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Have a great weekend!
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Have a great weekend!
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👻⛳🎅 BOO'S & BIRDIES: A Haunted Golf Classic for Blue Santa! 🎃💙
Calling all golf lovers! Get ready for a SPOOKTACULAR day of golf while supporting a wonderful cause! 🏌️♂️
The 2nd Annual Boo's & Birdies Golf Tournament, hosted in partnership by Waldensian Presbyterian Church and the Valdese Police Department, is happening THIS Saturday! All proceeds will benefit the Valdese Police Department's Blue Santa Program, helping spread Christmas cheer to children and families in our community! 🎄🎁
📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
📍 Silver Creek Golf Club
4241 Plantation Drive, Morganton, NC
🍽️ Lunch: 11:30 AM (included!)
⛳ Tee Time: 1:00 PM
💰 Registration:
$300 per team (4-Player Captain's Choice)
$75 per individual player
Hole Sponsorships available for $100!
Please reach out to Chief Marc Sharpe at msharpe@valdesenc.gov or 828-879-2104 if you have any questions.
🚗 HOLE-IN-ONE PRIZE: A NEW CAR from Paramount Ford Hyundai of Valdese!
🏆 Prizes will also be awarded!
Grab your golfing buddies, enjoy a fun afternoon, and help make Christmas a little brighter for local families! 💙🎅⛳
Calling all golf lovers! Get ready for a SPOOKTACULAR day of golf while supporting a wonderful cause! 🏌️♂️
The 2nd Annual Boo's & Birdies Golf Tournament, hosted in partnership by Waldensian Presbyterian Church and the Valdese Police Department, is happening THIS Saturday! All proceeds will benefit the Valdese Police Department's Blue Santa Program, helping spread Christmas cheer to children and families in our community! 🎄🎁
📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
📍 Silver Creek Golf Club
4241 Plantation Drive, Morganton, NC
🍽️ Lunch: 11:30 AM (included!)
⛳ Tee Time: 1:00 PM
💰 Registration:
$300 per team (4-Player Captain's Choice)
$75 per individual player
Hole Sponsorships available for $100!
Please reach out to Chief Marc Sharpe at msharpe@valdesenc.gov or 828-879-2104 if you have any questions.
🚗 HOLE-IN-ONE PRIZE: A NEW CAR from Paramount Ford Hyundai of Valdese!
🏆 Prizes will also be awarded!
Grab your golfing buddies, enjoy a fun afternoon, and help make Christmas a little brighter for local families! 💙🎅⛳
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Just a reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday and Tuesday due to teacher workdays.
Have a great long weekend, Tigers!
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Just a reminder: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday and Tuesday due to teacher workdays.
Have a great long weekend, Tigers!
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Hello, Tiger Families! 🐯💛🖤
This week’s edition of Tiger Pride is ready! Click the link below to stay up to date on important reminders, celebrations, and upcoming events.
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We hope you have a great evening, and we’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning!
This week’s edition of Tiger Pride is ready! Click the link below to stay up to date on important reminders, celebrations, and upcoming events.
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We hope you have a great evening, and we’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning!
Parents will need a Parent Portal account to complete Online Registration Annual Updates each year. If you have not already completed your student(s)' Annual Updates for this school year, please do so by November 4th end of day.
Parent Portal is also a great place for parents to keep up with their student’s grades and attendance. Parents can obtain access to their Parent Portal Account by completing the simple steps from the page linked below:
https://www.burke.k12.nc.us/parents/enrollment/parent-portal-self-service
Parent Portal is also a great place for parents to keep up with their student’s grades and attendance. Parents can obtain access to their Parent Portal Account by completing the simple steps from the page linked below:
https://www.burke.k12.nc.us/parents/enrollment/parent-portal-self-service
Dear Parents,
Carolina Photography will be photographing Fall pictures at Valdese Elementary School on Oct 23.
You have three convenient ways to order your student's portraits:
1. Pre-Order Online through Picture Day: Visit www.carolinaphoto.net and click “Click Here to Order Photos,” then enter your school’s name as the “code” or scan the QR code below. On a mobile phone, just hold down the QR code to redirect.
