Knightly News

August 23rd, 2024

Campus-Wide

Car line Updates!!

If your child doesn't come out on time, we will ask you to move forward to the treeline pickup as indicated in the pictures. There are 6 cones with signs that say "Reserved for Treeline Pickup." Please park at one of those cones, and a staff member will bring your child to you.
Unless you are told to move to the treeline pickup, please do not use these parking spaces.
The new line for Athletics pickup starts today!! In order to pickup your athlete, please enter the St. Matthew parking lot and pull through the cones that will be located between the gym and the church. After you pickup your child, you will be able to exit from the St. Matthew lot on to New Road. Athletes will be released from the gym at through the new line at 3:45 on MWF and 3:30 on T/TH.

If you have Grammar or Logic siblings, please go through the main line first, pickup the siblings, and then exit the main line and re-enter the athletic pickup line. We would recommend waiting until close to the end of the line to pickup siblings so that you won't have to wait long for your athlete.

Remember to pull up close to the car in front of you while you are in the line to help as many cars stay off the main roads as possible!
For Logic/Rhetoric School morning drop-off on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, please drive through the carline and keep your child in the car until 7:50. At 7:50 we will allow all Rhetoric and Logic students as well as Grammar siblings to enter the building. Grammar siblings may enter the cafeteria and be supervised until they are released to class at 8:15.

Thank you, Valor Family, for helping us navigate a small parking lot with more students than ever this year!!! We appreciate you and your efforts!

Facts Family App: Free Download!

Our new app through Renweb/Facts Family Portal is now available for a free download from the Apple store or Google Play store! It includes quick and easy access to:

Weekly Newsletter
Full School Calendar including Faculty/Staff Birthdays & Hot Lunches!!
Athletics Hub
Hot lunch ordering
Grades, Report Cards & Attendance
Student Schedules, Behavior and Service Hours
Financial information and more!!

Please visit the mobile device store of your choice, search "Valor Preparatory Academy," download the app and then log in with your Facts Family portal account information (the district code is VPA-TX)!!

Health Screening Scribe Volunteers Needed!

Our health screenings are coming up September 23rd, 25th, 27th and 30th and we need a few parent volunteers to assist our screeners and help students get back and forth to the screening location. If you are willing and able to volunteer at any point during those days, please email Bethany at Bethany.Brown@ValorPrep.com. Thank you!

Family Ministries

Parent Training Week Survey

The Valor Admin team would love your feedback regarding Parent Training Week 2024! Let us hear your thoughts on Vision Night, Grade Level Launches, Meet the Teacher, and more.

The first families to complete the survey within the first 24 hours of this newsletter going out will be placed in a drawing for some awesome Valor swag!

Please be sure to click the SUBMIT button at the end of the survey to ensure it's complete and sent.

Survey time: < 10 minutes

FILL OUT THE SURVEY HERE!

Parent University: Academic Trainings

The Upper School & Grammar School invite you to a time of academic training on Wednesday, September 4 from 6-8pm. For more information regarding the trainings, please see the schedule here!

New Parent Connect

We invite one parent per new family to come for connection and fellowship on Wednesday, September 4 before Parent University! RSVPs are required. If you have questions, please email brittany.fowler@valorprep.com.

RSVP HERE!

First Monthly Prayer of the 2024-2025 School Year!

Please join us for prayer on Friday, September 6 from 8:30-9:00am in the Valor Cafeteria. We'll pray over our students, staff, and school as a whole. We hope you can join us!

Pickleball Tournament Fundraiser

One of our Rhetoric School Houses, Ausardia, is hosting a pickleball tournament to raise money for thier house as well as Valor. It costs $30 to register as a team. Click here to register!

Together for Good: Upcoming Foundational Trainings

Together for Good is hosting Foundational Trainings to become a parent advocates this fall!

Saturday, August 24 from 9-11:30am at Highland Baptist
Thursday, September 12 from 6-8:30pm at Harris Creek
Friday, September 14 from 9-11am at a Private Residence

Grammar School (Prek-5th)

Books! Books! Books!

