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IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/31: Spirit Day!
11/5: First Fall Semester Open House
11/7: Spinal Screenings for 5th/7th Grade Girls & 8th Grade Boys
11/10: School Voucher Information Night/Rhetoric Transition Night
11/21: Spirit Day! Early Release & Staff Training
11/24-11/28: Thanksgiving Break
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
School Voucher Information Night!!
Are you curious about school vouchers and the TEFA program? Please come to the Valor Chapel from 5:30-6:30pm on November 10th to hear more!
Silent Auction Ends Today at Noon!
We’re opening up the Silent Auction that happens as part of the Knights on the Green Golf Tournament to everyone! Please check out this amazing online auction of items, trips, experiences, etc that have been donated and bid on whatever strikes your fancy!
All School Valorpalooza Family Picnic - Tuesday, November 4:
Mark your calendars and join us for Valorpalooza on Tuesday, November 4th from 4:00-7:00pm at Western Belle Farm! This event is free and all Valor families are invited to attend. Optional: buy raffle tickets for amazing prizes from incredible sponsors, buy apple cider donuts & lemonade, and pre-order special edition Valor hats! Valorpalooza RSVP & All the Details Here!
Faculty & Staff Birthdays in the Coming Month:
Sheryl Corley, GS Admin Assistant: 10/27
Hannah Elmshaeuser, 6th Grade Math & Science Teacher: 10/27
Wes Kanawyer, Head of School: 10/29
Jared Nazarian, Chief Business Officer: 10/29
Alyssa Randall, RS Spanish Teacher: 10/30
Kaija Kennedy, RS Theater Teacher: 10/31
Jessica McCormick, Kindergarten Teacher: 11/1
Stephen Byrd, Athletic Director: 11/4
Mandi Buenger, PreKindergarten Teacher: 11/14
Laurie Perez, GS PE Aide: 11/18
Krista Weathers, Dean of Classical Education: 11/18
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/29: 4th Grade Field Trip to Inner Space Caverns
10/31: Spirit Day!
11/2: Daylight Saving Time Ends
11/7: Spinal Screenings for 5th/7th Grade Girls & 8th Grade Boys
11/13: Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/21: Noon Release & Spirit Day
11/24-11/28: Thanksgiving Break 🦃
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We are using the Baylor FEW Survey this year to gather parent feedback. You will get a link for this survey in your teacher’s Friday email. Please do the survey (one for each Grammar School student) before signing up for your conference slot.
Parent/Teacher Conference links will be coming in your teacher’s Friday email. If you are unable to attend on conference day, please coordinate with your teacher directly.
Visit our Grammar School Homepage so you won’t miss out on the fun and wonder we’ve been having in the Grammar School this week!
Do you have an idea for improving our Grammar School Homepage? Let us know! Email us at gsadmin@valorprep.com.
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
11/3: Camp Blessing Volunteer Interest Meeting: 7-8pm in USV 101
11/7: Spinal Screenings for 5th/7th Grade Girls & 8th Grade Boys
11/13 Parent/Teacher Conferences for GS & LS
11/14: 7th Grade Field Trip to Homestead Heritage
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences on 11/13!
Please select a 20-minute time slot for a parent-teacher conference for Thursday, November 13th between 8 AM and 4 PM. Please only select ONE 20 minute time slot per student. Here are the links to sign up:
LET’S GET EXCITED: CAMP BLESSING 2026!
Last summer, twenty-seven Upper School students and two Valor moms volunteered for one week at Camp Blessing in Brenham, Texas. Camp Blessing (CB) is a Christian summer camp for kids and adults with special needs. Our students served on crew (middle-school kitchen & cleaning crew), as cabin hands (assistant counselors), and as buddies (counselors), and full stop—we had an extraordinary week! Parents, please be on the lookout for information about CB. At school, we will share with your student about this opportunity to serve, and Kirsten Escobar will host a parent information meeting 11/3 from 7-8pm in USV 101. In the meantime, please visit CB’s website to learn more about this wonderful camp where they love Jesus and love kids!
