Valwood in the News

Valwood senior secures UGA Foundation Fellowship

March 14, 2024

Valwood senior Thomas Griner has accepted the UGA Foundation Fellowship. The Foundation Fellowship is the University of Georgia’s top academic scholarship and is available through the Morehead Honors College. The Foundation Fellowship provides generous academic funding, stipends for group and individual travel-study, and research and conference grants. More than 2,000 [...]

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Valwood Announces Q2 Honor Roll

January 4, 2024

The Headmaster’s List is a prestigious academic category composed of Middle and Upper School students who have a 90 percent or better in all academic subjects. The Merit Roll is composed of students who have an 85 average in all academic subjects with no grade lower than 80 percent. MIDDLE [...]

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Valwood Announces 2024 STAR Student

January 4, 2024

HAHIRA, GA – December 8, 2023 – Valwood senior, Wesley Clark, is the 2023 STAR student. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition award is given to the graduating senior who has achieved the highest score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in one sitting, while meeting other program requirements, including being [...]

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Valwood School announces honor roll Q1 2023

November 9, 2023

October 29, 2023 The Headmaster’s List is a prestigious academic category composed of Middle and Upper School students who have a 90 percent or better in all academic subjects. The Merit Roll is composed of students who have an 85 average in all academic subjects with no grade lower than [...]

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Valwood inducts 37 students into Spanish Honor Society

November 9, 2023

October 26, 2023 HAHIRA — Valwood School inducted its second class of students into the Juan Jose Arevalo Chapter (est. 2023) of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) — the Spanish Honor Society. The ceremony took place on Valwood’s campus on Oct. 16. To be eligible for membership in the SHH, [...]

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Valwood School’s eighth grade class tours Washington, D.C.

November 9, 2023

October 24, 2023 HAHIRA – Eighth grade students from Valwood School explored Washington, DC last week. This trip is the culminating activity for their American Studies class (a history and literature course that is only offered at Valwood School), the school said in a press release. The stops on this [...]

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Valwood crowns Homecoming king & queen

November 9, 2023

October 4, 2023 VALDOSTA — Valwood School recently crowned its 2023 Homecoming queen and king. Bella Shaw, the daughter of Kevin and Gayla Shaw, is the 2023 Homecoming Queen. James Godbee, the son of Jim and Julie, is the 2023 Homecoming King. This year’s homecoming court included: James Godbee, William [...]

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Valwood students to attend state bar of Georgia Law Academy

November 9, 2023

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, [...]

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Valwood student achieves top ACT score

November 9, 2023

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 [...]

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Students learn, serve in Central America

November 9, 2023

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 [...]

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