Van Meter Schools has been named one of Iowa’s Top Workplaces for 2026 by the Des Moines Register! 🌟

We are grateful for our staff who make Van Meter Schools such a special place to learn, work, and belong!

Check out the full rankings list at https://bit.ly/3VCdtDB.
about 2 hours ago, Van Meter Schools
Teacher instructing a student on saxophone playing in a school music room with other students and instruments in the background.
GAMEDAY: Good luck to our volleyball team as they travel to take on Pleasantville tonight. Go Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 6:30pm
📍 Pleasantville HS
about 6 hours ago, Van Meter Schools
Female volleyball player in white and blue uniform preparing to serve during a game at Pleasantville High School.
MEET DAY: Best of luck to our boys and girls cross country teams at the Williamsburg XC Invitational this afternoon. Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏃
🕖 12:00pm
📍 Williamsburg Recreation Center
🎟️ Admission: $5 single person, $10 for two or more per car
about 8 hours ago, Van Meter Schools
Female cross country runner wearing Van Meter uniform competing in a race with spectators in the background.
Congratulations to Coach Eric Trudo on being selected for the Thank A Coach recognition by the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Student Advisory Committee last week! 🎉

He’s pictured with Drake White, who represents Van Meter on the IHSAA Student Advisory Committee.
1 day ago, Van Meter Schools
Coach Trudo holding a certificate with a smiling young man, recognized as IHSAA's Thank A Coach Honoree.

Check out what’s happening this week, and come cheer on our students! ✨

A few of our events have been updated due to weather conditions, so please review the details.

2 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Weekly schedule of Van Meter school sports and activities from Monday 9/28 to Sunday 10/4, including volleyball, cross country, football, and tournaments.
GAMEDAY: Good luck to our volleyball team as they compete in the Nevada Tournament today. Go get ‘em, Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 8:30am
📍 Nevada HS/MS
📊 http://tinyurl.com/NevadaVB2023
🎟️ https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/nevada/tickets
3 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Female volleyball player in blue and white uniform jumping to hit the ball during a match in a gymnasium with spectators in the background.
Good luck to our Marching Band as they take the field at the Urbandale Marching Band Contest tomorrow, September 26 at 10:00am! 🎶

They perform at Urbandale High School. Admission is $12 per person and $5 for children ages 5 and under, with both cash and card accepted at the gate.

Best of luck to our Marching Band Dawgs!
4 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Van Meter High School marching band members in blue uniforms performing on a blue track during a performance.
GAMEDAY: Our football Dawgs are taking on the Clarinda Cardinals tonight at HOME. Good luck! 🏈
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Van Meter HS - Bulldog Stadium
🎥 fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/van-meter/organization/15612/van-meter-high-school
🎟️ https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/vanmeter/tickets
4 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Van Meter Bulldogs football game announcement versus Clarinda Cardinals on September 25 at 7 PM, featuring a kicker in action on the field.
As part of a storytelling unit, 8th graders experienced a unique field trip to Kuehn Conservation yesterday, September 23. 🦋

Students had the opportunity to witness, tag, and release monarch butterflies as they began their amazing migratory journey south to forests in Central America. Dallas County naturalists led the experience and challenged students to connect monarchs, an endangered species, and storytelling traditions with the “story” of Iowa’s native tallgrass prairie.

Students also received a personal invitation to help educate others about this mysterious and wonderful insect and the importance of preserving milkweed, the monarch caterpillar’s food source, as well as its habitat and migratory overwintering destination.
5 days ago, Van Meter Schools
1. Large group of students pose together beneath a leafy shade tree after participating in an outdoor activity.
Smiling teen holds a monarch butterfly on his fingers while another teen smiles behind him in a sunny prairie.
Two smiling teens each hold a monarch butterfly while standing together in a sunlit grassy prairie.
Nine teens pose together in a sunny prairie, several holding monarch butterflies after collecting them in the field.
Four students stand on a wooded trail holding large butterfly nets during an outdoor field activity.
Two smiling students pose outdoors with a monarch butterfly perched on one student’s hand beside a butterfly net.
Smiling student in a pale pink hoodie holds a monarch butterfly near her face in a sunny grassy field.
Six students with butterfly nets pose among tall grasses and yellow wildflowers under a bright blue sky.
Smiling student reaches toward a monarch butterfly perched on her hand amid yellow wildflowers and tall prairie grass.
Close-up of a monarch butterfly with vivid orange-and-black wings resting on an open hand in a grassy field.
College Savings Month highlights the power of giving savings time to grow. By beginning early and contributing along the way, families can steadily prepare for a child’s future higher education journey! 🌱

