Friday Highlights 7.10.2020

Friday Highlights 7.10.2020

Important Dates
July is: 
World Watercolor Month

National Cell Phone Curtesy Month

 National Grilling Month

National Ice Cream Month

National Blueberry Month

National Peach Month

(For Additional Dates - see LRSD Calendar or LRSD.org)

Highlights/Events

LRCH Exceeds Goals During Arkansas Blood Institute Drive

 

Little Rock Central High School, in partnership with the Arkansas Blood Institute, hosted a blood drive this week and exceeded the goal for the event!  The day ended with 104 generous donors, potentially making a difference in more than 300 lives.  There were 76 first time donors! #PowerofUs

Read, White and Blue...Reading Made Fun!

Jerica Moore Jones of  Brady Day Camp, shared this photo of her enjoying books donated by the Clinton Foundation Penguin Books Too Small to Fail. Hat's off to our community partner for their awesome support. 

Meanwhile, at Terry....

Thanks to LRSD's LaDonna Oates for these great reading pics.

And at Pulaski Heights Elementary....

Amy Howard provided this photos

It was Luau Day at PHE's Day Camp! The added bonus was the donation of book from the Read, White and Blue Read initiative.  We thank LRSD partners for investing in our community's students!

Here's the live link to Be Mighty:  www.bemightylittlerock.org

Clickable link to Arkansas School Board Association as shown above:

  http://arsba.org/about-us/board-members/

Help us spread the word to encourage Little Rock families to participate in the 2020 Census. Completing the census is quick and easy, and helps determine how many federal dollars flow to cities and states – directly impacting education.

In the Community…

Do you know a teacher who makes learning fun and inspires students? Well, we want to hear about him or her!


Nominations are now open for the Little Rock Family Amazing Educator Awards, presented by Delta Dental, in which we honor four central Arkansas teachers who have made a difference in the lives of their students.


Whether it’s your child's favorite teacher, your wonderful coworker or a great friend who deserves recognition, we want your nomination! You just have to tell us what makes that teacher an “Amazing Educator” by filling out the entry form here.