
3rd and 4th grade flashlight reading this afternoon was a hit!











We have a great basketball camp experience for interested students GOING INTO 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade this fall! ACE Basketball Camp will be coming to the Crystal Gym July 8-11. Families can sign a student up for individual sessions with the coaching team -- see session times on the below flyer. Us the online link or QR code on the flyer to register! 🏀


Another month has come and gone, and it's time for our February VE District Newsletter! https://www.smore.com/n/2dema

Mrs. Fagerholt's River Watch Team had a great season, ending with the International Water Institute's 2024 River Watch Forum at the Alerus Center yesterday! Over 20 teams from the surrounding area were judged on their creation of a 24-25 River Watch Calendar, a sampling binder that included detailed maps, photos, and descriptions of our water quality monitoring sites, a podcast episode on rivers and watersheds, a project poster detailing the project's process, and in-person judging. Our kids put a lot of work into this project, and we are proud of their efforts!


Reminder for tonight's Student-Led Conferences in Edinburg: at 5:30PM, a rep from Lake Region State College will present on early-entry college course enrollment for interested high school students. If your high schooler is college bound, this is a great opportunity to create a plan to complete general education courses required by all ND colleges and universities, while still in high school. Students in grades 10-12 are eligible to take college courses in high school, but this would also be good information to take in if you'd like to get a head start on high school course planning.

Grades 7-12 Student-Led Conferences in Edinburg: Reminder that Thursday's Student-Led conferences are individual 15-minute presentations provided to you by your student. This means it is essential that at least one family member participate in this presentation. We find these to be important opportunities for you and your child to discuss his or her academic progress, future academic plans, as well as future career ambitions. Your student's teacher has reached out to you to schedule a conference time on Thursday. If you have not responded, please do so ASAP. If Thursday does not work for you, please let your student's teacher know immediately so that you can find a time to reschedule. Again, please help us support your student's learning by taking advantage of this important opportunity.

Titan Track season is right around the corner, and that means another opportunity to shop team apparel! Click on the following BSN link to shop DVE Titan attire at https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/dvetf2024. This shop closes in 10 days!

Reminder for this week: We will have an early dismissal on Wednesday, February 21: Hoople will dismiss at 12:15, Crystal will dismiss at 12:30, and Edinburg will dismiss at 12:15. There will be NO SCHOOL on Thursday, February 22 or Friday, February 23.

We're excited to announce a few positions at Valley-Edinburg School District that will be open starting August 2024! VE is seeking to employ an elementary teacher for our Crystal building and a secondary CTE counselor for our Edinburg building. Visit our website at www.valley-edinburgk12.com for additional application information, or contact Kierstin Hurtt at 701-993-8312!


Today's district boys basketball play-in game will be streamed on NFHS at 2024 NDHSAA Boys Basketball Postseason Tournament Drayton High School vs St. John High School
Stream high school sports live and on demand on any device with the NFHS Network
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/st-john-high-school-st-john-nd/gamaddcff80b3

Thank you, NDSU, Concordia College, and MSUM for hosting a group of VE students this week! We got to see different size college campuses, learned about the degrees each school offered, and asked a lot of great questions of our guides! As we get closer to spring registration, experiences like these really help our students to focus their choices and future ambitions. It was an awesome day!


Tomorrow's District III Boys Basketball Play-In Game between the DVE Titans and the St. John Woodchucks will take place at 3PM , Saturday, February 17! If our Titans win, they will play the 3PM game in Langdon vs. the North Star Bearcats on Friday, February 23. GO TITANS!! 🖤🏀🖤


We are so excited to announce that Hoople Elementary will be participating in the All Kids Bike Program this spring and in future years thanks to Governor Burgum!
It is Governor Burgum’s vision to place the All Kids Bike Learn-to-Ride Kindergarten PE Program in schools and we are fortunate to have received the opportunity for our school. Soon, our fleet of Strider Bikes + Helmets, will arrive and we will be able to engage in the complete curriculum which is everything needed to teach kids how to progress from balance to riding a bike in 8 lessons.
More information on the program our Kindergartners and future Kinder students will be participating in can be found here:
https://allkidsbike.org/
Watch out for all the new, cute, little bikers this summer out in our communities!


It's going to be an AWESOME night here in Crystal as our DVE Titans take on the Park River Area Aggies! Help us celebrate our senior boys for Senior Night, and enjoy a Tiny Titans performance, Pop Walk sponsored by the VE PTO, and concessions from the Hoople Pool Committee! And don't forget to dress BLACKOUT TITAN PRIDE!! 🖤🏀🖤 7th Grade game starts at 3:45PM, followed by 8th Grade, JV, then Varsity. Games can be streamed at https://www.youtube.com/@VETitanTube


A BIG congratulations to Mrs. Otto's MathCounts team for taking 1st Place in today's Pembina County MathCounts Meet! And an extra shout out to 8th grader, Gianna Hall, for being awarded 1st Place in the individual competitions in both Walsh and Pembina Counties! We are so proud of our Titans!




UPDATE FOR TONIGHT'S (2-8-24) BASKETBALL GAMES: Our Junior Varsity will only play 2 quarters tonight; therefore, our Varsity will start at roughly 6:45PM. Thank you.

It will be a fun night in Crystal on Tuesday, Feb. 13th! Come cheer on the Titans, watch our Tiny Titans and participate in PTO's Pop Walk! See you next week in Crystal!


Congratulations to our FCCLA members and their adviser Mrs. Fingarson! These 5 students competed at the district STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) competition today in Petersburg.
In addition to the contributions these projects make to families, careers or communities they also foster leadership skills in our students!
These members have led the Valley-Edinburg chapter, which is comprised of 17 students total, in two chapter projects.
Greta & Emily presented in the Chapter Service Project Display category with their project benefitting the Cards for Hospitalized Kids organization. Raelyn & Angelina competed in the Chapter Service Project Portfolio category with their project planning and fundraising for an mural to be painted on the Edinburg laundromat. Both teams will advance to the state competition during the state leadership conference in Bismarck from April 7-9! Christine earned a gold rating in the Career Investigation category! She presented on the early elementary teacher career including her research and job shadow experiences.




Come out to Drayton tonight to see our DVE Titans host the Hatton-Northwood Thunder! 7th grade boys team starts at 4PM, followed by 8th grade, JV, and Varsity. Livestreaming of the game can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@DraytonPublicSchoolLiveStream


Our Lady Titans are scheduled to play the 3rd game in Friday night's District 3 Girls Basketball Tournament in Park River this Friday! They will take on the Langdon Cardinals 25 minutes after the second game of the night, starting at approximately 6PM. Adult admission is $10, and student admission is $5. The district tournament will be streamed at https://www.youtube.com/@thestable1100