Join the Guy-Perkins Thunderbird Teaching Team in 2023-24! We are hiring: Gifted/Talented (K-12) Teacher and 7-12 Social Studies/Girls Coach. For more information, go to https://www.gptbirds.org/page/employment-opportunities.
Guy-Perkins Junior High School band members participated in the 2023 Dixie Band Camp at UCA in Conway last week with RJ Huff earning 3rd band on the snare drum and Adalyn Hogan 5th band on mallet percussion. Congratulations to these students and their director, Mr. Josh Harley for their hard work. We are T-bird proud!
Guy-Perkins Elementary will be hosting summer school for students in Kindergarten-6th grades beginning Monday, June 5-Friday, June 30, 2023. Letters were sent out to qualifying students May 1, 2023 inviting them to participate in summer school activities. Summer school hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. , Monday-Friday each week. Please do not drop your student off before 8:00 a.m. , there will be no staff here to watch them until 8:00 a.m. Busses will take students home at 1:00 p.m. each day. Car-riders will also need to be picked up at 1:00 p.m. each day. Breakfast will be served at 8:00 a.m. each day and lunch will be served at 11:15 a.m. each day as well. Students will have math, literacy and social-emotional learning blocks each day of summer school. For more information or to ask questions, please call the Elementary Office at 501-679-3509 or email penny.howard@gptbirds.org
The Guy-Perkins Early Childhood Center is pleased to announce that they will accept vouchers from the Child Care Voucher Assistance Program. Thanks to the teaching staff and Amber Woods for making this happen! To see if your family is eligible, go to https://tinyurl.com/mthvuudr.
2022-23 is in the books! Congratulations to staff, students, and parents for making it a memorable year! We look forward to having everyone back in 2023-24 as we start our 4-day week calendar (Tuesday-Friday). Have a safe and fun summer break!
Meet your 2023 Guy-Perkins School District "Support Staff Member of the Year" - Damon Cardin. Mr. Cardin is completing his second year at Guy-Perkins as the Maintenance/Transportation Director. Congratulations on being selected to this honor
To Parents/Guardians- Final grades will be posted by the end of school day, Friday, May 26th. If you child has failed a core subject either in the fall or spring semester, we will be contacting parents/guardians about summer school and our credit recovery program. This will apply to students grades 9-11 currently. Summer school will start June 5th and students will have four weeks to complete the credit recovery program. The program is self-paced, so when they finish the class, they are done. This district will provide transportation and lunch for the summer school program.
Meet your 2023 Guy-Perkins School District "Teacher of the Year" - Valerie Partain. Mrs. Partain is completing her first year at Guy-Perkins as the District Dyslexia Interventionist. Congratulations on being selected to this honor!
Congratulations to all 23 of the Guy-Perkins 6th grade students graduating tonight! We are T-bird proud! Good luck at your next stop...High School!
In the 2020-21 school year, Guy-Perkins decided to lease new, air-conditioned buses for student bus routes and activity trips. The District recently renewed the lease for another three (3) years and our new buses started arriving today. Thank you to the Guy-Perkin School Board for caring enough about our students and bus drivers to provide safe and clean buses each year. T-bird Pride!
Congratulations to Guy-Perkins Senior, Yiskah Caskey, for receiving the 2023 Arkansas Governor's Award for Musical Excellence. We are T-bird proud of you!
Come out tonight and support our Agriculture Program! Dinner (donations accepted) will be served at 6:30 PM with the Annual Auction immediately following. We hope to see you tonight!
Here is the semester test schedule for next week at the high school.
Don't miss this event!
Concert tonight at 6:30 PM!
Great things are happening with our new 8-on-8 Football Program! Marsha Joyner, Business Development Officer at @MY100BANK in Conway, dropped by today to deliver a $10,000 donation to Guy-Perkins High School. This donation will go to offset the start-up cost for the program. TY!
Join us Friday night!
Upcoming events for Guy-Perkins Elementary:
Kindergarten Graduation: May 18th @ 6:30 p.m.
5th grade Field Trip to Petit Jean: May 18th
6th grade Field Trip to the USS Razorback Submarine: May 18th
Fabulous Friday Fun Day: May 19th
6th Grade Graduation: May 23rd @6:30
Last day of School : May 26th
Today is the final day of "Teacher Appreciation Week" and the Guy-Perkins School District encourages former students to leave a story about a Guy-Perkins teachers that has left you with a positive impression. Thanks for all you do!
The 2023 Guy-Perkins High School Senior Class graduation ceremony will be held tonight (Friday) at 7:30 PM in the High School Gym. If you or family members are unable to attend, the ceremony will be live-streamed on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yc8hm4hd.
