Magnolia High School

MHS art students traveled to Little Rock on Tuesday to compete in the Arkansas Young Artist Association state competition. Monet Coppersmith won an AYAA scholarship, while students Maria Lopez, Angelia Lule, and Angela Baxley placed among hundreds of students who submitted art work. Congratulations to these outstanding art students.

Are you ready to dance like a Panther?

In today’s Magnolia READS video, 1991 Magnolia High School graduate and former Lady Panther athlete, Stephanie Manning Bradford, shares the lessons she learned as a teenager working a job while fulfilling her responsibilities as a student and athlete. Click the link below to hear Stephanie’s story. https://youtu.be/n9MR0m2Rtx4

Thank you to PIE for serving ice cream sundaes to our 9th and 10th graders who exhibited good testing behaviors during their ACT Aspire exam yesterday morning.

Thank you to Southern Title & Closing for providing the food for our Career Awareness Event this week. Over 400 hotdogs were grilled by Jonathan Love of Albemarle Corp. and Dusty Evans of Betsy Production. Thank you for your service to our students and making our event successful!

MHS would like to congratulate Ms. Scrivner! She received the outstanding student award this afternoon from the SAU Dept. of Art & Design. Ms. Scivner joined MHS at the Freshman Academy this semester as an art instructor.

MHS students enjoyed spending the afternoon in the sunshine at spring fling. Thank you to all the teachers and students who helped make this event possible for our students!

Our first video in the 2022 Magnolia READS Video Series comes from MHS senior, Jalaiha Bishop. Jalaiha is a student in the Work-Based Learning class and an intern at Flying Burger. Click the link below to hear Jalaiha share what she has learned in her intern class and on the job in regards to managing her finances, developing a work ethic, and working with others. https://youtu.be/UeaAVaEWEsg

Announcement:

Magnolia READS Kick-off On Monday, April 11, students at East Side and Central Elementary Schools will once again embark on a special project, an all-school book club and financial literacy project called Magnolia READS. The acronym READS stands for Reading Empowers All District Students. Each kindergarten through fifth grade family will receive a copy of the same book—Lunch Money by Andrew Clements. Families are encouraged to make time to participate in this fun and worthwhile family activity. Reading aloud at home with your children is a valuable experience that better prepares your child to be an effective reader. While students at the elementary schools will read the book, other district students will also be involved in this project. For the third year, Farmers Bank & Trust Co. is collaborating with the District on the Magnolia READS project. Farmers purchased the book Lunch Money for all the students and staff in grades K-5. Economics Arkansas also partners in the project. They helped supply the students and staff with resources to use while reading the book. The District extends our deepest appreciation to Farmers Bank & Trust for the donation to purchase the Magnolia READS books and to Economics Arkansas for supplying the supplemental resources and bookmarks for all students.

The yearly Magnolia READS (Reading Empowers All District Students) financial literacy initiative kicked off today for students at East Side and Central Elementary Schools. Students in kindergarten through fifth grades will read Lunch Money by Andrew Clements. The District greatly appreciates Farmers Bank & Trust for purchasing the books for the third consecutive year for students, faculty, and staff. Our deepest appreciation also goes to Economics Arkansas for providing bookmarks for the students, and resources and activities for the teachers. Click the link below to view Mr. Ward introduce this year’s project. https://youtu.be/0cKtKwpKGV4

The MHS Spring Fling that was originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 13th, is being pushed one day to Thursday, April 14th, in hopes that we will be able to avoid storms.

Today we had several MHS students participate in the Special Olympics at SAU. Congratualtions to our basketball team for winning the tournament, and to Panther Inspire for cheering them on to victory!

Friday, April 8th, is the deadline to sign up for the MHS Career Fair. For more information visit: https://mhs.magnoliaschools.net/o/mhs/article/680983 or sign up now using https://forms.office.com/r/fkzN9gcGaU If you are self-employed, have a skilled trade, own a business, or work for a company/industry that would like to show our kids the endless career possibilities in our area, please consider participating in the MHS Career Fair.

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10th Graders Ty Delaney, Landen Hanson, Ja'Miya Wright, and Chloe Kelley were selected by their teachers to attend Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards). They will spend the weekend in Little Rock at the 4-H Center with other Sophmores from around the state learning about leadership and enjoy various other acivites.

NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK APRIL 4-8

The Magnolia District Art Show is only a month away! This week shirts are on sale for this fabulous event. If you are interested in a shirt for you or your student, please see Mrs. Hicks in the art room or swing by Panther Plaza. Shirts are $15, with an additional cost for plus sizes. All shirt orders are due by Friday, April 8th.

Last week the Magnolia Track Team hosted three meets at Panther Stadium. Sub-Zero New Orleans Style Shaved Ice was there all week long, but I’m not sure if everyone knew that a portion of the proceeds went back to the track program. Thank you Sub-Zero for your help in raising funds for our track team! The track booster club funds are used to help supply meals and snacks for when they travel to meets and supplies that are needed to help them compete. Thank you Sub-Zero New Orleans Style Shaved Iced for all you did this week. We can’t wait to support you in your next events as well!

If you have not ordered a yearbook and want one, please go to http://jostensyearbooks.com?ref=A00401300 and order online before April 15th. You may also send a check (made out to Magnolia High School) or cash with your child and have them go by and see Mrs. Fish in room 36 to place their order. When these extras are gone – we will NOT be able to order more. So don’t delay, order your yearbook today!