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New Uniform Policy
As we look ahead to the 2022-2023 School Year, the Valley Day School uniform will change. The new uniform will consist of Khaki colored pants and a VDS navy blue collared shirt. The shirts will be available for purchase as the new school years begins. 2022-2023 will be a transition year, where students may still wear the light blue shirts. However, students may NO longer wear black bottoms. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support in helping our students represent their best selves.
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Graduation
Congratulations Class of 2022! "You have Brains in your HEAD. You have FEET in your shoes. You can STEER yourself any direction you CHOOSE ~ Dr. Seuss
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Park Day
Students celebrated the end of the academic year by spending the day at Falls Township Park. Students fished, played basketball, golfed, played board games and much more.. Happy end of 2021-2022 School Year!
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Field Day
Our entire school had fun on Field Day! The Blue Team vs The White Team, they challenged each other at The Tug of War, Bat Pin Relay, Pizza Box Sprint and many more fun events. Students showed upstanding sportsmanship, danced to the music and had a terrific time!
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Awards Ceremony
On June 2nd Valley Day School celebrated our Awards Ceremony. Many awards were given for Honor Roll, Attendance, Vikings, Physical Education and many, many more. We are so proud of all our students! Congratulations! Please extend a special congratulations to our Senior, Evan, who will be attending college this fall!
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Phanatic about Reading
Our students participated in the Phanatic about Reading Program through the Phillies. They had to read 600 books from September to March, they surpassed the goal and read a total of 700 books. The Phillies rewarded their voracious reading by issuing each student a free Phillies Ticket!
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Gardening
Students and staff are working hard in our garden. The organic garden will feature a number of seasonal vegetables and flowers. In our organic garden, Snipe's Farm planted a variety of fruit trees, berry bushes, and herbs that are tended by the students on a regular basis. Our students often have the pleasure of enjoying the fruits of our garden and have learned to eat natural unprocessed snacks. “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” ~ Audrey Hepburn
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Meet the Valley Day Gentlemen's Group!
According to Darnell Alford, a Behavioral Support Professional at Valley Day School, "Gentlemen's Group of Valley Day is a mentoring program that shows our young men the characteristics of being a true gentleman and also helps prepare them for life's challenges after high school."
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Meet Our Clinical Support Team!
Within our trauma-informed environment, clinical and behavioral support is critical for the personal and academic growth of our students. We believe the root of many behavioral issues students face can be linked to traumatic experiences. Our behavioral and clinical support teams play an important role in fulfilling our mission by helping students identify past trauma and learning new strategies for growth and change.
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Meet Our Behavior Support Professionals!
Our staff behavioralists work directly with students to identify healthy behaviors and help students apply those behaviors in and out of school. When negative behavior occurs, our behavioralists will try to determine the causes of the behavior and work with the student, teachers, case managers, and family to determine a course of action to prevent further actions from occurring.
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Learn About Valley Day Leading Ladies!
Leading Ladies is a weekly group developed on the foundation of Education, Service and Mentorship. We LEARN about ourselves and how we are connecting and disconnecting with with others. We LEARN how to utilize conflict management skills. Finally, we LEARN how to maintain healthy friendships. As Leading Ladies, we SERVE our school and local community by collecting items and bringing them to local shelters.
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Brain Based Research
Brain science teaches us that behavior is not categorized by being good or bad; it is a question of being healthy or unhealthy.
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Trauma Informed Care
We treat the whole student while taking into account their past trauma and the resulting coping mechanisms while attempting to understand their behaviors.
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Cutting Edge Technology
We believe that the effective use of instructional technology is vital to teaching today's students.
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Clinical Support
Clinical and behavioral support is critical for the personal and academic growth of our students.
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OUR MISSION
To teach students the tools they need to lead a healthy lifeWe pursue our mission by incorporating evidence-based best-practices throughout our organization so that VDS-enrolled students receive FAPE and IEP-fulfilling education in a safe, structured, and supportive trauma-informed learning community.
Each day we blend trauma-informed care, an understanding of neuroeducation, and cutting-edge educational technology to provide students with the skills, tools, strategies, and experiences they will need to make healthy choices and to lead healthy lives both inside and outside of school.
We provide VDS students with a secure environment in which they can feel physically, socially, and emotionally safe while learning to understand their own experiences and how to productively change the way they respond to these experiences.
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S2SS is designed to help students and school staff recognize risk factors and signals of those who may be a threat to themselves or others. From a student perspective, S2SS teaches students to treat every warning sign seriously and to act quickly to get help by talking to a trusted adult and/or by reporting it anonymously to the Pennsylvania S2SS Crisis Center via telephone, mobile device, or website.
