MVCSD Recent News
Welcome Back!
With the beginning of a new school year, it is always a time in which student and staff expectations and enthusiasm runs high. It also seems to always coincide with a number of changes throughout the district. Obviously this year is no exception! First and foremost we are in the midst of a school renovation…
Remodeling and Addition Update
On Monday March 27th our Board of Education Directors approved the low bid from Tricon Construction for the High School remodel and addition project. The base bid from Tricon includes a new elevator, a set-building room, a locker room remodel, a weight and fitness room addition, restroom and offices remodel, concession stand relocation and remodel,…
Remodeling and Addition Project
Maquoketa Valley Schools will be accepting bids for their projected $4-million dollar renovation and addition project at our high school facility until March 21st. The project includes rearranging and remodeling public restrooms, adding windows to the commons and entryway, remodeling the high school locker rooms, remodeling the office and guidance office areas, adding a public…
Breaking Barriers
Maquoketa Valley Middle School was honored in January by the State Board of Education, as well as state leaders, for their work to raise achievement in literacy and math among groups of students who traditionally face challenges in the classroom. The Breaking Barriers to Teaching and Learning Award was created by the State Board of…
The Wildcat Way – Let’s Celebrate!
Be Respectful! Be Responsible! Be Safe! These 3 statements are the foundation of the Wildcat Way, our school wide behavior system for grades preschool through eighth grade. Students were introduced to the Wildcat Way behavior expectations at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year. They learned and practiced the proper behavior for many areas of…
World Food Prize Participant
The best and brightest students from 31 U.S. states and territories and seven countries attended speeches by world – renowned leaders, presented their own research, and joined in hunger relief efforts. Gabriela Guetzko, a Maquoketa Valley High School Senior was among the select students nominated to attend the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Oct….
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for November 8th and November 10th at the Delhi Campus. There is no school on November 11.
Dollars for Scholarship Fund Established to Honor Anna Nefzger
An endowment fund for Anna Mae Nefzger has been established with the Maquoketa Valley Dollars for Scholars awards program. Anna passed away much too soon, on Friday, June 24, 2016. She is the daughter of Danny and Karla Nefzger and had two siblings, Curtis, a 2015 Maquoketa Valley graduate and Kari, who will be entering…
The Wildcat Way
Have you heard about the Wildcat Way? Has your child tried to teach you about being respectful, responsible, and safe? The Wildcat Way is a proactive behavior system implemented with three main components: respect, responsibility, and safety. Students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade have been learning about The Wildcat Way and demonstrating the school wide expectations since the beginning…
Choose Safe Driving
Please click the image to watch a PSA created by Maquoketa Valley students.