Bryant Public Schools

The Bryant School Board meets monthly. Following each regular meeting, Bryant Public Schools will post a School Board Recap. We hope this short summary will provide parents and community members with user-friendly information about decisions being made at school board meetings. Links to the May 2024 meeting recap: English: https://5il.co/2m0qr Spanish: https://5il.co/2m0qs

Bryant High School and Bethel Middle School archery teams competed at the NASP Eastern Nationals Archery Tournament last weekend. 🏹 We are proud of those teams for the hard work it took to make it to Nationals. BHS won all its seasonal tournaments and placed 3rd in the state overall. Bethel placed 1st or 2nd at all of their tournaments and placed 4th in the state overall. We are #BryantProud of their achievements! 🎉

Congratulations to BHS Cheerleaders Kennedi Harris and Madisyn Bell on their signings! 📣 Kennedi will go on to cheer at Ole Miss and Madisyn will cheer at the University of Central Arkansas. #BryantProud 💙🐝

Among our retirees with 30+ years in Bryant Public Schools, is music teacher Delynne West! 🎶💙 Mrs. West has spent 32 years inspiring a love of music in our students, with 29 of those years at Springhill Elementary. Read more about Mrs. West's time at Bryant: https://www.bryantschools.org/article/1605842

We are pleased to announce the Class of 2024 Graduation ceremony will continue as planned for Saturday, May 18 at War Memorial Stadium beginning at 10am. We look forward to celebrating our Bryant High School graduates!

Congratulations to BHS Dancers Morgan Wilson, Taylor Richards, and Lauren Elliott for signing to dance at their respective universities! 🎉 Morgan will attend Arkansas State. Taylor is headed to the University of Central Arkansas. Lauren will be dancing at the University of Arkansas. You all make us #BryantProud ! 🐝➡️🐗🐻🐺

Graduation is tomorrow!! 🎓 The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at War Memorial Stadium. You can watch the live stream here: http://bit.ly/BHS_Commencement2024

Due to conflicting weather reports, we have decided to postpone the decision about the location of the Class of 2024 graduation ceremony until Friday morning at 9am. We hope to have a more accurate forecast at that time allowing us to make a final decision. As soon as information is available, we will communicate with our graduates, parents and community. While we have an alternate weather plan in place, it is possible to move the ceremony to a later time at War Memorial Stadium if needed. As a reminder, the following is the alternate plan in case weather makes it necessary to move the ceremony indoors to Hornet Arena: Each student will receive 8 guest tickets. Tickets will be distributed electronically through student email addresses. Seating will be general admission. Students will not be provided assigned seats for their families/guests. The ceremony times are as follows: 10am: Graduates with last names A-F 1pm: Graduates with last names G-M 4pm: Graduates with last names N-Z Please note each ceremony will be live streamed. Links will be shared prior to the ceremonies.

Thanks goes to the families, community members, and all the Hornet fans who showed up to #RallyReynolds! 🎉🚌 The 2024 BHS Seniors took their #FinalFlight to graduation practice yesterday, and it was a great send-off! Thank you all for supporting our Seniors, just like you have from the beginning! 🎓💙🐝 #OnceAHornetAlwaysAHornet

Kati Watterson is wrapping up 33 years in Bryant Public Schools. Her career began as a music teacher, then moved into counseling. In both positions, Ms. Watterson has made a lasting impact on students, but now she’s ready for a new adventure in retirement! 💙 📲 Read more about the changes Mrs. Watterson has seen in her career: https://www.bryantschools.org/article/1602930

Congratulations to all of our 2024 retirees! 🎉 We had a fun time celebrating them at our annual Retirement Reception while we reminisced and looked toward their futures. Combined, this year’s retirees have spent more than 391 years in Bryant Public Schools, and more than 597 years in education. We wish them all the best as they learn to take it easy! 💙🐝 Once a Hornet, Always a Hornet. A big thanks to the BJHS Blue Hornet Jazz Band and their director, James Pianalto, who provided entertainment for the celebration!🎺🎷🎸

Among this year’s retirees, we had several who have spent more than 30 years in Bryant Public Schools. First, Mrs. Kim Fugitt, who has been in not just the same school, but the SAME CLASSROOM FOR 32 YEARS! 💙 Read more about Mrs. Fugitt here: https://www.bryantschools.org/article/1601989

Congratulations goes to Bryant Middle School for being named a Capturing Kids’ Hearts® National Showcase School for the first time! 💙 BMS is our first secondary school to receive this award. Their staff earned this recognition by implementing CKH procedures in their classrooms and showing positive changes in their students academically, socially and emotionally. Congratulations, BMS! 🎉

It’s a wrap on our #SummerCerealDrive! During the month of April, Bryant Schools collected cereal for Arkansas Foodbank and our local pantries. THV11's Tom Brannon visited Bethel Middle School today as they celebrated collecting 175 breakfast items. The students who donated the most cereal tossed water balloons at Tom, principal Donaven Sims, and Asst. Principal Brian Nivens. It was all in good fun for a great cause! Congratulations to Bryant Elementary School which collected the most donations—383 items. In total, our district donated over 700 boxes of cereal to our community. Great job, Hornets!

DON'T FORGET - Tomorrow, we Rally Reynolds for our BHS Seniors' #FinalFlight! 💙🎓 You're invited to line Reynolds Road and cheer them on as they head to graduation practice. More details here: https://5il.co/2kdxn

🎓 Bryant High School Seniors revisited their elementary schools yesterday. They got the chance to visit past teachers and reminisce about the “old days.” 📸 Find more pictures on our website: https://bit.ly/3JWpZ7S

📨 Our teachers have been sent more than 700 “thank you” e-cards this week! The messages were so kind and thoughtful, we wanted to share a few! Teachers received notes of appreciation from their students and colleagues (past and present), as well as some from their own children, parents and other family members! 💙 Thank you for taking time to love on our teachers and show them how much they mean to you. 📲 If you haven’t sent an e-card yet, there’s still time: https://www.bryantschools.org/page/teacher-appreciation

If you have any questions about the Summer EBT program, visit the DHS website at ar.gov/summerebt or contact the Department of Human Services at the following: SummerEBT@dhs.arkansas.gov S-EBT Helpline 1-833-316-2421 S-EBT Helpline (Spanish speakers) 1-855-372-1084

Wednesday, May 15 we're prepared to #RallyReynolds as our BHS Seniors take their #FinalFlight as Bryant Hornets! 🐝 💙 You're invited to cheer them on as they ride down Reynolds Road toward graduation practice. More details here: https://5il.co/2kdxn

Today is #NationalSchoolNurseDay and we have the BEST!! 💙 Thank you to our nurses for making sure our students and staff stay healthy. We appreciate all that you do!