Arkadelphia Public Schools

Parents of Peake (POP) were recognized with a Badger Pride Award at November’s Arkadelphia Board of Education meeting. Ms. Snowden nominated POP for always being there for the Peake staff and students from providing meals during conferences to organizing fundraisers for the students. POP Officers were present to accept the award: Katie Tennyson, president; Carly Beene, vice-president; Mindy McNeal, secretary; and Shelly Hughes, treasurer. We cannot express enough how much we appreciate all our parents do for our staff and students! #BadgerPride

Please consider joining our Badger team as a school bus driver. We can provide the training! Follow the link to apply: arkadelphia.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

Mr. Stan Escalante was presented with a Badger Pride Award at last night's school board meeting. He was nominated by Coach Trey Schucker. Stan has been serving the football team as a team life coach. Coach Schucker stated that Stan “is a great resource for the players to be able to talk to and help teach life lessons. He cares about our students and has started to build good relations with them.” Stan Escalante was also recently inducted into the Greenwood School District Hall of Honor. We are so appreciative of having Stan investing in our students! #BadgerPride

Goza Middle School held a Hawaiian Luau to say Aloha to their departing principal Cheryl Merk. Mrs. Merk spent 9 years as the AHS Assistant Principal before she became the Goza Middle School Principal in the fall of 2019. We wish all the best to Mrs. Merk and her family! We appreciate her years of service to our district. Thank you Goza Greats for honoring Mrs. Merk with this event! #BadgerPride

Spreading kindness like confetti! 🌍💙 Happy World Kindness Day from APSD. Today, and every day, let's celebrate the power of compassion, empathy, and small acts of kindness that make our school community a brighter place for everyone. #KindnessMatters #WorldKindnessDay

Here are some of the things happening this week! Basketball, swim, and football playoffs on Friday! We have 5 school days before we reach Thanksgiving Break so let's make them great! #BadgerPride

AHS JROTC honored local veterans today in a ceremony on the Clark County Courthouse grounds. JROTC members participated in the ceremony along with JROTC Instructor Colonel Philip Foster. Thank you to all the men and women who have bravely served and sacrificed for the freedom of our nation. Happy Veterans Day!

The Arkadelphia High School JROTC will conduct a Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, November 10th at 11 a.m. on the Clark County Courthouse grounds in the Armory building.

What a crowd at Badger Stadium for the Ouachita River Rumble Homecoming game. It was great to have many of our alumni celebrating their class reunions present. Thank you to everyone who came to support our student-athletes to victory! Once A Badger, Always A Badger. #BadgerPride

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. #BadgerPride

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! #BadgerPride

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.