Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 is a unified school district centered around the Monroe County Mississippi River village of Valmeyer, Illinois, although it also encompasses residents of the villages of Fults and Maeystown. This south Illinois school district is composed of three schools: Valmeyer Elementary School, which accommodates the grades PK-5; Valmeyer Junior High School, which accommodates grades 6-8; and, lastly, Valmeyer High School, which covers grades 9-12. The current superintendent is Brian Charron, and the mascot of the school is the pirate, and the school newsletter is called the Original Voice of Valmeyer.
Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 hosts a variety of afterschool activities, including National Honor Society and a chorus and orchestra.
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