Have you ordered your yearbook? Yearbooks have sold out the past several years, and once yearbooks are gone, they cannot be reprinted or reordered. Reserve your copy today at www.yearbookforever.com to ensure you get one when they arrive in May!
Family & Consumer Science students created monsters based on Centerton Gamble kindergartener drawings. They designed and sewed each monster, and then had the opportunity to deliver them! In all, 70 FACS students made 139 hand sewn custom monsters this year!
Our Educators' Career Fair is still on for Saturday, February 22 at Bentonville High School. This friendly environment is perfect for exploring career opportunities with Bentonville Schools. If you're interested in a career in education, facilities maintenance, food service, ESL, transportation or administration, we invite you to join us! Bring your resume and be ready to interview on-site! #whereexcellencelives
Junior Morgan Parsons entered this ebony pencil artwork into Scholastic Art Awards competition and received honorable mention. Her work will be displayed at Crystal Bridges from March 22 - May 5! Congratulations, Morgan!
Attention juniors! Did you know you can earn $14,000 toward college in four years with the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship? We want to help you do it! Sign up today for the BWHS ACT Boot Camp hosted February 20 and 21, and set yourself up for success on the February 25 ACT! Check out Student Announcements for more information. Registrations are due Monday, February 17 and limited to 150 juniors.
The BWHS UAS II/III classes were recently announced as winners of the NASA TechRise contest! Mr. Carlson's class was selected from among 720 school submissions from across the nation. Check out their KNWA feature at https://tinyurl.com/BWHSNASA.
Congratulations to BWHS teacher & coach Jessica Skordal! She received the NFHS Outstanding Speech and Debate Educator Award! #wearewest
The BWHS Dazzlers dance team has made it to finals in hip-hop dance, placing them in the top 10 teams nationally! They will compete for the championship tomorrow in Orlando. Congratulations, dancers!
Thanks to the outstanding work of our students and staff, Bentonville West High School was rewarded with $238,926.90 for outstanding student growth, scoring in the top 1%-5% for the state. #wearewest
Congratulations to Colors Day Queen Noelle DeClerk and King Chyjuan Dumas! Their crowning wrapped up an exciting BWHS Colors Day celebration. #wearewest
AP Capstone students showcased their hard work and innovative research at our AP Research Poster Night this week. It was a great evening of learning and collaboration as our talented scholars shared their ongoing research projects with the community.
Check out these important spring dates to remember, starting with no school on Monday, January 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Additional information about senior events is available at bentonvillek12.org.
Last month, our rising Wolverines visited us from the junior highs, touring campus and heard from teachers and students about the many programs available in high school. Parents, don't forget to join us this week for Parent University to learn more about what your 8th grader can expect in high school. Parent University is hosted at BWHS on on January 14 at 7 PM.
Happy New Year, Wolverines!
Happy winter break! Enjoy your time off, Wolverines, and we'll see you in 2025!
The Mathematics department hosted their first Student Recognition Breakfast. Our math students were celebrated for their hard work, positive attitudes, and contributions to their classroom.
Sophomore Camila Gonzalez recently earned National Championship after competing at the invitation-only PPA Tour Pickleball Tournament. She was the only student from Arkansas to compete and the first 16U Doubles National Champion in the history of the PPA. Congratulations, Cami!
The BWHS Art Club was invited to @bfas_nwa to create portraits for adoptable pets, and had an absolute blast! Portraits will be featured on a float in the Bentonville Christmas Parade tonight, and adopters will get to keep the pet portrait of their new best buddy.
"The staff of @bwhsyawp recently held a fundraiser and winter showcase reading event at @twofriendsbooks! Eight student writers auditioned with the staff and shared their original prose and poetry in front of a packed house. Thank you to Two Friends Books for generously allowing them to use their cozy space, and thanks to the writers and readers who continuously remind us that stories bring people together and words matter deeply.
Pre-order your copy of Yawp Vol. 6 in MyPaymentsPlus! This year’s edition of the award-winning publication will highlight the best writing and student art produced at BWHS during the 2024-25 school year. They won’t be ordering many extras, so pre-order today to guarantee you’ll get a copy in the spring!
“I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world.” - Walt Whitman"
Veera Sai Joshik Unnam, Ronak Pai, and Lalit Aditiya Kameshawaran have been named finalists in the prestigious Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition. Their project, a mobile-phone based multi-modal oral cancer diagnosis system that would localize and diagnose oral cancer through an affordable and non-intrusive diagnosis method, earned them a finalist spot in the competition and a $2,500 prize. They have the opportunity to be named state finalists, which will be announced in March.
