IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/22, 9/24, 9/29: Hearing & Vision Screenings

• 9/22 - 9/26: GS Classroom Nature Presentations (1st-5th Grades)

• 9/24: Lower Grammar (1st & 2nd) Chapel Poetry Showcase @ 8:30 am

• 9/29: Pre-K & K Vision Screening

• 10/3: 1st Grade Zoo to You "Field Trip" at Valor

• 10/3: Homecoming Game + Legacy of a Knight, Kindergarteners & Seniors (Please see our FM+Traditions section for more info!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

• 4th & 5th Grade Parents: 

Please review this linked video on how to use your IXL practice time on home days.

• Do you have an idea for improving our Grammar School Homepage? Let us know! Email us at gsadmin@valorprep.com.

• Please 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!

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/30: LS Dodgeball Tournament, 12:30-2:00 pm @ Valor Gym

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Logic School Dodgeball Tournament

All of Logic School is having a Holiday Dodgeball Game on September 30th from 12:30-2:00 pm. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, September 19th, so please make sure you’ve signed up your student to come. We’ll be assigning teams and announcing dress-up themes as soon as possible, so it’s important to know who is coming! Please RSVP here.

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 10/3: Homecoming Pep Rally, 11:30 am-12 pm (Parents Invited!)

• 10/3: Homecoming Football Game + Legacy of a Knight, 7:30 pm, Kindergarteners & Seniors (Please see our FM+Traditions section for more info!)

• 10/4: Howdy Homecoming Dance, 7:30-10 pm

• 10/18: PSAT and PSAT-NMSQT 

• 10/20: HOT College Night 

• Admissions Counselors will visit our campus on the following dates. Mr. Miller has organized an excellent line-up of admissions counselors to meet with our RS students in Room 101 during their lunchtime:
  September 24: Austin College
  September 25: Hillsdale College
  September 26: Texas A&M, College Station
  October 3: Oklahoma Baptist University
  October 7: University of Alabama

    October 21: Abilene Christian University

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Howdy Homecoming Dance

The Howdy Homecoming dance is Saturday, October 4th, from 7:30-10:00 pm. Tickets are now on sale and are $10 until Friday, 9/26. After that, the price will increase to $15, so buy your tickets now at www.valorspiritshop.com. 

• PSAT and PSAT-NMSQT 

Year 10 and Year 11 students will take the PSAT (10th grade) or PSAT-NMSQT (11th grade) on Saturday, October 18th. Please mark this testing date on your calendar, which is after the RS Retreat and the conclusion of Quarter 1, as this positions students to be rested and ready for this important standardized test. 

• HOT College Night 

Baylor University will host the 2025 HOT College Night at the Hurd Welcome Center on Monday, October 20th, from 6:00-8:00 pm. More than 100 colleges will send admissions counselors to meet with students during this event–right here in Waco! 

• Valor has purchased and set up individual IXL accounts for Rhetoric School students in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Precalculus. 

This online educational platform offers instructional support for students in each of these math courses. Within IXL, students will find video tutorials, example problems, practice problems (with solutions), and learning checks – by chapter and section – for their course textbooks. Please review our email about how you can help your student access and utilize this resource; Mrs. Weather’s video (attached to the email) will take you step-by-step on using IXL. 

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/23: Book Club Launch, 7:00-8:30 pm @ Dayspring Baptist Church

• 10/3: Valor Homecoming + Legacy of the Knight during Homecoming Varsity Football Game (Kindergarteners & Seniors) 

• TIME CHANGE! 11/4: Valorpalooza Family Picnic, 4:00-7:00 pm @ Western Belle Farm - more details coming soon!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Book Club Launch this upcoming Tuesday, September 23!

We hope to see Valor parents, staff, grandparents, and Rhetoric Students this upcoming Tuesday, September 23, at 7:00 pm for a special night as we launch Valor’s Book Club for the school year, featuring our staff and parent book read, Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer. Join us as we dive into the conversation about what it means to orient our lives and daily rhythms to be a follower of Jesus.

There will be a special guest panel to lead the discussion of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and to abide in Him amidst a busy culture. The evening will also feature a local clay potter, MJ Perry, to help us launch the book. The event will take place at Dayspring Baptist Church, located at 7900 Renewal Way, Waco, TX 76712, beginning at 7:00 pm. Please let us know you’re coming using this link to RSVP.

• Legacy of the Knight

Valor Kindergarten & Seniors are invited to a special night of tradition and fun at our 2nd Annual Legacy of the Knight event during the Varsity Homecoming football game! This special tradition involves our 12th-grade Seniors “passing on” the legacy of Valor to our next generation (Kindergarten!) with an encouragement and a small gift at the 50-yard line during halftime. Please register by Monday, September 22. Please see the links below for more details.

• • • Kindergarten Sign Up

    • Senior Sign Up

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/19: Home Varsity Football game this Friday against Garland Christian, 7 pm @ Paul Tyson Field. 

• 9/19: Valor Cross Country Invitational this Friday @ Woodway Park

• 9/23: Volleyball begins district play, starting with Cedar Park Summit on Tuesday, 6 pm @ HOME 

• 10/29: Knights on the Green Golf Tournament

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Celebrating Our Athlete:

Ethan Locke finished 3rd in the Elite Division at the Texas A&M Invitational!

• Tune in to the game!

If you can't make the Varsity football game on Friday, tune into Youtube.com/@ValorPrepAthletics to catch a full audio broadcast of the game with Juniors, Ben Brown and Jake McCormick. You can also access this through the Valor App in the Athletics hub!

• Valor Athletic Trainer, Tammy Marton is back from maternity leave! Her office hours are MWF 12-4 pm.

• BSN Team Store 

• Register here for the Knights on the Green Golf Tournament

Please visit our Valor Athletic Week at a Glance to stay up-to-date on what's going on this week in Athletics!