Congratulations to the winners of our first FPS Funniest Holiday Sweater contest!
FHS broadcast and film teachers Mr. John Gossett and Mr. Michad Holliday, along with FHS students, welcomed 4th graders from Leverett Elementary to the FHSTV studios for a behind the scenes look at film and broadcast production. #CTEinFPS
The FPS Orchestra Program proudly presents Winter Strings on Monday, December 11. @7:00 pm - Junior High School Orchestras. @7:30 pm - High School Orchestras at the FHS Performing Arts Center. Admission is Free & a Hot Cocoa Reception will follow the concert.
Fayetteville Public Schools is hosting a Community Night of Coding event to celebrate Computer Science Education Week on Wednesday, December 6 from 5:30-7:00 pm in the FHS Cafeteria.
There will be hands-on computer science-related activities for pre-K through 12th-grade students and their families. Robots, minicomputers, games, crafts and more! Come play, make, and code with us!
We had a very nice crowd this morning for our latest Java with John. Special thanks to Arvest Bank and the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for hosting this morning's event!
Congratulations to these senior student-athletes for signing letters of intent to compete in collegiate athletics!
CONGRATULATIONS to the Fayetteville High School volleyball team! Coach Jessica Phelan’s team won their fourth consecutive state volleyball championship! In case you missed it, here is a link to watch the game in its entirety.
https://watch.myarkansaspbs.org/.../6a-conway-vs.../
Leverett Elementary’s fall STEAM night was a huge success! Students enjoyed learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) from a wide range of community resources. The event offered seventeen different hands-on learning experiences for the whole family!
High Art meets Short Attention Span! Fayetteville High School Drama Department presents “ZAP!" tonight and all weekend at the Performing Arts Center. For more information and tickets go to www.fhsdrama.net.
Photo credit: FHS Theatre Student Halle Malone
Don't miss the FHS DRAMA department production of "ZAP!" this week at the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center! Click the link below for tickets!
www.fhsdrama.net
Our 13th Annual Local Harvest Lunch is kid-approved! Students, parents, and staff enjoyed locally sourced lunch made with ingredients from farms and small businesses in Northwest Arkansas.
Chef Kent Getzin is in Fayetteville Public Schools working with Happy Hollow Elementary Child Nutrition Department this week, thanks to a generous grant funded and supported by the LifeTime Foundation.
#myschooleatslocal #farmtoschool
Fayetteville area state legislators, Nicole Clowney for Arkansas, Denise Firmin Garner, Greg Leding, and David Whitaker visited three of our schools today as part of “Take Your Legislator to School Day.” They were joined by school board members and district administrators. The group experienced a variety of classroom settings with stops at the new John L Colbert Middle School, Leverett Elementary School, and Woodland Junior High School.
October 16th - 20th is National School Bus Safety Awareness Week! This week we're joining the nationwide effort to raise awareness about the importance of school bus safety and reminding everyone to be cautious on the roads. It takes all of us working together to keep our children safe on the school bus!🚌
#NationalSchoolBusSafetyWeek
We had a great turnout for our Fayetteville Public Schools annual ESL Family Night. Students and their families enjoyed pizza, games, and interacting with staff from many FPS and community programs. Thanks to a grant from the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation everyone took home board games, books, and supplies to practice literacy and math skills. The night was made even better by the volunteers: bilingual student ambassadors from Fayetteville High School. We are proud to celebrate our diverse student body and their cultural backgrounds!
Congratulations to the Fayetteville High School Film/TV program! They attended the annual Ozark Media Arts Festival and came out on top.
FHS Film/TV also received the Video Program of the Year award, the highest honor for TV/Film. It came with a cash prize worth $2,000 for their program!
Holt Middle School and Ramay Junior High School had an amazing time with the "Million Bazillion Live! Who Wants to be a Bazillionaire?" game show experience. Students were entertained and educated by the talented performers who brought financial literacy concepts to life in a fun and engaging way! Students actively participated, answered questions, and displayed their financial literacy trivia skills. #millionbazillion
Homecoming 2023, what a night! Great sports, fine arts, and our 2023 Homecoming Court! We love Fayetteville Public Schools!
Look who popped into Mrs. Anderson’s fourth-grade classroom at Happy Hollow Elementary this afternoon! Superintendent Dr. John Mulford and Deputy Superintendent Dr. Julie Williams. Both read a storybook to an eager classroom full of students, all part of Mrs. Anderson’s Friday afternoon community reading initiative. What a great way for our superintendents to reinforce the importance of reading. The students loved it and so did our leaders!
Arvest Bank surprised John L Colbert Middle School math teacher Ehren Rothrock with a $500 check as part of their "We Love Teachers" program. Thank you, Arvest Bank, and CONGRATULATIONS, Ehren Rothrock! We are so PROUD of YOU!
All students at Vandergriff Elementary School participated in a “Diverse Abilities Day” TODAY! Teachers and staff hope to bring compassion and acceptance through hands-on experiences to understand what life is like for students with physical impairments and learning disabilities. Two of our graduates, South Walker and Frankie Quinn (QuinnComix), joined in by talking with students about Autism. We caught our superintendent Dr. Mulford participating as well!
