Ouachita River School District

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires public school special education services consultation with private schools. For the purposes of IDEA, in Arkansas homeschool students are also considered private school students. On September 25, there will be a special education consultation meeting held in the board room of the Oden campus for students living in the Ouachita River School District who attend a private school or are homeschooled. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will last approximately thirty minutes. Please contact William Edwards at 479-216-2251 if you have any questions. Posted to

Acorn Schools' Announces 2024 Harvest Festival Royalty Court Pre-K, AES and AHS Harvest Festival Royalty Court attached. Acorn Schools' Harvest Festival Friday, October 11, 2024 6-8 PM - Harvest Festival Games & Food 7:30 PM - Harvest Festival Royalty Court Ceremony Acorn Gymnasium

AHS Band & Choir hosts FALL FUN'D Concert Thursday, October 3, 2024 Acorn Cafeteria 7 PM Donations appreciated to support the Acorn Schools' Backpack Program! See event flyer for suggested donations. #AHStigersSERVE #orsdlifeprep

Acorn Hosts Tom Stuthard Stampede XC Meet Acorn High School hosted the Tom Stuthard Stampede XC (Cross Country) Meet on Tuesday, September 11, 2024 on the Acorn XC long distance track. Approximately 500 runners participated in the four divisions: Junior Girls, Junior Boys, Senior Girls and Senior Boys. Athletes and teams from 1A - 7A high schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma from as far north as Gentry High School and as far south as Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana were in attendance. JR High Girls standings for Polk County schools included: Genevieve Simborio - Acorn High School - 2nd Overall Yeremi Martinez - Cossatot River High School - top runner for Cossatot River High School 121 runners competed in the JR High Girls race with Acorn finishing 5th out of 20 teams. Acorn High School JR High Girls Standings: Genevieve Simborio 2nd Kylie Ezell 13th Jozie Daniels 26th Natalie Mabry 50th Laura Mae Bridge (Oden) 74th Jennifer Willleford 75th Kaylyn Donalds (Oden) 91st McKinzie Long (Oden) 92nd Jadyn Aldridge (Oden) 94th Rory Pearson (Oden) 120th Silocks McCloud (Oden) 121st JR High Boys standings for Polk County schools included: Conner Spencer - Mena High School - top runner for Mena High School Isaiah Clovis - Acorn High School - top runner for Acorn High School Noah Brandon - Cossatot River High School - top runner for Cossatot River High School 148 runners competed in the JR High Boys race with Acorn finishing 8th out of 18 teams. Acorn High School JR High Boys Standings: Isaiah Clovis 17th LeLand Fernandez 44th Kortson Edwards 63rd Cy Young 66th Ryder Laughlin 70th Dominic Libby (Oden) 91st Trey Martin 93rd Christopher Olmstead (Oden) 99th Max Schnell 101st Eric Smith 103rd Clay Carmack (Oden) 115th Trent Phillips 117th Jasper Dollar 119th Beau Rodgers 120th Brody Murray (Oden) 122nd Brody Lopez 127th Gavin Mack (Oden) 142nd Logan Suggitt (Oden) 143rd SR High Girls standings for Polk County schools included: Allison Howard - Mena High School - top runner for Mena High School & Polk County schools Khloe Husser- Acorn High School - top runner for Acorn High School Delaney Ford - Umpire High School - top runner for Umpire High School Madison Johnson - Cossatot River High School - top runner for Cossatot River High School 98 runners competed in the SR High Girls race. Acorn High School SR High Girls Standings: Khloe Husser (Oden) 61st Arianna Barbagiovanni-Gasparo 64th SR High Boys standings for Polk County schools included: Aiden Kimp - Acorn High School - top runner for Acorn High School & Polk County schools Jonas Hernandez - Mena High School - top runner for Mena High School Easton Johnson - Cossatot River High School - top runner for Cossatot River High School 120 runners competed in the SR High Boys race. Acorn High School SR High Boys Standings: Aiden Kimp 14th Zane Newton 22nd Caden Tarkinton 30th For a complete list of results, go to ar.milesplit.com website. Congratulations to all of the athletes and their accomplishments! Thank you for participating in the Tom Stuthard Stampede XC Meet! #AHStigersSERVE #orsdlifeprep Ouachita River School District Through a safe, caring, and serving environment, students learn, grow, excel, and succeed...this is our mission in preparing students for LIFE!

Acorn Archery Season is set to begin. Monday, September 23 @ 530pm. Parent & sign-up meetings will be held in the Old Main Building in our Practice Gym. If you want to be part of the team this year, please plan to attend! We will get participation papers filled out and discuss our plans for this season. If you have friends that want to join, bring them as well. Come fling some arrows with us. Grades 4-12 can participate.

