Incoming Trojan Kindergarteners are invited to experience their new classroom, teachers, and routine before everyone else arrives! Kindergarten Boot Camp will be hosted at all #HSSD elementary schools July 26 - August 6, from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Find HSSD info in this update about Kindergarten Registration and required information from families, as well as school-specific details for all four of our magnet elementary schools. Families can also register Trojan Kindergarten students in person at upcoming Kindergarten Open House events, also listed in this update.

From April 19 - April 30, HSSD students in grades 3-10 will take ACT Aspire Summative Assessments at all HSSD schools. Specific testing dates are broken down and provided in this update by grade level. These tests are required by the Arkansas Department of Education. With ACT Aspire, parents can determine whether children are meeting key benchmarks during the school year, so that necessary steps can be taken to keep him or her on track with academic growth. With data from ACT Aspire, leaders at the HSSD and the state level can measure the effectiveness of state standards for teaching, curriculum requirements, teacher resources and training, and more.

Pick up Spring Break Bulk Meals on Friday, March 19, between 1:00 - 2:30 at the Chartwells Loading Dock, next to the Hot Springs World Class High School Cafeteria. Families should access the loading dock by turning between the high school and the Hot Springs Junior Academy complex. All family members of any Trojan student are eligible to receive free meals. In order to receive free meals, at the pickup site on 3/19 families will be asked to provide the name, grade, HSSD school the student attends, and total number of bulk meals being requested for the household. There is no pre-registration required.

Kindergarten Registration opens at all four HSSD elementary schools on April 1. Look for information soon about the registration process and required information for each student. Also, plan to join us at Kindergarten Open House events at each of our Magnet elementary schools to tour our campuses, meet our staff, and get to know us better!

We hope Trojan elementary students (students in grades K-6) will join in on the FUN next week (March 1 - 5, 2021) for Read Across America Week! Find a theme in this update for each day, all of which were selected by our staff members to reflect the national 2021 Read Across America Theme: “Create and Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers.”

After School Tutoring is now offered at the HSSD Welcome Center (702 Main Street), Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Educational staff members and a translator will be at the Welcome Center during these times to offer homework help and general classwork assistance to Trojan students. To arrange for your child to attend, or with questions, call Ms. Margaret Freeman at 501-620-7815.

Due to dangerous roads and winter weather, there will be no on-site classes at the HSSD Tuesday, 2/16 - Thursday, 2/18. These will be Virtual Days, and students in K-12 should complete work and engage with teachers online and/or in any take-home work provided by teachers.

We proudly celebrate each of our outstanding HSSD School Board members, in this update. Please join us in appreciation for all that they do to serve our HSSD, and the Hot Springs community.

Our Gifted and Talented Program organized/hosted Spelling Bees at all four elementary schools, and our Hot Springs Junior Academy. We are proud of all Trojan students who prepare and participate in these annual academic competitions!