News & Announcements

The 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation(NMSC), is an annual academic competition to recognize and honor the academically talented students of the United States. Students are chosen based on PSAT/NMSQT selection index scores. Approximately 16,000 of the high scorers, representing less than 1 percent of the nation’s high school graduating seniors, qualify as semifinalists. These students have the opportunity to advance in the competition for some 7,140 merit scholarship awards. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist standing. Congratulations to Lauren Harris, Nicholas Taglia, Andrew Uhle and Immanuel Liu for being named National Merit Semifinalists for the Class of 2024!

VHS Students Karissa Kasper, Zachary Faga, Martin Aguilera and Jack Shimer have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program as Commended Students! About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Congratulations!

Sept 18th and 19th will be our yearbook photo days for seniors. The first half of the alphabet will follow the attached schedule to take their photo on Monday (9/18), and the second half of the alphabet will follow the attached schedule to take their photo on Tuesday (9/19). ALL SENIORS MUST TAKE THEIR PHOTO TO BE IN THE YEARBOOK . No purchase is necessary.

We are so proud to announce VHS recipients of academic honors from the College Board’s National Recognition Program for their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT™ 10, and/or AP® Exams. Congratulations to Aaen Perez, Ethan Fagen, Francesca Plata, Jorge Monjaras Hernandez, Joshua Garibay, Journi Powell, Keira Rhein, Mark Velasco, Mia Balash, Selena Martin, Sydney Brown and Trent Hoadley!
Click the link to learn more about the College Board National Recognition Programs.

The 2023 VHS Homecoming Dance will take place at Valparaiso High School, in the Cafeteria on Saturday, September 30th from 8:00-11:00 pm. Please see the attached document for information about the dance, guest forms and ticket sales!

Every year, students participate in the American Legion Americanism and Government Test. At VHS, the test is available to students in grades 10, 11, and 12. There are only two winners from each grade level at the district and state levels; therefore, there are a total of six district and six state winners. VHS was fortunate to have winners at both the district and state levels. The following four students were named District Award Winners of the American Legion Americanism and Government Program: Lauren Balla, Griffin Dennis, Claudia Stage, and Sean Sistrunk. Lauren Balla and Claudia Stage were also American Legion Department of Indiana winners. Congratulations to these students as well as their parents and guardians!

The 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation(NMSC), is an annual academic competition to recognize and honor the academically talented students of the United States. Students are chosen based on PSAT/NMSQT selection index scores. Approximately 16,000 of the high scorers, representing less than 1 percent of the nation’s high school graduating seniors, qualify as semifinalists. These students have the opportunity to advance in the competition for some 7,600 merit scholarship awards. The following VHS students have met all the requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition: Jack Buinicki, Nathaniel Malchow, Gabriel Wetzstein, Maralee Lockridge and Audrey Barriball! We are so proud of you all!