Concord School District

Just wanted to take a minute to invite our Pirate Families to Ms. Johnson's Concord School Counseling Facebook Page! Please follow! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071428309374

Services for our friend and co-worker, Mrs.Penner. https://www.heberspringsfuneralhome.com/obituary/Clara-Penner

Junior High District Tournament Brackets...games will be played at Viola. Go Pirates!!

Pirate Family, As many of you may already know, the Governor released an update yesterday in regards to quarantining students and staff considered to be probable close contacts of COVID-19. Previously, a probable close contact was considered anyone who had been within 3 feet of someone who tests positive for COVID-19 for fifteen minutes or more. The health department required districts to quarantine those individuals for a minimum of 5 days and could last for up to 10. The Arkansas Department of Health as well as the Department of Education have lifted quarantine requirements for those considered to be probable close contacts for K-12 schools. That decision has now been left up to the districts to decide. Concord Schools has made the decision to no longer contact trace to send home probable close contacts (both students and faculty). This decision was reached primarily due to the fact that over 90% of our students that have been sent home as probable close contacts have not contracted COVID-19 due to school exposure. Simply put, previous requirements from the ADH were causing us to send home healthy students. This caused a lot of students to miss crucial instruction, meals, and socialization. Those who test positive for COVID-19 will still adhere to the current guidelines. The changes are only for probable close contacts. We still plan on notifying parents if their child is a close contact to someone who tests positive. This will let them make the decision if they want to send their child to school or keep them at home. It also allows them to monitor their child for symptoms. The District will still adhere to social distancing as well as sanitizing our facilities on a daily basis. We are still going to do all we can to keep our students safe and keep them in school. K-12 students and staff who are currently under quarantine as probable close contacts (not positive cases) will be allowed to return to school starting tomorrow. I am confidant this is one giant step closer to getting back to some normalcy. Thank you, Travis Fletcher Superintendent

CHS sophomores attended Sophomore Preview Day at UACCB on Friday. Students had hands on experiences with many career opportunities including welding, mechatronics, EMT, phlebotomy, nursing, construction and computer technology. Thanks UACCB for hosting this wonderful day of learning!

Concord Pirate Basketball Update: The games against Quitman scheduled for tonight, Monday January 24th, have been canceled.

Basketball Update: Concord vs. Rural Special @ Concord Tuesday January 18, 2022 @ 5 p.m. Junior Boys, 7th Grade Boys, Senior Boys (in that order)

If a student tests positive for Covid please notify the school by calling 501-454-3716. This will allow us to try to stay up to date on contact tracing and reporting. Thank you for your help.

We would like to welcome any student outside of the District the opportunity to attend Concord Schools. School Choice registration is now open. You can find the form to fill out at: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/96104/School_Choice_Application.pdf

Concord High School is offering 9-12th grade students a way to earn thousands of dollars through free ACT prep!!!! Please read attached letter. For more details contact Amber Cooper or Becky Cornett at CHS 668-3757.

Kindergarten through third grade students learned different levels of coding by using Mouse Bots during GT classes this week for Computer Science Education Week. #ARKidsCanCode.

Students at Concord Elementary enjoyed learning to code video games in GT class this week for Computer Science Education Week. #ARKidsCanCode.

Tomorrow, Friday, December 10th, is the last day for the Book Fair. We will close at 2 pm. Thank you to all the people who have helped make this a successful fair for our school!

The District is wanting feedback from its parents regarding the potential to move to a 4 day school week for the start of the 2022-2023 school year. A decision has not been made, and we are wanting to hear from you. Below you will find the "CSD 4 Day Week Information Page". Please make sure to carefully read the document. It will answer many questions you might have. Within the document there is a link to a "Parent Survey". It is extremely important that you complete this survey. Decisions will be made based on survey results. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPppolIFL5fp44fPbicDsxBivJyioR4YafhVXj7TUlI/edit?usp=sharing

If you are in need of a coat for your child, there will be coats given away at Angie's Hideaway today from 10-2 in Heber Springs. You are welcome to stop by!!

Congratulations to our Jr. Girls and Jr. Boys for being Quitman Invitational Champions. We win together and celebrate together! Thanks Jennifer Robbins and family for letting us celebrate together as a community at the Cafe. 💜💛 #undefeated 💜💛

CHS had a wonderful College Fair today as representatives from UCA, Arkansas State, Williams Baptist, UACCB, ASU Heber, UACCM, Lyon College and the Army National Guard spoke to our juniors and seniors about furthering their educations. Thank you to all who shared with us today. Our students asked informative questions and took amazing notes. We are very proud of our Pirates!

Congratulations to our high school students. Concord High School has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas as a school where students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire! This speaks volumes to the commitment and work ethic of our students and staff. Through these challenging times our students have excelled! Concord High School received the following awards: High Overall Growth (Statewide) High Overall Growth (Northeast Region) High ELA Growth (Northeast Region)

Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you for your service! <3

Happy Veteran's Day from Concord Schools! We honor all our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our country!