Come out March 18th, 4:30 pm-6 pm, for our Community Cafe + Health Fair! Lots of wonderful resources will be on hand, along with, family fun, games, and prizes. See flyer for more details.
Tomorrow's reading theme is WILD About Reading. Students and staff are encouraged to wear animal print or something with their favorite animal on it.
Students had tons of fun dressing like their siblings and friends today for our Reading Spirit Week! Tomorrow's theme is Books Are Better When They Are Shared. Students are invited to bring a stuffed animal or small toy to read with at school.
If you, your child, or someone you know, has the same birthday as Dr. Seuss, March 2nd, you can get a free book shipped to you or donate one to our school community by visiting https://www.seusspledge.com/ . Visit the link for more information.
Students had fun reading the room and each other's shirts today! We also played like Thing 1 and Thing 2 in the library to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday. Take a peek at some of our students' smiling faces. Tomorrow's theme is Reading Makes Us See Double. Students can dress up like a sibling or friend. I can't wait to see even more happy kiddos!
ECC Class Picture Day is Monday, March 3th You can order online on mylifetouch.com
Picture Day ID: EVTM4HHN9
Special Thank You to all our families for ensuring our Black History Celebration was a success!!! We could have not done it without your support!!! Again thank you and have a great weekend!!!
Next week is Read Across America Week, and we are celebrating! Every day, there will be trivia questions and contests. Plus, we can show our school and reading spirit by participating in dress-up days! Monday, we will celebrate being able to read the room, literally! Students should wear something with words on it that they and other students can read. It can be as simple as a logo or as complicated as a homemade shirt with their favorite book quote on it. See the flyer for more information about all the other days. Join us in the fun!
📢 Save the Date! Join us for the State of the District Address on March 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Ron Robinson Theater in Library Square! This is your opportunity to hear directly from LRSD leadership about our progress, challenges, and exciting plans for the future. Let’s come together to #ReimagineLRSD and build brighter futures for every student! Be part of the conversation and see how YOU can play a role in our success story.
Families and Friends,
Please join us for our Black History Parade!
When: Friday, February 28th
Where: Chicot Bus Loop
Time: 8:45am
We look forward to seeing each of you!!!
****LRSD Board Meeting/Public Comment, Thurs., Feb. 27, 5:30 PM; 810 W. Markham, LRSD Boardroom
Agenda: https://lrsd.diligent.community/Portal/
Watch Live: www.lrsdlive.com
Come out and join us for our annual Black History Parade!
Reading Challenge update! If you are using Beanstack to log and track your child's reading, please log in and click the Challenge Code button on the main page. If your student is in K-2nd grade you should use the code Rotary25 and if your student is in 3rd-5th you should use the code Reading25. Please let me know if you need any help. My phone number is 501-447-7006 and my email address is joany.lowry@lrsd.org .
🏀 Basketball Schedule Update! This Saturday’s games for the Central Arkansas Elementary Basketball League will tip off at 10:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 a.m. Get ready for a great day of hoops—good luck to all the teams! #ReimaginingLRSD #YouthBasketball
Due to some remaining icy conditions on secondary bus routes - NO School Fri., Feb. 21st; but Cent. Off. Staff should report on a 2-hour delay. Mon., Feb. 24, classes will NOW be IN SESSION instead of PD to support student learning in light of back-to-back closures. Thank you!
These are some really Cool Cheerful Cheetahs!!! Keep up the GREAT Work!!!
Due to inclement weather, LRSD Schools/Offices remain closed Thurs., Feb. 20, 2025. Athletic activities also canceled. An announcement will be shared tomorrow about the status of schools Friday. Employees, please monitor emails for updates from HR. Thanks! Stay safe and warm!
The Chicot Reading Challenge is in full swing. During the first week of the challenge, we had 12 students who met their reading goal. This week we had 36 students meet their goal! That is 3 times as many students meeting their goal and many more getting super close! That is some fantastic growth. Educational research is very clear. The ability to read and comprehend is the most powerful indicator of potential for success in school and beyond!
Let's see if we can get even more students to meet their reading goals next week! A little ice can't keep a Chicot Cheetah from reading.
Students have 3 ways to share their reading with me and earn prizes. Students can log into their classlink and read on myON. myON minutes are automatically shared with the school. Students can read at home and complete their reading calendar log. At the end of the month, they get 1 small prize for every week that they read 15 minutes a day. The last method is to create a Beanstack account and log reading there. If you create a Beanstack account, those minutes will not be shared with the school automatically. The Central Arkansas Library System and Beanstack will send a report to the school and I can give prizes for Beanstack minutes once I get that report.
Here are some links that may help with tracking your reading. Students can access myON after logging in at this link. https://shorturl.at/q3IqP . Students can create or log into a Beanstack account at this link. https://cals.beanstack.org/reader365
Due to inclement weather, LRSD Schools/Offices will be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. An announcement will be shared tomorrow about the status of schools Thursday. Employees, please monitor emails for updates from HR. Thanks! Stay safe and warm!
On Friday, students celebrated their friendships with other students with fun at their Valentine's Day parties, but that's not all they did. They also voted on their favorite Valentine boxes and bags that our very own students created! We had many winners and got some great pictures! Here are some fun collages for you to see all our winners! The next link will take you to some of the boxes that were submitted for voting. Take a peek and see our students' creativity! Copy and paste the link to see. https://shorturl.at/hpnxs
