SHS Yearbook Special

Attention Smackover High School students and parents:

If you buy your yearbook ONLINE between November 18th and December 6th, you can get 20 Free Personalized Christmas Cards.

Details at http://www.jostens.com/holidayspecial

Community Thanksgiving Meal

Lapbooks

Mrs. Stringer’s fifth grade students made lapbooks as a project in their Social Studies/English classes.

GoldiBlox!

Mrs. Jameson’s kindergarten class at Smackover Elementary School used Goldie Blox as part of the PLTW Science Unit.

Practice Emergency Drill at SPS and NMS

Smackover Preschool and Norphlet Middle School are conducting a practice emergency drill at 9 am today (November 14).

Spooky Story Writing

Mrs. Tina Stringer’s students were given a spooky story challenge:

Check them out as they are working!

STEM Scholarships Available

The Smackover-Norphlet School District welcomed Senator Trent Garner as the speaker prior to the Grand Finale at the 5th Annual Family STEM Night.

During his presentation, Senator Garner told students and parents about a STEM scholarship which is available to students in Arkansas.

The scholarship is entitled the Arkansas Futures Program.

What is the AR Futures Program?

Arkansas Future (ArFuture), is the newest state grant program. The purpose of this grant is to increase the education and skills of Arkansas’s workforce in an affordable manner. The grant applies to students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) or regional high demand areas of study. The grant will cover tuition and fees for qualifying certificate and Associate degree programs at Arkansas’ public institutions for eligible students. The grant is available on a first come, first serve basis.

What programs of study will this scholarship cover?

There are a wide variety of programs covered by this scholarship locally at SouthARK Community College and SAU Tech. Typically a certificate of proficiency takes one semester to complete. A technical certification usually is a two-semester program. An associate’s degree can often be completed in two years.

For more information about the Arkansas Futures Program, click here.

SES Building B Honors Veterans

Smackover Elementary School students with classes in Building B decorated their outside courtyard and parking lot to honor Veterans.

Murphy Oil Hosts Escape Room at Family STEM Night

The Smackover-Norphlet School District welcomed Murphy Oil to the 5th Annual Family STEM Night. We are always glad to welcome new industry partners! They presented an escape room with the following premise:

Let’s see what happened with these participants….

Fabulous Fun at Family STEM Night

Last night over 850 people attended the 5th Annual Family STEM Night at Norphlet Middle School. It was a great evening filled with dancing ooblek, shooting galleries, film production, tinkering, science experiments, hands-on medical equipment, and so much more.

Parents and students:

Just to let you know…

These industries want to hire you when you graduate from high school or college.
The colleges who were here last night want you to come be a part of their programs.
The reason they come to our Family STEM Night is to hopefully recruit YOU!
So work hard, do your best, and then consider a career with great benefits from the industries who came last night!

Thank you so much to our partners for who provided activities and door prizes!