Proud to be EV... Week of March 2-8, 2014

This week we held Iowa Assessments from Tuesday through Thursday at the high school and the junior high went an extra day into Friday.

The district football schedule was released this week. This will be the first year that English Valleys will play 8 man football. Here is the schedule that was released for this football season:

English Valleys, North English 2014 Schedule:
08/29 @Twin Cedars, Bussey
09/05 Moravia
09/12 Tri‐County, Thornburg
09/19 @Grand View Christian School 
09/26 Don Bosco, Gilbertville
10/03 @Meskwaki Settlement School 10/10 @H‐L‐V, Victor
10/17 Colo‐Nesco
10/24 @Dunkerton

This week's Friday Spirit Assembly was hosted by Mrs. Burdick's Speech & Drama group. This was also the first time that the Spirit Assembly was held in the new gym. The game this week involved students selected from each grade to stuff as many balloons into a large shirt worn over one of their classmates.

The Swing Show was held Friday night on our new stage. The choir and band did a wonderful job! The band performed "The Star Wars Saga" by John Williams, arr. Michael Story. I am a huge Star Wars fan and absolutely loved it! Mr. Dusdieker and his band students never cease to amaze me with their performances.

Mrs. Wade's choir students were a joy to listen to. The second part of the show involved various students selecting songs to sing. Each performance was wonderful; it takes a great deal of courage to stand in front of a large crowd and sing~ I am glad that these students chose to do so. Here is a picture of our senior girls performing "Counting Stars"- they were accompanied by the very talented Anne Axmear~

The HS Winter Formal was held Friday night after the Swing Show from 9-Midnight. This dance was hosted by the Student Council and was well attended. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Special Olympics.

I attended the EdCampIowa at Bettendorf High School on Saturday. I plan to talk about this in another blog post. This event was well worth the drive and time spent on a Saturday to connect with other educators and to gain ideas.

The Valley Rush Dance Showcase was held on Saturday night in the new gym. There were individual dance performances by members of the dance team. The elementary girls who attended dance camp entertained the crowd with dances that were choreographed by our very own dance students. All of those involved did a wonderful job.

Next week will mark the end of the 3rd quarter at English Valleys. This year has flown by; there have been so many wonderful things that have taken place this year. I am very excited to see more amazing things that we can do!

Go EV Bears!