Do you have questions about HSSD learning options for the fall semester? The HSSD will follow the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines and the Arkansas Ready for Learning report issued by the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in planning for re-opening in the fall. Three Learning Options will be provided to families for the fall semester. A full Trojans Ready to Learn District Support Plan will be available in July, with comprehensive details about how all protocols and procedures will be implemented. To help our families begin to make decisions, an FAQ document is provided here with information to be included in the support plan following input from the Trojans Ready to Learn Committee.

Summer Learning Activities have been created by a team of #HSSD teachers for students in K-8th grade. Find fun, engaging, curriculum-based lessons in three subject areas to help students continue building skills through the summer!

We will continue to offer FREE meals to children 0-18 years old during our Summer Meals Program from June 8 - July 30 at five different locations listed in this update. Let's keep the Hot Springs community well-fed, all summer long!

With great excitement, we announce the arrival of the #TrojansRead Book Bus! Through a generous partnership and donation from Kamo's Kids Foundation, and outstanding work from the HSSD Transportation Department, the HSSD has converted a school bus into a mobile book library. Free books can be checked out from HSSD media specialists and volunteers aboard the book bus all summer on Tuesdays and Thursdays June 8 - July 30 (times and locations are listed in this update). Students will check out books just as they usually would in a traditional library during the school year. We are honored to provide meals AND books throughout the summer to our Hot Springs community. Please join us!

Please join us in honoring our HSSD Trojans award recipients and honorees for the 2019-2020 school year, in our online HSSD End of Year Awards and Retirees Ceremony! We also proudly announce the HSSD District Teacher of the Year in an exciting surprise presentation. Find the video link in this update.

Congratulations to Gardner STEM Teacher of the Year Stephanie Moody. She has been changing lives as an educator for eight years at the Hot Springs School District. She currently teaches kindergarten at our Gardner STEM Magnet School (soon-to-be Oaklawn STEM Magnet School).

HSSD third grade students in Ms. Lauren Sierocuk’s class at Gardner STEM Magnet School enjoyed virtual “rides” on attractions at Walt Disney World. Each day, she provided a different virtual ride video and a literacy challenge crafted for the ride. The AMI period has created new challenges that teachers and students have never before experienced. Throughout our final month of school, we will highlight extraordinary assignments, success stories, unique projects, and memorable moments from our classrooms from March to May.

Find educational and unique, engaging, all-around fun activities for families to enjoy together in this collection from our HSSD Gifted & Talented Team!. These activities require very few additional resources or supplies (if any at all) outside of the information and/or links provided within each link below. Families can use these ideas, prompts, games, projects, virtual tours, and more as we wrap up the school year online (to supplement AMI coursework) or throughout the summer months. We hope these ideas help to make education and family time from home memorable for our Trojan Family!

School Registration is Open for the 2020-2021 School Year! We look forward to having you join our Trojan Family at the Hot Springs School District. Students currently in grades 7-12 have already re-enrolled. All online registration information is available at our registration page, which you can link to in this update. Call the HSSD District Administrative Office with any questions about the enrollment process at: (501) 624-3372.

Pre-K registration is open at all HSSD elementary schools! Find information about how to hold a spot for your child in the 2020-2021 school year at our HSSD Pre-K Registration Page: www.hssd.net/parents/registration