Ouachita River School District

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Attention AES Families, You are invited to come eat Thanksgiving Lunch with your child next week! Please find your child's lunch day and time below. We ask that you prepay to help us avoid a long wait time and line. If you are unable to prepay, please return the note sent home with your child so the lunchroom will have a lunch count. You will need to go to the elementary office to pay for your lunch the day of lunch if you choose not to prepay. To prepay please send your slip and money to school with your child. We will have tables set up in front of the elementary office so you can pick up your prepaid lunch ticket(s). Kindergarten & 1st Grade Lunch: Tuesday, November 8th @ 10:45-11:45 a.m. 2nd Grade: Wednesday, November 9th @ 10:45-11:30 a.m. 3rd & 4th Grade: Wednesday, November 9th @ 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 5th & 6th Grade: Thursday, November 10th @ 10:45-11:45 a.m.

Acorn High School Project Prevent Hosts TOY DRIVE Help support Acorn Schools' Sorge Christmas Project with toys and gifts! Tuesday, December 13th Acorn vs Dierks Basketball Game Acorn Gym

~Acorn Elementary's Accelerated Reader High Striker Point Announcement~ Mrs. Bohlman's 1st grade, Mrs. Robert's 4th grade, and Mrs. Hollin's 6th grade classes were treated with an extra recess yesterday because their classes earned the most AR points for the 1st Nine Weeks of school! Mrs. Bohlman's Class: 258.6 Points Mrs. Robert's Class: 383 Mrs. Hollin's Class: 681.3 Great Job Super Readers

AR Point Club 25 Point Club: Dominic Crawford, Milo Grant, Jeffrey Robertson, Ryder Laughlin, Bailey White, & Kennedi Cooke 75 Point Club: Drew Mabry 250 Point Club: Alayna Cory

Students at AES got to celebrate with Ice Cream last week for making their 1st Nine Weeks AR Reading Goal! These students met their point, quiz % accuracy, reading within their level and time reading goal! Way to go students!

Congratulations to Acorn Elementary students, Xander Smith and Summer Southwick! They won the drawing for over $75 worth of free books from our Book Fair!

Reminder: We will be having a Food Drive tonight at the Acorn vs Cossatot Basketball games. We are gathering food for the Acorn Backpack Program. This program helps send food home to 22+ families/60+ children each week. We want to thank you in advance for any donation that we receive!!!

UAFS Visit to AHS Campus On Tuesday, October 25, UAFS Admissions Advisor Eden Barney met with AHS juniors and seniors to present academic programs, scholarship information and deadlines, student life organizations, housing and other important information about the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Thank you, Eden and the University of Arkansas Fort Smith for providing important information to help prepare students for postsecondary education and training! Ouachita River School District…preparing students for life! #orsdlifeprep

Attention Oden Community! Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead have organized a trip to London, Paris, & Rome in 2025 - and they want to take AS MANY people as they can! Students currently in grades 6-12 are invited to attend - as well as their families! Register at the link below to attend the informational meeting THIS Thursday in the Oden cafeteria, where they will answer all your questions and explain how they plan to keep this trip safe and affordable for students so everyone can participate in this once-in-a-lifetime experience! Those who register for & attend the meeting will receive a $200 tour scholarship. We hope to see you there! https://rsvp.eftours.com/3xpd7gy Interested but can’t make the meeting? Register using the link and select “No, but send more info!”

Family Mental Health Night On Wednesday, October 19th, Arkansas Department of Education hosted the “Family Mental Health Night” session to provide support, services and resources to empower youth, parents, families and staff in addressing mental health. To view the recorded session, click on the link below: Family Mental Health Night link You can contact the ORSD Counseling Team if you need assistance or have questions, we are here to help! KyLynn Ledbetter, ORSD Mental Health Therapist kledbetter@orsd.k12.ar.us - (479) 394-2348 Apryl Philpot, Oden K-12 School Counselor aphilpot@orsd.k12.ar.us - 870-326-4311 Linda Heath, Acorn Elementary School Counselor lheath@orsd.k12.ar.us - 479-394-2348 Tammy Young, Acorn High School Counselor tyoung@orsd.k12.ar.us - 479-394-7339

Acorn Elementary celebrated these students last week for being chosen by their teachers for October Students of the Month. Kindergarten Wilson – ​​​Remington Strother​​​​ Chaney – ​​​Jaxon Birtcher​ Powell - ​​​Stormy Scull ​​ 1st Grade Priddy -​​​Maddie Powell​ Bohlman – ​​Ryelynn Schmidt​ 2nd Grade Willborg – ​​Mia Martinez​ Howard – ​​​Hayden Higgins ​ 3rd Grade Myers – ​​​Gabe Huff​ Morris – ​​​Bella Herrington 4th Grade Roberts – ​​​Elle Branham Conaster - ​​​Addyson Riggins​ 5th Grade Tedder – ​​​Brody Lopez Kesterson – ​​Pierse Slater​ ​​​ 6th Grade Hollin – ​​​Annie Watts​ Pearson - ​​​Tia Hartman​ Thank you Simple Simons Pizza and Laark Inc for sponsoring this program.