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
11/3: Camp Blessing Volunteer Interest Meeting: 7-8pm in USV 101 (Please see the 10/21 email from Dr. Escobar with lots of details!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congratulations to our Fall Theater Producion class who competed in the Regional One Act Play competition last night and won 2nd place!!! They will now advance to the TAPPS State One Act Play competition November 10-11. Some individual awards were also given out to:
Honor Crew Member: -Assistant Stage Manager - Kristen Hughes
Honorable Mention - All Star Cast: - Elijah Monnich
All Star Cast: - Hudson Anderson, Ellie Buck, Abby Lloyd, Brannen Weathers
Best Actor: - Caedmon Thompson
Camp Blessing Information Meeting:
Monday, November 3rd from 7-8pm in USV Room 101. Last summer, twenty-seven Valor students and two Valor moms volunteered at Camp Blessing, a Christian summer camp for kids (ages 7-15) with special needs. It was extraordinary, and we are headed to CB again this summer! Please visit CB’s website to learn more about this wonderful camp where they love Jesus and love kids and attend the interest meeting next week! Camp Blessing: https://campblessing.org/
Parents, our lost & found is overflowing! Please ask your kids to take a look at the waterbottles, lunch boxes, clothing, and curriculum that we have gathered in the green wagon. We want your students to retrieve these expensive items. Ask them to take a look if you are missing items at home!
As we are moving into cooler weather (finally), students are wearing their Valor fleeces, sweatshirts and quarter zips to school. Please label these clothing items – as our days warm up and they take off these extra layers.
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
11/4: Valorpalooza Family Picnic, 4:00-7:00pm @ Western Belle Farm
11/7: Monthly Prayer Meeting, 8:30-9:00am, Valor Cafeteria
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
All School Valorpalooza Family Picnic - Tuesday, November 4:
Mark your calendars and join us for Valorpalooza on Tuesday, November 4th from 4:00-7:00pm at Western Belle Farm! This event is free and all Valor families are invited to attend. Optional: buy raffle tickets for amazing prizes from incredible sponsors, buy apple cider donuts & lemonade, and pre-order special edition Valor hats! Valorpalooza RSVP & All the Details Here!
Monthly Prayer | Friday, November 7th
Valor parents and grandparents are invited to join us for a time to pray over our faculty, staff, students and families. We will meet in the Valor cafeteria from 8:30-9:00am.
Grandparents - this is for you! We’d love for you to join us for a special grandparents-led prayer time directly after monthly prayer from 9:00-9:30am in the Valor cafeteria!
REFERENCES + LINKS:
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/30: HS Volleyball SENIOR NIGHT vs Central Texas Christian School at 5:30pm
10/30: Athletic Night of Worship, 30 minutes after the HS Volleyball game
11/15: 8th Grade Class is hosing a Parents Knight Out as a DC Trip Fundraiser... 5:30-9:00pm in the Valor Gym
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Our RS athletes did a superb job at the TAPPS State Cross Country Meet this week! Ethan Locke took 1st place and had the fastest time across all divisions (1A-6A). He broke the meet record and now holds his 8th State Title so far! Ethan Locke & River Ackley finished in the Top 10 which puts them on the All State Team, and Clara Gibson (4th place) & Ellie Buck (9th place) finished in the top 10 which also puts them on the All State Team in Cross Country. The Valor boys team took 3rd place overall. The Valor girls team took 2nd place Overall.
We are so proud of our Knights for how they worked hard, showed grit and represented our school!!
JH Boys Basketball Tryout schedule:
October 31st 3:45-5:30pm
November 3rd 7-7:50am
November 4th 7-8:30am
November 5th 7-8:50am
November 10th 7-7:50am
November 11th 7-8:30am
November 12th 7-8:50am
Practice Schedule: November 18th till end of season:
Blue: Tuesday @Valor 7-8:30am, Wednesday @Valor 7-8:50am
Gray: Tuesday @theCenter 3:45-5:30pm, Wednesday @Valor 7-8:50am
White: Tuesday @theCenter 3:45-5:30pm, Wednesday @Valor 7-8:50am
JH Girls Basketball :
Practices begin Nov. 4th: Tuesday @Valor 1-2:30pm, Wednesday @theCenter3:45-5:30pm
Tammy Marton hours are MWF 12-4pm.
REFERENCES + LINKS:
Please visit our Valor Athletic Week at a Glance to stay up-to-date on what's going on this week in Athletics!
Knights on the Green Silent Auction, closes at noon on Thursday, 10/30!
You can find a full list of folders by school here.
Yearbook Information: https://sites.google.com/valorprep.com/valorparentportal/yearbook-photo-albums-25-26
Calling all Parent Photographers/Volunteers for the Yearbook!
Do you like to take pictures and go to Valor events? If so, we’d love to recruit you to help take photos for our yearbook! If you’d like to volunteer as a designated person to photograph events for us or want to help in some other way with the yearbook, please fill out this form!