August 2025 Newsletter
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
8/19 – Back to School Night 4-6pm
8/19 – Concussion Screenings 1-4pm
8/21 – First Day of School
8/25 – First Practice for Football/Cross Country
8/25 – Volleyball Tryouts
8/29 – No School
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WELCOME BACK LETTER MR. BURCH
Dear Students and Families,
Welcome to a brand new school year at Star Valley Middle School! I hope your summer was filled with fun, rest, and time with family and friends. We’re excited to get the year started and can’t wait to see our students back in the building.
To our incoming 7th-grade students from Osmond and Etna, this is your chance to come together as Warriors and start your middle school journey as one team. While you’re coming from two different schools, you now get to learn, grow, and build friendships with each other in a shared space. We’re excited to help you feel connected, confident, and ready to make the most of your time here.
To our 8th-grade students, we’re ready to help you prepare for success at the next level. As leaders in our school, we know you’ll set a strong example and continue to build on all you’ve learned so far.
We’re excited for what this year holds and grateful to be on this journey with you.
Go Warriors,
Steve Burch
Principal, Star Valley Middle School
Volleyball – Football – Cross Country
We are excited to announce that fall sports will begin on Monday, August 25th.
Cross country, volleyball, and football will all start on Monday, August 25th after school. Each athlete will need a physical that was completed after May 1st 2025, sign consent forms (available online or in the office), in order to practice and/or tryout. There will also be an activity fee per student to participate in a fall sport.
We will be doing concussion screening for Middle School athletes on Tuesday, August 19th from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. We need to test all 7th graders that plan to participate in a fall sport and any new 8th grader this year. If your child has a smart phone we would ask that you have them download the Sway Medical app. If they do not have a device we will provide one for them. This will help us speed up the process. If you choose to not have them download the app that is okay and we respect your decision. We anticipate that this will take each athlete around 30 minutes. Please reach out to me via email if you have any questions, jake.rich@lcsd2.org.
Tuesday, August 19th 1pm – 4pm – Concussions Screenings
This will be on a first come first served bases as our space to screen is limited. The screening test takes approximately 30 minutes.
You can go to https://svms.lcsd2.org/calendar/ to see the current schedule for cross county, football, and volleyball. Please remember that these schedules do change with events being added and taken off throughout each season.
Thanks for your patience and support as we try and get things going again with our students.
