Our monthly 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 for the February 2024 edition:
English: https://5il.co/2e4j2
Spanish: https://5il.co/2e4gc
SAVE THE DATE 🗓️
Bryant Public Schools will host a Job Fair on Thursday, February 29 from 4:30-6:30pm. We invite interested candidates to come by Bryant Junior High and learn about exciting opportunities in Bryant Schools. The Job Fair is a great way to connect and network with administrators and program directors.
For information on making a difference in our school community, visit bryantschools.org/jobfair.
Parents, if your student is assigned to Bus Route 33 or 134, please look for information coming home with your child today. A new route (30) will begin on Monday, February 5, which will impact bus stop locations and times for these routes.
You may access the information on Transfinder at bryantschools.org/page/transportation.
HAPPENING TONIGHT!
Interested in learning more about BHS programs and courses and how to be a successful Hornet? Want to check out the high school campus? Come to the BHS Preview Night on Tuesday, January 30 in the Fine Arts Center (Love Auditorium), 5:30-7pm!
Counselors will go over important academic and graduation information. After the presentation, teachers will be available to answer questions about their courses and counselors will help with questions about scheduling. Campus tours will be offered.
The Bryant School Board meets monthly. Following each regular meeting, Bryant Public Schools will publish 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 January 2024 meeting recap:
English: https://5il.co/2dmfy
Spanish: https://5il.co/2dmfz
TRANSPORTATION NOTICE: Boone Road has been closed due to flooding. Buses will be using alternate flood routes which may impact the time students are picked up today (Wednesday, January 24). This will affect students in the Hurricane Lake Apartment Complex, Heritage Farms, Valley Forge, Cedar Ridge, Falcon Way, and other subdivisions along North Shore Drive (Routes 9, 19, 36, 69 & 70).
Students should be at their bus stops at the normal time; however, students may be picked up later than normal due to buses taking alternate flood routes.
Due to a structural fire on McPherson Ridge, the fire department has closed access to McPhearson Road. Buses will not be able to pick up students on McPherson, impacting students assigned to Route 37.
For the safety of our students, staff and families, Bryant Schools will be closed today, Monday, January 22.
Bryant Schools will have a 2-hour delayed start on Monday, January 22. Buses will pick up students 2 hours later than normal; each school will begin two hours later than usual.
Should weather or road conditions change and school be cancelled for the day, we ask that families please continue to watch for messages and announcements.
We are carefully monitoring the winter weather forecasted overnight and Monday morning (January 22). Administrators will be out in the early hours to check road conditions. As always, our first priority will be keeping our students and staff safe.
Should we have to make a change to the school schedule, we will do our best to notify parents by 5:30am.
SNOW DAY #4 ❄️☃️
Bryant Schools will be closed on Friday, January 19 due to continued hazardous road conditions, especially on secondary roads.
❄️❄️ Snow Day #3 ❄️❄️
Bryant Schools will remained closed tomorrow, Thursday, January 18, due to continued hazardous road conditions. Interstates and main roads in the area are clearing, but secondary roads continue to present unsafe conditions. Stay safe and warm, Hornets!
SNOW DAY #2 ❄️☃️
Bryant Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday, January 17 due to inclement weather and road conditions. Stay safe and warm, Hornets!
❄️❄️❄️ SNOW DAY ❄️❄️❄️
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, Bryant Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 16.
In preparation for the well below-normal temperatures next week, the great people of Saline County have come together to organize a COMMUNITY Warming Center!
Saline County Warming Center Quick Facts:
📍 Northside Church of Christ (917 N. East St. Benton, next to Saline Memorial Hospital)
⏰ Opens: Sunday, Jan. 14 at 5pm (opening depending on current weather conditions)
📱To volunteer, call (501) 528-9668 or email salinewarmingcenter@gmail.com.
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.
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, mobile app and social media as well as news outlets.
Bryant Public Schools does not plan to close today. The temperature is above freezing with rain expected by noon. Enjoy this beautiful snowfall! ❄️🌨️
The Bryant School Board meets monthly. Following each regular meeting, Bryant Public Schools will provide 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 December 2023 meeting recap:
English: https://5il.co/2b0ln
Spanish: https://5il.co/2b0lm
The Bryant School Board has approved the 2024-25 school calendar. School will begin on Monday, August 19.
Next week parents will receive a survey about calendar options for the 2025-26 school year. Be sure to check your email.
2024-25 Calendar (English) https://5il.co/2axf8
2024-25 Calendar (Español) https://5il.co/2ay47
Paid Interpreters Needed for Parent/Teacher Conferences
Help us connect with our non-English speaking families by serving as an interpreter. If you are an adult 18 years or older who speaks English AND Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog/Filipino, Arabic, or another language, we would love to visit with you.
Contact Courtney Chalmers in the ESOL Department at cchalmers@bryantschools.org to learn more about our interpreting services. Conferences are coming up in February!
