Today is National Boss Day! We want to take this opportunity to thank Superintendent Nikki Thomas for her leadership of the Arkadelphia Public School District. She has the heart of a Badger. We hope you have a great day!
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We have Parent Teacher Conferences after school on Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. There will be NO school on Friday, October 20th.
Thursday is our district-wide Pink Out Day. This Friday night is Senior Night when the Badgers take on Ashdown.
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Congratulations to the Jr. High Lady Badger Volleyball team for winning the 4A-7 District Tournament today! They defeated Mena, Fountain Lake, and Malvern to take the championship. Great job ladies and coaches!
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To celebrate their 50th chapter anniversary current members and alumni members of the Theta Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. at Henderson State University participated in a community service project. The service project involved a food drive. Donations that were collected were given to the Arkadelphia Public Schools food backpack program. Thank you for your generous donation!
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Lady Badger Volleyball celebrated Senior Night on Thursday. So proud of Bre Currey, Lexie Diehl, Anaiya Ford, and Emilee Young! You will be missed! Congratulations to the team on their victory over Waldron on Sr. Night!
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It was Funday Friday in Mrs. Taylor’s Art Classes at Perritt. Students got a surprise as they painted “en plein air” as Impressionists did. Our district art teachers are collaborating to teach students about Impressionism this year. It is amazing what our young artists can create and they love being outside! Happy Friday!
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De’Shae Craig has joined the staff at Perritt Primary this year as their School Counselor. De’Shae is an AHS and HSU graduate. She earned her master’s degree at UALR. Ms. Craig says she loves what she does with the students because she gets to help them in their personal and academic journey. “We breathe, we laugh, and we have fun in order to be productive, make good choices, and be kind to others. I know firsthand how important having this support can be.” Welcome to Perritt, Ms. Craig!
Clayton Vaden of Lewis Architects Engineers shared an update at the September School Board meeting on our new Peake Elementary School. The project is currently still on budget and on schedule to open in the fall of 2024. It’s exciting to see and hear the progress that is being made.
Our Superintendent Nikki Thomas presented “Leading in Literacy” at the 2023 Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Fall Conference on Tuesday. Ms. Thomas was asked to share the great things our schools are doing to see student growth in literacy.
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Leave your Thanksgiving baking to FCCLA! AHS FCCLA is taking orders starting today through November 10th for your Thanksgiving goodies. Order today and support FCCLA! Contact FCCLA Adviser, robin.jones@arkadelphiaschools.org if you have any questions.
Arkadelphia Staff, Students, and Community! We want to invite everyone to participate in our Pink Out Days in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. On Thursday, October 19th, we will have a district-wide Pink Out Day during the school day for all our schools. Thursday’s AHS Pep Rally theme is “Barbie For A Cure.”
There will be no school on Friday, October 20th, but we encourage EVERYONE to Pink Out on Friday night at the Badger football game! If you need a Badger for the Cure T-shirt, AHS FBLA has shirts available by contacting ashley.wesley@arkadelphiaschools.org
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Maci Burris is a new Science teacher at Goza this year. She is teaching 7th and 8th Grade Science. Mrs. Burris says she was inspired by her teachers throughout her school years to enter the field of education; her mom is also a teacher. Maci, we are so glad to have you in Arkadelphia!
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APSD is hiring for a long term substitute for high school English. Apply online by clicking on the job opportunities link.
7th and 8th grade students from Goza competed in the Dawson Educational Cooperative Chess Tournament on Friday at ASU-Three Rivers. Congratulations to Hayden Darby, 8th Grade, and Kaden Samuels, 7th Grade, for earning 2nd place in the grade level tournament. #BadgerPride
We are looking forward to an amazing week! Friday, Oct. 13th, is the last day of the 1st Grading Period. Good luck to Badger Tennis at the 4A State Tournament on Monday. These are just a few of the things going on this week in Arkadelphia Public Schools.
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Arkadelphia Badger Bands present A Princess Tea Party for ages 3 years to 5th Grade on Saturday, October 21st in the Goza Middle School Cafeteria. Get signed up today at https://forms.gle/XVkZBsrxxT5zefms7
Good luck to our 7 Consecutive State Champions the Arkadelphia High School Marching Band as they begin their competition season in Memphis at the Bands of America national competition on Saturday morning. We are cheering you on!
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Results from this week's 4A State Golf Tournament in Jonesboro.
Congratulations to the Badgers on their 3rd Place finish at state and to Holtz Helms on his All-State Honors!
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Happy Instructional Coaches Day!
Thank you to each of our instructional facilitators! You wear many hats on our campuses and we appreciate all that you do to empower educators to reach new heights and inspire students.
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A group of AHS students were able to attend and support the CASA of Clark and Pike Counties Light of Hope Breakfast on Thursday morning. Members of GT and Beta Club volunteered to clear tables and clean after the event. EAST Students created a video for the event highlighting CASA volunteers. We were privileged to be a part of this wonderful event.
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