HAHIRA – The top winners of 2018 PBS KIDS Writers Contest were honored with an awards celebration at GPB’s headquarters in Atlanta. The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is the largest annual writing competition of its kind for children in kindergarten through third grade. Out of hundreds of entries, Drew DeMersseman, [...]
VALDOSTA – Valwood School Valiants crossed the stage toward their futures Friday afternoon. Valwood held its 48th commencement exercise Friday at the James H. Rainwater Conference Center. Ferrell Singleton, the first headmaster of the school, gave the commencement address, during which he offered the students three tasks to always remember [...]
HAHIRA — Valwood School seniors Chandler Call, Hope Hathcock and John Miller received James D. Eunice Legacy Scholarships. The scholarships were presented on May 17 by Tammy Eunice, James D. Eunice's mother. Chandler and Hope began attending Valwood in pre-K. Chandler is the daughter of Tom and Kelly Call. Hope [...]
HAHIRA — Smith Shaw, a Valwood freshman, recently received the Service Project of the Year Award at Upper School Honors Day for introducing the Girl Talk mentoring program to Valwood School. Shaw, who has a sister in middle school, saw a need for a mentoring program and thought that her [...]
HAHIRA –– The Valwood Valiants saw two key pieces of their 2017 state championship team sign letters of intent on Wednesday. Linebacker Cole Mclendon and wide receiver/corner back J.D. Scurry signed with the University of Mount Union––the reigning Division III national champions. A three-year starter, the 6-foot-1 Mclendon was one [...]
VALDOSTA – Valdosta State University recently hosted its 23rd Annual Sonya Kovalevsky High School Math Day for female students. The day is named in honor of Sonya Kovalevsky who was the first woman to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics, according to university officials. The day is a hands-on STEM – [...]
Valwood juniors Will Lester, Madison Highsmith, Emily Clifton and Ashton Moorman graduate from Youth Leadership Lowndes.
VALDOSTA— Students of Valwood School's 2018 graduating class will venture throughout the southern U.S. in the fall to pursue their college education. Valwood seniors participated in Signing Day Thursday, April 26. The students sported t-shirts showcasing the university for which they're bound. Valwood Coach Justin Henderson announced the seniors' future [...]
Valwood’s boys and girls tennis teams competed at the GISA 3A state team tennis tournament Tuesday at the John Drew Tennis Center in Macon. The Valiant boys team made it to the semifinals while the girls squad finished as the state runners up. After an 0-13 season in 2017, the [...]
The Valwood baseball team committed nine errors in a 13-3 loss against Madison County (Fla.) at Browning Field on Wednesday night. JM McRae had two of the Valiants’ five hits. Both of McRae’s hits were home runs and he finished with two RBIs and scored two runs. The Cowboys went [...]