Paragould High School

PHS Students, Staff, and Community, I am excited to tell you that next week, Oct. 4-8, is Homecoming Week at PHS. Our theme this year is Ram Strong! Our football team will be playing at home against Nettleton on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. The announcing of the homecoming court will be that evening at Ram Stadium at about 6:30pm  One of the fun things we'll continue this year will be our dress-up days. Please see the schedule below:  Monday:        Dress up as your favorite pun or idiom Tuesday:       Dress up as a squad Wednesday:  Dress up as your favorite holiday Thursday:      Dress up as your favorite candy or food Friday:           Ram Strong- Blue and Red Day I want to encourage you to dress up on these days. It is really entertaining to see the creative and exciting outfits that many of the students and staff wear during this fun time!  Another activity we will continue with this year will be the PHS Homecoming Assembly. Due to circumstances with COVID, we will not be able to have the student body or our community come watch the assembly in the gym like we normally do. Instead, the students and community will be able to watch the homecoming assembly through livestream. The homecoming assembly will begin about 1:30pm on Friday afternoon.  Unfortunately, we will also not be able to have our traditional homecoming dance this year.  I hope that you will take the opportunities next week to get involved in the activities related to homecoming. These are some of the best times and memories that you will make as a student here at PHS and we hope that you will enjoy this time of celebrating PHS and its wonderful history!  For the Red and Blue, Josh Shepherd  Principal  Paragould High School  

The Covid Indoor Guidance at PHS requires that all patrons in attendance wear a mask at all times while indoors. This will be in effect for tonight's Dig For the Cure game vs GCT. Our goal is to keep everyone safe. If you are unable to attend, we will be live streaming the event at this link: https://youtu.be/LBiG3bOUkko We will also be live streaming our Jr High Football game vs. Batesville at this link: https://youtu.be/LBiG3bOUkko

Get ready to bid on some GREAT Dig for the Cure auction items! This year's silent auction is online beginning at 5pm Thursday 9/30 and ending at 9pm on Friday 10/1. Here's what you need to do: 1) Go to the "Dig for the Cure THINK PINK Facebook page" 2) Like it 3) Check back often to bid on your favorites! Want a sneak peak at some of the items? Head over to Jill Wessell Gill's Facebook page and scroll through the comments on her auction post. All proceeds go to the following organizations that are helping breast cancer warriors win their battle! AMMC's Project Hope NEA Baptist's HopeCircle St. Bernard's Imaging Center The NEA Chapter of the American Cancer Society The West Clinic

Attention PHS Students, Tomorrow, Wednesday Sept. 29th, is school picture day at PHS. This is for all 9th-12th graders. We will call students out by grade and last name. ( ie- 12th graders w/ last names starting with A-C, etc.) This will take sometime so please listen carefully for your group to be called and then come down when it is your turn. Please know that even if you do not want to buy school photos we would like for you to come get your picture taken so that it can be in the yearbook. Please see the attached flyers ( PHS Pic Day #1 and #2) about how to preview and see your photos a few days after they are taken and how to purchase them. Please note that students are not to bring any money with them on picture day. All purchases of photos will be ordered and paid for online by the student/ parent. After they are purchased the photos will be mailed directly to your home. If you are not able to be at school tomorrow, then please plan to have then taken on our make up day- Tuesday, October 26th. Attention Seniors: Your composite photos will be done on Wed. Sept. 29th. We will start calling seniors out first for their photos. Please see the attached image ( Fall 2021 Senior Composite attachment) for information about what to wear for your composite photo in the yearbook. If you are wanting to do cap and gown photos, we will do those on Oct. 26th. You are not required to do a cap and gown. It is only if you or your parents want one.

Flu vaccine clinics will be held the week of October 11th - 14th in the PSD. Forms went home TODAY with students and are due back by Monday, October 4th. There will be NO intranasal flu mist available. Please make sure to fill out both sides of the forms before returning them. Call your student's school office if you have questions or need additional information.

Did You Know breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women? In 2021, it's estimated that about 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancer. Join us in the fight against breast cancer. Here are a few of our faculty and staff members who wore their RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink today. Head over to the PSD Facebook page to see even more photos and to post your own! Show your support - wear pink this week and come out to the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure this Thursday at Doc Paynter Court as your Lady Rams take on their crosstown rivals!

Dig for the Cure is THIS Thursday, September 30th. Starting today we will be posting some "Did You Know?" facts and stats about breast cancer AND our faculty and staff will be wearing RETRO Dig for the Cure shirts or pink this week to bring awareness to breast cancer. We'd love for you to join us in wearing pink too! Comment on one of our posts with your picture and a message of hope for this year's 3 honorees: April Vanaman Biggs Amber Vanaman Julie Lamb Milligan "The overall death rate from breast cancer decreased by 1% per year from 2013 to 2018. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances and earlier detection through screening." Did You Know the proceeds from Dig for the Cure go to 3 local entities? St. Bernard's Imaging Center, AMMC's Project Hope, and NEA Baptist Hospital's Hope Circle. #breastcancerawareness #rampride #psdrams #digforthecure

Congratulations to PHS teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Cooper, for receiving a scholarship from the Greene County Retired Teacher Association! This is the second year in a row she has won this scholarship! To say we are proud is an understatement!

Thank you to the Ram Academy staff and students for sorting and distributing Dig for the Cure t-shirts! This is one of the community service projects they complete each year.

