Pearls Of Knowledge

Kim Stanton’s 8th Grade Honors class recently read John Steinbeck’s tragic novella, The Pearl.  As a culminating activity, small groups used paper-clay to sculpt and paint a major scene from each of the six chapters.  

Swords Of Fun

Smackover Elementary students who where the top Accelerated Reader students in their grade level were awarded with a trip to Excalibur Family Fun Center in West Monroe, La.!

Congratulations to these students for earning this trip with all their hard work this year:

1st Grade: Kaylor Ballard, Carson Black, Zoey Peeples

2nd Grade: Landon Everett, Lynnlee McKnight, Ben Langley

3rd Grade: Maddox Ballard, Morgan Hansen, Taylor Carter

4th Grade: Jaymy Taylor, Liza Knox, Brylee Black

Smackover Elementary Awards Ceremony Information

The 2021-2022 Smackover Elementary Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 26, in Hobgood Auditorium. Awards ceremonies will be as follows:

Kindergarten Celebration: 8:30-9:30

1st-3rd Grade Awards: 10:00-11:00

4th Grade Awards: 1:30-2:30 

Parents, come and celebrate the fantastic accomplishments of our students this year! Go Bucks!

The Magic Of Excalibur

Norphlet Middle School students who achieved 100 points or above and 85 percent or above accuracy in Accelerated Reader were rewarded with a trip to Excalibur in West Monroe, La!  Students who achieved this honor are Zy’Laiah Bell, Ella Black, Jaylynn Crawford, Adelei Dunn, Alexia Eason, Gage Greer, Delilah Hansen, Julia James, Rose Lewis, Sonny Magee, Ana Miller, Linly Mills, Brady Pearson, Ella Rogers, and Jenica Saulsbury.  Way to go students!

Congratulations to Mrs. Ramsey

SNSD Congratulates Mrs. Lauralyn Ramsey on her retirement!

Mrs. Ramsey graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a BA in Commercial Art. She also attended an extra semester for the student teaching part to be certified for Art K-12.

Mrs. Ramsey started out as a substitute teacher at Norphlet High School for 6 weeks until she started working at Old Union High School where she taught art and a few elementary classes as well for 2 years.

Mrs. Ramsey has been at Smackover for the past 34 years teaching Elementary Art. She first started out at Smackover with “Art on a Cart” until a building was moved in for her to hold her art classes in.

Mrs. Ramsey has been encouraged in so many ways by all her co-workers and she said she has “been so blessed and grateful to have had the privilege” to work at Smackover.

Lauralynn Ramsey will be missed in our Smackover Elementary Hallways. She is one of a kind!

Buckaroo Thank You!

We want to send out a big Buckaroo “thank you” to everyone who participated in our Norphlet Middle School PTO Auction! Thank you to all the bidders & contributors from our local merchants in Smackover and El Dorado.  You all are awesome! This could not have been possible without you all! We raised $2,093 for student & staff rewards!

Thank you to the following merchants for your donations:

*Glenn Mechanical
*Madison Kate Company
*Murphy Pitard Jewelers
*Merle Norman
*PJ’s Coffee
*Gabe’s Cave
*Becky’s Tanning
*Especially For You
*Pizza ProSmackover
*Paula’s Catering
*Taylor Tire
*S.L.A.M Mechanics
*Midway Marble and Granite *Country Village
*The Speckled Rooster
*The Hens Nest
*Morgan Florist
*Best of Both Worlds
*All About Flowers
*Taylor Design
*Shelley’s Shoes 
*Brooke Mendenhall-Tupperware *Brooke Mendenhall-Plexus 

*Heather Gilmore-Topanga
*Ellen’s Airbrush
*Timmin’s Hardware
*Too Spoiled Rotten
*Ken’s Discount 
*Neely Wholesale Supply
*Southern Threads Boutique *Charlie’s Corner
*Tracye Baker-Norwex
*Brittany Trabbic Photography 

*Union Kennel and Farm Supply *Sports Alley
*Smackover Motors
*The Willow
*Wildcat Nutrition
*Cafe 1891
*Auto Lube Express
*Shipley Do-Nuts
*Terminix 
*Arkansas Museum  of Natural Resources 
*Woody’s Catfish and Catering 

*The Gilded Possum
*Cole’s Jewelers 
*Valarie Fish Pampered Chef *Anonymous Parent Donations *Deborah’s Mirror Image 

*Smackover State Bank
*Jerry Langley
*J. Richard Morgan, CPA

Go Bucks!