The Fayetteville Board of Education approved the recommendation by Superintendent Dr. John L Colbert to name Dr. Tammy Tucker as the Associate Superintendent for Administrative Services effective July 1, 2019. She will replace Dr. Larry Ben, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.
“We are happy to welcome Dr. Tucker to our administrative team,”...
The Summer Lunch program will expand for a third consecutive year to include a third mobile service site for the summer of 2019 to serve more free and nutritious lunches to anyone age 18 or younger, according to Ally Mrachek, Director of Child Nutrition for Fayetteville Public Schools.
The main site for lunches and snacks will be at Holt Middle School at 2365 N....
Fayetteville High School is ranked among the Best High Schools in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report!
Visit U.S. News & World Report for more information about this ranking.
Fayetteville High School is ranked 13th within the state of Arkansas. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at...
At the April 25 meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Education, Mascot Task Force co-chair Holly Johnson presented the recommendations from the task force to align the mascots of Ramay and Woodland Jr. High Schools with the vision and mission of Fayetteville Public Schools. Task force co-chair Stacy Leeds was unable to attend. The task force approved the following...
The Fayetteville Board of Education voted unanimously this evening to approve Dr. Kristina Hudson as the Executive Director of Secondary Education effective July 1, 2019.
Dr. Hudson has served as an assistant principal at Ramay Junior High since 2017. Hudson came to Fayetteville Public Schools from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she served as a teaching assistant...
The annual school election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The only contested race on the ballot is for the Zone 5 seat on the Fayetteville Board of Education. Tim Hudson is seeking re-election to this seat, and he is being challenged by Dwight Gonzales. There is no change requested in the millage rate.
To check your voter registration go to...
Casey Dick will join Fayetteville Public Schools as the head football coach for Fayetteville High School pending the vote by the Fayetteville Board of Education on Thursday, April 25. Dick is currently the head football coach for Van Buren High School.
“We are happy to welcome Coach Dick home to Fayetteville, this time as our head football coach,” said Dr. John L...
The Fayetteville Board of Education will vote on Thursday, April 25 on the recommendation to name Brad Stamps as the new head boys basketball coach for Fayetteville High School. Stamps is currently an assistant boys’ basketball coach for FHS.
Stamps will succeed current FHS head boys’ basketball coach Kyle Adams, who is retiring at the end of the school year....
Woodland Jr High has been recognized as a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW GatewayTM. Woodland is one of just 148 middle schools across the U.S. to receive this honor. PLTW is a nonprofit organization that serves millions of PreK-12 students and teachers in...
Kindergarten registration for the 2019-2020 school year will be held April 1 through April 12 at the FPS Central Registration office at 300 S. Ray Avenue from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ALL kindergarten registration will be held at Central Registration, and each elementary school is assigned a specific day. The days are:
April 1 - Vandergriff Elementary Registration...
All Fayetteville Public Schools will be closed today, Monday, March 4, due to the early morning snowfall affecting road conditions. Stay warm!
Fayetteville Public Schools is implementing the Choose Love curriculum from the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement in each of our schools. The Choose Love program emphasizes social and emotional learning (SEL). The program focuses on four important character values - courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion - which cultivate optimism, resilience, and personal...
Fayetteville Virtual Academy is now enrolling grades 4 - 12 for the 2019-20 school year.
Parent Information Nights
Tuesday, February 19 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 9 - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Tuesday, April 16 - 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
OPEN-ENROLLMENT
Fayetteville Virtual Academy is an open-enrollment school. Students who reside in the Fayetteville Public...
Fayetteville Public Schools Ranked 2019 Best School District in Arkansas
The Niche 2019 Best School Districts ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores,...
STEPHEN M. PERCIVAL ADULT EDUCATION as FAYETTEVILLE ADULT EDUCATION
INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IET)
EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER (EMR) COURSE
OFFERED BY NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Through a partnership with Northwest Arkansas Community College, the Stephen M. Percival Adult Education as Fayetteville Adult Education is pleased to offer its...
Congrats to Woodland Jr. High School's award-winning journalism teacher Andrew Young for being honored as the Arkansas Razorbacks game as a “Hometown Hero!”
