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FALL 2016

EAGLE PRIDE

Helping You Stay Connected to the Paris School District….

INSIDE:

• Message from the Superintendent • New Staff • S.L.A.M. • Shoes for Water Drive • Becoming Leaders • Alumni Info • Dates to Remember

Paris School District R Wayne Fawcett, Superintendent 602 N 10th St Paris, AR 72855

Each year, as teachers and staff return for the new school year, we meet in our auditorium for a brief message for the coming year. Each year there are new challenges and opportunities for students, teachers, staff and administration. However, one thing doesn’t change: our commitment to help students achieve to their highest potential. Although the “No Child Left Behind” legislation has been replaced by “ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act” the core principle remains that we believe that every student has a right to a free and appropriate education. That education should be tailored to the needs of the individual student to maximize their potential. We are fortunate to live in a community that strongly supports the school system. We have a supportive school board that believes that education must adapt to the ever changing needs of a society that is now global. Our teachers understand that we must be progressive in our approach to delivering instruction and facilitating learning for every student. Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of our school system is our students. Every day the vast majority of our students come to school to learn, some are slightly more eager than others but, our teachers work magic and work with each student so that progress is made. I encourage you to become involved in our school system. Attend athletic events, band concerts, volunteer, join the PTO or just come visit. We are proud of our school district and love to show off what we have accomplished and will accomplish in the future. Proud to be an EAGLE! R. Wayne Fawcett, Superintendent Paris School District

Alan Anderson, Principal – Paris Elementary School – 1-844-963-3243 X2 Mike Nichols, Principal – Paris Middle School – 1-844-963-3243 X3 Bryan Hutson, Principal – Paris High School – 1-844-963-3243 X4

Message from the Superintendent

New Staff in Paris School District

Community Support

Thank you to St. Joseph School for their donation of 3 boxes of clothes from their rummage sale in September to the Paris Schools' clothing closets! What a great community we have, working together for the benefit of our children!

We would like to welcome aboard our new teachers and staff to the Paris School District for 2016-17. Gina Robberson-PHS Food Service Alivia Biggs-PHS Special Ed Nickie Kersh-District Social Worker Toni Tippit-PMS Mentor Coord/

Parent Involvement Carmella Holloway-CASS Job Corp Megan Featherston-PMS 7th gr Science Harley Southerland-PES 4th gr Charles Rosin-PMS 8th gr Math Jamie Varnell-PHS Business/Yearbook Kayla Finney-PES Food Service Annisa Duggar-PMS 6th gr Literacy Danielle Pope-PMS Literacy/SS Staci Rietman-PMS Business David Smothers-PMS 7thgr Health/

8th gr Career Dvlpmt Dr. Netlla Cureton-District

Fed Programs/Curriculum Coord Tierney Redding-PHS Office Aide Dana Taylor-PES Food Service Jonathan Bates-PE/Asst FB Coach Logan Needham-Custodial

Thank you to Walmart for their generous donation to one of our students and his family after their house fire earlier this year! Such great supporters of our community and schools!

Paris Elementary School News

S.L.A.M. Paris Elementary recently held their Science, Literacy, Arts & Math night for students and their families. The event included several interactive curriculum-related events such as Bingo for Books, Science with Axle Annie and a math game called “Sparkle,” among others. There was also student art work on display. The event was a fun-filled, engaging night for all who participated.

Kinder Concert Pre-K through second grade students from Paris Elementary enjoyed a musical concert performance by Brian and Terri Kinder on September 19th. The husband and wife duo performed several interactive children's songs from their hit albums.

PTO Info to Know Below are a list of upcoming events and meetings for the PES Parent Teacher Organization: >Fall Family Movie Night – October 7, 2016 @ 6 pm >PTO Meeting - November 15, 2016 @ 6:30 pm >Santa Shop - December 5-9, 2016 >PTO Meeting - February 22, 2017 @ 11:30 am >Spring Family Movie Night – March 3, 2017 @ 6 pm >PTO Meeting – April 6, 2017 6:30 pm >Spring Carnival - April 21, 2017 6 pm We welcome any and all parents, guardians and grandparents of our PES students to attend our meetings and help out with our upcoming events! Funds raised by the PTO are used to help purchase needed supplies and equipment for the PES students and staff.

