Tennie Russell Primary School (TRPS) is an Arkansas Better Chance for School Success program which is a state funded program targeting 3 & 4 year olds who live in families with incomes below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. TRPS uses the Arkansas Early Childhood Education Frameworks for 3-5 year old children. Each classroom has twenty children with a P-4 Licensed teacher and a credentialed teaching assistant who provide children with developmentally appropriate early learning experiences.

• Pre-K instruction for 178 school days following the Bentonville Schools’ Calendar

• A free before-school program to meet family needs, 7:15-7:45

• Classroom schedules are 7:45-2:45

• An afterschool program for 4-year-olds that is open until 5:30 pm for a cost of $60.00 per week, per child

• Low teacher-student ratios (1-10), classroom size of 20 children

• Federal Food Program approved Breakfast, Lunch and Afternoon Snack

• Developmentally appropriate curriculum that aligns with kindergarten, meets the Arkansas Early Childhood Education Frameworks and focuses on development of the whole child: socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively

• Services that garnered a 5 out of 6 star rating from the State of Arkansas’ Better Beginnings Quality Rating System

• Onsite AR licensed Building Administrator

• All school supplies are provided by the ABCSS Pre-K Program for eligible students. Full Pay Tuition students are required to pay an annual school supply fee of $150.

Contact Information:

1110 Bella Vista Rd
Bentonville, AR 72712
Phone: 479-696-3775
Fax: 479-271-1177
Principal: Lori Passmore
Registrar: Tammy Hanna