Welcome to Vallivue School District!  Every day, almost 7,300 students, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, walk through the front doors of our 6 elementaries, 3 middle, and 2 high schools, as well as our on-line school, to journey on their educational path toward college or career. In doing so, they are exposed to a multitude of educational opportunities made available through the support of the taxpayers of the Vallivue School District.  Since its beginning in 1961 Vallivue has enjoyed extraordinary support from its patrons.

This school year, has started off as a bellwether year by virtue of students’ outstanding academic success.  Two schools have received the 2011 Idaho Distinguished School Award from the Idaho State Board of Education. Lakevue and Desert Springs Elementaries were 2 of only 12 schools statewide to receive this prestigious and hard-earned recognition.

At the national level, Lakevue Elementary was recognized as a National Title 1 award winner for extraordinary achievement by students in math, language arts and reading, one of only 50 such honorees in the nation.  Vallivue Middle School was honored with the NASSP Breakthrough Schools Award for dramatically improving student achievement while implementing strategies aligned with collaborative leadership; personalization; and curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

I was especially proud of our school district last Friday when it was announced by the Albertson Foundation that Vallivue High School was awarded a prize of $100,000 for having the greatest increase in the state in enrollment by students in upper-level math and science classes.  The announcement was a great honor for our math and science departments, but it didn’t mention that VHS also tied for the greatest increase in enrollment in AP and dual credit classes.  Vallivue High School could have taken all of the prize money in the large school division! This honor is really something that is shared by all Vallivue schools.  Our elementary schools do a great job of preparing students for the next level, and our middle schools have ramped up their expectations of students in recent years, sending a consistent message that students should prepare academically for challenging courses in high school and plan on going on to college. 

Congratulations to our Championship Class! Ms. Woods’ third grade class at Birch Elementary has won the 3rd Annual Idaho Math Cup, part of the Apangea Math program! An award assembly at Birch Elementary, accompanied by Idaho’s First Lady Lori Otter and Tom Luna, will honor the winners who used teamwork and showed incredible perseverance to earn this honor. The students will receive t-shirts, a pizza party, as assembly, and the coveted Idaho Cup Trophy!

Sage Valley Middle School is sending two teams to Moscow to participate in the first Lego League State Robotics Competition at the University of Idaho. Good luck to our teams, the Nerdy Chicks and Lego Hunger. Lego Hunger placed first in the Core Values area by showing cooperation, collaboration, and gracious professionalism at its best.  The Nerdy Chicks took the tournament award with their enthusiasm and spirit throughout the day.

Our commitment to the community we serve is to do everything we can to ensure each student’s academic and extracurricular success. Our vision focuses on preparing students for future success through rigorous preparation for life beyond high school.  As our students graduate, we are confident that we are preparing them to be trustworthy, hard-working, wise and capable of honorable service to their family, community and nation.

Sincerely,

Dr. Pat Charlton, Superintendent

District Sports and Activities Highlights

Vallivue High School  

Marching Band-Auxiliary - The Vallivue Marching Band & Auxiliary had a remarkable performance in the District III Marching Band competition at BSU in October and without doubt earned the "District III Champions" trophy for the third year in a row!

Girls Golf - One of our seniors will be signing her letter of intent to attend the University of Wyoming on a "golf scholarship" in November.

Volleyball - Varsity volleyball finished second in the 5A SIC League with 8 wins and 1 loss. They also finished 2nd in the 5A SIC district tournament, and qualified for the Idaho State tournament for the first time as a 5A school under the direction of their first year head coach Michelle O'Connell

Boys Varsity Soccer - Finished with their first ever 5A SIC winning season with 8 wins, 4 losses, 2 ties and narrowly missed qualifying for the State soccer tournament.

Cross Country Varsity Girls - Finished 2nd in their 5A District III Tournament at Eagle Island State Park qualifying the team for the State Tournament where they finished in 5th place.

Football Freshman - Had an outstanding season finishing 2nd in the 5A SIC freshman league with a 6-2 record.

Vallivue High School students will participate in All-State this year.  Nine band members and 22 choir members were chosen out of over 800 entries. 

Debate Team - At the Metro Invitational held at Capital High School in October, two Vallivue students were recognized for having records of three and one in varsity Lincoln Douglas debate, while two others were recognized for having records of three and one in varsity Public Forum debate. At the Meridian Novice Invitational held at Meridian High School, two students won awards for being undefeated the entire tournament. 

Middle schools

Sage Valley Boys Cross Country:  This year’s team won the Intervalley League team championship, and the first boys team championship for any boys sport in the school’s history. 

Vallivue Middle 8th Volleyball:  The girls went undefeated (10-0) in regular season play and won 4 straight tournament games to capture the Intervalley League 8th volleyball championship and a perfect undefeated season.

Vallivue Middle 7th Football:  The team was undefeated going into the championship game with Emmett.  The game was a back-and-forth nail-biter with Emmett ultimately coming out on top 22-19.  Vallivue received the league