Friday Highlights 5.24.19

May is:

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Mental Health Awareness
Lupus Assault Awareness
Better Speech and Hearing Month

Important Dates

Tuesday, May 28 - LREA Executive Board Meeting 5pm

Thursday, May 30 - Report Cards sent home/available online
     Highlights/Events

 Hooray for the 2019 LRSD Grads!

Hall

McClellan

Parkview

JA Fair

Central

 This graduation season, nearly 1,500 Little Rock School District seniors walked across the stage at Verizon Arena, signifying their commitment to complete their high school education and pursue college and career goals.  Their accomplishments lend to the overall improvement of LRSD’s high school graduation rate, from 74% three years ago to 82% this year!
To see more impressive improvements rates across the District, click here.
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Additional High School Honors -

Congrats to Hall HIgh's Luis Claros Del Cid, who received the ess student scholarship for the amount of $1,500.

International Science Fair Winners

Ten Central High students represented us very well at the International Science and Engineering Fair  in Phoenix, Arizona.  More than 1,400 projects represented over 80 countries in the largest pre-college science fair in the entire world.  The following students deserve a pat on the back: Akshat Shah, Hetvi Shah, Surabhee Eswaran, Akshay Padala, Zane Alsebai, Sree Raghav, Deniz Erdag, Amna Khan, Anusha Bhattacharyya, and Sakshi Garg. 

2nd place in Material Science at Intel ISEF 2019!

Also:  an extra congratulations to Amna Khan, third place Chemistry winner, and Anusha Bhattacharyya, second place Materials Science winner. Sakshi Garg was chosen to address a panel of Nobel Laureates, MacArthur Fellows, and National Medal of Science Recipients including Martin Chalfie, Elissa Hallem, Cato Laurencin, and Dianne Newman. What a trip!

They've Got NBA Math Hoops Game!

Congratulations to the students WINNERS listed below for showing their superb Math skills and strategies during the Memphis Regional NBA Math Hoops Tournament!  LRSD represented very well against the Memphis teams and we are extremely proud of them.

Pictured left to right:

Tournament Winners (1^st Place):

Joshua Johnson, 9^th grade – Parkview HS

Kameron Jackson, 8^th grade – Mann MS

Runner Up Winners (2^nd Place):

Jahnia Lewis, 5^th grade - Terry Elem

Bryleigh Johnson, 4^th grade - Terry Elem

 

Ava Fugitt, a 5^th grade student at Forest Park Elementary, was the overall state essay winner in the Stock Market Game’s Investwrite competition. Marsha Masters, Director of Economics Arkansas, presented both Ava, and her GT teacher, Jason Finney, with $50.

Speaking of Forest Park

5th grader, Ishani Pokharel was named a semifinalist in the National Handwriting competition - out of 250,000 entrants!

Photos above from 5th grade Promotion Ceremony at Forest Heghts
More great pics on LRSD's Facebook page.

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Mann Magnet Honors Convocation

Ms. Leslie Brooks Jackson was the teacher recipient of the Tommy Dodson Bearcat Pride Award (Bottom - Center).

Imani Carpenter and Allen Lawrence Dixson were named student recipients of the Tommy Dodson Bearcat Pride Award (Above-Left).

Congrats to the 314 Mann Magnet Middle School students recognized during their 8th Grade Honors Convocation and Middle School Promotion Ceremony. We join your principal, Dr. Keith McGee, teachers, staff and parents in celebrating your significant accomplishments!

Gustavo Andrade was named recipient of the Engineering Student of the Year Award.

Saying Farewell to 4-Decade Educators

School administrators and colleagues of veteran educators Katherine Snyder (Washington principal) and Vicki
Gonterman (Gibbs) hosted retirement receptions in their honor after forty plus years in educational services.   

Dodd Does it Big for Field Day