2. Day-of Payment: Send the completed flyer with cash or check payment to the school to be handed to the photographer on picture day.
3. After picture day-Proof: Once pre-orders are delivered (approximately two weeks after picture day), you will receive an individual proof with an online code for online ordering. There will be a shipping charge to the home.
If you have questions, go to answers@carolinasp.com
We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces!
Sincerely,
Carolina Photography (704) 483-5862
Carolina Photography will be photographing Fall pictures at Valdese Elementary School on Oct 23.
You have three convenient ways to order your student's portraits:
1. Pre-Order Online through Picture Day: Visit www.carolinaphoto.net and click “Click Here to Order Photos,” then enter your school’s name as the “code” or scan the QR code below. On a mobile phone, just hold down the QR code to redirect.
2. Day-of Payment: Send the completed flyer with cash or check payment to the school to be handed to the photographer on picture day.
3. After picture day-Proof: Once pre-orders are delivered (approximately two weeks after picture day), you will receive an individual proof with an online code for online ordering. There will be a shipping charge to the home.
If you have questions, go to answers@carolinasp.com
We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces!
Sincerely,
Carolina Photography (704) 483-5862
Please click the link below for this week's edition of the Tiger Pride. Have a great weekend, Tiger families!
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Please click the link below for this week's edition of the Tiger Pride.
Have a great week!!
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Have a great week!!
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A huge THANK YOU to Small & Piers Orthodontics for their generous donation of golf umbrellas and an umbrella stand for our car rider line! ☔️💛🖤
Our staff is incredibly grateful for this thoughtful gift, especially on rainy days like today! These umbrellas are already helping keep our Tiger staff and students a little drier while we safely welcome and dismiss everyone.
Thank you, Small & Piers Orthodontics☔️🐾💛
Our staff is incredibly grateful for this thoughtful gift, especially on rainy days like today! These umbrellas are already helping keep our Tiger staff and students a little drier while we safely welcome and dismiss everyone.
Thank you, Small & Piers Orthodontics☔️🐾💛
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Thank you for staying connected and supporting all that is happening at Valdese Elementary. I hope you and your family have a wonderful week ahead!
Courtney Hull
Principal, Valdese Elementary School
Please click on the link below to read this week's edition of the Tiger Pride. I have included important information about Grandparents' Lunch.
Have a great week, Tiger Families!
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Have a great week, Tiger Families!
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Click here to read the latest parent newsletter! Have a great Labor Day weekend, Tigers! See you on Tuesday!
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🐯💛 We have so much to celebrate here at Valdese Elementary! 💛🐯
Our Tiger teachers and staff worked incredibly hard throughout the 2025–2026 school year, and that hard work showed in our data!
✨ Valdese Met Growth!
✨ We are now just 2 points away from being a B school!
We celebrated these accomplishments the best way we know how — by shaking our pompoms, enjoying some cookie cake, and digging into our data together. 🎉
We are so proud of the dedication, teamwork, and commitment our staff shows to our students every single day. These results are worth celebrating, and we are excited to keep building on this momentum in the year ahead!
Our Tiger teachers and staff worked incredibly hard throughout the 2025–2026 school year, and that hard work showed in our data!
✨ Valdese Met Growth!
✨ We are now just 2 points away from being a B school!
We celebrated these accomplishments the best way we know how — by shaking our pompoms, enjoying some cookie cake, and digging into our data together. 🎉
We are so proud of the dedication, teamwork, and commitment our staff shows to our students every single day. These results are worth celebrating, and we are excited to keep building on this momentum in the year ahead!
🐯💛 Thank You, Grounded Home Inspections! 💛🐯
A huge thank you to Grounded Home Inspections for creating and donating these awesome teacher pens for our Valdese teachers!
We are so grateful for your kindness and support of our school community. Little gestures like this mean so much to our staff and remind us how fortunate we are to have such wonderful community partners cheering us on.
Thank you for supporting our Tiger Staff! 🖤💛
A huge thank you to Grounded Home Inspections for creating and donating these awesome teacher pens for our Valdese teachers!