Acorn Elementary would like to give a big shout out to the Mena Rotary Club for donating jackets to our kindergarten and 1st grade students! Thank you so much!

The Oden Halloween Pageant interview times are as follows: 1:00 Grades 9-12 Kings and Queens(please be in gym by 1:00) 1:30 Grades 5-8 Kings and Queens(please be in gym by 1:30) 2:00 Grades 1-4 Kings and Queens(please be in gym by 2:00) 2:30 PreK and Kindergarten Kings and Queens(please be in gym by 2:30) All contestants need to be "pageant ready" by 2:45. Call 479-216-2251 if you have additional questions.

Oden Elementary Parents K-5, Thank you so much for your support and help in selling the Cookie dough. We had an extremely good sale and profited very well in our effort to raise money to help with new playground equipment. Cookie dough sales will be delivered on November 3rd. Please make plans on picking up the cookie dough on November 3rd. Delivery time will be around noon. I will post as soon as it's delivered. We do not have the freezer space to store the dough. Thank you again for all your help, Elicia Bergum Oden K-12 Principal

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Positive Office Referrals for the week of October 17th-21st. Great Job Acorn Tigers!

ORSD XC Athletes Results Ouachita River School District Acorn Schools’ Junior and Senior High Cross Country athletes recently competed in the Tri-County XC Invitational-Emmet Barnett Memorial at Waldron High School on October 4th and the Magazine Rattler XC Meet held at Acorn High School on October 11, 2022. Results from Tri-County XC Invitational-Emmet Barnett Memorial - 10/4/2022: Acorn JR GIrls - 3rd PLACE TEAM Addi Ledbetter - 4th KaitLynn Ledbetter - 18th Shelby Rusert - 19th Josey Dollar - 21st Kloee Husser - 22nd Ashton Fechuch - 29th Bell Thomas - 30th Tori Squires - 33rd Huntar Starr - 34th Lanee Powell - 36th Isabella Lozier - 37th Olivia Tedder - 40th Joan Riviera - 47th Carloyn England - 48th Acorn SR GIrls - 5000 Meter Run Bella Tedder - 3rd Acorn JR Boys - 4th PLACE TEAM Gage Davis - 22nd Eilam Holland - 25th Ethan Gilbert - 31st John McAdams - 35th Jasper Dollar - 40th Ty Kesterson - 46th Luke McAnely - 48th Acorn SR Boys - 5000 Meter Run - CHAMPION Isaac Tedder - 1st Caden Tarkinton - 4th Braven Rodgers - 6th Chance Ragain - 7th Justice Mauk - 11th Sky Carmack - 15th Results from Magazine Rattler XC Meet - 10/11/2022: Acorn JR Girls - 2400 Meter Run - 2nd PLACE TEAM Addi Ledbetter - 6th KaitLynn Ledbetter - 13th Josey Dollar - 15th Kloee Husser - 18th Shelby Rusert - 29th Ashton Fechuch - 30th Lanee Powell - 31st Huntar Starr - 32nd Olivia Tedder - 33rd Bell Thomas - 34th Isabella Lozier - 35th Chloie Blair - 36th Tori Squires - 41st Ashlin Ford - 45th Zofia Metcalf - 46th Joan Snyder - 53rd Carloyn England - 54th Acorn SR Girls - 5000 Meter Run Bella Tedder - 3rd Acorn JR Boys - 2400 Meter Run - 3rd PLACE TEAM Eilam Holland - 16th Zane Newton - 18th Ethan Gilbert - 23rd Jasper Dollar - 25th Levi Starr - 27th Braxton McAnely - 28th Mason Cearly - 30th Caden Hicks - 32nd Acorn SR Boys - 5000 Meter Run - 2nd PLACE TEAM Isaac Tedder - 3rd Chance Ragain - 6th Caden Tarkinton - 8th Braven Rodgers - 14th Sky Carmack - 19th Aiden Kimp - 53rd Congratulations Acorn Junior and Senior XC Athletes on your accomplishments! Go Tigers and Lady Tigers! Ouachita River School District…preparing students for life! #orsdlifeprep

Attention Acorn Tiger Fans: Acorn SG and SB will be traveling to Little Rock to play EStem on Friday. Event Policy: No refunds or exchanges. Clear Bag Policy. To purchase tickets, please click on link below. https://estem.hometownticketing.com/embed/all Address: ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 2400 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72205

AHS Students Tour ATU Campus On Thursday, October 20th, a group of Acorn High School juniors and seniors toured Arkansas Tech University campus to learn about academic programs, scholarship requirements and deadlines, and student organizations to get involved in student life on campus. The campus tour also included exploring classrooms, labs, library/media center, student union, dining hall, food court, bookstore, residence halls, college departments, and student centers for admissions, financial aid, and advising. Thank you, Arkansas Tech University for a great tour and information to help prepare students for postsecondary education and training! Ouachita River School District…preparing students for life! #orsdlifeprep