Announcements 4-18-19
No School on Friday, April 18 for Good Friday.
The Middle Gym will be CLOSED on Thursday.
School Choice deadline is May 1. Applications should be turned into the Piggott School District Superintendent Office by Wednesday, May 1
We will not have Grab n Go TODAY (Friday) It will resume on Monday.
There will be a Spanish Club meeting in Mrs. Cheng's room TODAY, Thursday, April 18 during activity period.
Donkey Basketball Game -The game will be TONIGHT -Thursday night in the middle gym at 6:30. Tickets are Advance $8 and $10 at the door. See Mrs. Little for advanced tickets.
Mrs. Little needs to see the following Donkey Basketball riders at activity period: Justin Gilbee, Logan White,Ethan Ralph, Hunter Midkiff, Brandon Palmer, Kyler Smith, Evan Hartwell, Bryon Poole, Charlie Turner, Callie Henson, Mycah Blascoe, Brianna Pullam, Kaden Reeves, Audrey Little, and Tyler Warbritton
Congratulations to Justice Midkiff for making All-State in Chess. He was one of six players in the 1A-3A Division.
Seniors: Pictures and videos for the Senior Video MUST be turned in no later than Wednesday, April 24. You may submit via email or bring prints to Mrs. Peters or Aaron Fry. See Mrs. Peters if you have any questions.
**CANCELLED-Jr. high softball will have practice at 4:30 Thursday. Jr Softball rescheduled for Monday 4:00.
Sr High Softball practice today in the New Gym.
Baseball game and Track meet scheduled for today have been cancelled.
Congratulations to the following for placing at the Jr High District Track Meet:
Boys: 4 x 400 m Relay Team -2nd place, Hayden Emerson - High Jump - 1st place, Logan White - Shot Put 1st place- Nicky Risner- Shot Put- 2nd place
Girls: Micha Harrell- 100 m - 2nd place, Emmah Davis 1600 m - 2nd place
Congratulations to the Sr High Baseball team for defeating Trumann and to Michael Palmer for pitching a No-Hitter this week. Also Congrats to the Jr High Baseball team for defeating Bay this week.
There will be a Beta meeting for the following 11th grade members (plus three seniors who did not attend the senior meeting) in Mrs. Flowers’s room on Tuesday, April 23 during activity period: Makayla Allman, Madison Bowers, Matthew Cheshire, Abigail Dutka, Charidy Featherston, Drake Featherston, Cooper Harris, Shianne Higdon, Catherine Hill, Benjamin Holcomb, Dalton James, Kassidy Krause, Michael Palmer, Ristel Payne, Madison Rahn, Destiny Robinson, Taylor Seal, Aliya Shultz, Kaylee Smith, Kirsten Smith, Holden Tarno, Braden Taylor, Carlie Vancil, Maggie Williams, Logan Allman, Isaac Langley, and Madi VanderKooi.
Any FBLA member (Middle level or Senior High) who would like to work the Color Run should see Mrs. Peters no later than Friday, April 26. The Color Run will be on Saturday, May 4.
Juniors - please submit to Sherry Taylor an idea or suggestion for a Senior T-shirt next year. Deadline is last day of school.
Yearbooks are here!! - there will be a yearbook signing next Wednesday, April 24th in the middle gym from 1 pm - 3 pm.
Grab-n-Go is only for students to who are go to eat. If you do not plan to eat then you are not to leave class to go hang out in the Cafeteria and/or the Gyms.--We now have our Grab'n'Go cart set up in the high school cafeteria. Any student that didn't get breakfast will have a chance to eat again during the Activity period. It will be quick foods not hot foods. You must stay in the cafeteria with the food.
A Powderpuff football game is scheduled for Thursday evening May 2. The classes need to get their teams together. Girls need permission slips to play and boys need permission slips to be cheerleaders. See Mrs. Little.
Any student grades 10-12 who is interested in working on the yearbook next school year, please see Sherry Taylor at the Superintendents office.
Students in 9th - 11th grades see Mrs. Amber if you need to sign up for summer school for credit recovery.
***Black River Technical College (BRTC) Pocahontas is having a Nursing Assistant class. This class will run from May 29-June 20th and is an evening class from 3:15-10:15 p.m. There will 4 Clinical days. This class will train you to qualify for the Arkansas State CNA Exam. This program is open to students age 16 and up. Orientation will be on April 29th at 4 pm and is required. For more information contact: Holli Nitzsche, RN 248-4000 ext. 4115 or email: holli.nitzsche@blackrivertech.edu
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Gaylon Lawrence Memorial Scholarship application is also in this folder. Deadline for GL Scholarship is May 1, 2019. This is a fillable scholarship application that can be completed and printed. An essay will also need to be attached.
Seniors: The Holly Alonzo New Beginnings scholarship application is now available. Let Mrs. Amber know if you would like it emailed to you. It is to be submitted by email. The deadline is May 13. It is a $1500 scholarship to be paid over 2 semesters. Priority is for a degree in a field that serves the public.
Seniors: Baccalaureate service will be on Wednesday, May 8 @ 6:30 at First General Baptist Church.
Seniors: The list of Honor Graduates has been posted on Mrs. Amber's door, the Office window, and on the Library window.
Seniors: The Kalem Rouse Memorial Scholarship application is available in Mrs. Amber's office. Graduates planning to major/minor in Agriculture or in a Vo-Tech program are encouraged to apply.
Seniors: The Horatio Alger Association Career & Technical Scholarship is available online at application.horatioalger.org - first priority deadline is June15, 2019.
Seniors: Textbook Brokers in Searcy has an online application for textbook scholarships. These are chosen at random. Deadline is May 31, 2019. www.searcybooks.com Schools served by Textbook Brokers in Searcy are: Harding, ASU Searcy, ASU Beebe, ASU Heber Springs.
Seniors: Textbook Brokers in Conway.is offering a chance to win a textbook scholarship for high school students who are attending UCA, CBC or UACCM in Fall 2019. There will be 2 winners chosen at UCA and UACCM then one winner for CBC. They will call and email the winners once they have been selected. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. The link below will direct you to the Scholarship opportunity. https://docs.google.com/forms/...
SENIORS: Jostens has established a scholarship program to assist high school seniors who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Scholarships are offered for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student's choice.
The program is administered by Scholarship America, the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability or national origin. https://www.scholarsapply.org/...