Maple Valley Schools

Maple Valley Schools
Maple Valley Schools
Location
	Vermontville, MI 49096; United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Two Great Communities...One Vision for Children"
Established	1963
Color(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	Lion
Website	http://www.mvs.k12.mi.us/

Maple Valley Schools (Vermontville-Maple Valley) is located in Vermontville, Eaton County, Michigan. Maple Valley Schools is within the Eaton Intermediate School District.

Location

Maple Valley Schools Administration Office, Board of Education, and Maple Valley Jr/Sr High School are located in Vermontville Township.

Maplewood School is located in the Village of Vermontville.

Fuller Street Elementary and Kellogg Educational Center are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan.

Information

Maple Valley is a Class C school system of approximately 1,700 pre-school through 12th grade students.

History

Vermontville Community Schools (Wildcats) in Vermontville and Nashville W.K. Kellogg Schools (Tigers) in Nashville, consolidated in 1963 to form the Maple Valley school system. Sunfield Community Schools (Wolves) in Sunfield considered joining Vermontville and Nashville in 1961 to form a new school district, but decided against the idea.

Vermontville Community Schools

Mascot: Wildcats

School Colors: Green and White
Grades: K-12
Location: Vermontville

Nashville W.K. Kellogg Schools

Mascot: Tigers

School Colors: Blue and Yellow
Grades: K-12
Location: Nashville
History of the school's name: Will Keith Kellogg, often referred to as W. K. Kellogg, provided financial support to local school districts in Michigan to build school buildings. In return, he wanted his name added to the district.

Secondary Schools

Maple Valley Jr/Sr High School

Grades: 6-12 (from 2011-Spring 2014)
Grades: 7-12 Fall 2015
Location: Vermontville Township

Clubs and organizations

Clubs and organizations: FFA, Band, Choir, Da Capo, Yearbook, Model UN, Leadership, Earth Watch, Spanish Club, Musical, Quiz Bowl Team, National Honor Society, and Maple Valley Alumni Association (MVAA).

Elementary schools

Maplewood School (Closed 2011-2013 / Reopened Currently)

Grades: 3-6
Location: Vermontville

(Formally, Maplewood Elementary School Grades K-6 for children in the former Vermontville School District.)

History: Maplewood School was the elementary school in the former Vermontville Community Schools. The Vermontville High School building was partially torn down and the remainder is now a maintenance garage/storage for Maplewood.

Maplewood Elementary  is now back open.

Maplewood School Website^{[permanent dead link]}

Fuller Street Elementary School

Fuller Street Elementary School= in Nashville supported grades K-5 (formerly, grades K-4 for children in the former Nashville W.K. Kellogg School District.) Fuller Street Elementary was the former elementary School for Nashville W.K. Kellogg Schools.

Reconfigured Fall 2015 for grades Pre K - 2 and grades 3 - 6 are in the reopened building of Maplewood School in Vermontville, MI.

Alternative/Adult Education

Kellogg Educational Center (Permanently Closed)

Grade: Alternative Education and Adult Education
Location: Village of Nashville

(Formally, Kellogg Elementary School Grades 5-6 for children in the former Nashville W.K. Kellogg School District.)

History: Kellogg Educational Center was the former W.K Kellogg High School for the Nashville W.K. Kellogg Schools.
Kellogg Education Center Website^{[permanent dead link]}

Eaton County Day Treatment

Grade: Alternative
Location: Charlotte

Administered by Maple Valley Schools for the Eaton Intermediate School District.

Non-Public Schools

Non-Public Schools located within the Maple Valley School District are politically independent from Maple Valley.

Walnut Corner School

Grade: 1-8
Location: Vermontville
Religious Affiliation: Amish

Athletics

Maple Valley Schools competes (since 2014-2015 school year) in the Greater Lansing Athletic Conference (GLAC).

Sports

Sports: Football, Cross Country, Soccer, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Baseball, and Golf.

Athletic Conferences

2006–present Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA)
2004-2005 Southern Michigan Activities Association
1982-2004 Southern Michigan Athletic Association (SMAA)
1972-1981 Tri-Central
1968-1971 Mid-State
1965-1967 Expressway
1963-1964 Cereal-Center
1963 - Vermontville Community Schools and Nashville W.K. Kellogg Schools consolidated to form Maple Valley Schools.

Musical Program

Maple Valley performs two musicals each year. Musicals are open to High School students, and often Jr. High students as well. The musical program has won recognition at the Excellence Awards which is a competition between area theater programs. Schools that compete are Maple Valley, Lakewood, Charlotte, Hastings, Delton Kellogg, Pewamo Westphalia, as well as others in the past.

The musical also has sent students to the state level competition called the Ovation Awards. While participating, the students earned recognition as soloists and featured dancers.

District Boundaries

Maple Valley Schools consists of, (in Eaton County), Village of Vermontville, Vermontville Township and portions of the following townships: Sunfield Township, Kalamo Township, Chester Township, and Carmel Township, and (in Barry County), Village of Nashville, and portions of the following townships: Castleton Township, Hastings Charter Township, Maple Grove Township, Baltimore Township, and Assyria Township.

Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival

Queen and Court

Currently, all young women in their junior (grade 11) year at Maple Valley Jr/Sr High School are eligible to compete for the title of Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival Queen and her court. The festival is held the last full weekend in April. Vermontville is home to the original maple syrup festival. It is the oldest in Michigan at 72 years.

History

In 1940, during a conversation at the local barber shop, the Maple Syrup Festival was proposed. It began as a way to sell more maple syrup and to promote the village but has expanded into a much larger event.

Miscellaneous information

The school mascot: Lions (same as a previous logo of the Detroit Lions)
The music for the MV Lions fight song is the same as Ohio State University's "Fight the Team", contrary to popular belief, this is not the OSU fight song.
The school yearbook is called the Mavahian MAple VAlley HIgh ANnual.
School sports and announcement are published in 3 local papers: Maple Valley News, Charlotte Shopping Guide, The County Journal, and Hastings Reminder.
Every year, the Maple Valley High School Marching and Concert Band holds a staged performance called "Band Bust." It contains skits and musical performances from singing to playing an instrument.
For three years the musical was done with Lakewood High School. The last show was Les Misérables, and had over 1,700 people in attendance.
The MVAA (The Maple Valley Alumni Association) holds their Annual Alumni Banquet every year at Maple Valley Jr.-Sr. High School. Usually the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in May. The banquet includes alumni from Nashville HS,Maple Valley Jr.-Sr HS, and Vermontville HS.

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