Parent-Teacher Conferences, Digital Learning Day, and Thanksgiving Break are all coming up soon! Be sure to check out the 2021-22 school calendar so that you will be prepared!
Congratulations to 8th-grader, Jacey Blaylock, for finishing 1st in 1A Junior Girls at the Bald Knob Invitational Cross Country Meet on Tuesday. Jacey finished 20th overall in the girls division out of 160 runners. We are T-bird proud of you! #greatthingshappenhere
For our high school parents and guardians, we now have a list of students who are getting very close to exceeding the number of absences per semester that are not related to Covid. Our handbook states absences are counted during each class period. So, a student could be fine in several classes, but be in violation in others. We are preparing to send out attendance letters and calls to parents/guardians of students who are very close to being in violation. We can not stress the importance of school attendance this year. Students are on campus 178 days and we need everyone here. High school students (9-12) who exceed the number of absences could lose credit for that class. If you have questions about your child's absences, please contact the school office.
October is National Principals Month! Please take a minute to show your appreciation for our amazing Elementary Principal, Tammy Murry, and our awesome High School Principal, Tim Barnes. Day, or night, they are "on the job" for our students and staff! #ThankAPrincipal
Elementary students are doing a great job selling raffle tickets for PTO! For every $10 worth of tickets sold, students get a treat. Any student who turns in a total of $50 will receive a FREE RECESS! Students who turn in a total of $100 in ticket sales will have a Movie Day/Pizza Party!
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our students will be studying different Hispanic authors and poets. Take some time to learn about this great culture and the many accomplishments of our Hispanic community in our nation's history.
Reminder: Guy-Perkins will be hosting our annual Flu Shot Clinic on Wednesday, October 6th in the Cafeteria. Flu Shot forms are available in the Elementary and HS offices. Flu Shots are FREE for all GP students and staff members. Only students with signed permission forms will receive a shot.
Only 67% of Guy-Perkins families have completed a "meal form" for the 21-22 school year. These forms can be completed "on-line" keeping the information confidential. Help us have 100% completion of "meal forms" BEFORE October 1, 2021. Complete your form by going to www.ezmealapp.com. Thank you!
It's been a great celebration week at Guy-Perkins High School! We've had students participate in our county fair (FFA, FCCLA). The ladies golf team took second place in the district and qualified for the state tournament. We have three students place in a statewide essay competition for Peace Week. We had college recruiters from University of Arkansas and Central Arkansas speak with our seniors. Finally, we had a record number of students take the Accuplacer College exam through UACCM with a majority number scoring high enough to earn a scholarship through that university. This only proves that GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING at Guy-Perkins High School!
Congratulations to Coach Lisa Halk and the Thunderbird Girls' Golf Team for qualifying to play in the 1A State Tournament next week at Mountain Ranch (Fairfield Bay)! Team members are Analee Baker, Emily Jones-Reynolds, and Autumn Crites. #greatthingshappeninghere
Guy Perkins FCCLA attended the 2021 Faulkner County Fair to enter Baked Goods today. We also were able to watch one of our own, Lilly Rooney, show Dairy and win Grand Champion. It was a great day at the Fair! #greatthingshappeninghere
Fall Festival Raffle Tickets are available in the Elementary and HS offices. Parents can come by the office to pick up tickets. You can also call the office or send a note with your student and we will gladly send tickets home with them for you. Please help our PTO and our school out.
Come join the Guy-Perkins PTO for their monthly meeting! The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Administration Building (Old Main).
Don't forget the Blood Drive is tomorrow (Tuesday)!
Do you know someone with a three, or four-year old?
Tomorrow is "Picture Day" at Guy-Perkins! These photos will be used for the 2021-22 yearbook so students are encouraged to dress nicely. Picture order forms went home last week so if you need another form, contact the school office Monday morning.
Thanks to all of our Thunderbird families who filled out the free/reduced meal form for this school year. Each family completing the form was entered into a drawing for one of two 32 GB iPads. The iPad winners are the Montgomery family (7th and 9th grade) and the Felkins family (1st and 2nd grade). Congratulations to both of these families!
Reminder to Elementary Parents/Students: Barnhill Animal Preserve will be on-campus tomorrow (Friday 9/3/21) at 8:30 a.m. with their wild animal show. Permissions slips were sent home this week. Students MUST have a signed permission slip to attend the show.
We also want to remind all students/parents that school will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021 in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.
UCA will be here September 23rd at 10:30 am to meet with the Seniors.
Statement from Guy-Perkins' Food Service Provider: OPAA Food Management is committed to serving quality, nutritious meals to students and staff. Like many other school districts across the nation, we too are experiencing supply chain issues and lack of delivery drivers. This may result in a reduced number of entrée choices available for breakfast and lunch until the supply chain issues are improved.
We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time while our Registered Dieticians and Culinary Team develop menu substitutions, as needed. Rest assured a free breakfast and lunch will be available to all students. We encourage you to visit Nutrislice on a daily basis for the most up-to-date menus. Download the Nutrislice app, or visit lookup.nutrislice.com to view daily menus.
