Join Hope High School's Blood Drive! Come out on Monday, September 30, between 10am and 3pm to donate blood at the High School Gymnasium! It's easy to pick a time slot by using the link - https://donor.lifeshare.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/269780
Mrs. Henry's Advisory class has been getting their ART on! This quarter, Students have been enjoying their "Book of the Quarter", one of which is "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold. This Book tells the story of a funny, heartfelt boy as he lives and adapts to his Autism Spectrum Disorder. As part of their reading, Mrs. Henry; 's class made a poster for the book to "Put the ART in STEAM" (an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). One part of the story focuses on how Bat takes in and cares for a baby skunk, so look for the skunks on the poster!
Today is National Tradesmen Day! National Tradesmen Day is celebrated on the third Friday of September each year. A tradesman, by definition, is someone who acquired their skills through apprenticeship or vocational training/education. Such people are usually in the fields of building maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, electricity, and other similar industries. Without them, it would be impossible to lead a good life as living standards would drop due to the lack of building or maintenance. Irwin Trade, which is a world-famous company that sells quality tools, created National Tradesmen Day in 2011 as a way to honor the people of the industry. Tradesmen rise to the challenge, day in and day out, to provide their services and skills to the people who need them the most. Thank a tradesman or tradeswoman today for all they do to keep our society running!
Ms. Gulley, Yerger's esteemed health teacher, led students through their Damath challenge this week. This challenge had students show their math skills in a competition where the winner gets to help assemble a human skeleton model for the class to use. Way to go Ms. Gulley, putting math into your Health Class to add a dash of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)!
Mr. Tony Anderson and Mrs. Philips had a joint guest speaker last week who came to speak to students about leadership. Dr. Christopher Smith spoke about the need for youth leadership in the school, as well as performed a live exercise with students to test their leadership and teamwork abilities. In this exercise, students were asked to build the tallest tower possible with marshmallows and pasta within a 10-minute timeframe. The students and staff attending all had a blast!
To the Laboratory!
Student's in Medical Detectives class have been conducting bacterial growth labs as part of their learning on antibiotics. Students were tasked with the properly growing bacteria in a lab environment, and then applying antibiotics to see how effective they were at ceasing bacterial growth.
There will be a Parent Meeting at Yerger Middle School on Thursday, September 19, starting at 5:30pm. If you have a student attending YMS, please come by!
A lunar eclipse will be visible for people in Arkansas and Oklahoma on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
The partial eclipse will coincide with a full moon and a supermoon, which occurs when the moon is closest to Earth.
Best Time To Watch
The eclipse will begin at 7:41 p.m. Central Time, but it will be difficult to notice until the Earth's shadow starts to cover the top edge of the moon at 9:13 p.m.
The eclipse will peak at 9:44 p.m.
There could be clouds in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley, but conditions will likely be clear enough to see the eclipse.
The moon will finish exiting the full shadow at 10:16 p.m. and the partial shadow at 11:47 p.m.
What Is A Lunar Eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes into the Earth's shadow. This means that relatively little of the sun's light makes it to the moon.
The sunlight that does make it to the lunar surface has passed through the Earth's atmosphere. This light is at a longer, redder wavelength, making the moon appear red.
"It's as if all the world's sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the moon," according to NASA.
https://www.4029tv.com/article/eclipse-supermoon-midwest-arkansas-oklahoma/62225254
Students and parents enjoy a variety of activities during the 21st Century Community Learning events at Yerger Middle School! The 21st Century Grant provides hands-on learning and physical fitness activities for 7-12th graders at Hope Public Schools. #GoBobcats #ALLIN #HopeForTheFuture
SPIRIT WEEK for Hope Public Schools Homecoming is September 30 - October 4 with Homecoming taking place on Friday, October 4. We apologize for any confusion regarding spirit week activities. Thanks!
As the home football season continues, we want to remind everyone about student expectations. We encourage our students to show school spirit and support our team, but it’s important that they adhere to home game expectations:
⚫️ Students are not to loiter behind the bleachers. Our students are expected to remain seated in the stands during the game, except when going to the restroom or visiting the concession stand.
🔴Students cannot sit on the top three rows of the stands unless sitting with a parent.
⚪️All after school activities are schools functions therefore our students are to follow handbook expectations. Any student that does not follow expectations may be asked to leave the game and will be addressed the following school day.
We appreciate your support in reinforcing these expectations with your child to ensure a fun and safe environment for everyone.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Go Bobcats!!
Regular Board Meeting Agenda
Hope Public Schools
High School
1700 South Main
Hope, AR 71801
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 05:30 PM
(1) Call to Order
(2) Consent Agenda
(2.a) Approval of Minutes
(2.b) Approval of Expenditures
(2.b.1) Budget Approval
(2.c) Superintendent's Report
(3) Unfinished Business
(4) New Business
(4.a) Agri FFA Trip Approval
(4.b) Kinco Construction Management Updates on Agri Building
(4.c) Kinco Yerger Gym Project Agreement
(4.d) School Vehicle Bids
(5) Other
(5.a) Student Hearing
(5.b) School Board Zoning Election Update
(5.c) SPED Update
(5.d) ARP ESSER Update
(6) Personnel
(6.a) September Personnel Packet
(7) Adjournment
There will be a Patriot Day ceremony at the flagpole at Hope High School at 12pm today, September 11. The public is invited.
Mr. Anderson's History class will host a guest speaker this week on Friday, September 13, 2024. Dr. Christopher Smith, a Hope Public Schools Alumni and Native of the City of Hope, will speak to 8th-grade students about the governmental process, how laws are created, and the current political structures of our nation.
Join us in congratulating the 2024 Hope Public Schools Educator Hall of Fame inductees! In alphabetical order: Glenda Clark, Robert Hesse, Darryl Muldrew, Alma Phillips, and Pal Whitmarsh. Join us on Friday, October 18, 2024, for the induction ceremony at 2pm at the Bank of Tom Bean (on Hervey Street) and the on-field presentation before the Bobcats football game that night starting at 6:20pm. We'll share more information as the ceremony dates get closer, so MARK YOUR CALENDARS! CONGRATULATIONS to these former Bobcats educators!!
Yerger Middle School is taking flight! The Project Lead The Way Flight & Space classes recently completed their first lab! In this lab they were tasked with designing, testing, and modifying a paper airplane of their own construction, with the goal of landing their plane accurately on a target. The students had a blast!
Magnet Coordinators and EAST Facilitators had an amazing day of Glowforge training with our dedicated teachers. A huge thank you to Jason Blake for his expertise and support in helping us master this fantastic tool. We’re excited to bring our new skills into the classroom and inspire creativity among our students!
Yerger Middle School has a new medical detective's class this year! So far, students have learned how to take vital signs and how important they are for tracking health. Students are learning real medical skills in concepts as they learn how to diagnose diseases!
Students and Parents, 7th - 12th Grade - Come join the fun for the 21st Century Community Learning Center events! Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after school at Yerger Middle School, come out for 5-on-5 basketball in the Yerger Gym! On Saturday, from 9a-1p, there will be soccer at Yerger! For more information, contact Dr. Linda Clark at linda.clark@hpsdistrict.org.
Check out the first edition of the Yerger Science Newsletter on the Yerger Middle School Facebook Page! Take the STEAM learning home with you this Labor Day Weekend!
