Perritt Primary School

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/Application * 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

K-12 online enrollment is open for ANY child new to Arkadelphia Public Schools in the 2023-24 School Year. If you have NOT completed the online enrollment application, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. To enroll visit https://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

The Arkadelphia Public School District wishes everyone a safe and happy 4th of July! All campuses are closed today in observance of the holiday. #BadgerPride

PARENTS who have a child that will attend 2023-24 Arkadelphia Kindergarten can still enroll their child online if you have not already done so. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at Perritt, 870-246-2260 (Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.) The link to online registration is www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

ATTENTION PARENTS who have a child that will attend 2023-24 Arkadelphia Kindergarten! If you have not completed the online registration for your child, we ask that you do so as soon as possible. It is important that we have this information as we prepare for our students in August. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at Perritt, 870-246-2260 (Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.) The link to online registration is www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

The Arkadelphia Board of Education has a vacancy for the Zone 4 seat. If you are interested in being appointed to that seat, please send a letter of interest to Blake Bell, School Board President, at blake.bell@raymondjames.com. The deadline to submit a letter is Friday, July 7th. If you have any questions, call Mr. Bell at 870-246-1627. Zone 4 is shown shaded in purple on the attached map. For more information about the Zone boundaries/addresses, contact the County Clerk's office.

The Arkadelphia Public School District has open positions for the 2023-2024 school year. Apply online at arkadelphia.schoolrecruiter.net Join our team! #BadgerPride

Dr. Jeff Root was recognized at Tuesday’s Arkadelphia Board of Education meeting for his 16 years representing Zone 4 on our school board. Dr. Root joined the board of his high school alma mater in 2007. Though Dr. Root has resigned from his Zone 4 position, do not worry, you will still hear him on the Friday night Badger Football broadcast this fall! Thank you Dr. Root for your dedicated service to the Arkadelphia Public School District. We appreciate your support for our students and staff over the past 16 years. #OnceABadgerAlwaysABadger #BadgerPride

Academic school work may have slowed for the summer, however, work on our new Peake Elementary School continues. Nabholz Construction recently gave a project update before the Board. It is exciting for all of us to see the progress made since our January 17th Groundbreaking!

K-12 online enrollment is open for any child new to Arkadelphia Public Schools in the 2023-24 School Year. If you have NOT completed the online enrollment application, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. To enroll visit https://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

"Embracing Freedom: Celebrating Juneteenth, a day of remembrance, reflection, and unity." #BadgerPride

ATTENTION PARENTS who have a child that will attend 2023-24 Arkadelphia Kindergarten! If you have not completed the online registration for your child, we ask that you do so as soon as possible. It is important that we have this information as we work this summer in preparation for classroom assignments and parent communications. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at Perritt, 870-246-2260 (Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.) The link to online registration is www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

UAMS Pathway Academy began Monday at Perritt. The students studied the engineering, design, and creation of prosthetic devices. This afternoon they had a very special speaker, Dr. Beth Wyatt, and her husband, Scott. What an incredible learning experience for our students! Thank you Beth and Scott for coming!

During APSD Board of Education meetings this spring, each campus made a presentation to the Board. Reps from each school shared PLC highlights, Capturing Kids’ Hearts implementation, and other instructional report items. They did a great job sharing the work that is going on in our schools! #BadgerPride

Summer school begins tomorrow. A bus will run to provide transportation for students at Peake, Goza, and AHS. Please check the list for the planned stops to pick up students. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s campus. Remember that breakfast and lunch will be provided at no charge for ANY child under the age of 18 beginning Monday, June 5th at Peake, Perritt, and AHS. Meals will begin June 12th at Perritt.

Mr. King, Mitch, and Shane put together a fish fry on Friday for our awesome Arkadelphia School Bus Drivers. Thank you to our transportation department! We recognize your dedication and hard work this year. We could not do school without you! Have a great summer. #BadgerPride

USDA and APSD will provide Breakfast and Lunch to all children under the age of eighteen at no cost this summer on each campus. All meals must be consumed in the school cafeteria. If you have a question about the summer meal program, please call Jo Anna Spradlin at 870-246-5564 ext.#1206

Please help us celebrate the 2023-24 Perritt Primary School Teacher of the Year, Molly Tucker. Mrs. Tucker is a first-grade teacher at Perritt. She brings so much energy and joy to her classroom. Her students love her and so do we! Congratulations Molly Tucker!

Perritt 2nd Graders gave an inspired Memorial Day performance Tuesday evening. The musical paid tribute to the U.S. and Arkansas Flags. The students ended the night with a square dance called by special guest, Glenn Good. A wonderful job by our Perritt teachers and students!

If you have a child who will be five years old on or before August 1, 2023, that will attend Arkadelphia Public Schools and have not completed our kindergarten registration, Perritt will be holding an onsite registration opportunity Thursday, June 1, and Friday, June 2. Parents/guardians may come to Perritt with the needed documents and complete the online registration forms. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at Perritt, 870-246-2260. The link to online registration is www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment