Presenting your 2022 Arkansas 6A State Boys Tennis Champions: The FHS Boys Tennis Team!! #PurpleReign
Schwinn Bikes stunt cyclist Chris Clark presented some AMAZING tricks today at Holcomb Elementary School with an inspiring presentation for staff and third and fourth grade students!
Chris’ school program was developed to inspire children to find an active, healthy passion and use their desire to constantly improve as a means for keeping their lives on track, making healthy decisions, and surrounding themselves with like-minded friends.
Following the speaking portion of the program, Chris shows the audience what is possible with hard work and dedication with a demonstration of the skills he has developed in his years of national and international cycling competitions. Students see first-hand what can be achieved with hard work, dedication, and by leading a healthy lifestyle.
#onefps
#schwinnbikes
#dialedactionsports
The 2022 FHS Homecoming Parade was a huge success! The FPS community enjoyed the festivities on the beautiful historic downtown square! Good luck to our Purple Dogs as we host Fort Smith Southside tonight at Donald W. Razorback Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
GO DOGS!
HAPPY CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY to our AMAZING custodial team who go above and beyond every single day!
We appreciate you providing a clean and healthy atmosphere for our students and staff!
Chef Getzin and the Fayetteville High School Child Nutrition staff are hard at work today preparing meals for students and staff! Chef Getzin is here working with the Child Nutrition Department, thanks to a generous grant funded and supported by the Lifetime Foundation.
Today is an Asian-themed lunch:
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Spicy Orange Chicken
Fried or Steamed Rice
Stir-Fry Fresh Vegetables &
Egg Rolls
Many thanks to Chef Getzin and the Lifetime Foundation for this great opportunity!
FPS Child Nutrition staff enjoyed hands-on professional development with chef Kent Getzin. Chef Getzin joins us from Chelan, Washington, thanks to a generous grant funded and supported by the Lifetime Foundation.
The Child Nutrition staff was instructed to create original recipes after learning about the fundamentals of taste physiology and flavor development. Food was then prepared by staff using the new recipes, and staff members all sampled the food in a taste test. Recipes approved by the staff will be used throughout the district in our lunch program!
Friday, September 23 will be an Online Learning Day for our staff members. Students will not attend school on Friday.
ON FRIDAYS IN FAYETTEVILLE WE WEAR PURPLE! Get your t-shirt from Bulldog.Co at FHS before they sell out!
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We are happy to welcome 99 NEW EDUCATORS to FPS this year! And Dr. Colbert was there to welcome the team aboard!
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We all had a FABULOUS time at Convocation 2022! Check out our photo album on Facebook!
https://tinyurl.com/fpsconvo2022
Here is the "You Can Count on Me" video that was shown at our 2022 Convocation on August 8, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhngrj7U7cs
NOW HIRING School Bus Drivers! Starting Wage is $19.30 per hour! APPLY TODAY by calling 479-444-3095!
Today is National Speech Language Pathologist Day, a day to recognize our AMAZING pathologists and their role in our student's education! SLPs - Changing the WORLD one WORD at a time! We are grateful for YOU!
Congratulations to the FHS Choir Dogs! For the first time in school history, ALL of the Fayetteville choirs achieved Superior and Excellent ratings at the State level!! This makes four sweepstake trophies for FHS Choirs this year! Way to go!
Staff Spotlight! Meet Ms. Contessa Shew, Art Teacher extraordinaire at Vandergriff Elementary. Today Ms. Shew is working with third-grade students on a split cell portrait project learning drawing skills and portraiture. In order to align the facial dimensions, students use rulers and math concepts as well as graphite pencils to complete the portrait.
MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!
We celebrate the contributions and achievements of some of the AMAZING women who have served Fayetteville Public Schools!
Louise Bell, principal of FHS when the school was voluntarily integrated in 1954.
Feriba McNair, former teacher, coach, and longtime school board member. She also started the FHS Girls Golf program.
Dr. Mitzi Kuroda, FHS alumna and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
The Woodland Junior High Quiz Bowl team won first place in the AR Governor's Quiz Bowl Association state tournament held Saturday at Lake Hamilton School District. The team is coached by Patricia Dennis-McClung. Sumedh Kalyankar was the high point winner for the tournament. Ramay Junior High Quiz Bowl team won third place in the tournament and is coached by Larry Schirling. Congrats to all!
Staff Spotlight! Meet Mrs. Betty Metcalf, a paraprofessional at Butterfield Trail Elementary for 27 years. Mrs. Betty enjoys building relationships with students, finding out what they are most interested in, and then figuring out how to serve them best. She loves discovering students' talents because everyone has a gift, they just have to find it. Mrs. Betty also has a passion for gardening! She works tirelessly in the Butterfield school garden with students growing many types of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and plants! Thank you, Mrs. Betty!
The Fayetteville Parent Teacher Cooperative organized a lunch today to celebrate our bus drivers on School Transportation Appreciation Day! Thank you to the FPTC for the celebration! Thanks also to JJ’s Grill for the food and McAlister’s Deli for the tea!
