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!
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.
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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
