Water Valley School District

WVHS Sophomores along with Dr. Person, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Williams, Ms. Chandler, and Mrs. Harris toured The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The Winter Education Endowment covered the admission for all students, lunch, and transportation. (tour buses-Cline Tours) We had a wonderful educational experience. The students will return to the Civil Rights Museum in February to complete the rest of the tour. We are so grateful for this opportunity and the Winter Education Endowment.

WVHS Beta Club honored Veterans in the district with a token of appreciation.

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Congratulations to the Water Valley High School October Students of the Month and Most Improved Students of the Month. Pictured with Dr. Person are Skylynn Carothers, Lee Hutchins, Isaiah Woodard and Carson Boyle.

We have 24 students from the WVHS Art program whose pieces are accepted into the Walter Anderson Museum of Art Student Show. The exhibition theme is “Walter Anderson Reimagined.” Students were invited to create their own unique version of a favorite Walter Anderson work. This work will be on view at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, MS from December 19-26.

Students are: Annabelle Yelverton, Alicia Nichols, Devan Ealey, Savannah Vinyard, Jason Perkins, Braxton Ferguson, Kyla Shaw, Mackynzie Lucas, Bella Humphreys, Mackenzie Kuykendall, Allison Bonner, Timothy Story, Laelynn Donahou, Jiyha Jenkins, Jamaya Martin, Autumn Webb, Jamyia Benson, Abbi Roberson, Alyssa Galloway, Jasmine Hollinger, Kerrigan Buford, Alden Hubbard, Parker Chapman, and Conner Waites.

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“The 2nd students of Law and Public Safety spent this week getting their Wilderness First Aid certification. This training taught them how to do primary and secondary assessments of an injured person, how to identify and diagnose visible and unseen injuries, how to recognize and treat signs of impending shock, how to do a proper head to toe assessment, as well as the proper application of tourniquets. They finished up their certification today by learning and then demonstrating how to splint extremity injuries using pieces of wood, how to fashion a sling, and how to build an evacuation stretcher using only tree branches and 2 garbage bags. Once again, many thanks go to WVFD Fire Chief Mark McGavok and Fire Inspector Will Carter for their time and expertise.

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WVHS and WVJH students earned a trip to the Lady Rebs basketball game on Monday by have low absences and no ODRs during the month of October.

Student Council, Mrs. Watts’ Early Childhood Education Classes, and WVHS faculty/staff surprised Mrs. Porter’s and Mrs. Camp’s students with a trunk or treat. Both the student council and Early Childhood Class did an awesome job!! Thank you WVHS for the candy donations and putting a big smile on their faces.

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WVHS Math Department, ACT Prep teachers, and support staff completed an informative day of training with Kids' First consultant Vaughn Nichols. The teachers learned a variety of strategies, DESMOS training, and more effective strategies to incorporate in their lessons.

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The 2nd year students of Law and Public Safety wrapped up a week long classroom instruction on Overland Search and Rescue. Yesterday they were assigned individual paths between four points, and by using a grid reader they determined the degree of travel between each point and calculated the correct number of paces to reach each point. Today they were taken out to a wooded area, and using a map and compass, they demonstrated this new skill by successfully navigating between each of the four assigned points. We would like to give a big thank you to the following members of the Water Valley fire department for helping these students: Chief Mark McGavok, Assistant Chief Laith Terry, Inspector Will Carter, Captain Stephen Spence, and Engineer Lynn Dickinson

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Water Valley High School
Honor Roll Students
1st Nine Weeks 2025-2026

The 2nd year students of Law and Public Safety have spent this week learning about topographical map reading, land navigation, measuring distances between plotted points, shooting an azimuth showing degrees of travel, and calculating their individual pace factor to know exactly how far they have traveled on a certain path. Next week they will be taken into the woods where they will be able to successfully demonstrate these new skills by navigating between four coordinates that they have been assigned. The Water Valley High School and LPS teacher Mr. Jones would like to give a HUGE shout out to WVFD Fire Chief Mark McGavock and Fire Inspector Will Carter for so generously giving their time and expertise to train the next generation of community helpers and first responders

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Look at this dedication on a Saturday Morning, October 11 and during fall break! ACT Bootcamp for a group of students. These students are sitting for the ACT test today. We continually strive to get better everyday!