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IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
9/26: Spirit Day!
9/26: Valor Dad’s Basketball, 8:30-10:30 pm @ Valor Gym
9/29: PreK & Kinder Vision Screening
10/3 Valor Homecoming + Legacy of the Knight, Kindergarteners & Seniors (Please see our FM+Traditions sections for more info!)
10/10: Early Release day (no lunch on campus)
10/29: Knights on the Green Golf Tournament (Please see our Athletics sections for more info!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
State Required Health Screenings Going on Now!
The state-required screenings are in full swing! Vision screenings will be happening for PreK & Kindergarten on Monday, 9/29. We will also be providing the spinal screenings for 5th & 7th grade girls and 8th grade boys on November 7th. If you selected “Yes” to have your student screened in their enrollment packet, then they are on the list to be screened. If you have any questions, please email Bethany at Admin@ValorPrep.com. Thank you!
Faculty & Staff Birthdays for September:
Carolyn Harper, 3rd Grade Teacher: 9/29
Lindsay Nixon, 2nd Grade Teacher: 9/29
Susie Pigg, 1st Grade Teacher: 10/3
Kym Stanford, Business Manager: 10/14
Tina Mathis, LS & RS Math & Science Teacher: 10/22
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
You can access Faculty & Staff Favorites here on the Parent Portal!
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
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!)
10/8: 3rd Grade Western Belle Field Trip
10/13 - 10/24: Fall Break!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pep Rally + Homecoming
Grammar School will be celebrating Valor Homecoming with an extra spirit dress day on 10/3! Grammar School will maintain its normal schedule on the day of the Pep Rally, but if parents choose to attend, they may check out their 3rd-5th graders for the Pep Rally.
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:
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. 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, Kinder/Senior Tradition
10/4: Howdy Homecoming Dance, 7:30-10 pm
10/18: PSAT and PSAT-NMSQT
10/20: HOT College Night, 6-8 pm @ Hurd Welcome Center, Baylor University
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 26: Texas A&M, College Station
October 3: Oklahoma Baptist University
October 7: University of Alabama
October 21: Abilene Christian University
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Parents of Year 10 and Year 11 student-athletes who play football or cheer
Kirsten Escobar is waiting to hear from you about your child’s PSAT schedule. The deadline to email her is Wednesday, October 8th.
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!
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/3: Monthly Prayer @ 8:30 am in Valor Cafeteria
10/3: Valor Homecoming + Legacy of the Knight during Homecoming Varsity Football Game (Kindergarteners & Seniors)
11/4: Valorpalooza Family Picnic, 4:00-7:00 pm @ Western Belle Farm
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Monthly Prayer | Friday, October 3rd
Valor parents and grandparents are invited to join us for a time to pray over our faculty, staff, students, and families. We meet in the Valor cafeteria from 8:30 - 9:00 am.
Valorpalooza Family Picnic | Tuesday, November 4th!
Mark your calendars and join us on Tuesday, November 4th, from 4:00-7:00 pm at Western Belle Farm for our 4th Annual Valorpalooza Family Picnic! This event is free, and all Valor families are invited to attend. Optional: pre-order dinner from Helberg Barbecue, buy raffle tickets for amazing prizes from incredible sponsors to support family ministries, and pre-order special edition Valor hats! For more information and to RSVP, visit Valorpalooza RSVP & All the Details Here!
IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:
9/25: Away Varsity Football game TODAY at 7 pm against Ovilla Christian School in Red Oak, TX
9/27: TROY HS XC Meet
10/29: Knights on the Green Golf Tournament
Volleyball heads to Austin Waldorf this Thursday for district play after their win on Tuesday against Summit.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tune in to the game!
If you can't make the Varsity football game TODAY, please tune into Youtube.com/@ValorPrepAthletics to catch a full audio broadcast of the game with Junior, Ben Brown. You can also access this through the Valor App in the Athletics hub!
Check out the latest Waco Tribune-Herald article about our Varsity Volleyball team here!
Celebrating Our Athlete:
Ethan Locke finished 3rd in the Elite Division at the Texas A&M Invitational!
Valor Athletic Trainer, Tammy Marton, is back from maternity leave! Her office hours are MWF 12-4 pm.
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!
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!