Take Your Legislator to School - The legislators who represent Fayetteville in the Arkansas General Assembly visited Holcomb, Holt, McNair, and Fayetteville Virtual Academy on Wednesday. Thanks to Rep. Nicole Clowney, Rep. Denise Garner, Sen. Greg Leding, and Rep. David Whitaker for spending their morning with us! #onefps
Alice Cai, a 16-year-old Fayetteville High School Student, recently published her debut children's book based on a draft she started in 2014 at the Northwest Arkansas Kidswrite Summer Camp — now called the Young Writers Camp — which is organized by the University of Arkansas. Read more!
https://bit.ly/2lVuwQp
A little over a week till the Campaign Tipoff and we can't wait to see you there at Fayetteville High School on the 24th. Doors open at 5:30 so get your seat early and remember it is FREE. #CampaignTipoff #LiveUnitedNWA
Celebrating the induction of FHS purple dog Wallace Spearmon, Jr. into the UA Sports Hall of Honor.
If you are going to the game tomorrow, park at Fayetteville High School and help the FHS Band!
First meeting this year with some of the hardest working parents in FPS! The FPS Presidents Council meets monthly with Dr. John L Colbert to hear about district programs, make suggestions, and ask questions. We greatly appreciate these good people! — with Melissa Belden Werner, K.c. Pummill, Vanessa Miller and Kelsey Roemer.
Help Choose the New Junior High Mascots
Suggestions are now being received to help Ramay and Woodland Junior High Schools select new mascots! https://forms.gle/37aUkjGZr7etTUe98
EVERY student in Fayetteville Public Schools should CHECK-IN for the 2019-2020 school year!
This is a NEW process and includes all students and ALL GRADE LEVELS.
The window for CHECK-IN is July 29-August 9.
A link with login information will be sent to every parent by email or letter the week of July 22-26th.
Please login with the emailed/mailed student login(s) and password(s) and confirm your student’s information at https://update.fayar.net/.
If you do not receive your child’s login information by July 26th, please email fpsinform@fayar.net.
NOTE: If you have moved, you will need to provide proof of residence (copy of a current utility bill or rental agreement). You may upload your proof of residence in the Back to School Check-In portal at https://update.fayar.net/.
We can't wait to see you! It's going to be a great year!
Annual School Election Set for May 21
The annual school election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The only contested race on the ballot is for the Zone 5 seat on the Fayetteville Board of Education. Tim Hudson is seeking re-election to this seat, and he is being challenged by Dwight Gonzales. There is no change requested in the millage rate.
The Woodland Jr. High Robotics Team received a Recognition of Outstanding Achievement for placing 4th in the nation at the Create U.S. Open Robotics
Championship.
The FHS Special Olympics Basketball team received a Recognition of Outstanding Achievement for winning the 2019 state championship!
Congrats to the 61 FHS students who received the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy during a ceremony on Wednesday, April 23! The students received the Seal of Biliteracy in Arabic (1), Chinese (2), French (9), German (12), and Spanish (37).
CONGRATULATIONS to @FayettevilleHS Bulldog TV for their performance at the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association.
Among the Awards
Superior Rating and Best of ASPA for
Best Weekly Show - FHS TV Staff, Best Daily Show - FHS TV Staff
Superior rating for the TV Program and All-Arkansas award, meaning that @FayettevilleHS is the best TV program in the state.
Elizabeth Thomas-Gammill has been named the new head cheer coach at Fayetteville High School, according to Steve Janski, Director of Athletics for Fayetteville Public Schools. Thomas-Gammill will assume the role of Director of Spirit and Student Athletic Affairs, which encompasses serving the district as head cheer coach as well as head dance coach.
Thomas-Gammill currently serves as the head dance coach for FHS and as the Director of Spirit for the FPS district. Thomas-Gammill will lead a team of four assistant cheer and dance coaches serving over 150 student-athletes.
FPS Assistant Principals are CRUCIAL to the success of our students! A BIG THANK YOU! We honor them during #APWEEK19.
