📣 You’re invited to the 2026 LRSD State of the District Address! Get a District update, future vision, student highlights, resources, door prizes (including a $100 Sam’s Club gift card!), and a performance by Voices Without Borders Honor Choir & Parkview Jazz Ensemble.
🕕 6 PM - Wednesday, March 11, 2026|
📍 Darragh Center, CALS - 100 Rock St.
#OneTeamOneDreamOneLRSD
McDermott Elementary wants to thank our incredible partner Trinity United Methodist Church for feeding our staff Tuesday during Teacher Appreciation Week! Meredith and Regina were amazing, and stayed through lunches to greet staff and express their appreciation. Having been educators themselves, they get it! :) We love ya, Trinity UMC!!!
McDermott Elementary would like to thank our wonderful Partner In Education, Pleasant Valley Church of Christ, for catering an amazing lunch from Chipotle for our educators during Teacher Appreciation Week! Our teachers certainly felt appreciated! PVCOC has done SO much for our students and staff this year, always serving with authentic spirit and heart. Thank you so much for your friendship and support!
Good morning, Mustang Country,
We invite everyone to wear red today on May Day to honor education professionals! Also, please note that we are encouraging students to make good choices! Beginning today, students who get referrals between now and Field Day will lose two field day activities for each referral. We want ALL students to experience all activities! Students, do the right thing and show great behavior!
It's Bus Diver Appreciation Day today and here in Mustang Country we really appreciate our bus drivers! Thank you for every day you get our students to and from school safely! We were so happy to present each driver with a small treat and a lot of gratitude today!
Would you like a yearbook for your child? If you would like a reduced cost with no shipping, please order by tomorrow, April 28.
Congratulations to 3rd Grader, Josiah Peters, who was recognized for being a Top Reader in a report by Ms. Linda Neal at Thursday's board meeting during the district's recent competition!
We are finally to our last week of state testing! This week, Kindergarten will test on Monday and Tuesday. First Grade will test Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep, arrives on time and does their best!
Hello, McDermott Parents,
We are having a lot of problems with students not following our dress code. Please check your child's outfit and remember that students should not be wearing pajama pants, have a bare midriff (watch tied up shirts!) or have shorts/skirts/holes in jeans that are shorter than their hanging fingertips. Additionally, students are advised NOT to wear open-toed shoes because of our wood chips on the playground, but they ARE NOT PERMITTED to wear shoes with no backs (slides, etc.). This is a safety issue during play time and PE. We are also seeing many students bringing blankets to school. Blankets need to stay at home. We will begin calling parents of children who do not meet dress code to pick their child up or bring a change of clothing. If your child needs clothing or shoes that meet our dress code, please contact Ms. Dial at pam.dial@lrsd.org
We are having a lot of problems with students not following our dress code. Please check your child's outfit and remember that students should not be wearing pajama pants, have a bare midriff (watch tied up shirts!) or have shorts/skirts/holes in jeans that are shorter than their hanging fingertips. Additionally, students are advised NOT to wear open-toed shoes because of our wood chips on the playground, but they ARE NOT PERMITTED to wear shoes with no backs (slides, etc.). This is a safety issue during play time and PE. We are also seeing many students bringing blankets to school. Blankets need to stay at home. We will begin calling parents of children who do not meet dress code to pick their child up or bring a change of clothing. If your child needs clothing or shoes that meet our dress code, please contact Ms. Dial at pam.dial@lrsd.org
4th and 5th grades celebrated their hard work with rocket launches today!🚀 so much fun!! Tomorrow is our last day of ALTAS for our big kids. Keep up the hard work, Mustangs and we'll keep the party going!!! We move on to Kinder and 1st grades next week!
4th & 5th Grades have been giving there best! We've had a lot of hard work to celebrate! No one got a picture of our Sonic Ice Creams on Monday. But we caught a few Mustangs enjoying their slime time today!
We're not testing tomorrow so our Special Olympics athletes can compete, but we're back at it Thursday!
Hello, Mustang Families,
Here is the order form for our field day t-shirts. Orders are due tomorrow!
3rd Grade students worked hard last week on their ATLAS assessments and earned lots of fun activities for their effort! Ice cream, slime making, rockets, the inflatable and finally a trip to the park for a picnic. What a fun week! 4th and 5th Graders, this week is your week to shine! Tick Tock Mustangs! Clocks up, time to show them what you got! Let's do this 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙
Bus 20 D has still not arrived.
Hello, Mustang Families,
We are going to cancel our Awards Assemblies that were scheduled for this Friday, April 17. Students will be given their awards at our end-of-the -year promotions (K and 5th) and awards assemblies (1st-4th). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
State testing for 2nd and 3rd Grades begins in the morning! Please make sure your student is in bed, gets a good night's rest and is at school on time and does their best to qualify for all incentive opportunities!
Good afternoon. We are still waiting on Bus 20 D to arrive to take students home.
Dear Mustang Families — the City of Little Rock is researching the need for before and after-school care for our community schools. The YMCA of Memphis is interested in providing before or after-school programming. If you have an interest in seeing more options for before or after-school care, please tap the link below to complete this very quick 2-question multiple choice survey before April 13. Takes about 5 seconds, and we need as many responses as possible before the deadline. Thanks!
McDermott Parents,
We are dealing with the following every day:
-Students bringing phones to school and using them (violating state law)
-Students who are angry or have their feelings hurt due to inappropriate group chats or social media posts
PLEASE monitor your child's device regularly. These concerns are impacting instructional time.
Moving forward, any device that is being used during the day will be taken until the parent can come and pick it up.
Thank you!
Please don't forget our Family ATLAS and Literacy Night tonight at 6:00! Lots of free information and free dinner, too!