Paragould High School students and parents, this info's for you! Picture day AND Senior Composites are Wednesday, September 29th. Please see the attached flyers for more information.

WOW! The Paragould School District received an Emergency Food Pantry Grant in the amount of $20,000 PLUS a $5,000 food credit at the NEA Food Bank! We have a new food pantry on the Junior High/High School campus that is bigger and better than years past and plans are in place to add an additional food pantry to the OGE/OGMS campus so we can serve even more families! We would like to shout THANK YOU to our PHS Community Service Learning class for unloading the food bank truck and organizing the food. What a task!

We are just 10 days out from the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure. We are still in need of items for our online SILENT AUCTION. Please contact Jill Gill at (870) 335-8313 or jgill@paragouldschools.net if you or your business can help us out! All proceeds go to charitable organizations which help in the fight against breast cancer! Don't forget to come out on Thursday, September 30th to support your Lady Rams as they take on our crosstown rivals. GO RAMS!

Congratulations to the 2021-2022 PSD Homecoming Court Freshmen: Freshman Maid Chloe Brown escorted by Cole Chipman Freshman Maid Sara Cline escorted by Jordan Crossfield Freshman Maid Kaydence McGhee escorted by Kannon Dillport Freshman Maid Nicole Webb escorted by Parker Thompson Sophomores: Sophomore Maid Kahlyn Massey escorted by Corbin Bailey Sophomore Maid Madden Russom escorted by Carter Beliew Sophomore Maid Ashley Ward escorted by Sam Hunt Sophomore Maid Kiley Williams escorted by Haden Rabah Juniors: Junior Maid Hailey Beasley escorted by Dominic Delagarza Junior Maid Clara Shannon escorted by Kyler Dollar Junior Maid Emma Klingel escorted by Noah Speksnijder Junior Maid Jaylinn Williams escorted by Joseph Rogers Seniors: Senior Maid Fallon Clardy escorted by Jake Brittingham Senior Maid Trinity Hallmark escorted by Christian Cox Senior Maid Natalie Horner escorted by Jamison DaVault Senior Maid Grace Jankoviak escorted by Braxton Tilley Senior Maid Fernanda Morales escorted by Jagger Wigginton Senior Maid Megan Riggs escorted by Kendall Hines

Congratulations to the 2021-2022 PSD Homecoming Court! Freshmen: Freshman Maid Chloe Brown escorted by Cole Chipman Freshman Maid Sara Cline escorted by Jordan Crossfield Freshman Maid Kaydence McGhee escorted by Kannon Dillport Freshman Maid Nicole Webb escorted by Parker Thompson Sophomores: Sophomore Maid Kahlyn Massey escorted by Corbin Bailey Sophomore Maid Madden Russom escorted by Carter Beliew Sophomore Maid Ashely Ward escorted by Sam Hunt Sophomore Maid Kiley Williams escorted by Haden Rabah Juniors: Junior Maid Hailey Beasley escorted by Dominic Delagarza Junior Maid Clara Shannon escorted by Kyler Dollar Junior Maid Emma Klingel escorted by Noah Speksnijder Junior Maid Jaylinn Williams escorted by Joseph Rogers Seniors: Senior Maid Fallon Clardy escorted by Jake Brittingham Senior Maid Trinity Hallmark escorted by Christian Cox Senior Maid Natalie Horner escorted by Jamison DaVault Senior Maid Grace Jankoviak escorted by Braxton Tilley Senior Maid Fernanda Morales escorted by Jagger Wigginton Senior Maid Megan Riggs escorted by Kendall Hines

We are excited to announce the 14th Annual Dig for the Cure is Thursday, September 30th. We are honoring April Vanaman Biggs, Amber Vanaman, and Julie Lamb Milligan who have fought or are fighting breast cancer. Proceeds come from our online silent auction, t-shirt sales, and corporate sponsorships. All proceeds go to AMMC's Project Hope; NEA Baptist Hospital's Hope Circle; and St. Bernard's Imaging Center. To donate a silent auction item or become a sponsor, contact Jill Gill at (870) 335-8313 or jgill@paragouldschools.net To buy a t-shirt stop by any PSD school or Central Office and fill out a form - deadline is Monday, Sept. 13th so don't delay! Wear pink and come out to support your Lady Rams as they take on crosstown rivals, GCT Eagles! Games start at 5pm with 7th grade followed by Junior A then Senior A.

The past couple of weeks we have introduced our new staff/faculty as and highlighted those who changed positions within the Paragould School District. Tonight we'd like to say welcome and congratulations to the following Rams: Alyx Cox (Paragould High School) Mackenzie Edison (Paragould Primary) Jenny Brown (Paragould High School) Emilee Higdon (Oak Grove Middle School)

Last week we began introducing our new staff/faculty members and highlighting those who changed positions within the Paragould School District. Tonight we would like to say welcome and congratulations to the following Rams: Gary Jackson (Paragould High School) Abby Taylor (Paragould Primary) Angela Mears (Baldwin Elementary) Wayne Conner (Oak Grove Elementary)

Congratulations to our 7th grade volleyball Lady Rams on their win over Mt Home tonight!

Over the next few weeks we will introduce our new staff and faculty as well as highlight those who changed positions within the Paragould School District. Please help us congratulate the following Rams: Judy McDonald (Baldwin Elementary) Anmity Bruton (Paragould High School) LeAnn Moore (Paragould Junior High School) Katelyn Moore (Paragould Primary)

Lady Rams volleyball win second game of the night vs Batesville 25-21. Keep working ladies!!!