Apr. 21 - Administrative Professional Appreciation
Apr. 22 - Earth Day
Apr. 22 - Board Meeting 5:30pm
LRCH Continues its Tradition of Winning With Another National Brain Bee Champ
After two days of
intense competition, the 2021 USA Brain Bee Champion is Yashwanth Gokarakonda representing the Arkansas Brain
Bee Chapter. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for teenagers. Yashwanth Gokarakonda is a junior at Little Rock
Central High School. Among his prizes are a summer internship at a neuroscience
lab, trophies for his school and himself, and the right to represent the United
States at the World Brain Bee Championship.
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!
'Parade of Stars'
ViPS Award Nominees Drive-Through Celebration!
On April 20, 2021 from 4-5:30 pm ViPS will be celebrating this year's ViPS Award Nominees with a festive drive-through celebration. Check out the info-graphic below to learn more about the history of the Jane Mendel Award.
Today we hosted our annual Moms Matter event. We got to meet a few amazing moms from our district as they drove through to pick up their lunch and goodie bags. Stay tuned for more pictures and highlights from today's event! Special Shoutout to Sephora for partnering with us by donating full size Dior Fragrances and goodies to go in our bags!
#LRSDMomsMatter
Booker Arts Magnet Student Cast in "Sparking Dialogue through Drama"
Kevin Jones, a 5th grade student at Booker Arts Magnet Elementary, has been cast as the role of “Pete” in "Nothing Rhymes with Juneteenth" by Idris Goodwin. This virtual play is part of the series “Sparking Dialogue Through Drama: Family Conversations around Race and Anti-Racism”, hosted by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, one of Booker’s Partners in Education. "Nothing Rhymes with Juneteenth" addresses a parent and child developing a rhyming scheme for a school presentation, while addressing racial justice through the lens of a family conversation.
The event will consist of a live virtual play reading followed by a panel discussion, and Mr. Goodwin has agreed to participate in the panel. The virtual event will stream live on Facebook on April 17, 2021 at noon. This program is part of AMFA’s social impact initiative and provides space for meaningful dialogue in the community exploring issues of identity, race, and anti-racism.
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.
Congratulations to Parkview High's Dylan Patel & LRCH's Landon Runion-Driskel - Featured in Inviting Arkansas after Being Named "Champions of Hope" (photos/Inviting Arkansas)
LRSD is fortunate to have incredible students and staff who are committed to excellence in the classroom and in the community! That's why celebrating Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School's Dylan Patel and Central's Landon Runion-Driskel and their most recent recognition in Inviting Arkansas is so special. We join both young men's parents and school family in congratulating them for their selection as a "Champions of Hope" and being highlighted in "Inviting Arkansas"! #LRSDPowerofUS
#SeeWhyLRSD
Hear from LRSD parents what makes their child's school and the LRSD so special - #SeeWhyLRSD
Bale Elementary Students Enjoy a Music-Filled Saturday Lesson
Bale Elem students get a rare Saturday drum lesson from African musician/storyteller Zinse, compliments of
@arkmod & a 21st Century after-school grant. The students also enjoyed a trip to Little Rock Zoo, which included a train ride.
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CAUGHT DOING GOOD
LRSD Social Worker Stephanie Young Abrao is assigned to LR Hall STEAM Magnet High School but today she was in for a surprise during a “meeting” at admin. LRSD Social Worker Stephanie Abrao (C), called out by Head Counselor LeQuieta Grayson (R), for being #CaughtDoingGood. Too many good things to name, but one that is definitely noteworthy: she volunteered to help a 6th grader return to school, taking the job of caretaker to his mother off his plate.
Ms. Abrao for leads the “Handle with Care” program, which allows LRPD to inform LRSD when police have been called to a student’s home. This helps schools provide better support to those students. She also coordinates social work interns from UA-Little Rock to help provide services when needed. Grayson says she might have a book with resources, but Ms. Abrao has the experience, connections & manpower to get students’ help! 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.
Be sure to tune in to Facebook or YouTube, Saturday, April 17th, 6:30 p.m., to see LRSD students shine as they are awarded scholarships from the Oscar Washington, Jr. Scholarship fund.
Crafting With Opal
DATE AND TIME
April 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
This is a craft along program hosted by CALS. In this program they teach different crafts which could include sewing, crocheting, knitting, painting & others.
This is a virtual program that the Nixon library does live on Facebook every Thursday (excluding holidays). Just click here to go to their Nixon Facebook page to watch.
Issues That Matter: The Need to Read
DATE AND TIME April 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This forum will explore literacy in Arkansas, including efforts to teach literacy, rates of literacy in Arkansas, and the costs and effects of Arkansans who can’t read.
Featured Panelists:
Sherry Chambers – K-12 Literacy Director for the Little Rock School District
Marci Robertson – Executive Director of Literacy Action of Central Arkansas
Sherra Bennett – AR Kids Read
Nancy Leonhardt – Executive Director for the Adult Learning Alliance of Arkansas
This event will be hosted virtually on the Zoom platform. Free registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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
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.
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.
After two days of
intense competition, the 2021 USA Brain Bee Champion is Yashwanth Gokarakonda representing the Arkansas Brain
Bee Chapter. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for teenagers. Yashwanth Gokarakonda is a junior at Little Rock
Central High School. Among his prizes are a summer internship at a neuroscience
lab, trophies for his school and himself, and the right to represent the United
States at the World Brain Bee Championship. 
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