Save the date for the annual Safety Fair, held on the VPSD campus. June 7, 2025 from 9:30AM-1:30PM. #VPPride #OneCommunity
🎙️✨ New Voices Episode Out Now! Join us for a wonderful conversation with Valley Park Education Foundations awardees as they share their future plans and how they feel about winning their awards! 🏫🎧 Listen now! → www.vpschools.org/voices #VPPride
Check out Gloria McDonnell's experience visiting two innovative schools in Chicago—a K–8 and a 9–12—where they saw data-driven personalized learning, blended instruction and student-led growth. Inspired by their independence and excited to bring new ideas back to the classroom! 💡#VPPride #BeyondTheClassroom
Happy #SchoolCommunicatorsDay to Jaime Gast, Director of Communications for the Valley Park School District!
Jaime works tirelessly behind the scenes to celebrate our students, amplify our staff, and connect our community. Whether it’s crafting meaningful stories, managing media, or capturing powerful moments, Jaime ensures that the heart of Valley Park shines through every message.
Thank you for your creativity, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to telling the story of our Limitless Learning Community. We appreciate you, Jaime!
🎙️✨ New Voices Episode Out Now! Join us for a wonderful conversation with Valley Park High School's Valedictorian and Salutatorian as they share their future plans and what they loved most about VPHS! 🏫🎧 Listen now! → www.vpschools.org/voices #VPPride
Last night, we celebrated our amazing senior girls soccer and golf team members — Selena, Maggie, Izzy, Emily, Tyler, Sydney and Jessie! 🎉So many memories made and so many reasons to be proud! You’ve already accomplished so much and we can’t wait to cheer you on in all that’s still to come. Let’s finish strong, on and off the field! 💙🧡 #VPPride #GoHawks
Today, on National School Nurse Day, we would like to celebrate the amazing people in our school district nurses office. Nurse Candice and Sarah Currie, our nurses' office admin. asst. These women work tirelessly to keep our kids healthy and safe each day. Thank you for the countless hours you spend caring for our students. We greatly appreciate you both! #VPPride 💙🧡
🎶 We’re SO close! 🎶 We’ve sold 323 tickets — just 27 more to go for our 4th, 5th, and upper-level band and choir students to perform at the game next school year! ✨ Every ticket counts, and anyone can join in to help us reach the goal. Deadline extended to Friday, May 9th — let’s make it happen! 💙🧡🎤 Questions? Contact Stephanie Shrum @ sshrum@vpschools.org #VPPride
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! 🍎✨ Join us in celebrating and thanking the incredible teachers of the Valley Park School District who inspire, support and empower our students every day. Thank you for all you do! 💙🧡 #VPPride #TeacherAppreciationWeek #LimitlessLearning
More Than a Game: Special Olympics at Valley Park - Click the link to read the article. #VPPride #LimitlessLearningWeekly https://www.vpschools.org/article/2186268
Today we celebrate our School Lunch Heroes at Valley Park! 💙🧡Our amazing food service team goes above and beyond every day. They prep healthy meals, meet nutrition standards, manage food allergies and they do it all with a smile. They’re true heroes in our schools! Help us thank these incredible staff members who help fuel our students for success. 💪🍽 #VPPride #SchoolLunchHeroDay #OneCommunity
They’ve made their choice! 🎉 Big congratulations to the Class of 2025 on your college acceptances and future plans — we’re so proud of you! 💙🧡 visit www.vpschools.org/dd25 for all the photos! #VPPride #DecisionDay #ClassOf2025
🎉 Happy National School Principals’ Day! 🎉Today we celebrate and thank our incredible principals for their outstanding leadership, dedication and hard work. You guide our students, support our staff and help make our schools a place where everyone can thrive. Thank you for all you do to shape the future of our students and community. We are so grateful for you! 💙🧡 #VPPride #OneCommunity
We had so much to celebrate at our last BOE meeting! 🎉 Shoutout to our Athletes of the Month, Allison Barrington ‘26 and Naomi Baumann ‘26, and our amazing elementary Student Spotlights for living the Hawk Way. 💙🧡 So proud of these students who make VP shine! #VPPride
Ms. Sara Magalli attended the NCTE conference. It was a powerful, inspiring experience—filled with passionate educators working to empower students as readers, writers and thinkers. Keynotes from Justice Jackson, Kate McKinnon and Bryan Stevenson highlighted the true impact of literacy on both head and heart. #VPPride #BeyondTheClassroom
Nominate a teacher who is making a difference in students' lives. Let's unite to celebrate, appreciate, and elevate our VPSD faculty! Parents, students and families please take the time to nominate a special teacher! www.vpschools.org/tpt #TeacherProudTuesdays
Mark your calendars! Valley Park Youth Sports Camp dates are set. Sign-up instructions can be found in your school newsletter and on our website at http://vpschools.org/athletics #VPPride #GoHawks
Congratulations to Will Geary on being named a finalist for the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame Rising Star Award! He was recognized last night during the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Great job, Will!
🎶 Our 4th graders took the stage for an awesome ukulele and recorder concert! They strummed some great songs and showcased all they have learned this year in music class. Huge shoutout to our VP musicians for their hard work and talent—and to Mrs. Stephanie Shrum for helping them shine! 💙🧡 #VPPride #OneCommunity #LimitlessLearning
Congratulations to our Valley Park High School FCCLA LifeSmarts team who competed at the LifeSmarts National Championship in Chicago! In their first-ever appearance at Nationals, the team placed 12th out of 46 teams! After strong showings on Friday and Saturday, they advanced to the Sweet 16 and had the chance to compete for a spot in the finals. While they didn’t advance further, the FCCLA students were incredible against tough competition — many with national experience. We are so proud of how they represented Valley Park with heart, skill, and pride! 💙🧡 Please help us congratulate our amazing team: ⭐ Peter Grittini - Team Captain ⭐ Leah Gruendler ⭐ Brayden Kiefer ⭐ Owen Royal ⭐ Hayden Gunter #VPPride #LifeSmarts #OneCommunity
