Valley Middle School Site Team decided to spend our time together this week celebrating the impact AVID has had on our building. Let’s gooooo! #FistBumpFriday (on a Monday)

Why not dress like Socrates on the day of a Socratic Seminar? Students at Valley Middle School are ready to discuss genetics in 7th grade Life Science! #FistBumpFriday

6th grade WIN (What I Need) Time kicked off today! Our teachers continue to meet students where they are and provide differentiated opportunities for them to challenge themselves in their learning. Valley Middle School

One-Pagers continue to take center stage Valley Middle School ! Check out what our 7th graders have been up to! GFPS AVID #fistbumpfriday

Instructional Rounds learning about frequency and trying out some WICOR strategies. 💫

Being intentional with our conversations about teaching and learning- Nick Pederson shared about the power and potential of an Instructional Leadership Team Valley Middle School next school year. GFPS AVID #fistbumpfriday

Excited for another great year!

We spent the morning reinvigorating our AVID work. We heard from our elective teacher, site coordinator, site team and elective students. 💫

So many great things in motion this year! Our staff is incredible … and our students limitless. Let’s go. 🙌🏻

Welcome back Valley Middle School!!

Valley Middle School’s inaugural AVID Elective classes kicked off this week! One student asked the teacher as he looked at the pennants, “So which one of these schools up here do you think I could go to?” Valley Middle School #FistBumpFriday #Limitless

Between cycles of W.I.N. Time this year, all students are engaged in AVID Advisory activities. Up first, Relational Capacity! Students are busy creating one-pagers for classroom norms ➡️ great collaboration! Valley Middle School GFPS AVID

Collaboration and communication taking center stage in 6th grade today- ping pong power tower! One class wrote out design plans while another class used those plans to build for competition. High levels of engagement and excitement! Valley Middle School GFPS AVID #fistbumpfriday

During team time today, teachers participated in ten different AVID strategies, all grounded in engagement and collaboration! Great energy and application. GFPS AVID Valley Middle School #collaboration

Our Valley Middle School AE8 kids are interviewing for the AE9 class in high school tomorrow morning! Today, we practiced. Students got to interview their teacher and also sharpen their interview skills.

The things you stumble upon early in the morning. Our musicians and their teachers are so very gifted! Valley Middle School

A huge shoutout to Deek's Pizza 🍕 for their generous donation to our planner celebration Valley Middle School this week! We appreciate all you do for our building and community!

All signed up! Our 6th and 7th grade Valley Middle School AVID Elective students participated in their signing days this week! Contracts are signed for the 24-25 school year and students are ready! #fistbumpfriday

Our students loved having the opportunity to help out today!

6th grade STEAM night Valley Middle School was a hit! A huge thank you to UND Education & Human Development and UNDAerospace for partnering with us! Artistic robots, rockets, water bugs, and rovers! Shoutout to Deek's Pizza 🍕 for their support, as well.