Fayetteville High School Theatre Department will present THE TIN WOMAN by Sean Grennan April 11, 12, and 13 at 7 pm and April 14 at 2pm in the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center. The play is a tender, emotional journey that uses humor and pathos to explore loss, family and what it means to be given a new life. To purchase tickets visit fhsdrama.net
Here’s a shout out for Washington's Coach Thomas! He won the Hogeye Marathon last Saturday! Congratulations Coach!
Congratulations to our 2019 Dorothy Lindquist Volunteer of the Year, Missy Wyatt Joyce!
Fayetteville High School had 38 students receive the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy! Adopted first by California in 2011, the Seal of Biliteracy is now recognized in 36 states and Washington D.C. According to the official website, “the Seal of Biliteracy encourages students to pursue biliteracy, honors the skills our students attain, and can be evidence of skills that are attractive to future employers and college admissions offices.” Since the 2017 pilot year a total of 812 Arkansas students from 31 high schools around the state have attained this certification across eleven languages other than English (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish). The Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy is awarded each spring and fall to students in grades 9 through 12 and is sponsored by the Arkansas Foreign Language Teachers Association (AFLTA) and the Arkansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ARKTESOL). The Arkansas Department of Education officially endorsed the Seal in June 2018.
This Saturday, Dr. Steven Weber, Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning, will be the guest moderator/host for Lead Up Chat. The weekly Twitter chat begins at 8:30 a.m. Educators can join the chat by searching for the following hashtag #LeadUpChat.
Joe Weishaar, a Fayetteville Public Schools graduate and a 2013 graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and the Honors College, will return to the U of A campus to present a free public lecture, “To End All Wars: The Fight for the National WWI Memorial,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Gearhart Hall Auditorium. https://bit.ly/2U2TDkk
Congratulations to @FayettevilleHS senior, Kexin Meng, on her perfect ACT score! #PurpleReign
Some future District 84 voters from McNair Middle School had the opportunity to visit with Arkansas Representative Denise Garner at the Capitol!
Henry Foster, a 5th grader at McNair Middle School, was awarded the Youth Challenger Award at the Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education state conference in Little Rock on February 28. The purpose of the Youth Challenger Award is to honor and recognize a student who risked taking an unusual, creative, different, and innovative step in a direction most people wouldn't think to consider.
The Breakfast Club had an exciting afternoon: interviews and performances. Special thanks to Ramay teachers Rebecca Gilmer and Kristen Stout for being in the audience, celebrating the students, and helping! Wow! Our special guests from Fayetteville Public Education Foundation had a great time! Thanks, Stevie Sandven and Frankie Sandven Cheadle for running the refreshments and T-shirt sales.
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Congratulations to the Woodland Robotics Teams! At the State Championship, all three teams went to finals, and Team 6610T ended up as State Runner Up, bearing out over 250 teams in the state. Next stop for Robotics is the US Open in April alongside Team 6610W. Then Team 6610T will compete in the World Championship in May! #onefps
Congratulations to @FayettevilleHS students Alice Cai (10) and Kaushik Sampath (11) for winning 1st and 2nd place at the Regional Science Fair. Both have qualified for the international science fair in Phoenix, Arizona in May.
All Fayetteville Public Schools will be closed today, Monday, March 4, due to the early morning snowfall affecting road conditions. Stay warm!
Actors from "A Bronx Tale," which is playing at the Walton Arts Center, came to Mike Lynn Thomas' Drama class today to visit with students, watch some student performances, and offer advice. #onefps
Have you heard the news?!
All advanced choirs received Division I Superior Ratings at the choral performance assessment this week--the highest honor! Each choir received a plaque that the students will get to sign and will be displayed in the hallway at Woodland. Way to go WJHS!
The Matthew William Moore Library presented: Unification@FHS: A History of Race and Education in Fayetteville featuring, Ocie Fisher, Jimmye Whitfield, Betty Smith, and Dr. John L Colbert.
