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 [...]
Last year Valwood was awarded a $5000 grant from The Fender Music Foundation to cover the purchase of 8 new instruments. We have already received 4 acoustic guitars, while an electric bass and two electric guitars are on the way! Mrs. Paoletti has begun using the acoustic guitars in the [...]
The Valwood fourth graders just completed a wonderful service project aimed at making sure every child has a happy birthday!! Over several weeks, the class collected a variety of toys, party supplies, and "lasting" items (like a stuffed animal that a child can keep for a long time and then [...]
Three middle school students - Madeline Caston, Jolie Green and Smith Shaw - have been selected to the GISA Middle School All-Select Choir and will be going to Alpharetta, Georgia, for a performance on February 7th at King's Ridge Christian School! Madeline and Jolie will be sopranos, while Smith will [...]