QUALIFIED FOR STATE 🤖
BJHS hosted 52 teams from across the state in Saturday’s Bryant Battle VEX Robotics Tournament. BJHS teams 1338W and 1338X made it to the finals, but lost the hard fought match. 1338X won the Judges award and 1338W won the Design award. All four BJHS teams have now qualified for the state tournament in March.
Mayor Allen Scott has proclaimed February 12 as Bryant Hornet Day in honor of the Hornet Football Team's fifth 7A State Championship.
It's a Great Day to Be a Hornet! #212 #Champs #BryantProud
BJHS recently awarded the top scores in Math and Reading on the winter 2023 NWEA assessment with a Sonic gift card provided by the BJH student council.
The top score in 8th grade math was Nyla Newton, the top score in 8th grade Reading was Charlie Denton. The top score in 9th grade math was Luis Aguilera, and the top 9th grade Reading score was Andrew Schlesier.
Congratulations to these students on their NWEA achievements. We are proud of their hard work!
Our Bryant Junior High counselors have a passion to help students with academics, mental health, and emotional support. Thank you for being a vital part of creating a successful school culture! #NSCW23
Bryant Public Schools will host a Job Fair on Monday, February 27, 4:30-6:30pm. We invite interested candidates to come by Bryant Middle School and learn about exciting opportunities in Bryant Schools. The Job Fair is a great way to connect and network with administrators and program directors.
Openings include full and part-time positions for teachers and other support staff members such as food service, custodial and bus drivers. Learn more at bryantschools.org/jobfair. Register today!
Our district e-newsletter, Success Happens Here, is one way we share important information with our parents and community. Please visit one of the links below:
English: https://5il.co/1odg5
Spanish: https://5il.co/1odg4
School will be back in session on Friday. We look forward to seeing all of our Hornets tomorrow.
Due to continued weather conditions and icy roads, Bryant Public Schools will be closed today (Thursday, February 2).
The decision regarding school on Thursday, February 2 will be made in the morning. Our administrators will be driving and assessing road conditions in the early morning hours. If school is closed tomorrow, families should expect to be notified around 5am by phone call, text, app, email, and social media.
In this episode of “Did You Know?” Superintendent Karen Walters talks about the CAP process to help students (5th-11th grade) plan their schedules for next school year. She also shares an invitation for 9th-11th graders to attend the BHS Electives Fair on February 7.
English: https://youtu.be/VHyV2pStZs8
Spanish: https://youtu.be/kh_SM3DkMHQ
🎧 New Podcast Episode 🎧
In episode 4 of the Hornet Hour Podcast, Dr. Alex Berry talks with school board president Dr. Tyler Nelson about the service and role of board members. Dr. Berry also visits with the district’s Chief Legal Counsel Jeremy Lasiter about recruiting and retaining teachers as well as the upcoming job fair.
BJHS Robotics competed at the VEX Winter in the Rock tournament. Check out what our amazing students accomplished:
1338B Blue HEAT and 69414T Tardiegrades from Jonesboro won the Tournament Champions Award in the finals against 1338G Gray HEAT and 1338X X-HEAT.
1338W White HEAT won the Judges Award.
1338B Blue HEAT won the Excellence Award.
In this episode of “Did You Know?” Superintendent Karen Walters shares information about the partial rezoning process affecting two of our elementary schools .
English: https://youtu.be/2pZJCveMUIs
Spanish: https://youtu.be/lZqG-4T-aNk
Bryant Public Schools has been monitoring the forecast and consulting with the Office of Emergency Management to determine the best course of action to keep students safe in the winter weather. While it is difficult to know the right time to make a decision on closing school, we understand parents have to make arrangements for child care in the event school is not in session.
Due to the current inclement weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow when students will be at school, Bryant Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 31. Students will enjoy a snow day.
Bryant Public Schools adopted an alternative calendar for the 2022-23 school year. Instead of the required 178 student interaction days, we are able to use minutes instead of days. Districts which have adopted an alternative calendar may not utilize AMI days (remote instruction from home), which we have done the past few years.
Students will NOT be required to learn from home and will NOT have to make up the day because we have extra minutes/days built into our approved school calendar. Our current calendar has enough minutes to absorb five missed days without having to add days to the end of the school year.
Stay warm and safe, Hornets!
Due to mechanical issues, Bus 38 will be approximately 30 minutes late delivering students home this afternoon (Friday, January 27). The bus services students at Salem, Bethel, BJH, and BHS.
With winter weather in the forecast, now is a good time to review our inclement weather procedures. In the event that the school district has to cancel school due to inclement weather, we will have a traditional snow day.
Bryant Public Schools does not have AMI days for the 2022-23 school year. If school is closed, students will not be required to learn from home and will not have to make up the day.
The district is utilizing an alternative calendar with additional instructional hours scheduled above what is required by the state. As long as the district does not close for more than five days, days will not have to be added to the end of the school year.
IF it should be necessary to close school, parents will be notified by all District communication channels such as phone call, text, email, website, social media, mobile app, and news outlets.
⇥ ATTENTION 9th Grade Students & Parents ⇤
Make plans to attend the BHS Electives Fair on February 7. Lots of great information to help your scheduling decisions as you prepare to attend Bryant High School in the fall. Current 10-11th graders (and parents) also welcome!
Arkansas School Counselors Association Southwest Region has selected Counselors of the Year and … all three are from Bryant! We are so happy to celebrate these hard working professionals. #BryantProud
BJHS Robotics traveled to Russellville to participate in the middle school "Victory in the Valley" robotics tournament. They had incredible results:
1338X X-HEAT won the tournament and became Tournament Champion.
1338X X-HEAT won the Excellence Award for best overall robot.
1338X X-HEAT won the Skills Award for most points scored by an individual robot.
1338W White HEAT won the Design Award for best overall notebook.
It was a Great Day to be Bryant Hornet!
BJHS Student Council’s service project, Bryant’s Got Talent, earned proceeds to provide nine families with holiday meal boxes. Students created the entire event from planning, to hosting auditions, to serving as MC's and stage crew.
Council members even shopped for the meal items which included ham, green beans, corn, yams, stuffing, mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, rolls, pie, cookies, juice and tea.
We are so #BryantProud of their 💙 for service! Debra Catton is the group sponsor.