What are Advisory, Edge, and A&E? FHS staff members, including FHS Principal Dr. Jay Dostal, and FHS students explain how the programs work to help students.
https://bit.ly/2H0gDbZ
Congratulations to the @FayettevilleHS student who participated in the 2019 Arkansas State Thespian Festival. #PurpleReign brought home some hardware.
@FayettevilleHS hosted the Special Olympics District 3 Basketball Tournament today. Hundreds of Special Olympians from Northwest Arkansas participated in the annual event. Watch and celebrate as the participants give it their all! #onefps
https://bit.ly/2FOFbFg
Baby With the Bathwater runs through Sunday at the FHS PAC! Such amazing talent on display! Come out and see the show!#PurpleReign
January 24, 25, 26 at 7pm
January 27 at 2pm
Directed by Trevor Cooperescue
Congratulations to the @FayettevilleHS Special Olympics basketball team on winning the high school division and qualifying for the State Tournament! #PurpleReign
Great day of Special Olympic basketball @FayettevilleHS. Love the support and respect our students show towards one another. #PurpleReign
Our Superintendent, Dr. John L Colbert, had the privilege to speak to the Fayetteville Lions Club-Arkansas on Wednesday. He gave a presentation on Fayetteville Public Schools and thanked the club members for their long-time leadership in our great city. #onefps
Congrats to the FHS Band for placing 66 members on the 2019 All Region Band! https://bit.ly/2DyhJJX #PurpleReign #onefps
Congratulations to Holt Middle School student Loreli Worley for winning first place in the 2019 Walmart MLK Dream Essay Contest! #onefps
Our Superintendent, Dr. John L Colbert, had the privilege to speak to the Fayetteville Lions Club-Arkansas on Wednesday. He gave a presentation on Fayetteville Public Schools and thanked the club members for their long-time leadership in our great city. #onefps
Congratulations to @FayettevilleHS student Warren McCombs who was selected a 2019 National YoungArts Foundation Merit winner in Sculpture!
Congrats to the Woodland quiz bowl team on a 1st place win in Saturday’s NWAESC Tournament! Our own Janet Fu was the high point scorer! 🏆 #quizbowl #teamwork #onefps
January's Harvest of the Month is the stupendous SWEET POTATO!
This month students and staff will sample Ranchero Roasted Sweet Potatoes seasoned with Tex Mex-style spices. Sweet potatoes for the taste tests and winter menus were grown at Dickey Farms in Tontitown, Arkansas. Did you know, because of their sweet flavor and creamy texture, mashed sweet potatoes can be used instead of fat and sugar in many desserts (i.e. sweet potato brownies)? #harvestofthemonth #F2S #arkansasgrown
Fayetteville Public Education Foundation scholarship applications are open! Deadline is February 15, 2019
www.fayedfoundation.org/programs/scholarships/
Artwork by students at Holt, McNair, & Owl Creek Middle Schools is on display in the Children's Library at the Fayetteville Public Library through the end of January. Stop by and check it out! #onefps
Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan spoke to fourth-grade students today about his role in city government as they completed their unit of study on government. #onefps
Thanks to our outstanding teachers and students for a great semester of learning! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzUR6cPeAwM
#onefps
At the December meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Education, Root Elementary School academic interventionist Holly Smith received an Above & Beyond Award from the Education Committee of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for her outstanding work with students. Congratulations, Holly! #onefps
The Husky Nation Celebrates today! Our very own Cheri DeSoto, 5th Grade Science teacher, was recognized as a 2018 state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, in front of the State Board of Education today in Little Rock! Mrs. DeSoto’s husband Joe and children Trusten & Nicole along with Maddie, Trusten’s fiancé, were all there to support her! If you step into Mrs. DeSoto’s classroom you will see engaged learners, discussion and exploration of science, scaffolded instruction, and for sure hear the letters ONSC. She is team player and public servant that is a joy to work with each day!
Congratulations to Woodland Robotics on winning the Alma Vex IQ Competition, taking home Design Award, Robot Skills Champions, Teamwork Challenge Champions, and Excellence Award!
