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
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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
We are excited to announce the hiring of Mr. Jeremy Bell to our district as the Director of Federal Programs. He began his career in Arkadelphia Public Schools. Since 2007, Jeremy has worked in the Gurdon School District where he most recently served as a district administrator. He will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to coordinating our federal programs with more than 30 years of working in education. We are so glad to have Jeremy Bell back home!
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Attention Badgers! Mark these important dates coming up soon!
This week 2023 AHS Graduate Blaise Batson received The Safe Schools Leadership Dwayne “Big D” Yarbrough Smart Choices Student of the Year Award from the University of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute. The award was presented at the 2023 Safe Schools Conference held in North Little Rock. Blaise was nominated by Jimmy King, APSD Director of Support Services. Congratulations to Blaise!
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APSD has open positions for the 23/24 School Year. Apply online @ arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.net
APSD will welcome students and families to Open House on August 10, 2023 from 4:30 - 6:30 at all campuses.
Attention: The school supply list on the Walmart App is incorrect for APSD. Please be aware. Each school will post their list. Sorry for any inconvenience.
