Little Rock Southwest High School's very own Renia Lewis has been selected as a student speaker to represent Arkansas and the school at the 2024 Jostens Renaissance Global Conference! This honor comes after the Renny Team won the highest-level distinction award for their outstanding Jostens Renaissance initiatives. 🏆 Congrats to Renia and the Renny Team for their incredible achievements!
🎉 Thanks to our amazing students, parents, and staff, LRSD has won the Best Pre-K category in the Arkansas Times 'Best of Arkansas' contest! Little Rock Central High School also took home the title of Best Public School! 🏆 Congratulations!
****LRSD Special Board Meeting/Public Comment and Work Session, Thurs., July 11, 5:30 PM Agenda: https://lrsd.diligent.community/Portal/ Public Comment: https://lrsd.jotform.com/form/203496938448067 Watch Live: www.lrsdlive.com
LRSD & Caissa continue their partnership to recruit/retain students. Caissa enrollment specialists have been and will continue to contact families for this purpose. If you get emails or calls/texts from 501-503-3168, 501-512-1656, or 501-260-7244 -they are legitimate communication from LRSD.
📚✨ Over the next three weeks, educators at Dr. Marian G Lacey K-8 Academy are reimagining education. With a focus on best practices, they're working to ensure every learner thrives and every leader emerges.
🎉 Congrats to Marthelle Hadley, Community Schools Site Coordinator at Stephens Elementary LRSD, for completing the Arkansas Governmental Manager Program, sponsored by the Arkansas Public Administration Consortium! Thank you for your dedication to the students and school.
🌞🎨 Watson Elementary School's blacktop just got a vibrant makeover with new learning games! 🖍️ It's making playtime both fun and educational for students!
Want to know what a “Community School” looks like? Look no further than Mabelvale Middle School, which provides English classes to our Spanish-speaking parents! At LRSD, we are committed to serving the whole community.
Way to go, Pulaski Heights Middle School! They had 21 students compete at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Orlando. They had 11 students place in the Top 10 in the nation! They also brought home six Top 10 winners including one National Champion! The most awards by any school in Arkansas! Congrats!
📚 Throughout the month of July, we're sharing reading tips to help you get ready for the new school year. 📚 DEAR stands for 'Drop Everything and Read,' and it's a fun way to get everyone in the house reading together. Choose a time during the day, and when the time comes, drop what you're doing and dive into a good book! 📖
Check this out! Kathy Wirzfeld, a dedicated educator from Western Hills Elementary, embarked on her first real fishing trip with her students and made it an unforgettable experience. Read more about the trip here: https://tinyurl.com/kehbeeru.
For Spanish-speaking families:
RECORDATORIO: Lecciones de inglés gratuitas para familias de habla hispana
Regístrese el martes 2 de julio a las 6:30 p. m., Southwest Community Center, 6401 Baseline. Esperamos verte!
🎉 Thank you to everyone who attended the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of the Rockefeller Early Childhood Center! 📚 Your support marks the beginning of a new chapter for LRSD's early childhood program and will greatly enhance the education of our students! For more pictures, click here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBwULL 📸
****LRSD Board Meeting/Public Comment, Thurs., June 27, 5:30 PM
Agenda: https://lrsd.diligent.community/Portal/
Public Comment: https://lrsd.jotform.com/form/203496938448067
Watch Live: www.lrsdlive.com
✨ It was a great day at Little Rock Central High! ✨ A group from the National League of Cities visited the school during their Centennial Road Show. Little Rock's Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. and other city officials were also in attendance. Principal Nancy Rousseau also shared about Central's rich history and numerous successes with the group.
🏆🎉 Congrats to two outstanding LRSD coaches!🏈 LR Parkview's Coach Brad Bolding won the All Arkansas Preps Football Coach of the Year, and LR Central's Coach Marlon Williams took home the All Arkansas Preps Girls Basketball Coach of the Year award! 🏀 We are proud of you both!
🎉 Congratulations to the Little Rock Southwest High School Renny Team! 🎉 They've earned the top Jostens Renaissance School of Distinction Award for their amazing work for their school and community. Way to go, Renny Team!
****LRSD Special Board Meeting/Public Comment and Work Session, Thurs., June 13, starting at 5:30 PM Agenda: https://lrsd.diligent.community/Portal/ Public Comment: https://lrsd.jotform.com/form/203496938448067 Watch Live: www.lrsdlive.com
UPDATE: For school bus riders, please complete a brief survey: https://tinyurl.com/NEWLRSDBusSurvey by Fri., June 21.
If you have already submitted your response, please disregard. Eligibility requirements for bus riders: https://www.lrsd.org/page/transportation-lrsd. Thank you!
Congratulations to Shelby Thompson of Pinnacle View Middle School for winning the 2024 "Sustain The Rock" award! These awards recognize individuals, businesses, and organizations positively impacting sustainability through various initiatives. Thompson is being honored for her work in urban agriculture.
