Recipients of the 3rd Quarter Georgia Power Good Citizenship Awards were announced on March 4 at Valwood's Lower School Friday Flag program. Ms. Joyner of Georgia Power presented the awards to the students who were chosen by their teachers. The awards are given to students exhibiting character traits such as [...]
The Valwood Science Olympiad team traveled to Gordon State College on February 27, 2016, to compete in the Regional Tournament. Twenty-three team members competed in twenty-three different events, with a record number of freshmen participating and having much success. These freshmen were the first Valwood group to reach high school [...]
Valwood hosted the 2016 Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament this weekend, welcoming in over 25 schools from around south Georgia. The ages ranged from kindergarten to high school students, with winners advancing to Columbus, Georgia, for the State Tournament on April 9th. One of those teams advancing was Valwood's [...]
Valwood junior Addy Perlman was recently named a Top 20 Youth Leader for 8th annual Georgia Youth Leadership Awards by 21st Century Leaders, a Georgia-based non-profit youth leadership and talent development program. An awards ceremony to honor the recipients will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the College [...]
Valwood had five upper school students selected to be a part of the Youth Leadership Lowndes Class of 2016. Juniors Ty Petermann, Maggie Smith, Isabel Langdale, Kate Hanson, and sophomore Carter Sharon were all picked after a rigourous application and interview process. A total of 30 students from public and [...]
This Saturday, Valwood's Dance Marathon raised $18,262 to benefit the Children's Miracle Network Hospital at Shands in Gainesville, Florida. The night was filled with plenty of dancing, as well as fun activities and competitions, for the participants. The is the second straight year Valwood has hosted the event - last [...]
Recipients of the Georgia Power Good Citizenship Awards were announced on October 16th at Valwood's Lower School Friday Flag program. Mr. Scott Haner of Georgia Power presented the awards to the students who were chosen by their teachers. The awards are given to students exhibiting character traits such as honesty, [...]
A total of 37 Valwood fourth and fifth graders have qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) this year. These students scored in the 95% percentile or above on certain sections of Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-10) last year, earning them this prestigious distiction. The fifth grade had 52% [...]
Valwood senior Sara Knighton was recently named a "Commended Student" in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top 5% of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). ONly approximetly 34,000 students int [...]
