Thank you to all our students and families who came out for Open House last night and for attending the 6th & 9th Grade Orientations! It was great to see so many of our Badger families. We look forward to welcoming our students Monday on the first day of school.
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We appreciate Red River Baptist Association for blessing the Arkadelphia Public School District Employees today with a wonderful lunch during our work day. Thank you for the meal and the encouragement you give to our staff.
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Thank you Bluebird Real Estate for providing new Arkadelphia Badger shirts to all of our Arkadelphia School District Employees at our Back-to-School Celebration on Wednesday! We love our new shirts and appreciate all your support for our school district!
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Today is Open House for Arkadelphia Public Schools. We are so excited to see our students and their families!
Freshmen Orientation is being held today at 9:00a.m. at AHS.
Sixth Grade Orientation will be at 4:00p.m. in the Goza Middle School cafeteria.
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Back-to-School Celebration this morning with all our APSD Employees. Thank you Patterson Federal Credit Union for sponsoring our breakfast. Our time together was packed with inspiration, celebration, and motivation. So great to have Darin Beckwith, Dawson Co-op Director and Arkadelphia Chamber and Alliance joining us. Thanks to our community partners for the great door prize. We can’t wait to share more celebrations from this day.
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All APSD employees will be gathering for our Back-to-School Breakfast Celebration this morning. All buildings and offices will be closed during this time. Offices should reopen in the later part of the morning. All certified staff will remain in training for the day. Thank you!

Cheers, performances, celebrations, and planning! Monday was a good day of professional development with our staff. Thanks again to Southwest Auto for a wonderful lunch. We appreciate all the hard work of our administrators, teachers, and support staff to get ready for a great year!
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2023-24 APSD School Meal Prices
The student meal cost for the 2023-24 School Year:
K-12 Breakfast: $1.90
Lunch: K-5th Grade: $2.50
6th-12 Grade: $2.70
To qualify for free or reduced-price meals, parents/guardians must complete an application for free and reduced-price meal benefits. Parents can now use an ONLINE application at www.myschoolapps.com/Home/DistrictRedirect/ARKADELPHIA?langid=1
* Families can also access a paper copy of the form if needed.
IMPORTANT: For 2023-24, the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 656 which allows for families qualifying for the reduced school meal benefit to receive their lunch for free. The family may still see their benefit recognized as reduced prices in correspondence, but the student will not owe for school meals this year.
If you have any questions about the school meal program, please call Jo Anna Spradlin at 870- 246-5564 ext.#1206
You can also visit our Child Nutrition page on our website at www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/child-nutrition

Mark your calendar for Friday Night Badger Football and come support all our students in action! The AAA Benefit Game on Monday, August 14 will include Meet the Badger event. Go to our Athletic page for all sports schedules.
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www.arkadelphiaschools.org/o/athletics

This weekend is a tax-free weekend in Arkansas!
Also, a reminder that the Men United Back-to-School Round-up is August 11th.
You can see our school supply lists at
www.arkadelphiaschools.org/article/1183595



Job Openings for the 23-24 School Year. Apply online at arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.net

One week from today is Open House for each of our schools, 4:30p.m.-6:30p.m.
Additionally, AHS will host 9th Grade Orientation that morning at 9:00a.m. and
Goza will host 6th Grade Orientation beginning at 4:00p.m.
Letters will be sent by the end of this week for Perritt and Peake.
We look forward to seeing our students!



Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Topping Out Ceremony at the new Peake Elementary School. It was a great celebration on the progress of the new construction by our partner, Nabholz. We appreciate the support of our community. The best is yet to come!
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We started this week with orientation for our new teachers. We are happy to have these educators in Arkadelphia Public Schools! They were joined by the Arkadelphia School Board, the administrative team, and mentors for lunch. It's a great day to be a Badger!
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Make plans to come by Chicken Express this evening to support the Lady Badger Volleyball team!

This a reminder that everyone is invited to the Topping Out Ceremony at the new Peake Elementary School, Tuesday, August 1st. The beam will be available to sign on Peake Street at 10:30 a.m. before the ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m.
Peake St. will be blocked for traffic that day.

Open position -1st grade teacher. Apply online @arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.net

Come join our Badger family. Apply online https://arkadelphia.tedk12.com//hire/index.aspx
#It's always a Great day to be a Badger

At a recent school board meeting, Shannon Leathers from Dawson Coop presented an overview of the 2022-23 Arkadelphia Afterschool Program that was funded through a 21st Century program grant. The program averaged 93 K-8th grade students with as many as 125 in attendance. We appreciate Shannon, James Malcolm, and their afterschool staff for the incredibly hard work they put into filling this need for our students and their families. The grant has been approved for at least two more years and they have more great ideas to implement for the students. Be watching for information for the upcoming school year!





APSD has job opportunities open. Come join the Badger family! Apply online @ arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.net

