Russellville School District

Spring 2024 Dates to Know: This is a reminder all RSD schools will be closed March 18-22, 2024 for Spring Break. Students will return on March 25, 2024 which will be a Smart Start Monday. #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Russellville Leadership Class at RSD 🎉 RSD hosted Class 38 of the Russellville Leadership Class recently. 📓Attendees were greeted by a Crawford Elementary "High Five Friday", attended sessions on RSD preschool, SPED, and ELL, and heard from Dr. McDonald on the RSD Strategic plan. 💡The afternoon consisted of sessions with a student panel, Quiz Bowl games, and a tour of the RHS STEM Center. Attendees also toured Cyclone Athletics facilities and The Center for the Arts! ❤️ Thanks for coming Leadership Russellville! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

It's officially 1 Month until the Solar Eclipse! ❤️ RSD will provide one pair of solar glasses to all RSD staff and students for the Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. All schools will be closed April 8, 2024. #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

🏆 RHS Students Win 1st Place at Regional Science and Engineering Fair RHS students won 1st place in the Animal Sciences division at the Central Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair for their project on the endangered snake species. The team will now head to the State Science Fair at UCA at the end of March! Students are Joy Skaggs, Alli Hernandez, Jenesis Arevalo, Sarah Shoptaw, and Vicky Liu! Congratulations to these students! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

RHS Quiz Bowl Continues Success 🏆 The RHS Quiz Bowl team finished 1st Overall at this past weekend's regional tournament. The team went undefeated against teams from Greenwood, Greenbrier, Lake Hamilton and Van Buren. The Cyclones Quiz Bowl team will now advance to the state tournament on April 13! 🎉 With these wins, this year's team broke the Russellville High School record for wins in a season, with an overall record of 69-4. ❤️ Great job and good luck Cyclones! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Check your inbox ✉️ RSD now has a new monthly RSD family newsletter called RSD Connect! ❤️ ➡️ Find the March issue of RSD Connect here: https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=a95d90113a65f113e5b5a7460&id=7f11b760a7 📌 If you have not received the email with this month's newsletter: 1. Check your spam folder 2. Subscribe here: https://us12.campaign-archive.com/home/ u=a95d90113a65f113e5b5a7460&id=c1f6be059e #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Yesterday was Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day!  ♥️ Thank you to all who serve on the RSD Maintenance team!  #OneRSD  ❤️🌪️🖤

You’re invited! 💌 ♥️ RSD is hosting a Districtwide family engagement event on March 26, 2024 at Sequoyah Elementary beginning at 5:30 p.m. 💡 Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about what RSD has to offer and hear from RSD Superintendent, Dr. Ginni McDonald on the RSD Strategic Plan! 🎓📚 Student activities will be available and booths for Transportation, Registration, Gifted & Talented, and ESL will be there to answer questions families may have. See you there! 🎊 ➡️ RSVP here: https://forms.gle/X6bSHtxgBdW3Bn4D7 This event will include information on federal funds projects and provide opportunities for family and community engagement and stakeholder feedback. #IChooseRSD ❤️🖤

❤️ Good luck to the Lady Cyclones basketball team as they play in the 2nd round of state playoffs at 4:00 p.m! Tune into Cyclone Booth to watch at home! #GoCyclones❤️🌪️

Career & Technical Education Month | CTE Spotlight 🎓📚 The Cyclone Broadcasting team recently met with award-winning meteorologist Todd Yakoubian, collaborated with NASA, revamped their set, and interviewed Russellville Mayor Fred Teague. Later this year, the team will speak with NBC News' Gary Grumbach, Fox News correspondent Janene Franseen, and Netflix producer Eric England! Great learning opportunities for Cyclone Broadcasting students! Like and follow the Cyclone Broadcasting Facebook page for the latest episodes of Cyclone News, The Zone, and Beyond the Bench! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

RHS Quiz Bowl Continues Success 🕹️ 🎉 RHS Quiz Bowl continues their winning ways with 1st and 3rd place finishes at the DeQueen invitational tournament this past Friday. 🏆 In addition, the junior varsity team won the state championship in History Bowl Saturday in Fort Smith, while the varsity squad made it to the state semi-finals! Students Sarah Shoptaw and Ian Warnick finished 3rd overall in the individual competitions in the JV and Varsity divisions. Great job Cyclones! 🌪️ #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

