Missouri Valley CSD

February is Career & Technical Education Month! 💼 At Missouri Valley, we’re proud to offer students hands-on experiences in high-demand fields, setting them up for success in their future careers. Through strong community partnerships—including our collaboration with Iowa Western Community College—students gain valuable skills and certifications. From internships to apprenticeships, our students are preparing for bright futures! 🌟

March 1 is the deadline to open enroll for the 2025-26 school year at Missouri Valley CSD! 💫 Complete the Iowa Open Enrollment Application today: https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/educational-choice/open-enrollment

Open enrollment for the 2025-26 school year is now available! Don’t miss your chance to choose Missouri Valley schools for your child’s education. 🚀 Download the Iowa Open Enrollment Application and apply by March 1: https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/educational-choice/open-enrollment

REMINDER: All students will be dismissed early today (Wednesday, February 5). ⏰ MVES – 12:55pm ⏰ MS/HS – 1:05pm

Today marks the beginning of National School Counseling Week! 🎉 We’d like to recognize our two outstanding school counselors, Caley Barker (Elementary) and Jackie Marcum (Middle/High School). Thank you for all the support you provide our students!

Good luck to our Show Choir at State! ✨ Missouri Valley is ready to shine at the Iowa High School Music Association State Show Choir Contest today at 5:00pm at Atlantic High School! Come support our talented performers and enjoy a fantastic evening of music and energy! 🎶

The Missouri Valley High School Show Choir will take the stage for the IHSMA State Show Choir Contest, on Monday, Feb. 3rd at 5:00 p.m. at Atlantic High School. Admission is $12 for adults, $7 for senior citizens (62 and over) and $5 for students, grades K-12. Pre-school students are free. Please come and support them at this event!! **State Jazz Band will also perform in Atlantic tomorrow and will be a cashless event as well**

The month of February is Career & Technical Education (CTE) month! Each week we will be spotlighting a different CTE area from MVHS. We are kicking it off early this week and our first spotlight is BUSINESS! Mrs. Carrie Kohl is the business instructor and has been teaching at MVHS for the last 24 years. Business classes that students can take include Intro to Business, Computer Applications, Accounting I, and Accounting II. Students who take at least 4 semesters of business classes can earn a Business Completer Certificate which is then awarded at the Awards Day during their senior year. She is also the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) advisor. One of the major components of FBLA is running the school store known as MoJoe’s Café & Market. Students also participate in service projects and fundraisers as well as attending leadership conferences.

Great results at Large Group District Speech yesterday. Three groups are advancing to State Contest. Ensemble Acting: Division I rating on Scenes from “Anne of Green Gables”(l-r) Abigail Gutzmer, Nora Liwai, Caitlin Windschitl, Tayvin Felner, Hannah Gutzmer Musical Theatre- Division I rating on “The King of New York” from “Newsies”. (l-r) Theron Felner, Tayvin Felner, Dominique McDowell, Adam Meadows Group Improv: Division I rating (l-r) Theron Felner, Caitlin Windschitl, Adam Meadows Musical Theatre: Division II rating with “Hard Knock Life” from “Annie” (l-r) Ashley Hoden, Hannah Gutzmer, Nora Liwai, Abigail Gutzmer, Lynnai Shada, Katy Kelly Group Improv: Division II rating (l-r) Lynnai Shada, Dominique McDowell, Katy Kelly Solo Mime: Division II rating for “From The Car, Through The Woods”- Ashley Hoden

🎉 Exciting News from Missouri Valley Middle School! 🎉 This semester, MVMS has launched a TIER II Intervention Time to support ALL students! 📚✏️ As part of this initiative, our students take a reading and math diagnostic test three times a year. From the results of the diagnostic , iReady creates a personalized "My Path" tailored to each student's individual needs. During the first half of Homeroom time, students work hard on their My Path lessons. 💡 Our School-Wide Goal: Pass 300 My Path lessons per week. 💥 Our First Week Result: Over 500 lessons completed! A huge shoutout to Mr. Cihacek's homeroom for earning the title of "Homeroom of the Week" with the highest average of passed lessons per student! 🙌 👏 Amazing job, Mr. C’s homeroom, and all our MVMS students for starting the year strong! Keep up the great work! #MVPride

The Missouri Valley CSD will have a 2 hour late start on Tuesday, January 21, due to extreme windchill conditions. Little Reds/Wrap Around will open at the normal time; Elementary will start at 10:15; MS/HS will start at 10:10. There will be no breakfast served at the elementary; MS/HS breakfast will start at 9:30.

🏆 Last night, Lyle Waterhouse was honored with the 2025 Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association for over 30 years of announcing home Missouri Valley athletic events! 🎤👏 📸 Pictured: Lyle receiving his award from IHSADA representative Derek Fink. 📷 Photo Credit: Matt Gengler, MV Times Thank you, Lyle, for your dedication and passion for MV athletics! #MVPride

Buss Center and all IWCC Courses Start Monday, Jan 13.