We are so grateful for your kindness and support of our school community. Little gestures like this mean so much to our staff and remind us how fortunate we are to have such wonderful community partners cheering us on.
Thank you for supporting our Tiger Staff! 🖤💛
A huge THANK YOU to the members of North Laurel Baptist Church, Bolingers Chapel UMC, and Valdese Dollar Tree for your generous donations of school supplies to Valdese Elementary! 🐯💛🖤
We are so grateful for your kindness, generosity, and support of our students and staff. Your donations will help our Tigers start the year prepared and ready to learn!
Thank you for investing in our school community and for supporting Valdese Elementary! ✏️📚🖍️
We are so grateful for your kindness, generosity, and support of our students and staff. Your donations will help our Tigers start the year prepared and ready to learn!
Thank you for investing in our school community and for supporting Valdese Elementary! ✏️📚🖍️
🐯 Tiger Families!
This is your principal, Courtney Hull, with a few important reminders.
Our school year is off to a wonderful start! This week, we officially welcomed our Pre-K and Kindergarten Tigers, and it has been so exciting to see our building full of happy students learning, growing, and getting comfortable with their new routines.
As I have visited classrooms throughout the week, I have seen so many great things happening—stories being read, students participating in rotations and learning stations, writing activities, and lots of opportunities for students to get to know their teachers and classmates. Our Tigers are already hard at work!
We have also had great attendance this week! Thank you for making it a priority to have your child at school, on time, and ready to learn each day. Keep it up! Every day matters, and strong attendance gives our students the best opportunity to be successful.
We also want to thank everyone for your continued patience with transportation. Our students, families, bus drivers, and staff are still adjusting to bus and car rider routines. Each day is getting a little smoother, and we appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we continue working to make arrival and dismissal as safe and efficient as possible.
Please remember that we are here to support you and your child throughout the school year. If you have questions, concerns, or need assistance with anything, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Proud to be a Tiger,
Courtney Hull, Principal
Valdese Elementary School
Click the link below to read the most recent parent newsletter!
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This is your principal, Courtney Hull, with a few important reminders.
Our school year is off to a wonderful start! This week, we officially welcomed our Pre-K and Kindergarten Tigers, and it has been so exciting to see our building full of happy students learning, growing, and getting comfortable with their new routines.
As I have visited classrooms throughout the week, I have seen so many great things happening—stories being read, students participating in rotations and learning stations, writing activities, and lots of opportunities for students to get to know their teachers and classmates. Our Tigers are already hard at work!
We have also had great attendance this week! Thank you for making it a priority to have your child at school, on time, and ready to learn each day. Keep it up! Every day matters, and strong attendance gives our students the best opportunity to be successful.
We also want to thank everyone for your continued patience with transportation. Our students, families, bus drivers, and staff are still adjusting to bus and car rider routines. Each day is getting a little smoother, and we appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we continue working to make arrival and dismissal as safe and efficient as possible.
Please remember that we are here to support you and your child throughout the school year. If you have questions, concerns, or need assistance with anything, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Proud to be a Tiger,
Courtney Hull, Principal
Valdese Elementary School
Click the link below to read the most recent parent newsletter!
https://app.smore.com/n/py3jc5
Good evening, Valdese families! 🐯💛🖤
We had a wonderful first day of school at Valdese Elementary! As I made rounds throughout the building today, I saw lots of learning taking place as students practiced procedures and expectations, participated in getting-to-know-you activities, and enjoyed fun and engaging lessons. It was so exciting to have our Tigers back in the building!
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as both buses and the car rider line moved a little slower than normal today. The first few days always take a little extra time, and we are hopeful that each day will become smoother and more efficient.
A few reminders for afternoon car riders:
* Please make sure you have a car rider tag displayed. If you need one, please send a Dojo message to me or Mrs. Aldridge, our school counselor, and we will have one ready for you tomorrow.
* When each round of cars moves forward, please pull up as close as possible to the car in front of you. Today, we noticed that we were having to load some students farther up the hill. Pulling forward helps us keep all students safely on the sidewalk.
