Hope Public Schools

The SENIOR MEETING scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, has been CANCELLED. it will be rescheduled for another date and we will make an announcement. Thank you.

Red Carpet Affair is April 5th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. This event is for all Hope Public Schools 5th and 6th grade students. Parents are welcome to attend, but is not mandatory. Students are encouraged to dress up, but it is not mandatory. Tickets are on sale at BHE and HAPS to purchase.

ALL HPS Magnet Clubs will end on Tuesday March 26,2024. We have thoroughly enjoyed being able to explore student interest through after school clubs, and we look forward to more options for the 24-25 SY. All students will need to resume back to normal transportation on Monday and Tuesdays, unless your student participated in after school boost tutoring. If you have any questions please reach out to your campus magnet coordinator.

Thanks to Israel Diaz for providing a Spanish copy of the school calendar for 2024-2025!

"Tonight's (March 14) Connecting Families Through English class will be cancelled due to parent teacher conferences. We look forward to seeing you all March 28th for our next class!" "La clase de Connecting Families Through English de esta noche (marzo 14) se cancelará debido a la junta de padres y maestros. Esperamos verlos a todos el 28 de marzo para nuestra próxima clase!".

DID YOU KNOW!? There are Downtown Dances being held twice per month? Dances are held from 5pm-9pm and here are the dates: GET DOWN DANCE DOWNTOWN HOPE 5PM-9PM 3/5 - HOSTED BY CHILDREN'S CHURCH OF HOPE, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B 3/15 - HOSTED BY SILENT VOICES, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B 4/5 - HOSTED BY CHILDREN'S CHURCH OF HOPE, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B 4/26 - HOSTED BY SILENT VOICES, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B 5/3 - HOSTED BY HOPE TRIAGE, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B 5/24 - HOSTED BY HOPE TRIAGE, PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B

Fun-Filled event happening during Spring Break! SPRING BREAK FUN DAY SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2024 12PM-4PM ACTIVITY STATION, SNACKS, GAMES & MORE YOUTH 10 - UNDER MUST BE WITH AN ADULT NORTH SIDE PARK N. SPRUCE ST & CLINTON BYPASS HOSTED BY: B.A.N.G. SONS OF SOLOMON MASON LODGE HOPE TRIAGE PARTNERED WITH NAACP 6012B

SOFTBALL NEWS AND UPDATES: 1) Softball team plays Nashville today at Nashville at 3:30pm. 2) The D-Mac tournament is this Thursday - Saturday in Hope Game: Game times will be flexible due to weather. 3) The softball team will have a one day trip to Commerce Texas on Monday to watch the University of Arkansas Lady Razorbacks play Texas A&M Commerce at 2:00 PM! The team will be leaving at 9:00 AM Monday.

ATTENTION: The soccer games for today (Thursday, March 14) have been canceled. Make updates will be announced once the games are rescheduled.

We previously published a list of the dates for the upcoming 2024-25 school year approved by the school board. Some of the dates were listed incorrectly and we have attached the corrected versions of those documents (one in English and one in Spanish) that you can view, print, etc. We apologize for any confusion the previous release may have caused. Thanks to everyone who helped make this calendar (and these revisions/translations) possible!

Game time for Ladycats Softball at Nashville today (Thursday, March 14) at 3:30 is confirmed. Support the Ladycats!

Reminder: the clinic will be closed for spring break from March 15th to March 22nd. Also as it turns out CABUN (the company we work with) is closed March 19th for good friday. We will resume services Monday April 1st.

MANDATORY GRADUATION MEETING MARCH 26, 2024 9:30AM - 10:30AM 1:30PM - 2:30PM LOCATION - HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM All Seniors are required to attend ONE of the 2 meetings. Graduation requirements will be discussed

Spectrum of Light presents the 5k Run/Walk for Autism Awareness! The race will take place on April 20, 2024, starting at 7:30am. Early Registration is $25 and includes a TShirt and goodie bag. Register before April 5. For more information, contact Pam Edmonson at 870-602-1124.

HopeBot 7th & 8th graders wrapped up their competition and Team Ghostface is bringing home the Arkansas Robotics State Championship Create Award! They also made the final rounds in the Teamwork Challenge and finished out the year ranked 10th out of 140+ teams! The Create Award is presented to the team whose robot design incorporates a creative engineering solution to the design challenges of the season’s game. We are so proud of both teams that competed yesterday and can’t wait to see what our FOUR 5th & 6th grade teams accomplish today!

March 6 - 9, HHS Hope BotCats led by robotics teacher and BotCats coach Mrs. Kathy Knight, participated in the FIRST Arkansas Regionals Robotics Competition in Searcy Arkansas where we earned a 14th place ranking. Those attending the competition were, Cynthia Vargas, Akane Nakma, Ramsey Beck, Karah Bowden, Anthony Rodriguez, Luisa Raeli, Trinnity Martin, Lenny Lardinois, Jan Havlicek, Alexis Juarez and Drake Mathis, Alumni & Drivers Coach Ben Knight, Lead mentor Val Knight. Team members Corina Rosenfeld and Riley Bramlett could not attend due to illness. We would like to thank all of our Sponsors: Department of Defense, New Millennium, NASA, FIRST Robotics, Delta Kappa Gamma, Hope Evening Lions Club, Ms. Kathryn Dickenson, Val Knight, and our many supporters (HHS teachers, friends and family of our team).

REMINDER: Parent Teacher Conferences TODAY (Thursday, March 14)!

Hope boys won the Ashdown Domtar Track Meet as Kyle Whiteman won high point! Congrats to the Track Bobcats!

Friday's Baseball (March 15) game vs Nashville has been moved to Nashville due to rain and they have turf.

Dr. Crossley subbed for  Ms. Lisa Vaughn at HAPS today. He says, "I enjoyed assisting Ms. Marks in the front office. Lots of smiling faces and great vibes the week before Spring Break. They did a great job of keeping me on track!"