Van Meter Schools

10/23/2026

Friday, October 23rd Bulldog Brief

10/23/2026

GAMEDAY: Good luck to our football team in their 1st round game of the Class 2A IHSAA Football Playoffs against Albia. Go Dawgs! 🏈
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Bulldog Stadium
🎥 http://www.thundercountry.tv/
🎟️ https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/

10/23/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 State Cross Country Qualifiers! 🏃

Both our Girls and Boys 2A Cross Country Teams have qualified for state, along with several outstanding individual performances!

Girls Individual Qualifiers:
⭐️ Laura Streck, SQM Champion
⭐️ Ivory Stoffa, SQM Runner-Up
⭐️ Genevieve Kelly, 9th Place

Boys Individual Qualifiers:
⭐️ Hayden Hayes, 8th Place
⭐️ Beck Sunderman, 12th Place

10/23/2026

Happy Red Ribbon Week!

We're encouraging students to make healthy choices, build positive habits, and embrace a drug-free lifestyle. Every good decision helps create a brighter, healthier future filled with possibilities! ❤️🌟

10/22/2026

GAMEDAY: Good luck to our volleyball team as they travel to take on Kuemper Catholic in tonight’s regional game! Go Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Kuemper Catholic HS
🎟️ https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h20261008090823052cf80307805bc4a/checkout

10/22/2026

MEET DAY: Best of luck to our cross country teams as they compete in the Class 2A IHSAA/IGHSAU State Qualifying Meet this afternoon–go get ‘em, Dawgs! 🏃
🕖 4:00pm
📍 Eagle Grove Golf Course
📊 http://www.aatiming.com/
🎟️ $5 per car for parking

10/21/2026

The next meeting of the Van Meter Board of Education will take place Wednesday, October 21, beginning at 5:00pm at the District Board Room. The meeting is open to the public.

10/20/2026

GAMEDAY: Good luck to our volleyball team as they take on Chariton at HOME in Class 3A IGHSAU Regional Volleyball action! Let’s go, Dawgs! 🏐
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Van Meter HS
🎥 http://www.thundercountry.tv/
🎟️ https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h202610080908179788e99e32f144749/checkout?bare=False

10/19/2026

Congratulations to Coach Trudo on being selected as the South Head Coach for the 55th Iowa Shrine Bowl! 👏🏈

The Iowa Shrine Bowl is proud to announce the selection of Eric Trudo of Van Meter and Don Betts of Dike-New Hartford as the head coaches for the 55th Iowa Shrine Bowl, scheduled for July 24, 2027.

Betts will lead the North Team, while Trudo will guide the South Team in Iowa's premier high school football all-star event. Both coaches bring outstanding records of success, leadership, and commitment to Iowa High School Football.

10/19/2026

Last week, 22 members of the Van Meter Student Conservation Club (grades 8-12) visited Jester Park Outdoor Recreation Center, where they participated in a prairie seed cleaning service project. 🌿

A Polk County Naturalist led them in the handling, stripping, and gathering of a drought-resistant native prairie seed species called Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera). The seed will be cleaned, sold to citizens who are restoring prairie on their properties, or planted in Polk County’s production plots for transplant to county parks.

VMSCC then traveled to Dallas County Voas Wildlife Refuge, took a hike in the rain, and were lucky enough to spot migratory tiger salamanders as the rarely seen native amphibians returned to their overwintering wetland areas. Overall, it was a busy morning of service and appreciation of Iowa’s unique natural resources. ⭐