Happy New Year and Welcome Back for our 2nd semester. We are excited to have our students back in the buildings and in the classrooms! We have begun the winter season and the good news is that the days are starting to get longer. The bad news is that the days and nights are colder and winter weather conditions are likely. Fortunately, we missed the snow and ice over the weekend, however, we will probably be experiencing winter weather conditions at some point, and as we move into the winter season, I want to take a moment to share our inclement weather policy and procedures. Student safety is our top priority. We closely monitor local weather forecasts and road conditions when hazardous winter weather is predicted. If we determine that conditions are unsafe for students and staff to travel to and from school, we will make the decision to close school. In the event that inclement weather requires us to close school, you will be notified through Infinite Campus School Messenger, as well as our District Website and Facebook. We will also share closing information with local media outlets; WOWT, Channel 6 and KETV, Channel 7. When MVCSD is closed due to weather, Little Reds will be closed as well. All extracurricular activities, athletics, and events scheduled for that day may also be cancelled. We will keep a watchful eye on the weather conditions and make the determination by the afternoon if evening activities will be cancelled. If we have a two-hour late start, MVCSD buses will pick up the students two hours later than regularly scheduled bus times. If you drive your child to school, you should plan to arrive two hours later than the regular drop off time. Early dismissal in the afternoon due to inclement weather will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Parents/Guardians will be notified by Infinite Campus School Messenger, Facebook, and local news channels (Channel 6 and Channel 7) if the students will be sent home early. Please review your Infinite Campus account to ensure your current phone number(s) is accurate. All evening activities will be canceled if we dismiss early due to inclement weather. Little Reds daycare will also close early to ensure all of our staff will get home safely. We never take school closures lightly, understanding the impact they have on families. Our goal is to make the safest choice possible for our students and staff while balancing the importance of learning time. As we head into winter, I encourage all families to prepare for the possibility of future school closures and delays. We encourage you to make arrangements now for childcare, transportation adjustments, and schedule changes. We appreciate your patience and flexibility when inclement weather strikes. Our staff will always work hard to make timely closure decisions with your child’s safety as the driving factor. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached via email at cgochenour@movalleycsd.org or by phone at 712-642-2706, Ext 4. I wish you and your family a safe, healthy winter season! Sincerely, Mrs. Gochenour Superintendent

🎉 A Big Time Shoutout! 🎉 A huge thank you to Desoto Mini-Mart and Guinan Heating and Cooling for their generous donations to our 2nd Quarter Middle School Reward Day before Winter Break! 🏫✨ Because of your support, our students enjoyed a fantastic celebration with pizza, drinks, and a day packed with fun activities! Your kindness made this day extra special for our students. 🍕🎉 #MVPride

Good Morning, As you may know the week of January 27th is national Coaches vs. Cancer Week. Basketball coaches, players, and fans at all levels will be showing out to raise money and bring awareness to all forms of cancer. Our plan is to take part in this nationwide initiative at the home varsity basketball games on 1/28 @ Treynor. The Western Iowa Conference athletic directors have come together to generate one conference wide t-shirt order to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The hope being that each school’s fans will show up representing their school color on the games their teams play that week. Utilizing the link below please access the Coaches vs. Cancer Store. Here is a link to the store: https://anytimetees.chipply.com/coachesvscancer/?action=viewall *Please note that each conference school has a specific section within the store and that all proceeds will go directly to the American Cancer Society. It is imperative that you order under the section designated to our school in order to receive your t-shirt (See picture below). The store is now open and will close on 12/22/2024. All orders will be available for pick-up at the school the week of 1/13. Further communication will take place once the shirts have been delivered. Go Big Reds! Nate McDonald MS Principal/AD

This week, we’re testing our new HUDL streaming service! While we’re waiting for our streaming cameras to arrive and be installed, we’ll be using an iPad to bring you the action. 📲 Catch the stream here: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/missouri-valley/organization/21219/missouri-valley-high-school Thank you for your patience as we fine-tune this system to deliver the best viewing experience for our fans. Go Big Reds! #MVPride

Dear Missouri Valley Families, We are excited to announce an important update regarding how we stream our students' events and performances! Over the next few weeks, our district will transition from NFHS to HUDL as our streaming provider. This decision was made after carefully evaluating feedback and addressing the technical difficulties many experienced with NFHS. HUDL offers enhanced technical support and greater capabilities, which will help us provide a more reliable and enjoyable viewing experience. We also believe HUDL will enable us to showcase even more of our students competing and performing in the future. As we work to make this transition as smooth as possible, we regret to inform you that we will not be able to stream tonight’s event. However, please know that our team is working diligently to have HUDL up and running as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time. Additionally, we understand that some spectators have already purchased NFHS subscriptions for this school year. To ensure fairness and avoid charging spectators twice, the district has decided not to charge for the HUDL service for the 2024-2025 school year. This reflects our commitment to delivering a high-quality product for our community without creating additional costs. Details on how to access HUDL streams will be shared soon. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at nmcdonald@movalleycsd.org. Thank you for your continued support as we work to provide the best for our students, families, and supporters. Go Big Reds! Nate McDonald Athletic Director

The high school students participated in Gratitude Graffiti during lunch sponsored by the Hope Squad group.

We invite the community to our Veterans Day Program on November 11th at 10:30 am in the MV High School Gym. Let’s come together to celebrate and recognize the brave men and women who have served our country.