* If you are waiting for your student to arrive at your number and the line begins moving, please pull forward and off to the right in the grass rather than pulling to the left near the playground.
For our bus families, if you are not currently connected to the Dojo group for your child’s bus, please send Mrs. Savannah Cole a message and let her know that you need to be added.
Thank you again for your patience, flexibility, and support as we establish our routines. We appreciate you working with us to make arrival and dismissal as safe and efficient as possible!
Have a great evening, Tigers! 💛🐾
-Courtney Hull, principal
We had a wonderful first day of school at Valdese Elementary! As I made rounds throughout the building today, I saw lots of learning taking place as students practiced procedures and expectations, participated in getting-to-know-you activities, and enjoyed fun and engaging lessons. It was so exciting to have our Tigers back in the building!
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as both buses and the car rider line moved a little slower than normal today. The first few days always take a little extra time, and we are hopeful that each day will become smoother and more efficient.
A few reminders for afternoon car riders:
* Please make sure you have a car rider tag displayed. If you need one, please send a Dojo message to me or Mrs. Aldridge, our school counselor, and we will have one ready for you tomorrow.
* When each round of cars moves forward, please pull up as close as possible to the car in front of you. Today, we noticed that we were having to load some students farther up the hill. Pulling forward helps us keep all students safely on the sidewalk.
* If you are waiting for your student to arrive at your number and the line begins moving, please pull forward and off to the right in the grass rather than pulling to the left near the playground.
For our bus families, if you are not currently connected to the Dojo group for your child’s bus, please send Mrs. Savannah Cole a message and let her know that you need to be added.
Thank you again for your patience, flexibility, and support as we establish our routines. We appreciate you working with us to make arrival and dismissal as safe and efficient as possible!
Have a great evening, Tigers! 💛🐾
-Courtney Hull, principal
Valdese Elementary School Traffic Flow – First Day of School, 8/24/2026
Below is the map showing the student drop-off and pick-up traffic flow for Valdese Elementary School.
Car Riders: Please enter from Church Street and remember to exit right onto Church Street when leaving campus.
Staff and Officers will be on-site to help everyone arrive and leave safely.
Thank you for helping us ensure a safe and efficient arrival and dismissal for everyone. Welcome back!
A huge THANK YOU to the Western Region Office of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction for the generous donation of school supplies to Valdese Elementary! 🐯💛🖤
We are incredibly grateful for your support, generosity, and continued partnership. These supplies will make a meaningful difference for our students and staff as we begin another great school year.
Thank you for investing in ourTigers and helping us start the year strong! ✏️📚🖍️
We are incredibly grateful for your support, generosity, and continued partnership. These supplies will make a meaningful difference for our students and staff as we begin another great school year.
Thank you for investing in ourTigers and helping us start the year strong! ✏️📚🖍️
We are incredibly thankful for the community partners who continue to pour into Valdese Elementary! 🐯💛🖤
A huge thank you to East Valdese Baptist Church for sponsoring VES this school year and for providing lunch for our staff during our Opening Faculty Meeting. Your generosity, encouragement, and support mean so much to us, and we are grateful to have you walking alongside our school this year.
We also want to give a very special thank you to our amazing VES PTO for treating our staff to a fun Dirty Soda Bar and providing thoughtful back-to-school gifts. It was such a wonderful way to make our staff feel appreciated and celebrated as we prepare for a new school year!
Adventure awaits, and we are thankful to have such incredible partners joining us along the way! 🐯✨
A huge thank you to East Valdese Baptist Church for sponsoring VES this school year and for providing lunch for our staff during our Opening Faculty Meeting. Your generosity, encouragement, and support mean so much to us, and we are grateful to have you walking alongside our school this year.
We also want to give a very special thank you to our amazing VES PTO for treating our staff to a fun Dirty Soda Bar and providing thoughtful back-to-school gifts. It was such a wonderful way to make our staff feel appreciated and celebrated as we prepare for a new school year!
Adventure awaits, and we are thankful to have such incredible partners joining us along the way! 🐯✨
