To the Valwood Family,

Our shared commitment to high expectations and the willingness to dream big dreams both for our students and our school sit at the heart of Valwood School. We hold fast to high standards of achievement, behavior, performance, and diligence, knowing all the while that these expectations shape in powerful and indelible ways the lives of the students we teach and raise each day. We have high hopes for these children as well, high hopes for their minds, their hearts, and their futures, and we work hard together at home and at school to help them realize and embrace the wonderful possibilities before them. All that we do at Valwood we do in service to these children, energized in each moment by the dreams we have for them.

These children and these dreams drive our work today, and this capital campaign exists for the sole purpose of ensuring that Valwood's students have only the very best opportunities to learn and grow. Our duty to them and to the generations of Valwood students to come is profound indeed; our big dreams will shape the future of this school, this community, and all of South Georgia in unimaginable and palpable ways in the decades to come.

We call upon you to join us in this critical work by making an investment in this big and powerful dream for Valwood School. The ground we've gained in the past three years is stunning, testament to the deep faith in the school's mission, but we have important work left to do. Our children and the big dreams we have for them demand our commitment. Join us in this important work.

Yours truly,

Cobb Atkinson