This week was our first library day! First-, third-, and fifth-grade students were given an initial orientation to our sweet little library during their lunch time. The schedule should be posted on Google Classroom. Bible Readers are also going home this week to first graders. Are you passionate about helping students love reading? Contact Lawrie Bomar at lawriebomar@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering with our library or email your child's classroom teacher if you'd like to come read to their class!

Nature Studies

This year, the Grammar School is starting out Quarter 1 with a study of birds. Alongside their home days of learning from The Nature Connection, first-fourth graders are learning to draw specific birds, narrate beautiful picture books, and engage in hands-on experiences on class days. Don't forget to download the Merlin Bird app and check out this website so that your family can participate in the fun of identifying birds in your backyard or in the wild.

Chapel and a Note from Mrs. Ramsey

The first Grammar School chapel of 2024-2025 was this week! This year, first- through fourth-graders have assigned seating with their buddies, and fifth-graders are helping lead, set up, and greet students as they arrive. We sang our first hymn of the year, "All Creatures of our God and King," encouraged Rowan Thompson, recited Scripture, and worshiped through song and declaration. Students were reminded that God's grace is available for help and forgiveness when they don't make the choice to listen to what's right. There are many competing voices in our heads, but three Valor values bind us together and reflect the law of Christ:

We honor others with respect and kindness.
We value excellence by giving our very best.
We obey quickly, completely, and cheerfully.

Try using these in your home to add consistency and clarity to your child's discipleship, and don't forget to pray! -Mrs. Ramsey

Logic School (6th-8th)

LS Chapel Review

In chapel this past week, Valor Logic School students were assigned chapel "family groups", introduced to our chapel liturgy, and learned our first hymn of the year, "All Creatures of Our God and King." Mrs. Weathers spoke to students about how the carefully cultivated habit of attention can lead to rightly ordered loves. Students considered the differences between "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) and "Amo ergo sum!" (I love, therefore I am).

6th Grade Baylor Ropes Course & Basin Climbing Field Trip

Rock climbing at Basin!

Rivers flying high

Team Building!

Ready for ropes

Logic School (LS):

Dodgeball RSVP: Please fill out this RSVP for Dodgeball. One response per student!
LS Art Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth Hasse, the new Logic School art teacher, will officially be in the classroom beginning Monday, August 26th. We are so excited to finally have her on campus!
Spirit Day: This upcoming Friday (8/30) is Spirit Day! Students may wear a Valor shirt and dress-code appropriate pants or shorts. Shorts must be official Valor shorts (Valor logo) or very CLEARLY mid-thigh in length. Students whose shorts are too short or borderline in length will be asked to change into a pair of shorts we keep in our office for such a time as this!
Athletics Clothing Policy: Please see below for Athletics clothing and shorts policy.

All Upper School (US):

6th-12th: Students are only allowed to change into athletic gear on campus before leaving under the following conditions: 1) the athletic gear is official Valor-branded athletic apparel and 2) the student is going to athletics and/or a Valor athletic event. Students may not change clothes on campus if they do not satisfy both of those criteria. Students who change but do not satisfy those criteria will be required to change back into their uniform.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITY for SUMMER 2025: Valor Rhetoric School and Logic School are partnering with Camp Blessing in Brenham, Texas, this upcoming summer for our students to serve as volunteers during one term (one week) of Camp Blessing Christian summer camp for people with special needs. You can learn much more about Camp Blessing by visiting their website at https://campblessing.org/. RS students and families: please see the Rhetoric School College Readiness GC for more information. LS students and families: we will communicate more information to you through Chapel. Please contact Kirsten Escobar (who loves Camp Blessing!) at kirsten.escobar@valorprep.com with questions or for more information.

Beyond Next Week in LS:

Sept. 2 - Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
Sept. 4 - Parent University
Sept. 7 - Ausardia All School Fundraiser
Sept. 10 - Q1 LS Event Dodge Ball
Sept. 27 - Pep Rally
Oct. 11 - End of Q1

2024-25 Valor Calendar

If you have questions related to LS, please contact krista.weathers@valorprep.com.

