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!

A new collection of 22 bicycles are assembled at Oaklawn STEM Magnet School, ready for use by Kindergarten and 1st grade students during PE classes in January! Mr Buth acquired the bikes and helmets through the Bike NWA Program, which provides “Learn-to-Ride” bike programs across the state. The Learn-to-Ride Program is supported by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, and includes bicycles, as well as guidance for educators to host an 8-week course that teaches students to ride. The bikes are Balance Bicycles, which means they are assembled for training. At first, there are no pedals added, so Mr. Buth can help students learn to steer and balance. As they progress through the course, he will add pedals. He can also adjust the bikes so that they fit the individual comfort level and ability of each child. Mr. Buth plans to create a bike path in the Oaklawn STEM gymnasium/storm shelter, where students will begin the course. As they progres, they can also use the bikes on the paved area near the playground.

The HSSD will provide FREE bulk meals for the upcoming Christmas break holiday (12/23 - 1/5) to families by request. Chartwells, our HSSD food service provider, will prepare and package meals for pick-up on 12/21 and 12/28 between 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Each bulk meal package will include 5 days of breakfast items and 5 days of lunch items. All orders must be turned in by December 15, 2020. All children 18 and under who live in the household of a student qualify to receive a FREE bulk meal package

At the Governor’s press conference on Thursday December 4, modifications to current quarantine guidelines for persons with no symptoms were announced by Governor Hutchinson and the Arkansas Department of Health. The guidelines were passed down by the CDC on Wednesday, December 3. Find all details about changes, in this update ...

Our HSSD Institutional Law Enforcement Agency has launched a new program for our K--6 students called "U Got Caught!". This initiative allows our law enforcement officers (LEOs) to recognize students in front of their entire class for an act of good character, bravery, kindness, selflessness, or general good judgement. This program is focused on building relationships between our LEOs and young students, and on showing our kids that LEOs at every level are as interested in praising citizens for doing what is right, as they are in protecting the public from and/or punishing wrongdoers.