Friday Highlight 4.23.21

 April is National Volunteer Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Poetry Month

Apr. 26 - Interim Reports Period 4 Sent Home/Available Online
Apr. 26 - Superintendent's Citation

Apr. 27- Bus Driver Appreciation Day

May 3  - Teacher and Classified Employee of the Year Celebration

You Still Have a Couple of Hours 
To Take Advantage of this Community Clinic 
at Little Rock Southwest High School
Until 7 PM Tonight (April 23)

DESE Partners With Schoolhouse.world to Offer Free Tutoring to Students

For more information go here. 

Show Your Support for our Teachers 

Support of our teachers in the classroom is more important than ever!
Help us celebrate outstanding LRSD educators during the 2021 Virtual Teacher of the Year event! You're also encouraged to support the event with donations, which will be used to purchase awards, prizes and Educator SWAG Bags. To donate click here: tinyurl.com/2021-LRSD-TOY. Thank you for your support!

Spring Jamboree for ESOL Families!

Check out this awesome drive-thru fair hosted by LRSD ESOL Department.

 Questions: Please contact

501-447-3389   501/447-3383  501-447-3377

LRSD Ignite Digital Academy Now Accepting Applications for Grades K-12!

You asked for virtual options and we listened!  The initial application period is now open for LRSD's exciting new K-12 Ignite Digital Academy.  It will be the only virtual student option for the 2021-22 school year.  To learn more and to see if this is a good fit for your student, visit www.lrsd.org/ignite.  We're saving a virtual seat for you!  Application window closes at midnight, May 3, 2021.

Highlights from ViPS Drive-Thru Celebration! 

On April 20, 2021 from 4-5:30 pm ViPS celebrated this year's ViPS Award Nominees with a festive drive--through celebration. Congratulations again to all of the award recipients! 

Click on link to watch slide show of all the outstanding volunteers!

Partnering for Excellence

Date: Saturday, April 24, Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m

The Parent & Family Engagement Office and the LRSD Cluster Teams are excited to present to you the Spring 2021 Partnering for Excellence Home, School, and Community Connections Virtual Conference. The topics presented from guest speakers are:  RISE, summer opportunities, health, wellness, college, career as well as COVID and Title I updates. 

Additionally, as a participant you will receive an opportunity for a chance on the prize wheel. Items: Amazon Fire Reader, ten (10) refurbished Dell laptops, gift cards and baskets, and more! If you have questions, please contact the Parent Facilitator or Parent Coordinator of your child’s school or email kaye.rainey@lrsd.org. 

Double the Learning Twice the Fun!

Jefferson Elementary has 9 sets of twins enrolled this year and they all came together on Tuesday for one photo! You can see more pictures and check out the full story on KATV here.  

#LRSDPowerofUS

#SeeWhyLRSD

Hear from LRSD parents what makes their child's school and the LRSD so special - #SeeWhyLRSD 

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CAUGHT DOING GOOD

Alexandra Hardage, member of the Human Resources Department , was caught doing good today. Director of Human Resources Mr. Robert Robinson raved that Hardage always goes above and beyond. She has taken the initiative to start an online training program and pushing the department to go paperless. She also serves as a bilingual recruiter for the district. 

Hardage says she does her best everyday to do what she can to support district employees and families!  Ms. Hardage also serves our  school community by working with students who participate in the 21st Century grant program from Bale Elementary during her free time. Way to go, Ms. Hardage, and congrats for being #CaughtDoingGood

 

The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System 50th Anniversary poster contest!  

Attention all students along the Arkansas River! Are you ready to put your art skills to the test? The Arkansas Waterways Commission (AWC) is looking for creative minds to decorate the 50th anniversary of the mighty river. One winner will be chosen from each grade, K-12. 

Art must include: 

#MKARNS50 

A barge 

A river/waterways 

Everything else is left to your imagination!  

Winners from each school (K-12) will be chosen based on creativity by the AWC. Then once the winners are chosen, the AWC will post the art on their Facebook page. From there, a definite winner from each grade will be chosen to represent the image of #MKARNS50. The winners will be chosen based on how many likes the photos get. 