Rhetoric School (9th-12th)

Rhetoric School (RS):

RS: Today was the add/drop deadline for all RS courses. Student placements in courses are final until second semester.
11th-12th: Off-campus lunch privileges have begun every Thursday. Students may not leave campus (either driving or riding) without a parent unless all of their forms are on file with business office. Check with admin@valorprep.com if you are unsure.
9th-12th: Twenty-five students attended the mock trial interest meeting. With eight in its inaugural year last year, this is huge! More information will be sent to all of the students who attended the meeting and their parents. If you have questions, you or your student may contact team coach Chris King, Valor dad and local attorney, at chrisleeking@gmail.com.

Beyond Next Week in RS:

Sept. 2 - Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
Sept. 10 - Senior Sunrise Breakfast
Sept. 13 - Pep Rally!
Sept. 14 - Kiasi Regatta
Oct. 6 - Waco Iron Man Volunteer Event
Oct. 11 - End of Q1
Oct. 21 - 25 (testing window) TBD - PSAT10 (10th grade)
Oct. 21 - 25 (testing window) TBD - PSAT11 (11th grade)

2024-25 Valor Calendar

If you have questions related to RS, please contact charlie.mooney@valorprep.com.

(LtoR) Back row: Kristen H, Lanie B., Stella F., Taylor L., Adelyn H., Will Stimson (alum), Hudson A., Miles K. Wyatt S., Kinley B., Callie E. Front row: Clara G., Ali Hobbs. Valor alum (Will Stimson '23) returned to help out Ms. Kennedy and the 9th grade Introduction to Theater course. Valor is blessed to have alumni who give back.

All Upper School (US):

6th-12th: Students are only allowed to change into athletic gear on campus before leaving under the following conditions: 1) the athletic gear is official Valor-branded athletic apparel and 2) the student is going to athletics and/or a Valor athletic event. Students may not change clothes on campus if they do not satisfy both of those criteria. Students who change but do not satisfy those criteria will be required to change back into their uniform.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITY for SUMMER 2025: Valor Rhetoric School and Logic School are partnering with Camp Blessing in Brenham, Texas, this upcoming summer for our students to serve as volunteers during one term (one week) of Camp Blessing Christian summer camp for people with special needs. You can learn much more about Camp Blessing by visiting their website at https://campblessing.org/. RS students and families: please see the Rhetoric School College Readiness GC for more information. LS students and families: we will communicate more information to you through Chapel. Please contact Kirsten Escobar (who loves Camp Blessing!) at kirsten.escobar@valorprep.com with questions or for more information.

Valor Spirit Shop

If you ever need to get new Valor gear, we have lots of shirts and sweatshirts available and www.valorspiritshop.com. We typically only place one order per year, so what we have now is what we will have for the year. Not all sizes are available in all styles, but hopefully you can find what you need. When you order something, we will do our best to fulfill it within a week and deliver it to the front office where they will send it home with one of your students. If you need to exchange anything or make returns, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can email Lauren.Allbritton@valorprep.com with any spirit shop concerns!

Valor Seniors // Class of 2025

On the first day of school, our seniors wore their class shirts that they designed together in the spring. They also went and got "little kid backpacks" to use for their last first day of high school. We have a GREAT group of seniors!

Valor Athletics

Athletic Clothing Policy

Royal, Black, Navy Shorts (in accordance with appropriate length listed in Valor handbook)

Shorts with Valor Logo on it (in accordance with appropriate length listed in Valor handbook)

Valor Athletics Shirt

(Gray cotton, Gray drifit, Gray heather dri fit, Blue drifit)

Saturday Morning Clinic

Available for ALL athletes with acute injuries from Thursday and Friday nights!

Men of Influence Event

THANK YOU DADS for making this event a special one! Grateful for Luke Swan using his gifts to challenge us to take every opportunity in athletics to glorify God and finding your identity in Him.

Varsity Volleyball:

Meridian Tournament Champs and a big win over Vanguard. Thanks for the fan support! Congrats ladies and coaches! VB is competing today and tomorrow at Dawson

TeamFunded Fundraiser

The fundraiser will begin on September 11th. Please use the QR Code to Pre-Register! This fundraiser is for all athletes 4th-12th grade