Viola School District #15

The FBLA Conference has been rescheduled for this coming Monday, February 6, 2023. Those FBLA students who were planning to attend the originally scheduled conference should speak with their parents and let Mr. Thrasher know as soon as possible if they are planning to attend. Students will need to be at school before 8:00 AM on Monday morning as we will still be taking a small bus to Mountain Home. Remember to bring money for lunch after the conference.

The Love for Literacy activity sponsored by Save the Children has been rescheduled for February 10th beginning at 5:30p.m.

New Basketball schedule for this week and next. Tonight’s game with Norfork has been moved to next Wednesday. Feb 8, 2 sr games. 5 pm start. Thursdays games at Hillcrest have been cancelled. Hillcrest has a make up game. Friday Feb 3 we will host Calico Rock at Viola. Jr girls and 2 sr teams. 5 pm. Both jr teams will play Feb 4 Saturday at West Side in the jr district. We will announce times when we know them. Next Tuesday, Feb 7 we will not play Tuckerman. We will go to Concord for 2 SR games at 5 pm.

Viola School will be closed on Tuesday. This day will be made up on Good Friday, April 7th.

Tonight’s game with Concord is cancelled. We do not have a make up date at this time.

Friday's FBLA Conference has been postponed to a later date. FBLA students need to stay tuned to their FBLA Google Classroom and the Viola Public School website for more information and the new conference date as it becomes available. In the meantime, enjoy your days off.

Basketball Re-scheduling News Tomorrows games with Lead Hill @ Viola have been cancelled. Fridays games @ Concord have been moved to Monday Jan 30th.

Viola School will be closed the rest of this week. Students only need to complete two days of AMI packets before returning to school next week. Enjoy the snow, while you can.

Viola School will be closed on Wednesday. Students need to complete the first day’s AMI packets for this school year. And a great big shout out to our bus drivers for safely getting everyone, including themselves, home safely this afternoon. They deserve more than a day off tomorrow!

Bakingly Challenged Soup Sale and Silent Auction! Viola High School Robotics team “Mechanically Challenged” will be hosting a Dessert Silent Auction at Parent Teacher Conferences on Friday Feb 3rd. We will also have a soup sale set up during Parent-Teacher Conferences. Come by, support the team, talk to your students’ teachers. There will be multiple soups available for $5 / bowl plus bottled water. Depending on the weather, we will set up the soup outside or inside the High School. Dessert Silent Auction location to be announced soon!

The months of January, February, and March have been designated as MyON reading challenge months. It is for all students even if they are not part of the Save the Children program. It is our school against other Save the Children schools in Arkansas. The school with the highest percentage of readers ( based on proportion) will be the winner. Let’s try our best to be that school!

Basketball games originally scheduled for February 3rd against Hillcrest have been moved to February 2nd. Games will begin at 5:30 and only the senior girls and senior boys will play.

Due to inclement weather, tonight’s basketball games against Calico Rock have been rescheduled for February 3rd.

A Love for Literacy night is planned for February 7th at 5:00 pm in the safe room at Viola Elementary. It is hosted by Save the Children in-school literacy program. A huge donation of new books have been given to the program to share with children at the school and in the community. It will be a time of family engagement through reading and sharing. Cookie donations are appreciated for that night. Look forward to seeing you.

Tonight’s ballgames against Timbo will start at 5:00.

Congratulations to Oliver Churchman (3rd) and Hayden James (2nd) for getting the most 100’s during the second quarter AR challenge in their STC reading group. They each received a $25 gift card to Walmart.

Marlee Wray (left) and Kadance Brewer (right) repensented Viola in the Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot contest in Highland, AR on January 7. Marlee won second place in her age divison. Kandance won first place in her age divison. Kadance will now travel to Hot Springs in February to compete at the state level. Congratulations to both girls. We are proud of you! Good luck Kadance in Hot Springs!

BMI and Scoliosis screenings will be done during the month of January. BMI screens will be done for grades K-2-4-6-8 and 10. Scoliosis screens will be done for only 6th grade girls and 8th grade boys and girls. These screenings will be done with me and another person present at that time. If you do not want these screenings done on your children please send a written note to school with your child or call the nurse's office at 458-4014. Any questions please call Debbie the school nurse at 458-4014.

ACT PREP CLASSES: ASU Mtn. Home is offering ACT prep classes again this semester for students who plan to take the ACT. The classes will be $75 for a 6 hour session. They have three Saturday classes available. For more information or to register, visit: https://asumh.coursestorm.com/category/test-prep You can also contact Peg Spiegel at 501-508-6106.

This is the MOARK league schedule for Peewees. 4th-6th boys and girls teams will participate. Times are to be determined but typically will start around 9 in the morning. Jan 7-Salem @ M.S. Thayer @ Viola Jan 14-Salem @ Thayer Viola @ M.S. Jan 21-Highland Jamboree Jan 28- Thayer @ M.S. Salem @ Viola Feb 4-Viola @ Thayer M.S. @ Salem Feb 11- Thayer @ Salem M.S. @ Viola Feb 18-M.S. @ Thayer Viola @ Salem Feb 25-Highland Jamboree Tourneys TBD