Congratulations to our AHS Quiz Bowl team for making the State Final match in this year’s 4A state Quiz Bowl Championships. Arkadelphia will face Monticello on April 27th at the AETN headquarters in Conway. Great job, Badgers!! photo credit to Sherry Hayes.

REMINDER: We hope to see APSD parents Tuesday night at our Standard Response Protocol Parent Informational Meeting at 6:00 pm in the Central Primary Auditorium...HELP SPREAD THE WORD WITH A SHARE & click link to learn more: http://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/article/99505

Check out this week's edition of the Badger Blast to see what's going on across your district this week. Share with your friends and have them subscribe to receive it each week! https://www.smore.com/j1e8a

BASEBALL CHANGE No. 2: With rain in forecast for Monday & the possibility of Tuesday conference game vs. Bauxite in doubt, Arkadelphia will now play Bauxite Monday at HSU. The game will be varsity only Monday at 5:30 at HSU. Any makeup date for Fountain Lake game is TBA.
The 1st change to our schedule this week involves Monday's baseball games vs. Fountain Lake. The game will now be at 5:30 at HSU and will be a varsity-only game. Look for complete schedule for the week this evening.
SCHOOL LUNCH MENU INFO: If you’re trying to access school lunch menus on the APSD app, select the “All” option instead of “This Week” or “Next Week” in drop-down menu. Checking to see why it’s not displaying like normal.
FYI: Around 5:00 pm this evening, 2 helicopters will be landing in the grassy area between new Goza Middle School & Wal-Mart. This is in conjunction w/HSU EMT students & local emergency personnel. If you see helicopters in that area, know that it is NOT because of an emergency.
Badger Blast: April 1-6
If you haven't subscribed to the weekly Badger Blast e-mail newsletter, click this link and look for the orange "FOLLOW" button and we'll get you added to the distribution list! https://www.smore.com/bzghp

Parents of 9th and 10th graders, please take note of the ACT Aspire testing schedule for April 9-11 and help us out by not having any planned absences during these three testing days.

Parents: Here's a summary of dates of interest and school holidays for the 2019-20 school year. Here's the link again to a printable version included in our earlier post: http://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/o/aps/browse/52430

Click this link to access a printable PDF version of the newly-adopted 2019-20 APSD School Calendar. http://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/o/aps/browse/52430
FINAL REMINDER!!!!! AHS Seniors: TODAY - March 27 - is the deadline to submit the scholarship application to receive the Arkadelphia Promise. (It got here quickly than you thought it would, didn't it?) Jason Jones is in the Internet Cafe collecting applications

WHOOPS! A couple of errors on our first post of "This Week in APSD Athletics" for March 25-30, so we've deleted and are reposting.

This Week in APSD Athletics: March 25-30

Badger Blast: March 25-30 -- Welcome back from Spring Break! Here's the last edition of the Badger Blast for the month of March and the first of the home stretch of the 2019-20 school year. Share with your friends so they can subscribe. https://www.smore.com/wk401

ARKADELPHIA PROMISE APPLICATION DEADLINE upcoming after Spring Break! See information below.

SOFTBALL UPDATE: Due to field conditions from weekend rain, the Lady Badger softball game scheduled for today vs. Centerpoint has been cancelled. Any makeup date will be TBA.
Arkadelphia Debate celebrated National Speech & Debate Education Day w/a proclamation from Mayor James Calhoun & a debate. The "Affirmative Side" (Mike Evans, Dylan Rich, Anyah Evans) defeated the "Negative Side" (Aisha Faiq, Yebo Moyo, Noah Kelly). Thx to those who supported!
Badger Blast: March 11-16 - Share this with your friends and look for the orange "Follow" button to have this newsletter delivered to your inbox weekly! https://www.smore.com/fgbrn

This Week in APSD Athletics: March 11-16
NOTE: This week's schedule has a few changes from earlier schedules (soccer and track) as well as details on SB tourney in Hope.