To show appreciation to their local super heroes, students in Ms. Denise Coor's classes at Paris Middle School made thank you cards which they presented to School Resource Officer - Mike Haney. The cards expressed their gratitude to local first responders for their service to the community. The cards will be on display at the Paris Police Station.

Shoes for Water Drive Campaign

Paris Middle School News

Paris Middle School embarked on a very important service project this fall. Karla Allen from Ozarks Water Project visited with PMS faculty and students about how they can help get clean, safe water to people in need on a global scale by donating used shoes. Students began collecting used but wearable shoes the last week of September until October 6th to donate to Ozarks Water Project. They in turn will sell these shoes to a company who will provide them to those in need of shoes. The money they receive will be used to dig wells and install water pumps and filtration systems in villages in Haiti, Uganda and Kenya. PMS collected 1295 pairs of shoes! Fifth grade collected the most with 500 pairs of shoes! Thanks to Community Outreach Services for donating 130 pairs to help with the campaign! Way to go!

Students Honor First Responders

Flying the Flag Paris Middle School was recently gifted an American flag by United States Senator John Boozman. The flag was previously flown over the U.S. Capitol.

Paris High School News Becoming Leaders On and Off the Field The PHS Sr High Eagle Football team has been visiting Paris Elementary on every Friday afternoon of the home game days this season to read books to the younger students. This is a tradition Coach Tucker began last school year, "to help make a connection between sports and academics." The goal is to show the younger students the importance of education.

Seniors Making Preparations PHS Seniors took time the morning of September 9th to place orders for their Graduation caps, gowns and announcements with Jostens. These items will be delivered to the students in the spring. PHS Graduation is set for Friday, May 12th in the gymnasium.

PHS ranked one of Best High Schools

There are 95 Arkansas schools honored in the 2016 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, including one gold medal school, 28 silver medal schools and 66 bronze medal schools. Paris High School was honored as one of these BEST HIGH SCHOOLS. Way to go PHS! (http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arkansas)

Welcome Home Alumni Paris School District would like to welcome all Paris High Alumni to “come home” for this year’s Homecoming Festivities and Alumni Day on Friday, October 14th.

Alumni Volleyball Game To carry on a tradition of the past six years and kick off the 2016 volleyball season, Coach Wes Davis invited PHS volleyball alumni to play during the Blue and White event on August 19th. Seventeen alumni participated in the event, playing odd graduating years versus even. It was a great time to show our support of the Lady Eagles! Admission to the event was white towels, deodorant and/or hair ties. The 2016 PHS volleyball schedule can be found on our website at parisschools.org then click on the sports link.

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Eagle Pride is a publication of the Paris School District. It is published quarterly to provide

information about the Paris School District to parents, teachers, staff, alumni and community

members. Please address comments or suggestions to Tonya Varnell, Director of Communications.

tvarnell@parisschools.org 1-844-963-3243 ext 4004

Paris Public Schools 602 North 10th Street Paris, AR 72855-0645

1-844-963-3243

The goal of the Paris School District is to provide meaningful learning

experiences so that students can enhance their potential to

succeed in a career of their choice.

- DATES TO REMEMBER -

OCTOBER 07 PES PTO FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 6 PM 11 PES COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR 6 PM 13-20 PES BOOK FAIR 13 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 5:30 PM 14 PHS HOMECOMING (SEE SCHEDULE ON PAGE 7) 20 STUDENTS DISMISS EARLY - 1:20 PM 20 PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES – 2-7:00 PM 21 PD DAY (FLEX DAY) – NO STUDENTS 27 JR HIGH PEP RALLY 31-NOV 16 PMS TURKEY FEATHER FUNDRAISER

NOVEMBER 04 SR HIGH PEP RALLY - 2:45 PM 10 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING – 5:30 PM 11 PMS VETERANS ASSEMBLY 2 PM 15 PES PTO MEETING AT PES LIBRARY – 6:30 PM 21-25 THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO SCHOOL

DECEMBER 05-09 PES PTO SANTA SHOP 07 PMS CHRISTMAS MENTOR LUNCH - 11:30 AM 08 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING - 5:30 PM 20-21 SEMESTER TESTS - STUDENTS DISMISS EARLY – 1:20 PM 19-JAN 4 CHRISTMAS BREAK – NO SCHOOL