FYI: PSD is experiencing an internet outage on all campuses. Teachers may not be able to start their Zoom sessions with virtual students or respond to emails.
Hey RAM FANS! Friday night's bell game against GCT will be featured as the Soncom Media High School Game of the Week. If you can't attend, watch the LIVE stream on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SoncomMedia starting with pregame at 6:45 pm; kickoff is at 7 pm. GO RAMS!!
Congratulations Paragould Pride Marching Band, Class 5A State Champions for the 5th consecutive year! ! #psdrams
We'd like to give a special thanks to 1st Choice Healthcare of Paragould for the recent donation of bottled water to our school district. We appreciate your generosity and support of our school district!!
Football schedule change: next week's 7th grade and Jr. High football games against Greene County Tech have been cancelled and will not be made up.
We are pleased to announce that Baldwin Elementary has received a $3,000 literacy grant to promote student achievement in literacy.
Students in grades 2-4 at Baldwin Elementary will read new books provided in classroom libraries and will work to achieve reading goals established by school staff. We are excited and grateful for this opportunity made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greene County, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation.
We would like to thank our parents and students for the patience and flexibility you have shown during the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year. We appreciate your support and trust as we navigate our new learning options and work to improve our practices for the weeks ahead of us.
The Paragould School District provided students with a Virtual Learning Day on Friday, October 16. We would like your feedback on how we can improve in the areas of academics, student support, and time management. Your insights into our virtual learning implementation will help us ensure a safe, caring, and exciting educational environment. Please complete the survey for each school age child you have in the Paragould School District. For example, if you have three students, you will need to complete the survey three times, one for each child. The survey is open until Friday, October 23. Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/TzBMThvqve6mdjzg7
We are proud to announce that School of the 21st Century completed the Parents as Teachers National Center Quality Endorsement & Improvement Process and earned the highest designation: Blue Ribbon Affiliate status. Parents as Teachers provides early childhood organizations and professionals with information and tools that are innovative, relevant, and widely applicable to today's parents, families and children.
These are the directions for how to access Google Classroom offline on Virtual Day. The offline directions are for those without home Internet access.
See these photos for a Spanish translation of the directions for how to access Google Classroom offline on Virtual Day. The offline directions are for those without home Internet access.
Virtual day meal info:
Happy Monday, PSD! Just a reminder: our first Virtual Day is this Friday, October 16. See attached photos and previous posts for more info.
So sorry! The date was incorrect in the previous post about virtual day meal pickup. The correct date is October 16. The other information (times and locations) is correct in the previous post.
Breakfast and lunch pick up will be available for blended learning students on our virtual day, Oct. 26. Pick up at any of the following locations (10:30am - 12:00pm) :
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY GYM
OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM
PARAGOULD JR HIGH FRONT HALL SIDE ENTRANCE
The Paragould School District has received an Emergency School Pantry and Food Box Program Grant Award in the amount of $25,000! This grant is administered by the Arkansas Food Bank in partnership with the six regional food banks. The purpose of the program is to provide additional food assistance to low income families with children. There will be at least one special food box distribution per week. The food from this program is meant for all family members, not just the children. The Paragould School District is excited about this awesome opportunity to serve our students and their families!
HE DID IT AGAIN! Congratulations to back-to-back 5A Individual State Golf Champion Simon McBride! Way to go Simon!!
Congratulations Blaine Wood and Cole Edwards on their 5A undefeated tennis doubles season! Go Rams!!
Congratulations to the 2020-2021 PHS Homecoming Court! #psdrams
Congratulations 2020-21 PHS Homecoming Queen Lily Broadaway! #psdrams
Updated link for the Homecoming Ceremony live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HodP1-7Lw4&feature=youtu.be