Goza Middle School Choral students recently participated in All-Region Choir Auditions. Congratulations to 8th grader David Garrett for earning First Chair-Bass. Also, congratulations to Ellen Pope, 7th grade, and Aurora Smith and Paris Quarles, 8th graders, for earning All-Region Honors. They will participate this week in the All-Region Choir Clinic.
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AHS parents, students, and staff:
Safety of our students and staff is the top priority of the Arkadelphia School District School Board and Administration. While metal detectors have been in use on a randomized basis for the past three-four years, we will be scanning every student, every day upon entry to Arkadelphia High School. Please plan morning arrival at school accordingly to account for the time involved in taking this safety precaution. Also, please report any potential safety threats that you may hear about. Every report is taken seriously and thoroughly investigated in cooperation with local authorities. We are thankful for our School Resource Officers, and the local police and sheriff's departments for always working with us to ensure our campuses are safe. While we do have safety protocols in place, we will continue to look for ways to improve our security measures at all campuses in our District. Thank you all for your continued support and for trusting us with your safety.
Sincerely,
Nikki Thomas, Superintendent
We hope everyone enjoyed the extra hour of sleep after setting your clocks back this weekend. Here's what is happening this week in Arkadelphia Public Schools.
Basketball season kicks off tomorrow with the Jr. High Badgers at home!
Have a great week!
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Congratulations to the 2023 Arkadelphia Homecoming Queen Cate Turner and to the Maid of Honor Summersky Molinari #BadgerPride 🏈👑💙
Thank you Southern Bancorp for sponsoring the AHS Student Grab the Leopards by the TAILGATE Party! Great food and fun with tailgate t-shirts and game ticket giveaways. Thanks to Ashley Wesley, HC Coordinator, and the AHS Administration for planning this fun time for our students!
Perritt students participated in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record joining over 2 million readers and thousands of classrooms, libraries, and communities by reading, “With Lots of Love” by Jenny Torres Sanchez. Students took part in an amazing interactive program prepared by Perritt’s specialists Ms. Hurst(PE), Ms. Murphy(library/literacy), Ms. Taylor(art), and Ms. Webb(music). #ReadfortheRecord2023 #ShareLove
Congratulations to the 2023 Arkadelphia Homecoming Court! These senior ladies will be introduced at tonight's Homecoming Community Pep Rally at 6:00p.m. at Badger Stadium. One will be crowned homecoming queen at tomorrow night's coronation ceremony beginning at 6:25p.m.
Front Row: Emilee Young, Lexus Diehl, Bret Allison McDill, Savannah Breanne Currey, and Aimee Alonso. Back Row: Zoe' Davis, Madison Hill, Anaiya Ford, Catherine Turner, and Summersky Molinari.
You can avoid the ticket line on Friday night by purchasing game tickets Friday from 11:30a.m. until 1:30p.m. at the main gate of Badger Stadium. Tickets are $7.
A reminder that the Homecoming Coronation Ceremony starts at 6:25p.m. and the game begins at 7:00p.m.
Go Badgers!
Twenty-five AHS EAST students were among 250 students attending the High School Sports Media Conference at OBU today. Students heard from professionals in the field including AHS and OBU Graduate Caroline Derby!
We are excited to celebrate the 2023 Arkadelphia Homecoming this week! We hope that everyone plans to join us Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Badger Stadium for a Community Homecoming Pep Rally.
Friday evening the coronation ceremony will begin at 6:25 p.m. At 7 p.m., the Badgers will take on Malvern in the Ouachita River Rumble for the 4A-7 Conference Championship!
Donation tables will be at both entrance gates during Friday's Ouachita River Rumble collecting food donations for the Arkadelphia and Malvern Elementary Schools sponsored by AKA Sorority Inc.
It was a great start to this year's Watch D.O.G.S. at Perritt last night. Thank you to all the D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) who came and got signed up to spend time on campus. If you could not attend but would like more information, contact Perritt's office.
Here are the November calendars for our school food services. The theme for the month will be "Let's Get Cooking" and will showcase a variety of scratch-made main dishes and sides. AHS and Goza plan to have their first Student Choice menu voting on November 7th for Election Day. Each cafe will be serving a Thanksgiving meal on November 16th.
Peake Gifted & Talented Program held its 1st Annual Invention Convention on Friday evening. The students did an amazing job with their projects and presentations. Those recognized with special awards were:
4th grade: Everett White-Taco Scooper, 1st Place; Amelia Douglass-Ice Cooler Attachment and Alex Hughes-Auto Dog Scratcher, T2nd Place; Georgia Neal-The EEP, 3rd Place and Fan Favorite.
5th grade: London Thompson-Better Bench, 1st Place; Ryker Hrabal-Sharp Turner, 2nd Place; Max Speights-Kid Catching Glove and Bianca Zhao-R-H2, T3rd Place; and Martin Stover and London Thompson, Fan Favorite.
Thanks to everyone who came out to hear the students’ presentations. The event also raised over $500 for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Brandi Cotton, Elementary GT Teacher, worked the students through the invention process. Great job!
Good luck to the Badger Pride Marching Band as they are scheduled to perform at 12:45p.m. in the 4A State Championship! The Arkadelphia Police Department will escort the band from AHS onto the I30 on their way to War Memorial. Let's get #8!
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October is National Principals Month. Our principals and assistant principals were presented with a gift by the school board at this month's meeting. It was also Parent Teacher Conference time so some were unable to attend. Thank you principals for your leadership in the Arkadelphia Public School District. We appreciate you!
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It is going to be a week to remember!
The Badger Pride Marching Band will contend for their 8th consecutive State Championship at War Memorial on Monday!
We will end the week with homecoming festivities and the Ouachita River Rumble!
Let's Go Badgers!
AHS Advanced Child Care Management students along with Badger Cheer, Dazzlers, and Football assisted with Trunk or Treat at the CADC Headstart this morning. So much fun before the rain started to come.
AHS FBLA attended the District IV Fall Leadership Conference on Wednesday. Seventy AHS FBLA members traveled to UACC at Hope for the meeting. AHS FBLA Advisors Ashley Wesley and Kristin Cloninger as well as Shalonda Johnson and Clair Mays, accompanied the students. Of the 38 District IV schools in attendance, AHS brought the largest number of members. This year’s FBLA theme is “Together We Achieve.”
Be kind to your mind. Be drug free! Peake students were pink and red for Red Ribbon Week today. Tomorrow, wear your Badger gear! It’s Friday. Badgers don’t do drugs!
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