Arkadelphia Public Schools

It's a very important week for our schools. Peake, Goza, and AHS will be giving the ATLAS State Assessments. First Grade Spring NWEA Exams will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. 9th/10th Grade Students will start tomorrow with the ELA Assessment. Peake and Goza begin on Tuesday. We also hope everyone will make plans to visit the Arkadelphia Art Center to see the amazing work of our K-12 Art Students. There will be a reception 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m. on Tuesday. Have a great week! #BadgerPride

It was a great night at the Arkadelphia Alliance & Chamber Banquet on Thursday celebrating the amazing people, businesses, and organizations of our community! The Arkadelphia Public Schools delegation was looking good! Congrats again to our Teacher of the Year, Barbara Hesse!

Arkadelphia Public Schools has openings for the 24/25 school year. Apply online @ www.arkadelphiaschools.org. Click on job opportunities.

The Percy and Donna Malone Child Safety Center was out helping Thursday morning at Peake and Perritt car rider duty. Tomorrow is the Duck Derby Festival at the Lower Lake. The Nickelodeon Choir and Peake Choir will be singing! Don't forget to buy ducks for the Student Duck Sale Contest. The class that sells the most wins an ice cream party and let’s keep our superintendent from getting that pie in her face!! pdmcsc.org/race

2024-25 Kindergarten Registration is now open! If your child will be 5 years old on or before August 1, 2024, and you have NOT completed the Kindergarten Enrollment Application, please do so in order to receive school communications and student/teacher assignments for the 2024-25 School Year. This includes families selecting School Choice to be a Badger! To enroll online visit: www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2024-25new-student-enrollment

Perritt Primary School has six sets of twins this year! This includes Kathy Crow, ESOL Interventionist, and her twin, Debbie Robertson, 2nd Grade Teacher, who coordinated a little photo shoot of the Perritt Twin Group. Double the cuteness! #BadgerPride

Next week, our students will be taking ATLAS end-of-year summative assessments that are used to assess all Arkansas Public School students in Grades 3-8 in English Language Arts (ELA), math, and science. Students will take end-of-year exams for ELA in Grades 9 and 10 and end-of-course exams for Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology. Check out the graphics for some important reminders as we look to next week. Everyone has been working hard and now it’s time to shine! #BadgerPride

Peake Librarian Griffin Pritchard read the book Eclipse last week with students during library time. The book was written by Andy Rash who was inspired by his experience of witnessing the 2017 Eclipse with his 7-year-old son. We hope everyone had an opportunity to watch yesterday’s eclipse with someone special. It was an amazing experience! #BadgerPride

Starting one week from today, the Arkadelphia Public Schools Art Department will host a student art exhibit at the Arkadelphia Art Center on Main Street. The show will feature K-12 Student Impressionism-inspired artwork. The Exhibit will run through April 25th. There will be a reception on Tuesday, April 16, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to view the amazing student-created artwork! #BadgerPride

AHS is looking for a Instructional Facilitator for the 24/25 School Year. Apply oniline @ www.arkadelphiaschools.org

Here's what is happening this week in the Arkadelphia Public School District. Remember there is NO school on Monday, April 8th. We will see everyone back to school on Tuesday. Have a great week! #BadgerPride

Tomorrow is the Solar Eclipse over Arkadelphia! Goza Media Specialist Kathy created an Eclipse bulletin board for the school library. The sun is a yellow frisbee with lights she taped inside it and black felt covering the whole thing. When the lights are turned on within the frisbee it looks like an “eclipsed sun.”

The Arkadelphia Public School District is excited to recognize our Goza Middle School Administrative Team. In the February Arkadelphia School Board meeting, Mrs. Tisha Hunter was approved to become the Goza Middle School Principal. Mrs. Hunter joined the Arkadelphia Public School District in the 2022-23 School Year as the Goza Assistant Principal. She was recently serving as the Interim Principal at Goza. In the March School Board meeting, Mr. Brian Gibson was approved as the new Goza Assistant Principal. Mr. Gibson joined the school district in the 2021-22 School Year as an athletic coach. He stepped in as the Interim Dean of Students at Goza this semester. We are grateful to have Mrs. Hunter and Mr. Gibson leading the great students and staff at Goza Middle School! #BadgerPride

Calling all 3 and 4-year-olds! PreK registration for Arkadelphia ABC 2024-25 School Year has begun! Go to the Dawson Education website link below and click Arkadelphia ABC to complete the enrollment application. www.dawsonesc.com/page/abc-2024-2025-online-applications

On Tuesday, AHS and Goza Middle School students had the opportunity to hear from Jason Binz, Arkansas FFA Pathway Director, and four current college students who have been leaders in Future Farmers of America. Our high school students have the option to select a Survey of Agriculture class for next year. The presenters shared the benefits of being involved with FFA and answered questions the Arkadelphia students had about the program. We appreciate Jason and the FFA leaders for coming to meet with our students. #BadgerPride

Substitute teachers have the chance to inspire students every day. Great substitute opportunities in the Arkadelphia School District are available through our partner, Kelly Education. You don’t need prior teaching experience—just a desire to help students become the best versions of themselves. Get started today! Click: http://shorturl.at/nFT15 Call: 800.528.0049, Opt 2 E-Mail: EDSERecruiting@kellyservices.com

Celebrating School Librarian Appreciation Day! Today, we give a heartfelt shoutout to the wonderful librarians in our school district. Kaila Murphy, Perritt Primary School Griffin Pritchard, Peake Elementary School Kathy King, Goza Middle School Paul Sivils, AHS Our students love library time and you all make that happen! Thank you. #BadgerPride

School Choice Applications are Now Being Accepted for the 2024-25 School Year! The Arkadelphia Public School District provides numerous opportunities for our students. Your child can be a part of it all, even if you do not live in the district. This is possible through School Choice! The deadline to apply is May 1st. Visit the link below for more information and to complete the application. BE A CHAMPION. BE A BADGER. #BadgerPride www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2024-25new-student-enrollment

Arkadelphia Public Schools has open positions for the 24/25 School Year. Please apply online @ www.arkadelphiaschools.org

Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! We want everyone to join us in letting our amazing Arkadelphia Paraprofessionals know how much they are appreciated today and every day. We could not do school without them! Thank you for all you do! #BadgerPride