AHS Poets Featured in GIFTED Anthology Acorn High School students will be featured in the upcoming anthology of young poets, GIFTED for their poems submitted to the American Library of Poetry 28th National Student Poetry Contest. The following AHS students submitted poems on May 6, 2024: Adalyn Bohlman Jaylen McQueen William Bloodworth Dodge Couture Lauren Cruz Izabella Fowler Irene Gilhousen Chloe Kelley Tazanna Haggard KaitLynn Ledbetter Brooklyn Lewis Lacy McEntire Macy McEntire Zane Newton Summer Nix Brooke Osufsen Lyndsey Powell Lana Revels Victoria Squires Rebecca Bloodworth Kelly Slaten, AHS English Instructor stated, “I am so proud to present the following young poets from Acorn High School. Last spring, each of these students submitted a poem to the American Library of Poetry 28th Annual National Student Poetry Contest. Their poems will be featured in an upcoming anthology of young poets called "GIFTED." Well done, students! Keep writing!!” #orsdlifeprep #AHStigersSERVE

Acorn's Flu Clinic will be October 22nd. Please check youu students backpacks for the permission slip and get those returned by October 1st. Please reach out if you have any questions.

The Oden Back to School Bash is cancelled for tonight 9/12/24 due to weather.

Acorn High School Grades Class Election Results Grades 7-12 election results include: Student Council Representatives Class Favorites Class Officers Congratulations, AHS Students on your elected positions and serving in 2024-2025!

AHS and OHS Fellowship of Christian Students to host annual SEE YOU AT THE POLE events Wednesday, September 25, 2024 is the global event day for See You At The Pole (SYATP). Students on the Acorn and Oden Schools’ campuses are invited by Fellowship of Christian Students (FCS) Clubs to participate on their respective campuses! The SEE YOU AT THE POLE ‘24 Theme is: 1st PRAY” from 1 Timothy 2:1 Oden and Acorn High School Fellowship of Christian Students’ Clubs invite you to come out and join in the student-led events and prayer Acorn High School Fellowship of Christian Students Hosting SYATP Flagpole @ Acorn Campus Starts at 7:00 AM and ends at 7:30 AM Oden High School Fellowship of Christian Students Hosting SYATP Flagpole @ Oden Campus 7:00 AM

ATTN: ORSD Students & Parents/Guardians Just a friendly reminder! Please complete the EZ Meal Application online or contact your child's school building office to obtain a form to complete! Online: Go to - www.ouachitariversd.org Click on - MENU Under the heading, CAFETERIA, click on - EZ Meal Online Application Printed Meal Application can be obtained from your child's building office: Acorn Elementary School (479) 394-4833 Acorn High School (479) 394-5544 Oden K-12 Schools (870) 326-4311

ATTENTION ACORN Elementary 6th GRADE PARENTS : Due to a miscommunication, the 6th grade students DID NOT get their pictures taken today. We apologize for this inconvenience and want you to know that we will get thier photos taken on OCTOBER 3RD, 2024. Again we are truly sorry.

Attention Acorn Tiger Fans: Cross Country: We will be running Cross Country here Tuesday the 10th @ Acorn. Many of you will have uniforms from track. Bring them Tuesday, and the rest will be handed out at the meet. Races: 3:45pm Jr. Girls, followed by Jr. Boys, Sr. Girls and Sr. Boys.

Reminder Fall Picture Day on Acorn Campus is tomorrow Friday September 6th. Come looking your best

Acorn Softball Raffle Choice between a Chainsaw or Rifle. $5 each or 5 for $20. Get a hold of any softball player or contact the school and we can get you in touch with someone who can help! Thank you for your support!.

Acorn Elementary has began our Screening Testing for our Atlas Testing. Here are our future test dates. Please have your students to school on time so they have time to have a great breakfast and prepare for the test.

Acorn Elementary Families! Time is running out to order your Acorn Elementary t-shirt. Place your order by this Friday, September 6. You can pick up an order form in the elementary office. All proceeds will go to benefit Acorn Elementary students. Thanks for your support!

Congratulations to Mrs. Toby Hollin for receiving the 2024 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers! We are proud that you are part of our Acorn Elementary Family! #AEStigersSERVE

Calling All Oden Campus Grandparents! Ode Maddox Elementary students would like to invite their grandparents to a small celebration for Grandparent’s Day at the Oden Cafeteria on Friday, September 6th, 2024, at 3:30 pm. They will be performing a short program to express their love and appreciation for all our grandparents do for us.

Attn Acorn Elementary parents: Peewee basketball registration for grades 3-6 will end tomorrow, Wednesday September 4. Please use this link to fill out the registration form. https://forms.gle/XteCvki6YyQDCZHE6 A note is being sent home today with our students that includes the link as well. Please read the good conduct document in the registration form and indicate your agreement to follow our policy. Thank you and we are looking forward to a great year!