IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/8: Speech Screenings for PK-K and new students in 1st-2nd

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

• Please join us in welcoming Lawrie Bomar as our new part-time librarian! 

We are so excited to have her on staff and for her to continue the excellent work she has been doing for years as a volunteer. You can find her contact info on our Grammar School Homepage.

• Please let us know what worked for you and what didn’t with our GS Parent University training! Submit your feedback here!

• See our Grammar School Homepage for Haven Robb’s nature presentation video from last year’s Speech & Music Meet that Mrs. Johansen referred to during Parent University.

• Our Grammar School Homepage is now on the Valor App for easy access! 

Did you know there was a Valor App? It’s a great tool! You can find it in the app store. 

• 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 to stay up-to-date on all things Grammar School and find answers to frequently asked questions.

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• No new updates this week

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/16: Senior Sunrise Breakfast, 6:45 am, Year 12 students & their parents

• 10/18: 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.  

• 10/20: HOT College Night — Baylor University will host the 2025 HOT College Night at the Hurd Welcome Center on Monday, 20 October 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! 

• 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 9: Baylor University
  September 16: Tarleton State University
  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:

•  Lunchtime Needs

The Rhetoric School is not able to provide paper plates or plastic cutlery for students. Please pack everything your student will need to enjoy his or her lunch! 

• Meeting with Teachers

Teachers’ office hours are listed on the Course Quick Guides that you received during the RS Grade Level Launches in August; these office hours are also listed on your students’ syllabus for each Rhetoric School course. When RS students miss class (because of illness, a sports competition, or a doctor’s visit), their teachers’ office hours are the designated times for them to meet with their instructors to discuss their missed work. It is each student’s responsibility and obligation to meet with teachers during their posted office hours when he or she is absent from school.

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 9/5: Monthly Prayer, 8:30-9:00 am @ Valor Cafeteria

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

• 10/3: Valor Homecoming + Legacy of the Knight - details coming soon!

• Date change! 11/4: Valorpalooza Family Picnic, 3:00-5:30 pm @ Western Belle Farm - more details coming soon!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Monthly Prayer this Friday!

Please join us for our first Monthly Prayer of the school year this Friday, September 5, directly after drop off from 8:30-9:00 am in the Valor cafeteria. We will spend 30 minutes praying over specific staff prayer requests, our students, and our campus. We hope to see you there!

• Book Club Launch @ Dayspring Baptist Church

Mark your calendars, Valor staff and Parents to join us on 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.

There will be a special guest panel to discuss 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 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.

IMPORTANT DATES + UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 10/29: Knights on the Green Golf Tournament

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Sign up for our Youth Knight Squad here! 

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