*Please submit art electronically by April 30th to arkansaswaterways@gmail.com to be considered. 

Live at the Plaza May 2021

Live At The Plaza features the full company and includes classical and contemporary works, as well as recreational classes. Performances and classes will be held at the Argenta Plaza (510 Main Street, North Little Rock) May 1-2 and May 21-23. A full schedule is included below.

To learn more about Live At The Plaza, including performance and class descriptions, click HERE.  

Weekend 1

Saturday, May 

8 – 9am: Pilates at the Plaza 

9 – 10am: Stretch & Strengthen 

10 – 11am: Jazz at the Plaza 

11am – 12pm: Ballet on the Grounds 

1 – 2pm: Program 1 Matinee Performance 

7 – 8pm: Program 1 Evening Performance  

Sunday May 2

         8 – 9am: Rise & Shine Silver

9 – 10am: Art Start

10 – 11am: Stretch & Strengthen 

11am – 12pm: Unbound: Improvisational motion for well-being 

1 – 2pm: Program 1 Matinee Performance  

5 – 6pm: Program 1 Evening Performance

Weekend 2

Friday, May 21

      6 – 7pm: Program 2 Performance 

Saturday, May 22

         8 – 9am: Pilates at the Plaza 

 9 – 10am: Stretch & Strengthen

10 – 11am: Art Start 

11am – 12pm: Ballet on the Grounds 

1 – 2pm: Program 2 Matinee Performance  

7 – 8pm: Program 2 Evening Performance 

Sunday, May 23

8 – 9am: Rise & Shine Silver 

 9 – 10am: Stretch & Strengthen 

10 – 11am: Jazz at the Plaza 

1am – 12pm: Unbound: Improvisational motion for well-being 

1 – 2pm: Program 2 Matinee Performance 

From our Partners at the Clinton Center

Day of Action: Global Youth Service Day (6th - 12th Grades) April 16, 2021 This year's program features Ian McKenna, TIME Magazine’s 2020 Kid of the Year Finalist. Ian McKenna is a senior at the Liberal Arts & Science Academy in Austin, Texas. In the eight years since Ian started his first garden, he has grown and donated over 21,000 lbs of organic produce. This Day of Action provides a platform where everyone can give back and inspire others to come together to make a difference. This program is for middle and high school students.   Student Presidential Leaders Forum (9th - 12th Grades) April 23, 2021 Join the Clinton Presidential Center’s 2020-2021 class of Student Presidential Leaders as a forum designed around the practice of three essential ingredients needed to engage in difficult conversations is presented: awareness, understanding, and communication. The Student Presidential Leaders will help facilitate this forum for their peers and community leaders, allowing them to explore social justice topics that are important to the next generation of change-makers. With examples from subject-matter experts, the forum will put the power of dialogue on display through civic conversations. The Student Presidential Leaders helped develop the topic and format of the forum with the goal of engaging an audience of their peers and community leaders.  Panelists: Chelsea Clinton, Tynesia Boyea-Robinson and Michael Tyler.   To Register Curbside Couture  (3rd - 12th Grades) Virtual Fashion Show: April 25, 2021 Join us for the virtual watch party of the 10th annual Curbside Couture. This "green" fashion show offers students in third-twelfth grades the opportunity to apply their creativity and technical skills to create wearable designs made of recycled material. Cash prizes are awarded to students with outstanding designs chosen by a professional panel of judges. Click here for more information. To RSVP In the Winners' Circle Sariah Batista         Meadowcliff Elementary Lorin E.B. Hill       Mann Magnet Middle Gautami Lohakare  Central High Rowan Graves        Fulbright Elementary Congrats to these awesome students! The Clinton Center is currently offering the following virtual educational experiences by request. Mini-Presidential Virtual Experience (PreK - 2nd Grades) Specifically for younger student visitors - program encourages exploration and imagination. Students are welcomed by an engaging online activity in which they play a matching and identification game that helps define national symbols and the responsibilities of the President.