No tricks here! Just the sweetest faces you'll see all day! Happy Halloween, Bentonville families! #whereexcellencelives
October is Physical Therapy Awareness Month, and we boast some of the best! Bentonville Schools' PT team brings more than 160 years of combined experience to our district! Our team members have worked in a number of settings including schools and inpatient and outpatient rehab. Their work helps to instill a sense of inclusion in all of us. We're thankful for this outstanding group! #whereexcellencelives
Pictured L to R: Heidi Epperson, Melissa Anderson, Holly Shields, Amy Sanders. Claudia Becerra
Not Pictured: Stacy Leonard
Choose Love 2023 is a go for November 9! This free, family-friendly celebration is for all ages and is an awesome opportunity to champion the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement in Bentonville! #whereexcellencelives
Game on, playas! It's Homecoming out West with a parade today, game tonight and a celebratory dance following! Bentonville West High will take on Rogers Heritage at 7:00 p.m. Welcome home, West Alumni! #whereexcellencelives
If you want to connect with two incredibly nice people, stop in and chat with Cheryl Bowen and Brynne Love at Bentonville High School. These two gems are the first faces you'll encounter on that campus. They serve as administrative assistants in the front office and have made customer service their only goal in their interactions with the hundreds of parents, students and colleagues who pass through their office. They were nominated by a BHS parent who wrote, “Brynne and Cheryl make people feel like they matter."
We wish to honor Cheryl Bowen and Brynne Love with the Extra Mile Award for their tireless commitment to the BHS community.
If you'd like to nominate a Bentonville Schools employee who consistently goes the Extra Mile, do so at https://tinyurl.com/4s2jrhxf #whereexcellencelives
If you make the trip, you might as well win it all, right? Not one but two Arkansas State Championships for the tennis teams at Bentonville High School! Congratulations to these student-athletes and their coaches, Emily Schmitt and Richie Roberts. #whereexcellencelives
One month from today, Bentonville Schools will celebrate all the love! Mark your calendars now for this free, family-friendly event in collaboration with the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement. You can also buy your 2023 Choose Love t-shirt at https://stores.inksoft.com/ChooseLove-BentonvilleSchools/shop/home
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Did you know our friends at the Bentonville Library Friends & Foundation recently launched a new program for pre-k students called A 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten? Students at Tennie Russell Primary School got all the deets from Pete the Cat and Llama Llama Red Pajama when they stopped by! Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/5aca6awa and spread the word! #whereexcellencelives
Recently, a group of our Gateway high school students received the opportunity to tour the beautiful 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville to learn from some of the best! Students are studying hotel management and what a career in the hospitality industry might look like for them. Many thanks to the folks at 21c for sharing their wisdom! #whereexcellencelives
Congratulations to the National Merit Semifinalists from Bentonville Schools! These young men and women are in the top 1% of Arkansas students who took the PSAT. Big shout out to their parents, grandparents and teachers as well! #whereexcellencelives
Front Row, L to R: Colin Sheehan, Oliver Catagnus, Spencer Bingham, Rohan Singh
Middle Row, L to R: Mya Negly, John Ring, Chandra Suda
Back Row, L to R: Devyn O'Daniel, Samuel Prakash, Rikhil Tadiparthi, Norah Rustad
October is National Anti-Bullying Month, but every day is a good day to be kind. Take care of each other. #whereexcellencelives
Ride on, Bentonville! #whereexcellencelives
All dressed up with the best place to go! It's Homecoming 2023 for Bentonville High School! What an honor to welcome home BHS alumni! The celebration goes all weekend with the game against Southside tonight and the Homecoming dance tomorrow evening! Go Tigers! #whereexcellencelives
Many thanks to Arkansas State Senator Jim Dotson and State Representative Brit McKenzie for visiting several of our campuses today. The duo toured Apple Glen Elementary, the Ignitecaps Construction Management Facility and Washington Junior High to explore some of the best in Bentonville Schools. #whereexcellencelives
Our Extra Mile Award recipients for September are a closely-knit team. Chris Davidson, Kristal Richard and Amanda Wright serve together in the front office at Osage Creek Elementary School. These ladies are on the front line and manage every scenario you can imagine in a day's work. They do it with the best attitude and consistently put our students, their families and each other first.
Join us in celebrating Chris, Kristal and Amanda for going the Extra Mile for their families and each other. If you'd like to nominate a Bentonville Schools' employee for this award, do so at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vQL-WxDn1WK6lar4c0xQ2lRs1TTLeIuCV7xKGR5m8WY/edit
Is there a doctor in the house? Courtney Walker, the fourth-grade teacher at Apple Glen Elementary, transformed her classroom into the operating room today as part of a study on polio. Students used their math skills to help save their patients and studied the different components that make up our blood.
Apple Glen is the only visible learning school in Arkansas, allowing students to take charge of their own learning. Part of today's operation is to examine a skill and determine its level of mastery or success. Once students are able to determine that, they can figure out what's missing and correct their own work! #whereexcellencelives
Our friends at the Bentonville Public Library are planning some Saturday morning Storytimes this fall your child is sure to love! Several of our educators are serving as guest readers, beginning tomorrow morning with Superintendent Debbie Jones! Join her at 11:15 a.m. #whereexcellencelives
Bentonville Schools will host an informational meeting for private school and home school families regarding federally funded special education services. #whereexcellencelives
Big thank you to Walmart Global Tax for helping our students save money and live better! Recently that division, led by SVP and CTO Craig Ihle, collected school supplies for students in Bentonville Schools. Teams across the tax division competed against each other in a back-to-school drive, donating more than $5,000 in pencils, paper and pens to students who will put it to good use! #whereexcellencelives
On this somber anniversary, we remember the lives lost on American soil and every soul lost in the fight for freedom since 9/11.
In 2021, the Freedom Flag Foundation shared with Bentonville High an American flag for the school's commitment to remembrance.
May we never forget.
