Love and Prayer

 "Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you."

St. Augustine's Confessions

This week, many of our Grammar School families turned out for prayer at our future Valor home. Please continue to pray for our Grammar school teachers and families to be empowered for their holy calling to partner for education as discipleship. Can I recommend an easy way to incorporate more prayer into your homedays--one that has immensely blessed my family and many others?

Check out Lectio 365, and consider adding it to your spiritual rhythms, especially as March 5th, the first day of Lent, approaches.

As the year progresses, please make sure your students abide by our uniform policy, including shoes and socks of Valor's school colors. Only Valor sweatshirts or Valor fleeces (not athletic hoodies) are permitted in the classroom or hallways. 

Have you lost something? Please stop by and check the lost and found under the tables in the cafeteria!

If your student signed up to audition for the speech music meet, they are exempt from Quarter 3 presentations, but auditions are in a few weeks! If auditioning for a vocal or instrumental performance, please email a video audition to: Jennifer.Rucker@valorprep.com NO LATER than Tuesday, February 19th at 2pm. If auditioning for a narration or recitation piece, Mrs. Ramsey will pull them out of classes one-by-one on Friday, February 21st. Announcements will be made by end-of-day on Friday for those chosen to perform in the following chapel on February 26th. 

IXL and Acadience

Today, in your child’s backpack, Kinder - third grade students will find a copy of their Acadience Reading report. Acadience is a series of short tests to measure reading skills. Our K-3 classroom teachers administer Acadience three times each year. This report includes your child’s beginning of year and middle of year scores. Acadience reading reports are an important way for Valor to shape our classroom instruction and to measure each student’s academic progress. 

Additionally, fourth and fifth grade students will find mid-year IXL reports. This program tailors lessons to meet the unique needs of every student, helping them build math skills at their own pace. We encourage you to support their continued progress by using IXL for at least 30 minutes each week and additional time if you are trying to catch up to grade level. If you would like to discuss your child’s progress, please feel free to reach out to their classroom teacher.

• There is NO SCHOOL on Monday. Enjoy a long weekend!

• Reminder: Student email accounts should only be used for official school/educational purposes (assignments, communication with teachers, communication with peers about assignments, etc). We invite parents to periodically check their students' email accounts for unofficial use. (See section 6.6 of the Parent & Student Handbook for more guidelines.)

• National Latin Exam: All 7th grade Latin students and all 8th grade ADVANCED Latin students will take the National Latin Exam during the week of February 24th - 28th. They will take this exam during their normal Latin class period and spend the two weeks prior preparing.

• Fine Arts Night: Here is an informational letter regarding Fine Arts Night, which is on April 10, 2024. See the letter for information regarding the performance night, rehearsals, and dress code.

• Classic Learning Test (CLT) Dates: The CLT will be administered to LS students on April 23. Mark your calendar, as attendance will be critically important.

Beyond Next Week in LS:

• Feb. 24-28th - NLE window 

• March 7 - End of Q3, early dimissal

• March 10-14 - Spring Break, NO SCHOOL

• April 10 - Upper School Fine Arts Night

• April 23 - 6th-8th Classic Learning Test (CLT)

2024-25 Valor Calendar

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