Schools & Youth
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EV-W Snow Daze Week 2017
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 Friday, Jan. 13, Snow Daze voting ends at 9:30 a.m. after SASSY for student attendants in grades 9-11 only. Voting is done online. Encourage students to go on their devices and vote during SASSY. Tuesday, Jan. 17, Variety Show Tryouts in the cafeteria during 6th hour. Friday, Jan. 27, Online voting for…
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EV-W Snow Daze Week
EV-W will celebrate Snow Daze Week 2017 Jan. 30-Feb. 3. The annual varsity show/coronation will take place Monday afternoon in the auxiliary gym beginning about 1:30 p.m. with the coronation starting about 2:15 p.m. The week also includes dress up days, a noon-time dodge ball tournament, Iron Man volleyball with the junior vs. senior boys…
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EV-W One Act Play ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period”
Many changes have occurred this year in Eden Valley-Watkins One-Act, or Drama Club. This year, long-time drama coach, Vickie Meyer, has decided to pass the torch onto Jess Lubbers. Not only does the One-Act team have a new coach, but they are in for quite a time crunch. The One-Act play subsections are on Jan.…
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EV-W considers facilities improvements
Last year a community-based Facilities Task Force developed a detailed list of the projects it viewed as important to the district over the next 20 years. The next step was to get price tags for each site and project. This cost information was presented to the Eden Valley-Watkins School Board at its Jan. 11…
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NHS inducts 18 Sunday at EV-W
Lana Faber, an EV-W alumna originally from Watkins, was the keynote speaker at the National Honor Society induction Sunday, Jan. 8. She spoke of the four pillars of NHS (scholarship, leadership, character, and service) and called on all NHS members to continue these attributes well beyond high school. Scholarship: it?Äôs more about the process of perpetual…
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EV-W FFA competes at U of M invitational Dec. 15
Results: Ag Sales Team: Placed First Team members include: Conner Holthaus, Jamison Kuechle, Andrew Bautch, and Jack Lies Floriculture Team: Placed 25th out of 41 teams Olivia Kuechle, Sawyer Kuechle, Meryl Kuechle, Lindsey Kavanagh, and Skylar Martin Small Animals Team: Placed 72nd out of 80 teams Brooke Geislinger and Ashley Kelly Prepared Public Speaking: Katherine…
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EV-W FFA ?Äòadopts a family?Äô for Christmas
The Eden Valley-Watkins FFA chapter decided to ?Äúadopt a family?Äù for Christmas this year. They adopted a farm family through a program of the Department of Agriculture. Submitted photo.
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NHS inducts 18 Sunday at EV-W
Lana Faber, an EV-W alumna originally from Watkins, was the keynote speaker at the National Honor Society induction Sunday, Jan. 8. She spoke of the four pillars of NHS (scholarship, leadership, character, and service) and called on all NHS members to continue these attributes well beyond high school. Scholarship: it?Äôs more about the process of perpetual…
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Friday Update Jan. 6, 2017
Happy New Year Happy New Year and welcome back to the 2016-17 school year. I hope everyone enjoyed a restful and fun-filled Christmas break. The New Year also brings us the beginning of the 2017 Legislative Session. Initial reports from the Capitol reflect that this year?Äôs session will once again be tough to reach consensus.…
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EV-W Music Dept. Chili Supper Feb. 3
The Eden Valley-Watkins Music Department plans their annual Chili Supper for 4-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the EV-W High School cafeteria. Adults and grades 7-12 are $7. Senior citizens and elementary students are $6. Ages 3 and younger are free. For tickets, please call (320) 453-2900, ext 1220 or 1137. Tickets can also be…
