In June, Valwood senior Gavin Faucett was among 108 of Georgia’s brightest high school students sent on the 2014 Washington Youth Tour, a leadership program sponsored by the electric membership cooperatives (EMC’s) in Georgia, including Colquitt EMC, South Georgia's local branch. The Youth Tour teaches students about U.S. history, government [...]
Valwood "Wynns" One Act For the first time in school history, Valwood School won first place overall in the Middle School One Act competition, which was held on Saturday, October 11 at Valdosta High School. Led by Valwood's speech and drama teacher, Ms. Genny Wynn, Valwood earned top billing for [...]
Recipients of the Georgia Power Good Citizenship Awards were announced on October 3rd at Valwood's Lower School Friday Flag program. Mr. Scott Haner of Georgia Power presented the awards to the students who were chosen by their teachers. The awards are given to students exhibiting character traits such as honesty, [...]
Congratulations to Director of Development Laura Elliott, Valwood School and to all who participated in the campaign on receiving the 2013 GOAL Greatest Gain Achieved Award. This award recognizes the school with the most significant increase in GOAL funds raised over the prior year in the entire state of Georgia. [...]
Valwood Headmaster, Dr. Darren Pascavage, announced this week the names of the seventh graders who qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP). They are: Josie Tidmore, Maddox Wood, Cole Broomberg, Billy McLendon, Gracyn Sanderlin, Lilly Parrish, Jon Cornwell, Trey Henry. These students scored in the 95th or better percentile [...]
Six Valwood Varsity cheerleaders were named All-American this summer by the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA). Skills performed were the Xtreme Dance Routine, the All-American Cheer, and the Best Jump. Judges for the events were certified UCA instructors. Each of the honorees received the All-American medallion and qualified for a trip [...]
Twenty-two Valwood students have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations. AP Scholars are 2014 graduates James Braswell, Gabe Garcia, Lisa Garcia, Ruddy Parrott, and Maggie Scruggs and current students Savannah Jane Gilchrist, Seth Golden, Will [...]