Congratulations to the new National Technical Honor Society inductees:
Mallory Adams, Alicyn Jones, Dorian Pomerlee and Preslee Fischer.
Water Valley Girls Golf placed 1st and Boys Golf placed 3rd at the Amory Invitational. Sydney Epes and Brady Hill were medalist (1st place) for the tournament.
Five students from WVHS competed and placed in the State Science Fair this past weekend.
5th place (Physics): Levi Bryant
2nd place (Engineering Design): Annaliese Coughlin
5th place (Plant Sciences): Gabby Terrell
4th place (Biochemistry): Mya Harden/Jasmine Wilson
2nd place (Inorganic Chemistry): Peyton Ferguson
Congratulations to all the participants!
A rainy day didn’t stop Mrs. Norris and Ms. Gipson’s classes from gardening today. They discussed the history of still life painting, and students used oil pastels to make take-home canvases of ranunculus! Thank you Ms. VanBuren for taking time to garden with our students.
The Archery team arrived safely to the Kirk Fordice Equine Center in Jackson and will begin their competition at 10:00 A.M.
The WVHS Archery Team qualified for state competition with a team score of 3231 on Friday at ICC. They will compete in Jackson today at 10:00 and 11:00 A.M.
Qualifying for All Stars was senior Mallory Adams and 8th grader Bella Humphreys with scores 284 and 276, respectively. A perfect archery shoot is 300. These girls will compete on Saturday also.
Archery is coached by Steve Lindsey.
Good Luck to all the Blue Devils!
Second grade students participated in an election to vote for a grade president. The four class presidents gave speeches and answered questions from their peers. Students went to their area to vote for the candidate they felt was best for the job.
Congratulations to Emy Scero, 2nd Grade Class President.
Blue Devil Powerlifters finished 3rd at the State Powerlifting Meet today in Jackson.
Medalists include:
Shaun Campbell - 1st place
Brayden Buford -2nd place
Chris Harris -3rd place
Antonio McIntyre- 3rd place
Calvin Alford- 3rd place
The Blue Devils are coached by Vaughn Daniels and Avery Norris.
Lady Devils were runner up in the State Powerlifting meet today with four medalists.
Ashauria Luster-3rd place
Maddie Adams-2nd place
Chloe Burrowes-1st place
Jumiah Jones-1st place
The Lady Devils are coached by Vaughn Daniels and Avery Norris.
Lady Devils have arrived in Jackson!
Competition begins tomorrow at 11:00 A.M. at Jackson Coliseum.
Tickets can be purchased on Gofan.co
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Water Valley High School students participated in the “Promote the Vote Art Contest” in Jackson today. Shown with the contestants is Mississippi Secretary of State, Michael Watson.
9th and 10th grade winners:
Bre Spearman 3rd place, Sien McNatt Honorable Mention, Ethan Walton 1st Place and Kyle Camp 2nd Place.
11th and 12th grade winners:
Mya Vasser-Hardy 3rd Place, Amya McCray Honorable Mention, Skyla Smith Honorable Mention, and Maddie Adams 1st Place.
Art is taught by Elizabeth Corso. Congratulations!
Starting today, many students from Water Valley High will be traveling across the state for competition. Stay tuned!
These students in Mrs. Logsdon’s second grade class participated in a class election. These students gave amazing speeches on why their classmates should vote for them. The class President election is an extension activity after students read Grace for President last week.
Last Friday, the class of 2022 introduced the 6th grade class to the Water Valley High School. Greeted by the administration and teachers, the students were given a tour of WVHS and introduced to life as a “high school student.”
Due to the inclement weather forecast for tomorrow, Water Valley School District will have an early release day on Wednesday, March 30. All after-school activities will be canceled for Wednesday afternoon.
We will follow the 60% day schedule with DES dismissing at 11:45 and WVHS dismissing at 12:10.
The 2021-2022 Band participated in the MHSAA State Evaluations at Oxford High School where they scored an overall 1 in Concert and overall 2 in Sight Reading. We are so proud of you!
The band is under the direction of Wes Brown.
Water Valley High School Science students brought home 5 medals and a trophy from the Region VII Science Fair on Wednesday, March 23rd. All six students qualify for the state level of competition, which will be at the University of Southern Mississippi on April 1st, 2022. Pictured from left to right: Peyton Ferguson, 1st place, Inorganic Chemistry; Mya Harden, 2nd place, Biochemistry; Levi Bryant, 2nd place, Physics and Astronomy and Best in Class for grades 7 & 8; Jasmine Wilson, 2nd place, Biochemistry; Annaliese Coughlin, 1st place, Engineering Mechanics; Gabbie Terrell, 2nd place, Plant Sciences.
Congratulations and good luck, students!
DES students who met their 3rd 9-weeks Accelerated Reader goal enjoyed a visit to the park today!
Mr. Barnes, WVHS Counselor will host sessions for current 7th and 8th grade parents on April 4, 2022 (7th graders) and April 11, 2022 (8th graders). The sessions will discuss pathways to graduation and individual student success plans. Meetings will be held in the high school cafeteria at 6:30 P.M.
HOSA students at state competition in Jackson on Wednesday and today.
Preslee Fischer, Jake Crawford and Evey Brooks competing in Nursing Assistant
. Cora Story competing in Physical Therapy. Bri Parrish is competing in Sports Medicine.
All five students advanced to the skills competition which will begin today. Mrs. Chrystee Hamilton is their classroom instructor.
