Valwood School

Valwood School

Academics, Character, Service
Address
4380 Old U.S. HWY 41
Hahira, Georgia, Lowndes 31632
United States
Information
Established 1969
Headmaster Adam Rassat
Color(s) Orange and Blue         
Athletics conference 3-AAA
Mascot Valiants
Website http://www.valwood.org/

Valwood School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school, and former segregation academy located four miles (6 km) outside of Valdosta, Georgia. The school offers programs from pre-kindergarten through high school. Approximately 365 students are currently enrolled.

History

Valwood School was established in response to desegregation [1][2] with the first classes conducted in September, 1969 in the old Central Elementary School building in Valdosta. Classes were offered to white students for grades 1-10, kindergarten and eleventh grade programs were added in 1970. The first full graduation exercise was held in June, 1972, and the school moved to Gornto Road in the fall of that year. A preschool program was added in 1982. Various improvements to the physical plant were completed over the years, including a gymnasium/cafeteria complex in 1973 and an athletic field in 1989. In 2000 the school received a gift of 45 acres (180,000 m2) of pecan grove from the Howard Dasher Company as a relocation site. The school opened its new campus at the location, two miles (3 km) north of Valdosta on Old US Hwy 41, on August 26, 2002. [3]

Accreditation & Memberships

Athletics

Valwood is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) and currently competes in region 3-AAA.[4] The Valiant's football team were the GISA Class A State Champions in 1985, 1986, 1999, Class AA State Champions in 2012, and Class AAA State Champions in 2015. The men's tennis team has won four state titles (1992, 2000, 2001, 2002) and the women's team has won four (2001, 2002, 2003, 2014).

References

  1. ↑ Valdosta Daily Times, October 29 Letter to the Editor
  2. ↑ Valdosta Daily Times, Consolidation: A history of two systems, November 15, 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.valwood.org/page/about_valwood/school_history
  4. ↑ http://www.gisastats.com/state_champions_by_school.php?school=Valwood%20School

Coordinates: 30°53′46″N 83°19′34″W / 30.896°N 83.326°W / 30.896; -83.326

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