ATTENTION ACORN TIGER FANS:
Attached is the bracket for the Jr. High District Tournament. The girls will be complete after tonight's games.
Attention Acorn Tiger Fans:
Change for Friday Night Games
Acorn Lady Tigers and Tigers will now take on Foreman!!!! Senior Night starts at 5:30 with games to follow!!!! Come out and support all of our athletes, especially our seniors!!!!!!
Come help us celebrate all of our amazing senior athletes!!!!
Acorn Archers:
Archery practice will be today and tomorrow. Students will sign up for their time to compete in the virtual regional tournament that will be held in-house Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. All archers need to be at practice Monday and Tuesday.
Acorn Basketball schedule for the week!!!!
VFW Post #4451 Recognizes AHS Essay Winners
Acorn High School students were recognized and honored for their winning essays in the VFW Post #4451 (Veterans of Foreign Wars) 2021 Voices of Democracy Essay Contests. The students recognized in January 2022 advanced to essay contests from the Benton VFW Post, District & State Contests.
The following students were awarded prizes for their essay rankings:
Jayden Willborg, AHS Junior - Awarded 1st Place for District, 2nd Place for State: $150 prize and $1,500 scholarship
Lori Richardson, AHS Junior - Awarded 1st Place: Benton VFW Post #2251- $100
Gavin Strother, AHS Junior - Awarded 2nd Place: Benton VFW Post #2251 - $75
Rachael Weddle, AHS Junior - Awarded 3rd Place: Benton VFW Post #2251 - $50
Congratulations to our AHS Tigers’ essay winners! #orsdlifeprep
Photo 1 - l to r, back row: Ed Cross, Linda Johnson, Ernie Skeens. Front row: Jayden Willborg
Photo 2 - l to r: Ed Cross, Gavin Strother, Linda Johnson, Ernie Skeens. Front row: Lori Richardson, Rachael Weddle.
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!!!