You're Invited! 🙂 🎉 Come out and help send off the Cyclones & Lady Cyclones Basketball teams as they head to state playoffs tomorrow, February 29, at Cyclone Arena! 🏀 9:00 a.m. Cyclones. 🏀 9:30 a.m. Lady Cyclones See you there! ♥️ #LetsGoCyclones ❤️🌪️

RHS Students Continue Work on the Snake Genetics Project 📚 🧪 Last week, RHS students who’ve been working on the snake genetics project had their first opportunity to present their findings at ATU’s Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium! Pictured are students Joy Skaggs, Jenesis Arevalo, and our poster presenter Vicky Liu. This Friday, the group will travel to UA Little Rock to compete in the Central Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CARSEF)! ❤️ Join us in wishing these students "Good Luck!" as they head into the competition! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

Head over to Searcy on Thursday and support Lady Cyclone Basketball and Russellville Cyclone Basketball as they compete in the first round of the State Tournament! 🏀 Lady Cyclones take on Lakeside at 1:00pm. 🏀 Cyclone boys take on Lake Hamilton at 5:30. 🎫 Order tickets for 5A State basketball tourney at the link below. Tickets must be purchased online. Ages 5 and up will require a ticket. ➡️ https://gofan.co/app/school/AAA #GoCyclones ❤️🌪️🖤

It's National Public Schools Week! ❤️ If you're interested in #ChoosingRSD, school choice forms are open now for the 2024-2025 school year! 🎉 If you live outside the Russellville School District and are interested in having your child attend RSD next school year, please submit your School Choice Application to the RSD Administration Office at 220 W. 10th Street, Russellville, AR 72801. 🗓 The deadline for school choice forms is May 1, 2024. ➡️ English:https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/120/District/3861878/School_Choice_Forms_and_FAQsREVISED_Legal.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0bd7j8fNzmkG8UNe8zrjn8NUvzWVqUOgElOCTiP9LlpCzcg-ZZWSQhDdA ➡️ Spanish: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/120/District/3861877/School_Choice_Form_-_Spanish_Fillable_Legal.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0e82sHLOSHjesvQgJ9F1KBYpIXNYzA6DyJcMngaeoq4JL1TYIuP6bzN0A #IChooseRSD ❤️

Mid-Winter Concerts 🎵 The Russellville Band Program’s annual Mid-Winter Concerts will be held on February 26th and 27th at the Center for the Arts. The RHS Concert and Symphonic Bands will perform on Monday, February 26th, 2024 at 7:00 PM. The Symphonic Winds, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band will perform on Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 at 6:30 PM. The concerts are free and open to the public. See you there! ❤️

Today is Colors Day! ❤🖤 🏀 Come out tonight and support Russellville Cyclone Basketball, Lady Cyclone Basketball and the 2024 RHS Colors Day Court! 🎉There are 600 light up sticks to hand out on a first come first served basis! Let’s make it a night to remember in Cyclone Arena! 🌪️🌪️🌪️ ❤ Big thanks to The Center for the Arts for the Arts for sponsoring the light up sticks! #LetsGoCyclones 🌪️♥️

It's National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! 🚍 ❤️ Thank you to all of the amazing school bus drivers who serve RSD! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

The University of Arkansas Extension “Farm to You” program was at RSD recently to teach 3rd and 4th graders how agriculture impacts health and well-being from growing crops to the digestion process in our bodies! ❤️ Thank you to University of Arkansas Extension for providing this learning opportunity to RSD students! #OneRSD ❤️🌪️🖤

The Russellville Board of Education will conduct a called meeting today, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be located on the Russellville High School campus in the RSD board room. Please use the front safe room entrance. The meeting will be audio recorded. Subscribe to Diligent Community for all information regarding RSD Board of Education meetings, including agendas, documents, and minutes. ➡️ https://rsdk12.diligent.community/Portal/Default.aspx