Russellville School District

📣 Calling all Incoming Kindergarten families! All RSD elementary schools will be hosting Kindergarten registration nights as follows: ➡️ April 23rd beginning at 5:30 pm: London, Sequoyah, Center Valley ➡️ April 25th beginning at 5:30 pm: Crawford, Dwight, Oakland Heights #IChooseRSD❤️🎓

Why do you love RSD? ♥️🎓 Please share 1-2 words about that represent why you love RSD at this link: https://forms.gle/KbCebfXKaPtEjQWD8 Your words will be combined into a "word bubble" to be sent home on a postcard at the end of the year! Thank you for choosing RSD! #OneRSD❤️🌪️🖤

RHS Students Compete in the State Art Competition 🎨 🏆 RHS Students competed in the State Art Competition at AYAA in Hot Springs. The students had a total of 9 wins! The awards are as follows: Top left to right: Kaylee Ford- 1st place in “collage/mixed media 1st year” Gabryella Herrea- Honorable mention in pencil/graphite realistic Olive Harrington- 2nd place in Pen/ink Rebeca Casto- 2 honorable mentions in “altered books” and “college/mixed media first year” Bottom left to right Pantera Petit- 4th place in mixed media expressive, and 2nd place in pencil/graphite expressive Claryn Nupp- 1st place in markers Jennifer Norwood- 3rd place in “collage/mixed media first year” Congratulations students! 🎉 #OneRSD❤️🌪️🖤

Rising Educators Qualify for Nationals 🏆 On April 12, seven students from Mr. Young's Pre-Educator courses attended the Educators Rising State Competition at the Hot Springs Hotel. The students and their events are: Alex Bates & Emmalei Blythe & Joy Skaggs, Ethical Dilemma - 1st Place Josie Toland, Exploring Education-Admin, Non-Core, & Support Services - 2nd Place Sarah Hughes, Exploring Education-Admin, Non-Core, & Support Services - 1st Place Katie Hovis, Exploring Education-Admin, Non-Core, & Support Services - 2nd Place Diana Jimenez, Interactive Bulletin Board Contest 🎉 The students who won 1st of 2nd place have qualified for Nationals in Washington D.C. from June 28 - July 1! Congratulations and Good Luck to these students as they continue onto Nationals! #OneRSD🖤🌪️♥️

📣 Calling all Incoming Kindergarten families! All RSD elementary schools will be hosting Kindergarten registration nights as follows: ➡️ April 23rd beginning at 5:30 pm: London, Sequoyah, Center Valley ➡️ April 25th beginning at 5:30 pm: Crawford, Dwight, Oakland Heights #IChooseRSD❤️🎓

College Athletic Signing ♥️🌪️ 🎉 Congratulations to RHS Senior Lady Cyclone Brenna Burk who signed to play Division 1 basketball at UALR next season! Brenna scored 1,200 points in her career at RHS and is the 6th all time to accomplish that in Cyclone history! Way to go Brenna! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

📚 April Board of Education Meeting Recognition The following individuals were recognized at the April Board of Education Meeting: 👏 Crawford Elementary School Student, Oland Noakes, for being an Innovative Achiever! 👏 Russellville Intermediate School student, Cooper Jones, for being an Empathetic Leader! 👏 9 RSD Teachers who were named High Impact Teachers by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education! Hope Cannon-London Boundy Balenko-RHS Kaitlyn Beggs-RIS Melinda Swift-RMS Madeline Fike-CVE Brandi Gray-CVE Jessica Baggett-CR Kaitlyn Boswell-CVE Tearsa Callahan-CVE-RMS 👏 London Elementary School for being named a PLC Model School! 🎉 Congratulations to everyone! #OneRSD ❤️

🎓 ❤ Crawford Rash | Profile of the RSD Graduate Story Crawford is among one of just 16,000 academically talented high school students in the nation to be named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. Semifinalists are qualified based on their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). This is just one testament to his strong thinking and excellence in problem-solving. Crawford’s success reaches outside of the classroom as he is also a member of the State Champion Cyclones Quiz Bowl team and the Cyclones Robotics team. Both competitions test students' ability to creatively find solutions to a variety of problems and challenge students to demonstrate high-level analytical thinking. Crawford commented, “Critically thinking has helped me refocus on the different paths to success as challenges have come up.” Crawford says he approaches critical thinking as a way of analyzing and separating feelings from choices and information presented to make the best decisions possible. ❤ Crawford, you are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for being a Critical Thinker! ➡️ Read more about Crawford's story here: https://www.rsdk12.net/article/1557486 ➡️To learn more about the RSD Profile of the Graduate visit this link: https://www.rsdk12.net/page/rsd-graduate #OneRSD ❤️🌪️

