Established 1969 Headmaster Nan Wodarz Athletics conference 3-AAA Mascot Valiants | School number 69 Color(s) Orange and Blue Phone +1 229-242-8491 Founded 1969 | |
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Motto Academics, Character, Service Similar Valdosta Middle School, Lowndes County School B, Valdosta High School, Hahira Middle School, Valdosta City School Vehicle | ||
Valwood School is an independent, coeducational, andcollege preparatory school located four miles (6 km) outside of Valdosta, Georgia. The school offers programs from pre-kindergarten through high school. Approximately 500 students are currently enrolled.
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History
Valwood School was established in response to desegregation 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.
Accreditation & Memberships
Athletics
Valwood is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) and currently competes in region 3-AAA. 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). The baseball team, under Head Coach Robert Shipman, was state runner-up in consecutive years (2015, 2016).