Please don't forget to stop by the Bakingly Challenged Silent Auction and Soup sale. It's happening right now during Parent Teacher Conferences. We have Potato and Tomato Soups, Chili, and Mac & Cheese. $5 per bowl. We also have some awesome baked goods up for bid. Stop by before Parent Teacher Conferences end today. Thanks in advance for your support of Viola's Robotics Team.
Miss McIntosh's class made sun catchers to see how light passes throughout some objects that are translucent. The weather we've had lately has really helped show them off!
Reminder that tonight's Peewee games against Highland will start at 5:00. 4th grade girls will play first followed by 4th boys, 5th girls, 5th boys, 6th girls, 6th boys.
A big congrats to our Horse Evaluation team members for coming in 1st place overall in their recent contest!
Individual places:
Kara Moore-2nd
Abby Perryman- 4th
Maggie Perryman-5th
Cash Perryman- 14th
The Wildlife team had Beau Cowgill and Gunner Cowgill place in the top 20 of their contest!
The Viola High School Robotics team, Mechanically Challenged, will be hosting a Soup Sale and "Bakingly Challenged!", a baked goods silent auction at Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, February 5th. There will be multiple soups available for $5.00/bowl, and bottled water for $1.00. Come by, talk to your students' teachers, and support the robotics team. We will be set up at Mr. Thrasher's room.
Congratulations to Payton James. She finished second in the state Hoop Shoot competition. This was a free throw competition sponsored by the Elks Lodge. Great job Payton!
Just before Christmas Break, Miss McIntosh's first graders had fun building their snowmen during a coding project! #CSforAR
The Kindergarten classes took advantage of today's beautiful weather to learn about shadows and Groundhog Day. Phil may not have seen his shadow but we did!
The Arkansas Department of Education's Child Nutrition Unit will once again send out summer benefits to all children who qualify for free or reduced meals that are enrolled on the last day of school. The benefit will be mailed to the address that is on file with Viola Schools. If your address changes, please contact the school's office and update it, so that you will not miss out on this summer benefit.
Viola FBLA made a strong showing at the District VI Spring Conference at ASU-Mountain Home on Friday, February 2, 2024. There were 35 schools competing, and a school could only enter one student in each competitive event. For Viola, a total of 11 students competed in 11 different events, and 10 qualified to compete at the State FBLA Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 29-30, 2024.
Please be sure to congratulate these students on their achievements in FBLA this year. It will cost each of these students, and any adults who attend, $50 per person for the conference fee. Please consider making a donation to FBLA to help us attend the State Conference.
Attached are the updated District Tournament brackets for all junior and senior high basketball teams. The junior high tournament begins tomorrow at Rural Special. The junior girls will play at 12:30 with the junior boys following.
National Beta members from Viola High School celebrating their recent participation in the Arkansas Junior and Senior Beta State Convention. They were announced as winners of the following competitions: Elijah Olson, 4th place in 7th Grade Math; Ryleigh Golden, 5th place in Creative Writing; and Ayrianna Allen, 5th place in 9th Grade Language Arts.
National Beta State Convention allows students the opportunity to compete in various academic and STEM-based, virtual and performing arts competitions. These victories at the state level provide an opportunity to compete at the national level. National Convention will be held at the Savannah International Convention Center in Savannah, GA during Summer 2024.
Parent teacher conferences will be from 12:00-6:00 on Monday, February 5. We look forward to seeing many parents. Thank you parents for all that you do!!
Updated Ballgame Schedule for the remainder of the week:
Wednesday @ Shirley: Junior Boys, Senior Girls, Senior Boys. 5:00
Thursday @ Timbo: Junior Boys B, Junior Boys, Senior Boys 5:00
Friday (SENIOR NIGHT) Alpena: Senior Girls, Senior Boys 5:00
Viola's school buses will be running in the morning as we make up one of the days the school was closed last week.
Due to plumbing problems in Viola's high school gymnasium, the building will be closed for the rest of the weekend. This will not affect the makeup day scheduled for Monday.
Attention Seniors and parents of Seniors!
FAFSA Night
Monday, February 5th, 12-5 PM
*There will be food, treats, and goodies!
Log in to studentaid.gov to get your FSA ID before coming on Monday, February 5th. It takes a few days to get the ID, so please plan ahead!
This week Kevin Sanders signed his letter of intent to play tennis at Evangel University in Springfield.
Kevin is the son of Casey Sanders and Keturah Dicks
Congratulations Kevin! Longhorn Nation is very proud of you!
Big shoutout to our Fulton County Spelling Bee participants! And a huge round of applause for 6th grader Kealan Gaines getting 2nd place in the County! He will be runner up for State this Spring 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Next Tuesday's game on January 30th at Shirley has been moved to Wednesday, the 31st. Games will still start at 5:00 pm with the jr boys playing first, followed by both sr teams.
The games have been moved to avoid conflicts with the Beta Convention.