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!
The Community Creative Center Wheel Mobile rolled up to McNair Middle School last week thanks to a CCC endowment! The Wheel Mobile is a custom-designed Winnebago equipped with 9 pottery wheels, art supplies, and clean-up facilities developed to offer pottery wheel classes and art workshops.
Submitting the Meal Benefits Application has many BENEFITS. To find the application, visit https://www.myschoolapps.com/. There you will find the application AND step-by-step help. APPLY TODAY!
Ramay and Woodland Junior High Schools hosted the second annual Fayetteville Invitational Cross Country meet on Centennial Mountain in Fayetteville. Seventeen teams competed with over 500 runners! The first 10 individuals across the line received a medal. The Ramay eighth grade girls team won their race with the Woodland girls team coming in second. The Ramay seventh grade girls team placed second in their race. It was a beautiful afternoon on one of the most challenging and unique cross country courses in the area!
Fayetteville High School held a college fair today for current juniors and seniors. The fair brought admissions officers from various colleges and universities to meet with and answer questions from students. The college fair was a great starting point for some students, a great way for students to discover new schools, and the perfect way for students to visit with multiple colleges and universities in one day! Go FHS!
Students in Mr. Jack Hutchinson’s history class at Fayetteville High School have been studying the legislative process. Mr. Hutchinson invited his great uncle Mr. Tim Hutchinson, a former Arkansas House of Representatives member, to further explain the topic. Students asked questions and enjoyed hearing the experiences of a seasoned politician.
Fayetteville Virtual Academy has been busy meeting families during their Back to School Orientation. Families are excited about the flexibility FVA provides for students and parents. For more information about FVA, please visit fva.fayar.net!
We had a great turnout for our first "Java with John" event this morning at Jammin Java! Many thanks to the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for hosting these events. Thanks to all who dropped by this morning. Be watching for the next one in a few weeks!
I appreciate this group of nurses and social workers, and their commitment to the students of Fayetteville Public Schools. Thanks for letting me to take a selfie with you!!!
Pop-Up Reading & Popsicles has been such a TREAT! Join us tomorrow as we continue to travel around Fayetteville!
9:00 am - Maple Valley Subdivision
10:00 am - Red Oak Park
11:00 am - Pine Valley!
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Join us today! We can't wait to see you! #onefps
Please join us two weeks from today for the ribbon cutting ceremony for John L Colbert Middle School!
Fayetteville Public Schools is coming to your neighborhood this summer with reading, popsicles, and fun! We would love for you to join us as FPS personnel will bring a special reading program to K-12 students at various locations around town. Students will get a free book when they join us! We can't wait to see you! #onefps
We had a wonderful evening celebrating our 2023 FPS Retirees! Congratulations to our staff members that together represent 372 years of service to Fayetteville Public Schools. You will be dearly missed, and we hope you will come back to see us! #onefps
The Stephen M. Percival Adult Education Program and Northwest Technical Institute held joint graduation ceremonies on May 17 for 66 graduates who earned their Arkansas General Equivalency Diploma! Congrats to the new graduates!
Wow! The Herbie Hancock Institute National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Quintet visited Fayetteville High School today! FHS was one of only ten schools in the nation to be selected for this amazing opportunity. Five of the country’s most gifted high school music students from the institute were featured alongside internationally acclaimed saxophone recording artist Don Braden, Kansas City jazz and blues vocalist and a former winner of the Institute’s International Jazz Vocals Competition Lisa Henry, and renowned jazz educator Dr. JB Dyas. The Jazz Quintet then held a workshop for the FHS jazz band and choir where the Jazz Quintet worked and played alongside FHS students sharing ideas and their love of music.
Special thanks to Superintendent Dr. John L Colbert and Mayor Lioneld Jordan for attending the event! #onefps
Holt Middle School held its annual Financial Literacy Day today where students learned about real life! Fifth and sixth-grade students randomly selected a family and a job and learned how to write checks and create a budget. Students dressed up as their career and roamed from booth to booth making decisions about how to spend their money. Booths included housing, transportation, food, child care, and much more. Close to 80 parents and community volunteers were at Holt on Wednesday to help students with these decisions.
A big thank you to Lauren Wilson and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. who collaborated with math teacher Tammy Toomey and brought a semi-truck and driver for the students to explore as well as several employees to work with our students. What an eye-opening experience! #onefps
Owl Creek Pre-Kindergarten students graduated today and also exhibited their artistic talent in an art show highlighting our superintendent, Dr. John L Colbert. Pre-K teacher Tamara Ridout organized the event, and the students and parents were very proud!
