Miss Keene's and Mrs. Zampella's 8th grade Study Skills classes teamed up with the Town and Country Garden Club of Water Valley for the National Garden Club's Youth Sculpture Contest. Students were tasked with creating a sculpture out of recyclable or found materials and creating a title for the sculpture. As a way to celebrate the students' hard work and creativity, the sculpture will be on display in the Mechanic's Bank Community Room on December 2 during the Christmas parade. A select number of sculptures will be chosen to advance to the state level and possibly the national level as part of the NGC Youth Sculpture Context.
Special thanks to Jaime and Linda Scott for time and contributions to our students throughout this creative journey.
Congrats to all of our participating artists on their submissions, and good luck in the upcoming contest!
REMINDER!
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Blue Devils All Region Team honorees
The WVHS Archery Team competed in the AIMS-Archery in Mississippi Schools fall Xtreme shootout in Jackson on Wednesday winning FIRST PLACE.
The Blue Devils competed against five other teams and approximately fifty shooters from schools across the state with Oak Grove High School placing 2nd and Scott County placing 3rd.
Junior Kellen Hart was the overall individual winner with a score of 581. Kellen shot a 291 on block targets and 290 on 3D targets; 300 is a perfect score for each target.
The top six archers for Water Valley were: Kellen Hart, Matthew Surrette, Arthur Fielder, Heath Wrenn, Lillien White and Alexis Kordik.
The archery team is coached by Steve Lindsey and Jackie Egdorf.
Congratulations Blue Devils!
Board Agenda 11/18/2022
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This event is for all students K-12. Ole Miss Counseling Department, Brentwood, Parkwood, Youth Villages, Communicare and a host of others will be in attendance.
There will also be two attendance raffle drawings for students (high school/elementary school) who attend.
FCCLA attended their annual fall conference at Northwest today.
FFA’s Southern Meat sales will arrive tomorrow morning. Pickups are from 10 am - 2 pm. Pickup will be at the back of the ag building.
Weekly attendance winner!
Thank you to the employees of the Water Valley School District who served their country.
Happy Veterans Day from Mrs. Person’s and Mrs. Holman’s 1st graders. We thank you for your service!!!!
Pamela Redwine from the Yalobusha MS Extension Office came to the Health Science 2 class today and taught the students what it is like to walk in an elderly person’s shoes. The program is called Gray for a Day and teaches students empathy by helping them experience what it is like to have disorders such as cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration by wearing special glasses, taping fingers and putting on gloves to show decreased sense of touch and arthritis, cotton in ears and nose to experience decreased sense of smell and hearing, walking with neuropathy by putting corn kernels in their shoes, and tying a grandchild’s shoe laces with arthritis and poor vision. Mrs. Redwine is an excellent teacher and we appreciate her coming to share this great program with our students.
After several readings of Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson, Mrs. Sain’s class re-enacted the story, having a feast on a quilt, tasting peppermint tea and saying “Thanks!”
Round 2 of playoffs at Winona!
The Class of 2023 is winding down the fall semester with visits to campuses and meeting with college admission counselors.
They recently traveled to The University of Mississippi for a college visit.
Rob Butler, Admissions Counselor from Mississippi State University also came to Water Valley High to meet with students.
Mrs. Jacks’ students used concepts of Newton’s Laws, as well as internet research to design a container that will protect a raw egg from breaking when dropped from various heights
DES Library students are enjoying maker-space centers this week.
Basketball!
Aa’rin McDougal, a nurse practitioner and parent, was a guest speaker who came to the Health Science class on Friday to discuss her careers and job responsibilities. She discussed getting an EMT certification and then RN degree from Holmes in Grenada MS. She later decided to obtain her nurse practitioner license from MUW. She discussed the jobs she had and pros and cons to the profession. She told us about her experiences as a travel nurse during COVID and how hospitals are different in other states. We appreciate her taking her time to come to Health Science classes and educate us in the areas of nursing our students can pursue. Thank you!
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