This week's game schedule:
Today: 7th and Jr. Girls vs. Nettleton (Home) @ 5:00
Tuesday: Sr. JV and Varsity Boys vs. Mtn. Home (Home) @ 5:00
Sr. Varsity Girls vs. Forrest City (Away) @ 6:00
Friday: Sr. Varsity Girls and Boys vs. Vilonia (Away) @ 6:00
Tonight's 8th grade boys' basketball game is cancelled.
Basketball games this week:
Today: 8th boys, Jr. girls, Jr. boys (H) vs. West Memphis East @ 5:00.
Tuesday: JV and Varsity boys (A) vs. Mtn. Home @ 5:00.
Varsity girls (H) vs. Blytheville @ 6:00.
Thursday: 8th boys, Jr. girls, Jr. boys (A) vs. West Memphis West @ 5:00.
Friday: 7th, Jr., and Sr. boys (A) vs. Blytheville @ 5:00.
Varsity girls (A) vs Helena West Helena @ 6:00.
The 7th grade game vs. Manila tonight has been cancelled. The Sr. Boys Varsity game will be played starting @ 6:00.
Friday night's games with Brookland have been cancelled as well.
Junior high boys' basketball updates:
Tonight's (11/16) 7th grade boys and junior high boys basketball games at Brookland have been cancelled. We will try to reschedule at a later date.
Tomorrow's (11/17) game at Manila will be only 7th grade boys and senior high varsity. Games start at 6:00.
The boys' home game next Monday (11/23) vs. Valley View will be 7th grade, PHS junior varsity, and PHS senior varsity. Games at 5:00.
PJHS & PHS students who are transitioning to virtual learning Monday, November 16 through Friday, November 20 may pick up meals each day at PJHS Front Hall Side Entrance (10:30-12:00).
Regular, weekly pre-ordered virtual meals will be served on Monday as normal.
Paragould Junior High and Paragould High School will transition to virtual learning from Monday, November 16, through Friday, November 20. The difficult decision was made to transition to virtual learning due to the increased number of positive cases and increased number of quarantined students and staff on these two campuses. At this time, all other PSD campuses will remain open. PJHS and PHS students will continue to receive instruction through Zoom and Google Classroom utilizing teacher led instruction. Students will zoom into their classes, at their normally scheduled times, to meet with their teachers and receive instruction.
The District will utilize next week to sanitize and deep clean. We will continue to follow the mandated guidelines of the Arkansas Department of Health and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as we are working very closely with both groups on a daily basis in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
We ask that everyone help slow the spread of the virus by wearing a mask properly, social distancing, and washing hands frequently. Please take necessary precautions, especially during the Thanksgiving break.
Paragould High School teacher Stephanie Edwards-Cooper was recently named one of only nine recipients of a Parsons-Burnett Scholarship from Arkansas Retired Teachers Association. The scholarship is awarded by competitive application to practicing teachers who enable successful student outcomes with innovative, engaging teaching methods. Ms. Edwards-Cooper plans to use her award to pursue her master's degree in Gifted, Talented, and Creative Education at ASU-Jonesboro. Congratulations!
Hey RAM FANS! Don't forget, tonight's bell game against GCT will be featured as the Soncom Media High School Game of the Week. If you can't attend, you can watch it LIVE at www.facebook.com/SoncomMedia starting with pregame at 6:45 pm; kickoff is at 7 pm. GO RAMS!! #psdrams
FYI: PSD is experiencing an internet outage on all campuses. Teachers may not be able to start their Zoom sessions with virtual students or respond to emails.
Hey RAM FANS! Friday night's bell game against GCT will be featured as the Soncom Media High School Game of the Week. If you can't attend, watch the LIVE stream on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SoncomMedia starting with pregame at 6:45 pm; kickoff is at 7 pm. GO RAMS!!
Congratulations Paragould Pride Marching Band, Class 5A State Champions for the 5th consecutive year! ! #psdrams
We'd like to give a special thanks to 1st Choice Healthcare of Paragould for the recent donation of bottled water to our school district. We appreciate your generosity and support of our school district!!
Football schedule change: next week's 7th grade and Jr. High football games against Greene County Tech have been cancelled and will not be made up.
We are pleased to announce that Baldwin Elementary has received a $3,000 literacy grant to promote student achievement in literacy.
Students in grades 2-4 at Baldwin Elementary will read new books provided in classroom libraries and will work to achieve reading goals established by school staff. We are excited and grateful for this opportunity made possible in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greene County, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation.
We would like to thank our parents and students for the patience and flexibility you have shown during the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year. We appreciate your support and trust as we navigate our new learning options and work to improve our practices for the weeks ahead of us.
The Paragould School District provided students with a Virtual Learning Day on Friday, October 16. We would like your feedback on how we can improve in the areas of academics, student support, and time management. Your insights into our virtual learning implementation will help us ensure a safe, caring, and exciting educational environment. Please complete the survey for each school age child you have in the Paragould School District. For example, if you have three students, you will need to complete the survey three times, one for each child. The survey is open until Friday, October 23. Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/TzBMThvqve6mdjzg7
We are proud to announce that School of the 21st Century completed the Parents as Teachers National Center Quality Endorsement & Improvement Process and earned the highest designation: Blue Ribbon Affiliate status. Parents as Teachers provides early childhood organizations and professionals with information and tools that are innovative, relevant, and widely applicable to today's parents, families and children.
These are the directions for how to access Google Classroom offline on Virtual Day. The offline directions are for those without home Internet access.
See these photos for a Spanish translation of the directions for how to access Google Classroom offline on Virtual Day. The offline directions are for those without home Internet access.
