Wishing a very Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in our community! 🌼❤️

GAMEDAY: Good luck to our girls soccer team as they take on Treynor this morning. Go get ‘em, Dawgs! ⚽
🕖 9:00am
📍 Treynor HS
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In social studies, 6th graders played “Domination,” a game in which they traded different products like the Mayans and worked to gain control over the area. They also had to contend with unfortunate events like drought, war, deforestation, and overpopulation. 🎲

This spring, preschoolers have been busy exploring the world of insects and gardening! Students enjoyed a field trip to the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and continued their learning in the classroom by exploring worms and butterflies. 🦋

Good luck to our band students as they participate in the IHSMA State Large Group Band Competition tomorrow at 1:50pm at Dallas Center-Grimes High School! 🎶

Tickets can be purchased through Bound: https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h2026042808280452957b3fbf808ee42/checkout.

GAMEDAY: Our boys soccer team is traveling to take on Kuemper Catholic today–Go Dawgs! ⚽
🕖 5:00pm
📍 Kuemper Catholic
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GAMEDAY: Best of luck to our girls soccer as they take on Waukee NW at HOME! Let’s go, Dawgs! ⚽
🕖 4:30pm
📍 Van Meter HS
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MEETDAY: Good luck to our boys and girls track and field teams at Panorama’s Meet. Go Dawgs! 🏃
🕖 4:30pm
📍 Panorama HS
🎟️ Admission: $7.00 for adults and students K-12
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MEETDAY: Our boys golf team is traveling to compete in their meet today. Good luck, Dawgs! 🏌️
🕖 4:00pm
📍 River Valley Golf Course (Adel, IA)
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MEETDAY: Good luck to our girls golf team today at their meet–go Dawgs! 🏌️
🕖 4:00pm
📍 Shady Oaks Golf Course (Ackworth, IA)
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Congratulations to our boys golf team on placing as runner-up in the WCAC Tournament!

The team had two All-Conference players. Jonah Shelton earned First Team All-Conference honors with his 7th-place finish (78). Evan Roberts received Second Team All-Conference honors with his 11th-place finish overall (81).

Congratulations, boys! ⛳️

Last call for purchasing the 2025-26 Secondary Yearbook! We will have a very limited number available for purchase in the fall, so don’t miss out on all of this year’s memories. 📘

To order your yearbook, visit https://vmbulldogs.revtrak.net/yearbooks/yearbooks-secondary/.

Congratulations to Josie Bemis! She is the 2026 WCAC Girls Golf Champion after shooting a low score of 69. Her performance also broke the school record for the lowest 18-hole score, previously set by Kylie Carey in 2021 with a score of 70. 🎉⛳️

Our 2nd-4th grade students will perform their May Day Concert on Thursday, May 7! The performance starts at 5:30pm in the North Gym. 🎶

We are proud to recognize Katie Hovda on National School Nurses Day! Your care, compassion, and expertise make a lasting impact on our students and school community.

Thank you for all you do! 🩺

MEETDAY: Best of luck to our boys and girls track and field competitors at the WCAC Meet. Go get ‘em, Dawgs! 🏃
🕖 4:00pm
📍 AC/GC HS
🎟️ Admission: $7.00 for all spectators. Ages 0-5 FREE. Gates open for spectators at 4:00pm. AC/GC is CASH ONLY.
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About 40 High School art students attended the Conference Art Fair on Monday, May 4, at Pleasantville High School. 🎨

Students viewed the art show in which they had entered work, participated in a button-making workshop, and listened to guest artists discuss making art and building their own art businesses.

They ended their time with a workshop led by Iowa State Professor Akshay Sharma, who also brought students from the Industrial Design program. The college students shared what a typical day looks like in their program, as well as their creative internships with companies such as Lego and Under Armour. The high school art students were then tasked with creating a new concept for a shoe design. They later shared their prototype ideas with the group.

It was a great day of celebration and learning! ✨

MEETDAY: Good luck to our boys golfers as they compete in the WCAC Meet today. Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏌️
🕖 9:00am
📍 Lake Panorama National
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Congratulations to the 2026-27 Student Leadership Team! 👏

Incoming Freshmen:
✨ ​Harrison Strong
✨ Jameson Jaspers
✨ Gavin Giesking
✨ Brynn Weitl
✨ Jillian Soderholm
✨ Emersyn Bahr

Incoming Sophomores:
✨ Julia Teigland
✨ Stella Cook
✨ Nick Leary
✨ Cohen Giesking
✨ Hendrix Moyer

Incoming Juniors:
✨ Landry Olsen
✨ Annika Strong
✨ Christian Williams
✨ Ella Fennessey
✨ Luke Leary

Incoming Seniors:
✨ Talon Haverstick
✨ Mallory Young
✨ Johannah Williams
✨ Emma Dea
✨ Gabe Scott

On Saturday, May 2, the 2026 West Central Conference Art Fair was judged. Congratulations to all of our students who participated! 🎨

To view the results, visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r4ZFPHSrjq07EJ05qSvH9J8Jqwx_qeY2/view?usp=sharing.