Browse past news stories for Valley Southwoods in West Des Moines, IA.

• ’Huffing’ students stir drug-prevention group (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 09:06:31 am
  A national drug-prevention group has offered assistance to West Des Moines police and school officials in the wake of suspensions handed out to teenagers who allegedly inhaled compressed gas last week.
• Mom raises alarm over inhalants (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 09:24:04 am
  A West Des Moines mother hopes school officials will use an incident last week in a boys’ restroom to warn students about the dangers of inhaling compressed gas.
• Valley swimmers dive into fall season (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 11:49:52 am
  It was only a practice meet, but Ashlyn Clingman’s nerves still started to rev up as the 200 individual medley came to a finish Aug. 27 during Valley’s Orange and Black girls’ swimming meet at the high school.
• Valley Junction meeting hears complaints of noise, crowds (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 08:03:25 pm
  Residents spoke out at a meeting today about crowds and noise. Farmers market and other event boosters worry heavy-handed moves may drive people away from the event.
• Hy-Vee Triathlon: ’Burbs not so bad for sprawling race (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 01:33:53 am
  Turns out, leaving downtown has a few advantages.
• Basketball: Ex-Drake star Emmenecker taken first in Capital City League draft (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 03:50:27 am
  Ames all-stater Harrison Barnes, one of the nation’s top prospects, is playing in the league, and will be joined by a handful of central Iowa’s best high school players.
• Mariachi rhythms come to Valley (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 10:32:55 am
  Mariachi band will be a new extracurricular musical offering for Valley High School and Valley Southwoods Freshman High School students in the fall.
• Day educates non-Muslims about Islam (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on April 26, 2009 at 09:12:10 am
  Members of Des Moines’ Muslim community worked diligently Saturday to bring cultural and religious understanding to all willing to listen and learn.
• Southwoods lends a hand (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on April 26, 2009 at 09:09:16 am
  More than 250 Valley Southwoods Freshman High School students gave back to their community on Thursday for the school’s Giving of Ourselves Day.
• W.D.M. parents: Use tax money to improve Valley drama, music (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on March 17, 2009 at 09:20:30 am
  Residents at a Wednesday forum urged West Des Moines school officials to use money from the new statewide sales tax to upgrade the music and theatrical departments at Valley High School.
• Lacrosse catches on in WDM, Waukee (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on March 6, 2009 at 10:08:57 am
  There’s something contagious about lacrosse.