Meet information for the track meet to be held at Alma tomorrow, Thursday, May 8.
Happy Wednesday SV Nation. Today we celebrate Abby Byrd in our Class of 2025 series. Please join us in wishing Abby the best of luck as she finishes her High School career. Way to go Abby!!
This is Ms. Allison Railsback's first year teaching at Southern Valley. She had previously taught in Kansas for four years. Ms. Railsback graduated from Fort Hays State University with her bachelor's and master's degree. "I became a teacher because it was in my blood." Ms. Railsback's mother is a teacher and her brother is an ag teacher as well. "Being an ag teacher and FFA advisor means guiding students to learn about agriculture, build leadership skills, and engage in their community." Ms. Railsback loves to see her students succeed in both agriculture and FFA.
Tonight was the SV FFA Banquet. Thank you seniors for your dedication to the program! Great job all!
JH track had a good afternoon @ Cambridge. They finish their season next Monday, May 12 at the SV Invite starting at 1:00 pm. Come on out and watch our squad compete at their final meet.
Mrs. Roskop has been teaching for 22 years. This year she is teaching 1st grade at SV, but has taught various grade levels and content areas. She is also the Head JH track coach, oversees Teammates, and is on the school improvement committee.
Mr. Huerta is the high school Spanish, weights, and shop teacher at Southern Valley and has been teaching for 11 years. Before he started teaching at Southern Valley, he was a deputy sheriff in Furnas County. He was inspired to start teaching because of coaching and working at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center with juveniles who had been put through the system. He had a lot to do with their education, schooling, coaching, helping them problem-solve and get assignments done. He makes learning Spanish fun and interesting for the students by incorporating a lot of hands-on learning like projects. He chooses projects that peak students’ interest focusing on what they want to learn and balances that with what they need to learn. His favorite part about teaching is being able to work with students and being able to teach them about life skills for outside of the classroom. Mr. Huerta has three children attending SV.
Thank you to the SV cooks! They are serving up smiles Southern Valley style every single day!
Toddlers helping Seniors finish their last food lab in Senior Life Skills. It's a great day to be a SV Eagle!
Good Morning SV Nation. Join us today in celebrating Marko Jordan in our Senior series. Please join us in wishing Marko the best of luck after graduation. Way to go Marko!!!
Mrs. Steph Holste is the special educationv teacher at Southern Valley HS. Along with being the special education teacher, she also helps with student council. She has been teaching here for 19 years. She enjoys it when she can work in a smaller group setting rather than a larger one. Both of her own kids have graduated from Southern Valley HS.
The Southern Valley chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 8 new members at a ceremony on Monday night. Congrats to all eight students for their excellent work not only in the classroom, but in their outstanding character, leadership & service.
Last night Southern Valley High School held their annual 7-12 Academic Awards night where students were recognized for not only their scholastic achievements, but also were recognized for their outstanding performances in many different extracurricular activities.
Mr. Jeremy Epp teaches geography, world history, American history, and American government to high school students at Southern Valley. He is also the head coach of the SV Golf Team, a position he has held for over 21 years. Mr. Epp grew up and went to high school in the rural community of Arthur, Nebraska, and says he has always loved small towns. He then attended Chadron State College where he earned his degree in education while playing on the basketball team there. Mr. Epp says he loves teaching and coaching because he likes to watch kids grow and achieve their goals. He currently lives in Alma with his wife, Tammy, and their four children.
Mrs. Ruskamp has been teaching first grade for two years. She has served Southern Valley for 7 years. In that time, she has held positions as a part-time sub, a full-time sub, and a para. Her favorite part of teaching is seeing the joy on the kid's faces when they get a new concept. Mrs. Ruskamp teaches 1st-grade subjects, which include Math, Reading, Social Studies, and Science. Mrs. Ruskamp is married to Matthew Ruskamp. The couple has four kids who attend/attended Southern Valley: Jeramyah, Jazmynn, Kasten, and Kinze. Ruskamp graduated SV in 2001 and was in SV’s first class which started in 7th grade and went all the way through JH/SH at SV.
Ms. Haley Reed is in her second year teaching at Southern Valley. She is the 2nd grade teacher and also coaches high school track. Ms. Reed had many role models during her senior year of high school who inspired her to become an elementary teacher. She does many fun activities with her students throughout the year, but what they do on the 100th day of school is one of her favorites. During this activity, 100 students lay on the ground to see how long they would be. Ms. Reed and her students always try to keep a positive environment within the classroom. One way they do that is always to tell each other “good job” and try to help each other through mistakes. Her favorite part of her day is reading time because she gets to see all of her students. Ms. Reed is also the HS pole vault coach. Her favorite memory from this last season was that all her vaulters got PRs or SRs during the season.
Thank you South Central Bank for thinking of our SV staff and sending cookies! #teacherappreciation
THANK YOU for making the Southern Valley Elementary Library Scholastic Book Fair a success! We earned lots of new books for both the elementary and the high school libraries! We were also able to stockpile new prizes for reading rewards. We could not have done it without your support.
Unfortunately due to weather forecast we are going to postpone our Elementary Field Day to Friday, May 16, 2025. We hope you can all still make it out to watch your students compete!
Southern Valley FBLA and Business Classes recognized our Stock Analysts of the Spring Semester. Colby, Jaxen, Hayden, Sam, Morgan