FHS Football LIVE STREAMED tonight at 7:00 pm - FHS vs Bryant in state playoffs! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXEhkF11XQluDIGsYKxko0Q
Woodland Junior High's 2017-18 yearbook "The Roundup", placed 7th in the Best of Show contest at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Chicago. AND congratulations to Ariadna Ramirez for FIRST PLACE IN NSPA DESIGN OF THE YEAR! Best in the country!
Great things are always happening in our schools! Check out "The Latest" video. https://goo.gl/FYysta
The Woodland Jr. High Round-Up yearbook staff received a Recognition of Outstanding Achievement Award for receiving a Gold Medal Critique from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. #onefps
@kwamealexander visited @FayettevilleHS today to share his poetry with our students. Unbelievable experience!
Today is the day! Our Local Harvest Lunch is being prepared by our wonderful Child Nutrition staff in kitchens across the district. October is National Farm to School Month! FPS Child Nutrition invites you to join your student TODAY for a locally-sourced lunch made with ingredients from farms & small businesses in Arkansas!
McNair Fly Fishing Club had a great time today at Roaring River Springs. Club sponsors are Mr. Keen and Mr. Smith! These McNair teachers take the time with each one of these boys and girls to attach the lures, fix, and listen. Thanks for doing this year after year. #onefps
Lunch is served! The FPS Purple Dog Food Truck made a stop at Woodland today. Students enjoyed being outside while eating their street-food inspired lunch. #foodtruckdayz #purpledogfoodtruck #streetfood #onefps
Dr. Hershey Garner discusses genomes, cancers, and healthcare with Ramay Junior High students who are reading "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie." #onefps
#PurpleReign yet again!!!
Today is Crosswalk Safety Awareness Day in Arkansas! The annual event aims to remind both pedestrians and motorists to slow down and look before walking or driving through a crosswalk.
October is National Farm to School Month! FPS Child Nutrition iinvites you to join us for lunch on October 19th!
Check out the FHS Homecoming Football game LIVE STREAMED tonight at 7:00 pm - FHS vs Van Buren! http://www.fhsbulldogs.com/broadcasts
Congratulations to our 2018 @FayettevilleHS Homecoming Court. #PurpleReign
3rd maid: Kamilla Sarvestani
2nd maid (tie): Sophie Martin & Kelsey Brewer
1st Maid: Iman Blackwell
Made of Honor: Gabi Gies
Queen: Claire Cooper
Check out FHS Football LIVE STREAMED tonight at 7:00 pm - FHS vs Owasso! http://www.fhsbulldogs.com/broadcasts
Check out FHS Volleyball LIVE STREAMED tonight at 6:30 pm - FHS vs Bentonville West!
http://www.fhsbulldogs.com/broadcasts
The Fayetteville Board of Education unanimously approved a three-year contract with Dr. John L Colbert to serve as Superintendent of Schools through the 2020-2021 school year. The 2018-19 school year marks Dr. Colbert's 43rd year of service to Fayetteville Public Schools.
Our latest video profiles our Vision & Mission that was crafted by the Fayetteville Board of Education to guide Fayetteville Public Schools. Check it out on Facebook at https://bit.ly/2B0KeAJ #onefps
Convocation 2018 has #ONEFPS ready to rock on Monday!
Looking for School Supply Lists? On the website, use Explore...Parents...School Supplies. On the App, choose Documents...School Supply Lists. #onefps
Prepping for the GREATEST SHOW! #onefps
Just three days to the start of an amazing year! We can't wait to see you! #onefps
Be sure to download our new app! Check it out in the Apple/Google Play stores!
Going to be the GREATEST SHOW tomorrow morning! Outstanding rehearsals! Our students and staff are hard at work! #onefps
The Fayetteville Public Library hosted a reception for our Superintendent, Dr. John L Colbert on Tuesday, July 24. A great attended, and we’re very grateful to our good friends and partners in education at the library! #onefps
Camp Invention at Butterfield Trail Elementary was a big hit! Lots of fun learning taking place all week.