MS Math Competition This Friday

Joe, Sidni, Amiya, Rylan, and Laci will represent Valor at the regional mathcounts competition this Friday. They were selected as the top students in the Middle School from a qualifying exam. They will compete as a team and also an individual in four different math categories. If they win they will head to the state games in April. GO VALOR NATION!

Business Night Round #2

Last Thursday, the mission groups presented their missions a second time. All of the students did their best. The presentations, their elevator speeches, and team posters were well done. Despite no businesses attending, the students pushed forward and some donations were made. Mrs. Taylor was proud of all of them! Some of the ways our presenters thought would help reel in more businesses would be to be less laid-back while calling, sending emails, contacting smaller companies, and better memorizing their presentations. According to Malachi from the Philippines group, it's important that even though no businesses came, there is always room to improve.

Interview with Nona Darling

The yearbook team interviewed Nona Darling regarding her job here and snow stress.

What is your job at Valor?

“I am the finance administrator.”

Do you like your job?

“I love my job.”

What is your favorite and least favorite part of your job?

“My favorite is working with the great staff and all the students at valor.”

Stressing out over deadlines, because I don't do well with stress."

Is there any added stress coming back from the snow days trying to catch up on work?

“Yeah I felt really out of sorts. I do well when I have a routine and a schedule .”

What did you do to relieve this stress?

"During the snow days, I did puzzles. That was a really good outlet for me."

Now that we are about halfway through the school year, how do you think the school has turned out? Is there anything you would add or change?
“I think it is good as is and a great sports complex would be great, like with our own soccer and track field.”

Interview with Amber Kenniston about snow stress

The yearbook team interviewed Amber Kenniston in correlation to snow stress.

What is your job at Valor?

“I am the Administrative assistant.”

Do you like your job?

“I LOVE my job.”
she says with white eyes and a silent double hand slam

What is your favorite and least favorite part of your job?

“My least favorite part of my job is. . . because Valor is a new school it takes a ton of work as we are growing, developing and creating everything it gets easier and easier. But right at the front, I seek to make everything the best, just like the rest of the stuff and that just takes a lot of work.

My most favorite is really hard. It is going to be the people I work with, is my absolute favorite. I love every second of every day that I get to spend here. And my second favorite thing is the kids like I absolutely live to love on the kids."

Is there any added stress coming back from the snow days trying to catch up on work?

“No, I actually was able to work remotely so I was actually able to get more done at home than I would have on campus because there were no interruptions.”

Now that we are about halfway through the school year how do you think the school has turned out. Is there anything you would add or change?

“The school is better than I even dreamed it could be it is a wonderful surprise. I would have more students at valor I would like to have about 500 kids and to keep growing from there but we don't
have space.”

Latest Video: Dealing with Snowpocalypse Stress

The SNOWPOCALYPSE Workload

As you know our school (VCSI) had been out of school for 10 days because of the SNOWPOCALYPSE.  So now that we are all back in school I asked some of the students what is it was like to be back, 28% of the student I interviewed said that the workload was the same in their classes but 57% of students said that the workload was horrible and that there was a lot of things to catch up on, though 15% of student have mixed emotions about the work they said that there was a medium amount of work but still relatively easy.

Check out the above video on ways students deal with such "tremendous stress."

State of the School Address - Monday, Jan 23

Valor's State of the School Address event took place at 7:00 PM on Jan 23.The head of the school, Angie Taylor, gave a presentation of what our school is all about to the families of Valor and potential new students. Afterwards, the guests were free to partake in refreshments while visiting different tables presenting the One-2-One program and the three mission groups. Members from teams going to Yakama, Philippines, and Haiti presented their missions in hopes to raise funds for their respective trips. Some presented their mission by giving "elevator speeches" (a short spur of the moment speech), drinking dirty water (demonstrating filtration of water), or giving out bracelets (a great hook for potential sponsors). It was a great night for presenting our school to current and future Valor families and celebrating our progress as a school body.

HS & MS Science Team's First Victory!

The secondary school science team created 2 airplanes and entered their first competition, the LEAF STEM Challenge. The challenges were for the craft to fly as far as possible while carrying as much weight. The high schoolers won first and third places, and the middle schoolers won second place in their respective contest. The first two planes broke during the competition, and they used the parts mid-contest to create a third one which they used for the rest of the competition.  The contest was held at Seattle's Museum of Flight, which is a few blocks from Boeing, and the team defeated Raysback Aviation High School, which is funded by Boeing. The wings of the final plane currently hang in Mr. Neill's classroom. Congratulations!

The science team show off their trophies

The trophies

6th Grade Intro to Technology Robot!

Valor's first trimester 6th grade technology class worked hard and had a some fun in the process. As part of a unit on coding the students had to code the "Finch" robot to make it move and go in the direction that they wanted to the robot to move. The students did well, although frustrated at times. Check out the video.

Missions clothes fundraiser

Recently Valor hosted a fundraiser for the student mission trips. The event occurred December 6 at 2:00pm through December 7 at 1:30pm. Adding to many fundraising efforts, every pound the students brought was awarded 0.10¢. The allowed items were clothes, bed sheets, shoes, and towels. The clothes went to Goodwill to help aid the poor in warmth, this winter season. So far, this effort has raised over $200. This was one of the most successful events for the mission teams yet!

Valor Chirstian Men's Basketball first win of the season!

The Valor Men's basketball team played a tough game against the Country Christians Cougars on Monday January 9, 2017. The Men's basketball team put up a good fight. The game was hard fought throughout all four quarters. Both teams fought hard but in the end the Valor Men's basketball team pulled out a close win. The final score of the game was Valor 44 Country Christian 42. Go Knights!

The Valor Men's high school basketball team went to Alaska to compete in the Capital City Classic tournament in Juneau Alaska. The men's basketball team played three teams while in Alaska. The first team they played was Dimond.  Dimond is from Anchorage, Alaska. The next team the men's team played was team Juneau Douglas from Juneau, Alaska. The final team they played was Palmer from Palmer, Alaska. The team played their hardest and fought from the beginning to end never giving up. The team faced some of the toughest competition that Alaska has to offer. The team also got the opportunity on their day off to go to the Mendenhall glacier and waterfall.

Interview with Kami Naber

The yearbook team have interviewed Kami Naber, the head of the missions and head of student life at Valor Christian School International. We have asked a series of questions about upcoming events and mission trips.

Are there any school events coming up?

“No, as of now there are no planned events, but there is a meeting coming up in January about planning events for all of January, February, and March.”

What do mission trips mean to the students at Valor?

“Mission trips are an opportunity for high school students to experience new cultures wherever they go and to learn about the culture of the area they are serving in. Mission trips are also a chance to care and mentor the children they interact with.”

How many mission trips are there, and where are they going?

“There are 3 mission trips this year. They're going to Yakima, Washington, Titanyen, Haiti, and the Philippines."

Why is the school offering these mission trips to high school students?

“Valor gives the high school an opportunity for a new perspective, on how people in poverty live. Mission trips are also a way to leave their comfort zone, and learn new opinions on how they can help globally.”

When are mission trips taking off to their locations and when are the fundraisers for these mission trips?

“Missions trips are the week of March 13-17. Some of the upcoming fundraisers for the mission trips are Dinner and a movie and plants sales in February. There are 3 specific events that are going to be held to support each different mission trips. In conclusion these are the events upcoming for mission trips.”