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VMS to Host Dodgeball Tournament |
 Valdosta
City Schools Soccer Program is pleased to
announce the first annual Dodgeball
Tournament. The tournament will be on
Saturday, March 20, beginning at
10:00 am in the Valdosta Middle School
gymnasium. Remember the five D's of Dodgeball: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and
Dodge! The date has been
changed from February 6! (More)
(Registration
Forms) |
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Sallas Mahone Hosts Spelling Bee |
 Sixteen
students from Sallas Mahone participated in
the Spelling Bee held in the Media Center.
The Spelling Bee was coordinated by fifth
grade teacher Mrs. Brenda Rodgers. She held
practices with the students and planned the
exciting event. The Spelling Bee resulted in
first place winner Destiny Harris. (More) |
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VMS Student Jared Sirmans Named to Georgia
All-State Band |
 Jared
Sirmans, Valdosta Middle School student, has
been named to the Georgia Middle School
All-State Band. After two rounds of
intense auditions, Sirmans, 13, joins eleven
of the state’s best young percussionist and
other elite wind players from middle school
bands throughout the state. Although the
eighth-grader has only been playing for
three years, Jared has accumulated quite a
list of honors. (More) |
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S.L. Mason Kindergarten Visits SGMC |
 Kindergarten
students from S.L. Mason recently went on a
field trip to South Georgia Medical Center.
Employees of the hospital took the students
on a guided tour of the facility. The
children visited the nursery, saw inside an
ambulance, and learned about the food
services department. (More) |
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VMS 7th Grade Lady Cats - South
Georgia Athletics Conference Champs! |
 VMS's 7th
Grade Lady Cats basketball team won the
South Georgia Athletics Conference (SGAC)Championship on
January 16th! The Lady Cats
beat Newbern Middle in the
first round, Colquitt County Middle in the second round, and beat
Tifton 23-7 for the
championship!! (More) |
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First Annual W.G. Nunn Spelling Bee |
 W.G.
Nunn’s first 4th and 5th
grade Spelling Bee was held on Friday,
January 15th, in the school’s
cafeteria. Ms. Hollie Bullard (WGN-4th
grade) was the organizer of the event. After
welcoming parents and other distinguished
guests, Ms. Bullard introduced W.G. Nunn’s
own Spelling Bee Boyz. (More) |
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"Don't Run with Scissors" 5K and 1 Mile
Run/Walk |
 Sallas
Mahone and SL Mason will host the inaugural
"Don't Run with Scissors" 5K and 1 Mile
Run/Walk on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at
Sallas Mahone Elementary School. All
proceeds from the race will benefit the
visual arts programs and both schools. (More)
(Registration) |
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VBOE Votes on Furlough Days |
 The
Valdosta Board of Education approved an
amended school calendar on January
25, to reflect the 3 additional furlough
days announced by Governor Purdue.
Beginning
Monday, February 8, the instructional day
will be extended 10 minutes to compensate
for the loss of instructional days as
required by GaDOE.
(More) |
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Sallas Mahone to Offer Parent Workshops |
 On
Tuesday, February 2nd, Sallas
Mahone Elementary will offer a Parents are
Teachers, Too! Workshop from 5:30 - 7:00.
Pizza will be offered to families who attend
beginning at 5:30 and the session begins at
6:00. Everyone is encouraged to stay
and hear a performance by the 4th
grade chorus at 6:45 in the gym. (More)
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Valdosta Middle School Hosts Gallery Walk of
Learning |
 Parents
and community members enjoyed an evening at
VMS listening and watching as students
presented projects, activities and lessons
they completed the first semester of this
school year. The Drama Club performed a one
act play, students exhibited their art work
and all academic subjects participated by
having students explain and model the
activities they worked on in class. (More) |
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VHS Counselor chosen as the Georgia High
School Counselor of the Year |
 Brian
Law, school counselor at Valdosta High
School was named the 2009-2010 High School
Counselor of the Year. Law received the top
honor for high school counselors in Atlanta
on November 23rd. He was
accompanied by Valdosta High School
principal Gary Boling, wife Cindy Boling and
2009 VHS Valedictorian and Georgia Tech
student, Allison Hemmelgarn. Law was also
named a Top 10 school counselor in the
nation in January 2009. (More) |
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W.G. Nunn Elementary Students Help Donate
Books to Children in Need |
 First
through fifth grade students from W.G. Nunn
Elementary are joining Super Bowl MVPs
Peyton and Eli Manning and Scholastic Book
Clubs to help donate one million books to
disadvantaged children. This fall, each
classroom at W.G. Nunn has pledged to read
100 books as part of this program. (More) |
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VMS Participates in St. Jude’s Mathathon |
 The
VMS Math Team cheered on as 17 VMS students
collected $1,172.32 in donations for St.
Jude’s Mathathon, a program designed to give
support for the research of cancer for
children. Students were asked to find
sponsors to make donations based on the math
problems students completed in a St. Jude’s
Math Fun Book. (More) |
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Valdosta City Schools
Teacher Achieves National Board
Certification® |
 The
teacher quality movement in Georgia has
taken another step forward following today’s
announcement by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS®)
that 19 Georgia educators have become
National Board Certified Teachers in 2009.
(More) |
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VMS Participates in PAGE Academic Bowl
Regional Competition |
 Valdosta
Middle School Academic Bowl team members
Daniel Tefft, Ty Haynes, Luke Justice, Tyler
Dallas, Dale Kent, Aneesha Chowdhary, Jose
Smith, Clay Cabrera, and Jarrett Broadie
competed and brought home the runner-up
trophy in the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle
Grades Regional Competition. (More) |
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