Congratulations to our MHS February Student of the Month winners!
Parents, the Arkansas Required ATLAS Writing Test for 3-10 grades will be done this week. (MES-Tuesday / MHS-Wednesday) The district must test all 3-10 graders by Friday. Please make sure your student is at school on their testing date. If your child will be out this week, please notify lauren.baker@mccroryschools.org
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 MHS cheerleaders. Senior high has a mandatory meeting Sunday, March 10 at 2:00. Junior high has a mandatory meeting Sunday, March 10 at 3:30.
MHS students will NOT take the ATLAS Writing test on Monday due to the current internet issues at the district. Juniors and Seniors will need to report to the school as normal. We will have more information about rescheduling the test once it becomes available.
The softball game against Barton has been rescheduled for 4p, home.
The MES Book Fair begins Monday, March 11 at 5:30. Bring your child and come shop! There are books for all ages. The book fair will be open during school hours throughout next week. You are welcome to visit our book fair homepage where you can load your child's eWallet.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/mccroryelementaryschool1
Parents: The district has been experiencing internet disruptions. This has led to our phone service being in and out, state required testing issues, and all computers to have unusable internet connection at times. We have been actively working with the Arkansas Department of Information Systems (DIS) and Ritter Communication, who provides our internet connection, since the disruptions began. Ritter believes they have determined the cause of the disruptions but cannot guarantee a solution by the end of this week. Because of this, we have forwarded the elementary and high school phone lines to cell phones. This allows parents to still reach our offices with the same numbers they usually use. However, we will not be able to transfer any calls. Please bear with us as the office relays messages. The district is also working the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to change state required testing dates. We will continue to work with the state and Ritter to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible. Please know that your students are safe and still learning during this outage.
Rescheduled Testing Dates:
MHS Atlas Writing Test – Monday 3/11/24
MES Atlas Writing Test – Tuesday 3/12/24
ACT test for MHS Juniors – Tuesday 3/26/24
The ATLAS Writing Exam scheduled for tomorrow's 7th-10th grades has been rescheduled for Monday, March 11, 2024. Juniors and Seniors should report school as normal tomorrow.
MES grades 3-6 will test, as scheduled, on this Thursday March 7, 2024.
3rd-10th Grade Parents: Students will take the AR State Required ATLAS Writing Exam this Wednesday (MHS) and Thursday (MES).
Cheer tryout practice begins Sunday. Please see the schedule below. All paperwork including a current physical must be turned in at practice Sunday, March 3.
Schedule Change:
Lady Jaguar Softball will play at home today (3/1/24) against Cross County, starting at 5p.
MES will be hosting the Scholastic Bookfair March 11-15. The bookfair will officially open Monday, March 11 at 5:30. Parents are allowed to bring their child to shop the bookfair that night.
There is a mandatory parent meeting for anyone who signed up for cheer tryouts. Please be at the MHS Gymnasium at 5:30. At least one parent must attend in order for the candidate to try out. Please bring completed paperwork to this meeting. Tryout information and the 2024-2025 season will be discussed. Candidates must have signed up by the 16th.
Reminder that there is no school tomorrow! We will see everyone Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
There has been a change to the cheer tryout practice schedule to accommodate Junior high softball. The practice Sunday, March 3 is NOW mandatory. The practice March 7 is now optional but highly encouraged. We are sorry to make this change, but feel it is best to accommodate these ladies. There is a mandatory parent meeting Monday, February 19 at 5:30.
We would like to remind everyone that our student handbook states: "There will be no delivery of flowers, balloons, or gifts to the school for students from florists or other people."
Tomorrow is a make-up snow day. School will be in session until 1:30 (MES) and 1:45 (MHS). PTC will take place after school for both schools (2p - 6p)
Tonight's games against Marianna will start at 5p in Marianna.
Elementary Teacher of the Month.
There will be a special board meeting this Thursday (2/8/24) at 5p.
