Attention Acorn Elementary Parents!! There will be no After-School Tutoring on February 10, 2022.
Did you miss our fun Family Literacy Night at Christmas time? No worries!! We have a Valentine’s Themed Math Night coming next week. See picture for details.

The Acorn vs Lavaca games for tomorrow night have been canceled. Games will be played on Wednesday, February 9th.
ORSD Community,
Tomorrow February 4th, 2022 all campuses of the Ouachita River School District will be closed due to inclement weather. AMI learning will continue for students and teachers will be available by email if needed. All of Friday's activities have been cancelled and rescheduled. Tomorrow I will reevaluate weather and campus conditions to determine Saturday's events.
Respectfully,
Jerrall A. Strasner
Superintendent of Schools
There will be NO Archery practice today at Acorn!!!
There will be no After School Tutoring today at Acorn High School.
ORSD Community,
Tomorrow February 3rd, 2022 all campuses of the Ouachita River School District will move to AMI learning and be closed due to inclement weather. I will determine Friday's learning plan once I evaluate the weather conditions tomorrow. Principals and teachers will monitor emails from students and parents in case they have questions about AMI learning. Please let us know if you have any questions today while our schools are open.
Respectfully,
Jerrall A. Strasner Superintendent
The Sr. Lady Tigers vs J.C. Westside game has been canceled for this evening.

AES would like to announce our January Students of the Month.
Kindergarten- Dawson Stevenson & Phoenix Hobbs
1st Grade- Lane Matthews, Millie Tedder & Jaycee Moore
2nd Grade- Hunter Davis & Delaney Hobbs
3rd Grade- Harlan Gilley & Tristan Woody
4th Grade- Elizabeth McCandless & Pierse Slater
5th Grade- Sarah Bloodworth & Ciara Candelaria
6th Grade- Jaylen McQueen & Addi Ledbetter
Thank you to our Student of the Month program sponsors: Simon Simon's Pizza of Mena, LAARK Enterprises and Goss Electronics.

Students at AES had a fun week celebrating Arkansas School Choice Week. 3rd Grade students Elle Branham, Eden Roberts, Jeffrey Robertson, Corbin Thacker, Wyatt Matthews and Addison Riggins show off their scarves! #SCW

Students in kindergarten and 1st Grade at Acorn Elementary had a blast celebrating the 100th day of school. Some of their favorite activities of the day were popping 100 balloons and 100 cup stack challenge!




ORSD: Due to the rise in Covid cases at this time, the annual Dental Sealant Program offered through Healthy Connections will be canceled this year.
ATTTENTION ACORN TIGER FANS!!!!!
Those traveling to Lavaca tonight for ball games will have to wear a mask while in the building. Please go prepared:)
Acorn Basketball Schedule for 1/24/2022-1/28/2022!!!


Phone lines are back up at Acorn High School.
Oden Campus Announcement: Club and organization pictures for the annual will be taken on Thursday, January 27th, in the Bill Kelly Gymnasium. Junior Girls Basketball and Senior Girls Basketball pictures will be taken during 1st Period. Junior Boys Basketball and Senior Boys Basketball pictures will be taken during 2nd Period. All other organizational pictures will be done during 3rd period.
Attention Acorn Tiger Fans:
The Acorn Sr. Boys vs Future School game for tomorrow has been canceled. We will push out the Sr. Girls start time as soon as we have it.
The phone lines at the Acorn High School are down at this time. Please call the admin or elementary if you need to leave a message for the high school.
Acorn Yearbook Announcements!
If you plan on ordering a “personalized” yearbook this year, orders must be placed online no later than Friday January 28th. If you choose to place your order through Mrs. Pearce at the High School, the order must be turned in no later than Friday February 4th.
If you have pictures of your Acorn students that had a hunting photo from the 2021-2022 seasons that you would like to share for possible inclusion in the yearbook, please share to gpearce@orsd.k12.ar.us or hard copies may be brought to AHS Library and scanned.
Shout out to our very own Acorn Tiger, Justice Neufeld!!! Tomorrow he will be signing with the University of Arkansas Little Rock (a D1 school) to run Cross Country.

