Tomorrow is the day! We look forward to meeting you at our Educators' Career Fair! If you're interested in a role in education whether that be teachers, school nurses, bus drivers, facilities, paraprofessionals or administrators, we'd love for you to drop-in at Bentonville High School from 9:30 - 2:30. #whereexcellencelives
Bentonville High School Senior John David Sharp is one of only 100 students from across the country selected to perform with the National Youth Orchestra this summer. NYO accepts only the best of the best to tour North America beginning with a performance at Carnegie Hall. John David plays viola and has previously been ranked as the top viola student in the state of Arkansas. Play on, John David! You make Bentonville Schools #whereexcellencelives
Earlier this week, our students at Centerton Gamble Elementary School officially opened their Kindness Rocks Garden. The rocks contain personalized messages of hope and inspiration for anyone who chooses to take one or leave one. We saved these pictures for today because this is actually Random Acts of Kindness Day! Let's follow our students' lead and write an encouraging note, give a compliment or share a smile. #whereexcellencelives
The Bentonville High School Golden Tamers recently competed at the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando. The team finished seventh in the nation with their jazz routine! Congratulations, ladies! #whereexcellencelives
f you've ever considered a career in education, we would love to meet you! We're hosting an educator's career fair Saturday, February 25. This drop-in event is for anyone interested in working for Bentonville Schools. School nurses, paraprofessionals, administrators, teachers, transportation and facilities employees are encouraged to bring a resume and say hello. Bentonville Schools is where life works! #whereexcellencelives
More than a dozen Gatorade Players of the Year have come from Bentonville Schools. Haley Loewe is the latest! Haley is a junior at Bentonville High and is your 2022-23 Gatorade Arkansas Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year!
Haley started running just before sixth grade when her middle school coach challenged her class to run 100 miles that summer. She says she fell in love with the challenge, the outdoors and that high runners know so well.
Congratulations, Haley! Keep making us proud! #whereexcellencelives
Winner. W-I-N-N-E-R. Here it is in a sentence. Ardis Ann Middle School student Sam Barney is the winner of the Benton County Spelling Bee! We're proud of this sixth grader who was the last man standing when kiddos from across the area competed for the title. Sam will compete in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee in Little Rock next month! Way to go, Sam! #whereexcellencelives
It's Groundhog's Day on the calendar and in real life. Neighborhood streets remain an issue for our bus drivers, so we’ll close out the week tomorrow with another live AMI day. District offices remain open. #whereexcellencelives
Thursday, February 2, is a live AMI instructional day for your students. Read more on AMI instruction at https://www.bentonvillek12.org/page/school-closings
District offices will be open. #whereexcellencelives
Registration for Camp Explore is now live. This summer camp was created to serve rising kindergarteners up to sixth grade. Check out the more than 80 unique camps at https://www.bentonvillek12.org/page/camp-explore
#whereexcellencelives
Today is the last day of Arkansas Board Member Appreciation Month, and we have one final board member we wish to acknowledge.
Joel Dunning boasts almost three decades of education management, teaching and coaching experience with students of all ages and from different backgrounds. His passion for improving the quality of learning comes from his diverse experience while participating in nine different school systems in four states, including the prestigious Colorado School of Mines. Throughout his career in education, Joel has served as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, principal and curriculum director. Joel holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Geology, a Minor in Biology and a Master of Arts in Administration and Counseling. In college, he played football and ran track allowing him to better connect with younger athletes throughout his career.
Joel serves as the Director of Education for Unity Energy. He and his wife live in Bentonville. Thank you for your commitment to our students, Joel. #whereexcellencelives
Wednesday, February 1, will be another posted AMI day for students. Teachers will post assignments to their Google classrooms, and your child will work at his or her own pace. District offices will be open. #whereexcellencelives
Slipper game is strong with this one! Two-year-old Mabry Lyles is getting it done while mom Alyson Lyles, a teacher at Evening Star Elementary, takes care of her other kiddos.
Thank you to all our teachers, students and parents who step up and continuously go with the flow to keep everyone learning. #whereexcellencelives
Tuesday, January 31, will be a posted AMI day for students. Teachers will post assignments to their Google classrooms, and students will work at their own pace. District offices will also remain closed. Stay safe today and tomorrow. #whereexcellencelives
Jeremy Farmer is a proud Bentonville High School graduate now watching his own children make their way through the district. Daughters Aubrey and Emerson started in Bentonville Schools as kindergarteners.
Jeremy is employed with Launch Marketing where he works in sales and business development. He has served the district and community through leadership roles in his daughters' parent-teacher organizations and is a former president of CASA of Northwest Arkansas.
Thank you, Jeremy, for your commitment to the Bentonville Schools' Board of Education. #whereexcellencelives
Bentonville Schools' Board of Education Vice-President Willie Cowgur is as All-American as they come. He and his wife, Martha, both grew up in Bentonville and graduated from Bentonville High where he was a football and baseball standout and she was a star on the hardwood. No surprise these former all-state athletes passed their love of athletics on to their children; Cole, Caroline and Will. Willie can often be seen on the sidelines, coaching and supporting his kids in their athletic endeavors and at the occasional Harry Styles concert with his daughter.
Willie is a family man. Plain and simple. That love for family carries over to the students of Bentonville which he considers extended family. Thank you, Willie, for going to bat for all our kids. We're grateful for you during Arkansas Board Member Appreciation month and every month of the year. #whereexcellencelives
All after-school events are canceled for today. There will be no games, practices or rehearsals. #whereexcellencelives
Kelly Carlson serves as the Bentonville Schools' Board of Education President. Kelly's family moved to Bentonville in 1997 when he was a sophomore in high school. We'd like to say his time at Bentonville High proved to be the turning point of Kelly's life, and, in a way it was, but it wasn't a class or teacher that changed his path. It was a girl. It's always a girl, isn't it? Kelly met his wife, Cortney Pangle, at Bentonville High. Years later, Team Carlson is raising two daughters, Julianna Mae and Caroline Kelley.
While his ladies have his heart, he still finds time for one other love. For the last two years, Kelly has been converting a 2019 Dodge Promaster to a camper van. In it, the family has traveled to 21 of Arkansas' 56 state parks. Not a bad ride, right?
Kelly, thank you for your commitment to Bentonville Schools as we celebrate you and your colleagues during Arkansas School Board Appreciation Month. #whereexcellencelives
Kindergarten pre-registration begins one week today! Mark your calendar and visit bentonvillek12.org for more information. #whereexcellencelives
Tatum Aicklen is a new addition to the Bentonville Schools' Board of Education but is a familiar face to many. This hands-on mom of four has long committed her time to our parent-teacher organizations and served on our district reopening committee during the COVID pandemic. Her children, with her husband Michael, are Renshaw, Lily, Annabelle and Henry. She says they drive her desire to make Bentonville Schools the best it can be for all children. Motherhood, she told us, completely upended her as a person and her purpose. She credits them for making her more patient, level-headed and understanding when problem-solving in her home and on the board. (Her nine-year-old says she's especially decisive as well. When it comes to clutter, her go-to resolution is to throw it away. All of it. 😳)
This valedictorian of her high school senior class went on to graduate from Louisiana State University with a degree in business before landing in Bentonville.
Tatum and her colleagues on the board volunteer their time in service to our staff and students. Show them some love during Arkansas Board Appreciation Month. #whereexcellencelives