RHS Students Pass ParaPro Exam 🎓 🎉 RHS students in Mr. Young's Educational Technology class took the ParaPro Exam on April 16. All ten students passed! They are pictured below: back row, left to right: Valerie Caballero, Haylee Bryant, Alex Bates, Cindy Mateos, Allison Whitemore. front row, left to right: Kaylee Simpson, Kaytlynn Cartagena, Joy Skaggs, Emmalei Blythe, Katie Hovis. 🎉 In addition, Emmalei Blythe, Valerie Caballero, Haylee Bryant, Alex Bates, Cindy Mateos, Allison Whitmore, and Joy Skaggs have passed the Google Educator Level 1 Exam! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Cyclone Quiz Bowl Team Headed to State 🕹️ 🌪 🏆 The Cyclone Quiz Bowl team will be returning to the state championship game again this year. 🎉 The Cyclones defeated teams from Jacksonville, Lake Hamilton, Little Rock Chrisitan, and Benton to earn the opportunity to play for their 8th straight state championship! Goooo Cyclones! #OneRSD🖤🌪️♥️

📝 School Choice Applications are now open for the 2024-2025 school year! 🎉 If you live outside the Russellville School District and are interested in having your child attend RSD next school year, please submit your School Choice Application to the RSD Administration Office at 220 W. 10th Street, Russellville, AR 72801. 🗓 The deadline for school choice forms is May 1, 2024. ➡️ English: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/120/District/3861878/School_Choice_Forms_and_FAQsREVISED_Legal.pdf ➡️ Spanish: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/120/District/3861877/School_Choice_Form_-_Spanish_Fillable_Legal.pdf #IChooseRSD ❤️🎓

🎉 RSD is excited to celebrate London Elementary School for being recognized as a Model PLC at Work School! London Elementary is one of about 600 schools and districts in the United States and Canada to achieve this honor! ➡️ Read more here: https://www.rsdk12.net/article/1550625 Congratulations London Elementary! 🎉 #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

2024 Hop Into Kindergarten ♥️ 🎉 These incoming Kindergartners had a fantastic time last night at the 2024 Hop Into Kindergarten event! 👏 Thank you for coming and for signing with RSD! 🖋️ Note: If you took a picture at the back drop, remember to send them in to rsdcommunications@rsdk12.net to be featured on RSD social media! #IChooseRSD ❤️🎓

🗓 Today is the day! See you there! ♥️ "Hop Into Kindergarten" is an event for all upcoming Kindergartner families interested in enrolling in RSD! This event will be hosted at Oakland Heights Elementary from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on April 11th, 2024. Rain or shine! Families will participate in an egg hunt, receive a copy of Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens, and learn more about Kindergarten in RSD! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

🎉 Computer Science Students Compete at All-Region Coding Competition 🎉 9 talented RHS Computer Science students represented RHS with pride at the Governor's All-Region Coding Competition, showcasing incredible skill and teamwork. 🖥️✨ Team 1: Matthew Schmidt, Veeren Donda, and Noah Wheeler showed remarkable problem-solving skills. 🚀 Team 2: Hayden Daniel, Jack Tullos, and Parker Whitbey demonstrated outstanding collaboration and coding prowess. 🌟 Team 3: Logan Greggs, Logan Magill, and Gavin Hurbanek stood out brilliantly, earning a coveted spot among the top 16 teams selected for the Governor's All-State Coding Competition at Arkansas Tech University on April 20th! Out of 140 teams statewide, this is a phenomenal achievement! 🏆👨‍💻 Congratulations and Go Cyclones! 🎓💻 #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤 #CSforAR

Part 4 (final) of the Total Solar Eclipse picture submissions! 🌑 Thank you for all the submissions! What an amazing event to witness! 🎉 #OneRSD ❤️🌪️

Part 3 of the Total Solar Eclipse picture submissions! 🌑 Check out those Eclipse Glasses 👓 #OneRSD ❤️🌪️

Part 2 of the Total Solar Eclipse picture submissions! 🌑 So many smilies! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️

1st round of Total Solar Eclipse picture submissions! 🌑 What a cool experience! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Today is the day! Submit 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Pictures 🌑 Make sure to share the fun and send your pictures from the Great American Eclipse to rsdcommunications@rsdk12.net to be featured on RSD social media! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