In only his fifth year on the job at Woodland Junior High School, adviser Andrew Young is proving that you don’t have to work with high school kids to produce award-winning yearbooks.
Under his guidance, the...
For the first time, Fayetteville Public Schools Child Nutrition will offer free breakfast and lunch during the winter holiday break. Meals will be served at the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club on various dates in December and January. Similar to the school district’s summer meal program, the nutritious breakfasts and lunches are free to anyone age 18 or...
Fayetteville High School Student Council will be hosting their 20th annual Homeless Vigil on December 6, 2018 from 5 to 11 p.m. between Phase 2 and Phase 3. Please come and support FPS students in need and their families. Monetary donations and non-perishable food items will be accepted. Personalized bulldog sweatshirts made by the student council will be sold for...
The Central Registration Office is now open! Our Central Registration staff will ensure you receive assistance to identify each child’s zoned school, complete registration forms, acquire information, and obtain district services for your child. It’s all at the Central Registration office, 300 S. Ray Avenue in Fayetteville. The office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30...
The Fayetteville School District will hold its annual meeting and present the Report to Our Patrons on the 2017-18 school year on Thursday, October 25 at 5 pm in the Adams Center. The October meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Education will follow immediately after the annual meeting at approximately 5:30 pm. The Annual Report for the 207-18 school year is...
DisruptED TV Podcast: I Wish I Knew Episode 13 with our very own Steven Weber!
DiscruptED TV is an ed-tech company focused on disrupting the status quo in the education sector to bring forth innovative educational solutions through impact technology and expert's innovative approaches or ideas for engaged learning.We are excited that Dr. Weber was asked to share...
Congratulations to FHS seniors Gabi Gies, Cade Sarkin, Brooks Farrah, and Gage Glover for being named Commended Scholars in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program! Their score on the PSAT exam ranks them in the top 3% of students in the nation.
Congratulations to McNair art teacher Charity Holcombe McCartney for being named the 2018 Arkansas Art Educator of the Year! She will receive her award at the Arkansas Art Educators fall conference on November 1 in North Little Rock.
On October 4, every student at Ramay and Woodland Jr. High Schools received a copy of “The Crossover,” a book by national award-winning author Kwame Alexander. Ramay and Woodland received a grant from Tyson Foods through the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation to purchase the books.
Ramay Jr. High held a school assembly to distribute the books that featured...
Food truck street food has become quite the culinary trend across the country; in Fayetteville, it is no different. Local residents appreciate the thriving small and local business scene and especially support groups offering new and exciting food options. Last summer, Fayetteville Public Schools expanded its mobile feeding program by unveiling the Child Nutrition...
Fayetteville High School leads the state in the number of National Merit Semifinalists with eighteen, according to a news release by the National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors join approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The FHS Semifinalists are: Jozie Crouch, Cora Ferguson, Shirshak Gautam, Fletcher...
We had a great first day of school for the 2018-19 school year! Check out the video created by our FPS Department of Communications on Facebook or on YouTube.
The Fayetteville Board of Education voted unanimously this evening to approve a contract between Fayetteville Public Schools and Dr. John L Colbert to serve as Superintendent of Schools. The school board named Dr. Colbert to serve as Superintendent on June 21.
“We were very fortunate to have a leader within our district that not only knows and understands our...
Be sure to check your child's Events calendar on the school website or app. Curriculum nights will be coming up soon and we want to see you there!
We have over 80 new teachers in FPS this year! WELCOME to the ONE Fayetteville family! We're so happy you joined our team! #onefps
We are looking forward to seeing all FPS students back at school on Monday, August 13th! Here we go!
A Reception for New Superintendent Dr. John L Colbert
FPS Honored with Schools to Watch 2018
Posted on 07/03/2018FPS staff members from McNair Middle School and Ramay Jr. High are in Washington, DC, to be honored at the Schools to Watch Conference 2018!
On behalf of the School District, Superintendent Dr. John L Colbert had the honor to receive the Schools to Watch District Award for Fayetteville Public Schools...
Great things are happening in our schools! Check out the final "The Latest" video for the 2017-18 school year. #onefps