Learn more about Iowa’s 529 savings plan: https://www.collegesavingsiowa.com/
6 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Blue graphic promoting College Savings Month with a university building outline and VM initials at the top.
Check out this awesome shot by one of our 7th grade students, Max Bickford, from last Friday’s K-12 pep rally. We have so many talented students in our district! 📸
6 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Panoramic view of a high school gym filled with students seated on bleachers during a school event, with a large blue logo on the basketball court floor.
6th grade students took on the role of archaeologists and examined different artifacts. They analyzed what each object could have been used for, who might have owned it, and what the owner’s lifestyle might have been. 🔎
7 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Girl in pink sweatshirt examining a small white object while sitting at a table with a laptop, boy in background looking thoughtful with hand on forehead.
Three students sitting at a table working on laptops and discussing a project in a classroom setting.
Young boy in a blue T-shirt focused on assembling a small object while sitting at a desk with a laptop nearby.
Laptop screen showing an Artifact Investigation Recording Sheet with typed and handwritten notes in a document editor.
Two boys in a classroom using laptops and pencils, focused on their schoolwork at a white table.
Four students seated around a white table, each focused on their laptops in a classroom setting.
Students working on laptops around a classroom table, focused on digital spreadsheets and assignments.
Four children sitting around a white table working on laptops in a classroom setting with educational posters on the wall.
Two boys seated at a white table, each focused on their laptops in a classroom setting with a whiteboard behind them.
MEET DAY: Our cross country teams are traveling to compete in the Newton Cardinal Invitational. Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏃
🕖 5:00pm
📍 Maytag Park in Newton
📊 www.resultscm.com
7 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Female cross country runner in white Van Meter uniform competing in a race with other runners behind her.
GAMEDAY: Best of luck to our volleyball team as they travel to compete in the WCAC Triangular this afternoon. Go Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 4:00pm
📍 Ogden HS
🎥 https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/ogden/organization/12920/ogden-high-school
🎟️ https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/ogden/tickets
7 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Female volleyball player in white jersey setting the ball during a match at Ogden High School gymnasium.
Schedule Updates for Tuesday, September 21 and Saturday, September 26 🚨

Due to the postponement of the West Marshall meet and a scheduling conflict with the rescheduled date, we will no longer be attending that meet. Instead, our Junior High and High School teams will compete tomorrow at the Steve McDermott Cardinal Invitational at 4:00 and 5:00pm, respectively.

The Marching Band is competing this weekend at the Urbandale Marching Contest, starting at 10:00am.
8 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Blue background with VM logo and bold text announcing activities update for September 22 and 26.
The 1st graders had fun participating in a scavenger hunt and reading with high school students to celebrate Homecoming last week! 📚
8 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Two young girls proudly hold completed worksheets while an older student smiles behind them.
An older student in a blue football jersey and a smiling young boy pose together with a LEGO book.
An older student and a young girl smile and hug in a classroom while other students work in the background.
Three students sit together on a checkered classroom rug with a clipboard and worksheet in front of them.
An older student and a smiling young girl sit together on the floor with an open chapter book.
Two older football players and a young boy smile while sitting together against a school hallway wall.
An older student and two smiling children sit on the classroom floor with worksheets and pencils nearby.
An older football player and a smiling young boy pose together at a classroom table with a worksheet.
Check out what’s happening this week, and come cheer on our students! ✨
9 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Weekly schedule of Van Meter school sports events from Monday 9/21 to Sunday 9/27, including volleyball, cross country, football, and JV games with times and locations.
GAMEDAY: Good luck to our volleyball team as they travel to compete in the Dike-New Hartford Tournament today. Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 8:30am
📍 DNH HS
🎟️ https://beta.gobound.com/ia/schools/dikenewhartford/tickets
10 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Volleyball game day announcement featuring VM Bulldogs versus DNH Panthers at DNH High School on September 19 at 8:30 AM.
To celebrate Homecoming week, Mrs. Hetland's 2nd grade students met with High School sophomores to play games and create buildings using STEM materials! 🏫
11 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Younger students build around a tall magnetic-tile tower while older students in Bulldogs jerseys assist nearby.
Students lie head-to-toe on the classroom floor beside a long multicolored chain, appearing to compare their combined length.
A busy classroom of older and younger students collaborates on colorful interlocking chains at several tables.
Students work around a table to assemble long, multicolored chains from small interlocking flower-shaped pieces.
Students smile while connecting colorful flower-shaped pieces into long chains during a collaborative classroom activity.
Older students in blue Bulldogs jerseys help younger students build a tall, colorful structure with magnetic tiles.
Students work together around a classroom table, arranging bright geometric tiles into colorful patterns and designs.
Older and younger students gather around a classroom table, building and examining small colorful construction pieces.
There was so much creativity, collaboration, and fun taking place in our Makerspace this week! 🎉
11 days ago, Van Meter Schools
Group of seven kids smiling and posing indoors, one standing inside a tall structure made of wooden blocks.
Children building a tall tower with wooden blocks in a spacious library area surrounded by bookshelves.
Three children and an adult woman coloring a large poster filled with outlined drawings at a round table in a classroom setting.
Child wearing a hand-colored bulldog paper crown smiles while holding a small blue 3D-printed boat model.
Young boy wearing a blue Bulldogs paper crown plays with colorful fidget spinners at a library table filled with books and educational materials.
Children seated around a round table coloring detailed activity sheets in a library setting with bookshelves in the background.
Smiling boy in a blue football t-shirt holding a small blue toy in a classroom setting.
Young boy smiling while coloring a detailed International Dot Day poster at a classroom table filled with crayons and art supplies.
A group of young children in blue shirts closely gathered around a 3D printer in a classroom setting.
Children gathered around a 3D printer observing the printing process with colorful filament spools in the background.