
Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa
Welcome to the Valley High School Alumni site. Run by Valley Alumni FOR Valley Alumni. Your information is accessible only by VHS Alumni who have signed up on this site. No information will be shared with anyone else unless you opt out by allowing your information to be public. This site is FREE. TO JOIN: Click on MISSING CLASSMATES, (we know you all are not missing, just not signed in) upper right corner of this page, drop-down arrow, click your year, and then your name. Follow the directions to join. If your name is not listed, please use the Contact Link, under Home Page Link through this site OR vhsreunions.com@gmail.com. Please encourage any/all VHS grads and former students to register on our free site! Once a Tiger, Always a Tiger!
Class of 1962 - 60th Reunion
Our 60th Class Reunion will be on Friday, Sept. 9 & Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. We will be meeting at Tavern II on 1755 50th St. in West Des Moines on both nights. If you're interested in attending, please contact
Linda Berlin Coy at jlcoy43@yahoo.com or
Vicki Orebaugh Coleman at iowagulfer@icloud.com .
Linda Berlin, Vicki Orebaugh, Donita McBee
CLASS OF 2002
Kick off the reunion weekend meeting up with classmates on Friday, August 26 at 5:30pm at Kinship Brewing in Waukee. Consider it a bit of a tailgate before the Valley game at Waukee Northwest High School, kickoff is at 7pm. Don’t feel like heading to the game? Then stay at Kinship!
Saturday, August 27, festivities begin at 10am with a tour of Valley High School. Please plan to park, and meet at the front entrance, now located on Woodland. We will have a guided tour of all things new at VHS.
And for the big bash, please join us Saturday night, at 6pm at The Range Grill & Golf! We have a heck of an evening planned— food, drink, golf simulators, and the live music starts at 7!
Please purchase your tickets by AUGUST 17!
Link to purchase your tickets:
https://www.payit2.com/event/113586?fbclid=IwAR2LsivdyxWvrr2sIKkOFZ5JzqirNgb23MeAYuSl0v4PEZjoyxVvN9X-w9g
And if you haven’t already, please follow along on Facebook (The Official Valley High School Class of 2002, 20 Year Reunion) or on Instagram (Valley High Class of 02) 🐅
If you have any questions please reach out to David Thompson at DavidThompson777@yahoo.com or Sam (Kenyon) Holman at Samantha.K.Holman@gmail.com
SAVE THESE DATES!
Class of 1973 - 50th Reunion! - August 18-19th, 2023.
August 18th will be an informal gathering at a place TBA and August 19th will be a banquet at Des Moines Embassy Club West. Please save these dates! More details will be posted in the coming months.
Valley Alums present an
All Class, All School, All Friends Golf Outing
Everyone Welcome! Still Time to Sign Up!
Friday, August 12, 2022 Tee Times will begin at 10:00 am
Willow Creek Golf Course. 140 SE Willow Creek Dr.
The cost is $55 per person and includes 18 holes, carts & cash prizes.
Contact Doug Lenhart with any questions at 515 223-4466 or by email at lenhartgto@hotmail.com
Doug is Waiting to Hear From You!!!
Please prepay with checks made payable to "Willow Creek Golf Course"
Send to: Valley Alum, PO Box 65064, West Des Moines, Ia 50265
"Checks must be received by August 5th"
Willow Creek will not accept payment the day of play for this event.
Please include names of players with your payment.
Include any names that you would like to be partnered with in a foursome.
Less than a foursome will be paired with others.
Class of 1972 - Please RSVP ASAP
August 19-20, 2022 Visit - vhs1972.com for Details
Valley High School Class of 1967 55th Reunion
CHANGE of Saturday Dinner Location
"Still Crazy After All These Years ....."
August 11-13, 2022
Thursday, August 11, 5:00 PM Valley Junction Farmers Market (gathering location)
Friday, August 12, Golf Willow Creek 10:00 AM Golf is $55 to include cash prizes.
Call Doug Lenhart to sign up for golf or questions.515-223-4466 $55
Friday, August 12, 5-9 PM Jordan Creek Wellman’s Patio Reserved for VHS Class ‘67!
Saturday, August 13, Bike Ride to Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market (9:30 AM at Pal Joey’s)
For cyclists flying into Des Moines, but unable to bring a bike, call or text Jan Hardin at 515-371-0007. Depending on height, we might have a couple extra men's and women's road bikes available to borrow. You would need to bring a helmet, gloves, bike shoes, and your own pedals.
Saturday August 13, 6-10 PM Dinner at
Gilroy’s Kitchen + Pub + Patio in a Private Party Room -- 1238 8th St West Des Moines
Cash Bar and Free Hors D’oeuvre’s - Group Picture 7:00 PM
Dinner: order from a menu and pay your own 7:30 PM
Video 8:00 PM
Check your calendars and let us know if you can join us sending email to Linda Allen: allenld82@gmail.com
Class of 1977 - 45th Reunion
We hope to see you at our 45th Class Reunion this summer! We had a great time reconnecting at our 40th and are anticipating the same for this reunion. No RSVPs are needed (except for golf outing) so just show up and have fun! It’s a BYOE kind of reunion….buy your own everything!
🐯Thursday, August 11 Farmers’ Market in Valley Junction 4-8 pm Charlie’s Filling Station 4th and Grand WDM 7 pm
🐯Friday, August 12 VHS Alumni Golf Outing 10 am Willow Creek (Our class is not hosting this…the all-school reunion committee is; you need to contact them or call Willow Creek)
Wellman’s Pub & Rooftop 4:30 pm 597 Market Street WDM On the rooftop If inclement weather, we will relocate to a nearby bar.
🐯Saturday, August 13 The Hall 6 pm 111 S. 11th Street WDM.Please share with our classmates…
We’re trying to find as many people as we can so we appreciate the extra help in spreading the word! If you have not already joined our FaceBook pages, please do so: Valley High School Class of 1977 or Valleyhighschool Seventy-Seven.
Class of 1982 - 40th Reunion
August 11 - 14th, 2022
Thursday, August 11, 5:30-8:30 pm — We will be gathering at the south end of 5th St. to attend the Valley Junction Farmer’s Market. The band Avey Grouws Band will be performing from 5:30-8:30.
Friday, August 12 in the morning there will be a golf outing at Waveland Golf Course. The tee times will be determined as we get RSVPs for this. Steve Economos is coordinating. Please PM Tracy Bone Wheeler if you intend to play.
Friday, August 12 in the evening (Time TBD), we will gather at Gilroy’s at 1238 8th St. in West Des Moines for drinks and catching up. We would appreciate know who thinks they will attend so that we can plan accordingly for space. Again, PM Tracy Bone Wheeler. We will be providing food, but the drinks will be on you.
Saturday, late afternoon — we will have a meeting spot at the Iowa State Fair. From there, enjoy seeing friends, the sights and sounds and smells of the State Fair. There will be plenty of free entertainment at the various stages.
1971 - Update Your Contact Details
Visit Class of 1971 Reunion FB page at: Valley High School of WDM Class of 71 Reunion https://www.facebook.com/groups/633783477485331 Update your contact information on this site (Member functions, edit contact Info) or send your information to: vhswdm1971@gmail.com
Class of 1973
Please come join your New Facebook Page
West Des Moines Valley High School Class of 1973
https://www.facebook.com/groups/798492260676504