Bryant Public Schools

Please review our Hornet Security procedures for attendees at athletic and extracurricular events. Details here ➜ https://5il.co/ybnh

Bryant Public Schools will host a food distribution on Thursday, September 2, 4:00-5:00pm, behind Bryant Elementary. Families must have a student currently approved for free or reduced meals in the Bryant School District to qualify to receive food boxes. Register here ➡︎ https://bit.ly/FoodBoxRegistration

Salt Bowl Blood Drive today (Sept 1), 8:30am-2:30pm, at Bryant High School Bldg 10. We want the trophy ... school with most donated pints wins! #TogetherAgain #SaltBowl2021

Food Box Distribution has been moved from today to Thursday, September 2, 4-5pm. A link will be provided later in the week to register in advance.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Two Bryant schools have been nominated for the ADG 2021 Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Let’s move Bryant Middle and Bryant High School to the top! Voting is open until Sept. 5. Category: Kids & Family https://www.arkansasonline.com/bestof2021/

Get all the details about #SaltBowl2021! #GoHornets 
• Tickets 🎟
 • Traffic 🚘
 • Tailgating✌️ • War Memorial 🏈
 • Livestream 📺 Here ➔ bryantschools.org/saltbowl

Downed power lines on Shobe Road will affect bus transportation this afternoon, particularly in the areas of Meadowlake, Lexington Park and Johnswood. Students in other areas may also arrive home late today (Thursday, August 26).

Did you receive a copy of our latest district newsletter, Success Happens Here, in your email inbox? If not, it's available on our website: English: https://5il.co/xt6g  Spanish: https://5il.co/xt6h

The BJHS 9th grade football game v. Warren originally scheduled for Thursday, Aug 26 at Hornet Stadium has been POSTPONED to September 2. The game will be played at Warren.

Bryant Public Schools will host a food distribution TODAY (Monday, August 23), 4:00-5:00pm, behind Bryant Elementary. Families must have a student currently approved for free or reduced meals in the Bryant School District to qualify to receive food boxes. Register at https://bit.ly/FoodBoxRegistration. For more information, call 501-847-5632.

Bryant High School will implement a weekly Late Start Wednesday for all students (Grades 10-12) beginning Wednesday, September 8. On Wednesdays, the BHS school day will begin at 8:55am and will end at the usual time of 3:27pm. Details here ⇉ https://bit.ly/BHSLateStart

GET READY FOR FOOTBALL! The annual benefit varsity football game is TONIGHT, 6pm at Hornet Stadium. All tickets must be purchased online. NO CASH will be accepted at the ticket gates. ONLY AAA passes will be accepted. Get tickets at bryantschools.org/tickets. The game will be live streamed FREE at https://www.bryantschools.org/o/athletics/page/football-stream. Check out all the enhancements to our broadcast.

Bryant Public Schools is pleased to announce that breakfasts and lunches will be served to all students at NO CHARGE during the 2021-2022 school year. It is not necessary to complete a meal application for free or reduced priced meals as the United States Department of Agriculture has extended meal benefits to all students at this time. For households who wish to complete a meal application, the documents are available at https://www.bryantschools.org/page/free-and-reduced-lunch-online-application. These meal benefits do not include a la carte (extra milk or food) items sold in the cafeteria. If students wish to purchase items a la carte, they will need to have money for those purchases in their meal accounts. Meal payment may be made at ezschoolpay.com ($3 fee applies) or at each school office. Money will not be accepted in the cafeteria. Menus Menus are available on the district website and app.

We love having our Hornets back to school for another year of learning! #opp4success 💙 💙 💙

REMINDER: Bryant Public Schools has partnered with Bryant Family Pharmacy to host a voluntary COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for ages 12 years and older on Wednesday, August 11 from 4:30-7:30pm at Bryant Junior High School, located at 301 Hill Farm Road. Students returning for their second Pfizer vaccine dose (1st dose administered on Wednesday, July 21) should bring their VACCINATION CARDS to the clinic, along with completed COVID-19 Vaccination and FERPA consent forms. Details here →→→ https://bit.ly/3CtzarH

Hornet fans, tickets for the football benefit game and volleyball showcase on August 17 are now on sale! 🏈🏐🎟 Get yours at bryantschools.org/tickets. Online tickets only ... no cash or paper tickets at the admission gate this year!

Bryant Public Schools has partnered with Bryant Family Pharmacy to host a voluntary COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for ages 12 years and older on Wednesday, August 11 from 4:30-7:30pm at Bryant Junior High School, located at 301 Hill Farm Road.   Students returning for their second Pfizer vaccine dose (1st dose administered on Wednesday, July 21) should bring their VACCINATION CARDS to the clinic, along with completed COVID-19 Vaccination and FERPA consent forms. Details here →→→ https://bit.ly/3CtzarH

Bus routes and bus stop times are now available in infoFinder i. Locate infoFinder i through the Bryant Public Schools app or at https://www.bryantschools.org/page/transportation. Call the Transportation Office at 653-5150 for assistance or additional information.

Saturday and Sunday are tax-free shopping days in Arkansas! Now is the time to get those school supplies without paying the extra sales tax. Details here ↦ https://www.bryantschools.org/page/sales-tax-holiday

UPDATE ON MASK MANDATE BAN (ACT 1002) Arkansas lawmakers passed Act 1002 of 2021 which prohibits state and local governments, including school boards, from requiring people to wear masks. The law went into effect on July 28. With the surge in COVID-19 numbers, Governor Asa Hutchinson called legislators into a special session this week, asking them to provide an exception to the law that would grant each school board the authority to decide whether to require students younger than 12 years of age to wear a mask. Arkansas lawmakers ended the special session with no changes to the existing mask mandate ban. On Friday, August 5, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox heard a case brought by the Little Rock School District, Marion School District, and parents challenging the state law that prohibits school districts from requiring masks/face coverings. Judge Fox granted a restraining order that temporarily blocks the state from enforcing the mask mandate ban. Further legal proceedings are expected. Those proceedings could begin in days or weeks. As Arkansas’s highest court, the Arkansas Supreme Court will likely have the final word on this issue. Having the benefit of guidance from the Arkansas Supreme Court will allow the Bryant School Board to make the best possible decision for the benefit of the district’s students, families and staff. Bryant Public Schools’ administration will continue to closely monitor the legal proceedings in this case and provide further updates to the board. The timing and duration of further legal proceedings may dictate the timing of any review of this matter by the Bryant School Board.