Twenty-nine Valwood students, the most in school history, have been named AP Scholars, including one National AP Scholar, by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations. The AP Scholars, granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three [...]
Congratulations to the nine Valwood 7th grade students who qualified to participate in the highly selective Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) Talent Search! These following students qualified for this program because they scored 95% or better on sections of the the spring "Stanford 10" test and are invited to take [...]
HAHIRA — Congressman Austin Scott presented Valwood student Sara Knighton with the Congressional Award Gold Medal Wednesday morning. Scott traveled to Valwood School to present the medal as Knighton was unable to travel to D.C. The Congressional Award Gold Medal is the highest award for youth legislated by Congress and [...]
Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle to Address Valwood Graduates Valwood School is pleased to announce Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle will deliver the commencement address at the school’s 45th Commencement ceremony on May 22, 2015. “I am honored for the opportunity to speak at Valwood School’s graduation ceremony,” said Lt. Governor Casey [...]
Middle School Honros Day was held on Monday, May 11th and the following students were recognized: Composition: 6th grade-Ellie Smith, 7th grade-Gracyn Sanderlin, 8th grade-Erin Moss Geography: 6th grade-Camille Singletary History: 7th grade-Ben Breed, 8th grade-Madison Highsmith Literature: 6th grade-Paige Bland, 7th grade-Lilly Parrish, 8th grade-Bailey Everett Math: 6th grade-Mary [...]
Valwood is very pleased to announce that seniors Will Allen, Will Hawthorne and Lanier Langdale have been recognized as 2015 Georgia Scholars by the Georgia Department of Education. Only 180 graduating seniors from the state of Georgia received the honor. This distinction is awarded to high school students who have [...]
Senior Allie Maxwell and was recently named a PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) STAR Student for the region. This award honors "Georgia's highest achieving high school seniors and the teachers who have been most instrumental in their academic development." "Being named STAR Student is truly an honor," said Maxwell. [...]
The results for the 2015 3-AAA Literary and Music Competition are in, and Valwood had another great showing. The two-time state champion Trio Team won their third straight region championship, as the team of Shana Moorman, Mary Peeples, and Fran Plummer took the top honors once again. Joe Dame and [...]
The Valwood Science Olympiad team competed in the regional tournament on Saturday, February 21 at East Georgia College in Swainsboro. The team placed third overall (out of 18 teams) and received an invitation to the state tournament at Emory University on March 21. Only 24 teams out of all the [...]
Valwood junior Sara Knighton has been chosen as one of the 20 youth leader recipients for the 2015 Georgia Youth Leader Awards. There were over 100 nominations received for this honor and nominees were scored by a panel of leaders from the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40, area professionals [...]