September 19, 2023 HAHIRA – Valwood students Alex Gee and Maggie Mays will travel to Atlanta in late September to attend an intensive, four-day law academy conducted by the State Bar of Georgia. Gee, a senior, is entering his third year as a member of the Valwood Mock Trial team, [...]
July 21, 2023 HAHIRA — Valwood senior James Godbee earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. About one-quarter of 1% of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2022, only 3,376 out of 1.34 million students who took [...]
June 17, 2023 HAHIRA – Valwood School students expanded their community service to Central America with Hope Project. Valwood Upper School students traveled to Central America to volunteer with Hope Project to help build two houses and serve at a feeding program. Hope Project is an organization that helps people in the [...]
HAHIRA – Charis Eager, daughter of John and Carrie Eager, is the 2022 Valwood Homecoming Queen. Hayes Perry, son of Cavan and Dana Perry, is the 2022 Homecoming King. The 2022 homecoming court included Eli Pay, Hayes Perry, Coleman Yates, Charis Eager, Kaytibeth Music, Mary Schroer (seniors); Caylee Collins, Bella [...]
HAHIRA – Valwood students Thomas Griner and Hannah Ward will travel to Atlanta in early October to attend an intensive, four-day law academy conducted by the State Bar of Georgia. Griner, a junior, is entering his third year as a member of the Valwood Mock Trial team, school officials said [...]
HAHIRA – Valwood School will host an induction ceremony and dinner for the 2022 class of the Valwood School Athletic Hall of Fame Sept. 15 in Godwin-Holmes Arts Center. "The event will recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions of athletes and supporters who represent excellence in sportsmanship, leadership, courage and teamwork," [...]
Fresh off of leading the Valwood boys tennis team to the state semifinals, senior Howell Burns had plenty of options to consider but not many for tennis. Having been accepted to Auburn University, Clemson University, Louisiana State University, the University of Mississippi and the University of Tennessee, Valwood's No. 1 [...]
For Noah Pettigrew, a long, winding journey finally brought him down Tobacco Road. The Valwood two-sport athlete and 2019 GHSA Class 6A state champion wrestler signed a letter of intent with the University of North Carolina Wednesday morning. "North Carolina has always been my dream school," Pettigrew said. "This means [...]
A Valwood School student performed a country song for Gov. Brian Kemp during a recent visit. Valwood eighth grader Jed Respess was asked to perform Johnny Cash's 'Ragged Old Flag' recently at an event for Kemp, school officials said in a statement. Respess' first performance of 'Ragged Old Flag' was [...]