 4th from 10am-2pm. This is a "free entry to the park day".
There will be a helicopter landing from Eagle Med, the Fire Department will be doing bowling. Evergy may be doing bucket rides. The Health Department will be giving out helmets and lifejackets. There will be inflatables and even an archery/bb gun shooting range.
Elk Valley Men have dominate performance at Madison Invitational.
Your Lion Mens Track and Field team finished 5th overall in a field of 14 today.
Seniors led the charge with some strong performances
Dameon Kiesel
2nd Shot Put
5th Discus
Wyatt Raynor
1st Triple Jump
5th High Jump
6th 400 Meter Dash
Jacen Gaston
3rd Triple Jump
5th Long Jump
5th 300m Hurdles
7th 100 Meter Dash Finals
Johnny Best
4th 110m Hurdles
Next Thursday catch your Lions at Humboldt for a day long meet starting at 10:00am
Oswego Junior High Invitational early results
3rd - Paeshence Best - 100m Hurdles
3rd - Dallas Best - 800m Dash
Points were earned and new personal records made! They will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
Mineral Belt League Meet Monday AltoonaMidway Leave at 11.
17 MEDALS! Middle School put in the work today at the Flinthills Track & Field Meet and brought home 17 medals, loads of points and even more new personal records!
8th Grade Girls
2nd - Paeshence Best - 75 Meter Hurdles
2nd - Paeshence Best - High Jump
3rd - Paeshence Best - 100 Meter Dash
7th Grade Girls
2nd - Molly Dunham, Trinity Shamblin, Jamee White, & Sayhlaa Beaumont - 4x100 Meter Relay
2nd - Sayhlaa Beaumont - Long Jump
2nd - Sayhlaa Beaumont - 100 Meter Dash
2nd - Jamee White - 800 Meter Run
7th Grade Boys
2nd - Dallas Best - 400 Meter Dash
2nd - Dallas Best - 800 Meter Run
3rd - Braden Kill, Michael Best, Jevin Gaston, & Dallas Best - 4x100 Meter Relay
3rd - Braden Kill - Discus
Point Receivers and new Personal Records will be added as soon as Results are finalized!
Congratulations Team! Check them out in action Thursday at Oswego with field events starting at 3:00pm
Join us for the 2024 Summer Program at Elk Valley!
Who: Students who have completed Kindergarten - 12th grade
What: Amazing Summer Activities & Learning Opportunities
Where: Elk Valley Schools
When: June 1-30 | Mondays-Thursdays | 7:30 - 1:30
Forms Due May 1st
Deliver to the school office or email completed forms to mgaston@usd283.org or kmagee@usd283.org
*Breakfast and Lunch provided*
Come join us for the Elk Valley Spring Music Concert on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm in the gymnasium! Also, at 5:00 pm in the cafeteria, there will be a dinner fundraiser, student science fair exhibits, student art exhibits, and a brief performance by forensics students. Please see this letter and event flyer for details. It's going to be a blast! Go Lions!
Fredonia Relays Results
Medalists
2nd - Jacen Gaston - Triple Jump
4th - Wyatt Raynor - Triple Jump
4th - Jacen Gaston - Long Jump (PR)
New Personal Records
Lanee Shipley - Discus
Zoey Keitzer - Discus
Johnny Best - Long Jump & 200 Meter Dash
It was a windy cold one yesterday! Look for your Elk Valley Lions on Tuesday, April 23rd at Central-Burden. Field Events begin at 3:00 pm, Preliminary Running Events at 4:00 pm, Finals 30 minutes after the completion of preliminaries.
Preschoolers enjoyed the sunshine today and some name writing practice!
March Awards Assembly!
Calwell Border Queen High School Track Meet Results
Medalists
Men
2nd - Wyatt Raynor - Long Jump
5th - Wyatt Raynor - Triple Jump
5th - Jacen Gaston - 100 Meter Dash
6th - Johnny Best - 110 Meter Hurdles (PR)
7th - Jacen Gaston - Triple Jump
7th - Jacen Gaston - 300 Meter Hurdles (PR)
Women
5th - Madison Letterman, Hannah Duran, Kadence Beaumont, & Skylynn Beaumont - 4x100 Relay (PR)
New Personal Records
Kaylea Hilyard - Shot Put
Lanee Shipley - Discus, Shot Put, & Javelin
Kadence Beaumont - 100 Meter Dash
Hannah Duran - 100 Meter Dash
Zoey Keitzer - Discus & Javelin
Jacen Gaston - Long Jump
Johnny Best - Long Jump & 300 Meter Hurdles
Russell Wasem - 400 Meter Dash
Preliminary Results from Middle School Track & Field @ Caney Today!
2nd - Paeshence Best - 100 M Hurdles
2nd - Dallas Best - 800 Meter Run
3rd - Dallas Best - 400 Meter Dash
Caden Thomas took home $$$ during this years Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge at Kansas State University! He was recognized and certified for his completion of feasibility 101 an indepth work on business executive summaries and business feasibility.
Caden also was able to secure tradeshow votes from the President amd COO of Network Kansas, the organizers of the yearly event as well as well as Willie the Wildcat, KSU's mascot, along with many others. All of this while wowing the crowds with Thomas 3D Printing and his creativity.
It was a fun couple of days in Manhattan, Kansas!
3 week summer STEM camp!
Gearing up for the 2024 Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge at Kansas State University!
Caden Thomas winner of the Elk County Youth Entrepreneuship Challenege looks to take home some pieces of the $75,000 in prizes with Thomas 3D Printing. Everyday is a great day to be a Lion!
eSports Playoff Brackets Released!
Today, Monday, April 15th - #63 Junior Varsity Super Smash Brothers Ultimate faces off against the #2 team from Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy @ 4:00 pm.
Kabella Hilyard, Charles Kiesel, & Matthew Roach
Join us on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/elkvalleylions
Friday, April 19th 4:00pm (Assuming schedule adjustment is accepted)
#12 Varsity Mario Kart 8 Deluxe VS. #21 Rock Ridge High School @ 4:00 PM
Keith Rehmet, Charles Kiesel, Wyatt Raynor, & Jeremiah Thompson
Preschoolers had fun with bubbles today🫧
Middle school science students have begun working on their Science Fair projects and need the following items. If you have some of these lying around the house or want to purchase them from our wishlist, it would be greatly appreciated!
Amazon Wish List: see the comments for quantities needed for these items
- if you have items on our wish list lying around the house we are happy to accept used, rather than having to purchase new ones from the list
These items or a grocery gift card/money:
- Half & Half
- Whipping Cream
- Sugar
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
- All Purpose Flour
- Kosher Salt
- Vegetable Shortening (sticks)
- Butter
*MS Science Fair and Art Exhibit will take place before the EV Music Concert on Wednesday, May 8th*
