Des Arc School District

Mrs. Sanderson's 8th Graders are "Digging" into our new unit that started with Fossil Records and how they are used as evidence! They made salt dough fossil imprints and got to be Paleontologists with a fossil dig!

EAST has what you need to support your Eagles this season!! 3D printed Eagle Keychains-$5 DA decals (green, black, and white)-$5 3D printed Owala Bottle toppers-$1 3D printed Bogg Bag Eagle-$5 Stop by the EAST room during parent-teacher conferences and grab yours before it's gone!

Preschool learned so much about our Community Helpers last week! Thank you to Chief Don Harvey and Jaylon Snow for teaching us about the Fire Department and how to stay safe. On Wednesday, Chief Dewayne Mayher visited to talk about the Police Department and how officers help keep our community safe. We also appreciate Christy Rogers and Katie Minton for bringing an ambulance and letting students explore the inside—they had a lot of fun checking out all the cool equipment! On Thursday, Haley Jo Calhoun shared about her work in the NICU and brought special items to show the children. We wrapped up the week with a walk to the Post Office on Friday, where the Postmaster showed us how mail is sorted, where the big boxes go, and how to tell which mailbox is which.

🏀 Junior High District Tournament 🏀
The Junior High District Tournament will be held at Hazen.

Attached to this post are pictures of the tournament brackets so you can see matchups, game times, and the path through the tournament.

Come out and support these kids as they represent our school and community! Let’s pack the stands and show them how proud we are!

🚨 CONCESSION STAND HELP NEEDED 🚨
As we prepare to host the Senior High District Tournament, we are entering an all hands on deck situation.

The concession stand is one of the biggest ways we support our basketball program. We cannot do this without your help!

We are asking that anyone who is willing and able please consider signing up to work a shift in the concession stand. Even giving a small amount of your time makes a big difference and helps things run smoothly for our athletes and our school.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated — whether it’s one game or multiple.

👉 Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dn_5LTtFiGv5_xO8fVSDzeHaovpmDI17Xc5MVywWtro/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you in advance for always supporting our players and our program. Let’s come together and make this tournament a success! 🦅💚

💥Girl power in action! 💥 Our Des Arc students rocked the Girl Power CNC Competition at ASU–Searcy today. Both groups competed in the multi-tool event, and EVERY young lady walked away with a $500 scholarship! Although we cannot share our projects until late February, we couldn’t be prouder—way to represent Des Arc with skill, confidence, and heart!

The internet and phones are currently down at all district campuses and offices. This is a Brightspeed issue and we are hoping they get it restored quickly. We will send out an update when it is restored.

💚 National Girls & Women in Sports Day 💚
Today we celebrate our 7th–12th grade female athletes and the impact they make every single day—on the court, the field, and beyond.

These young women represent the very best of our school through their hard work, dedication, and commitment to being great teammates and leaders. Sports continue to be a powerful platform for building confidence, resilience, and leadership, and we are proud of the way our athletes embrace those lessons.
We also honor the women who paved the way before them and those who continue to open doors for the next generation.

So proud of our girls and the way they represent our school! 🦅💚

Reminders of upcoming dates this month:

Feb. 12 - Parent/teacher conferences at both campuses from 2:00 - 6:00
*Students will dismiss at the following times this day:
PK- 12:45
DES - 1:00
DAHS - 1:15

Feb. 13 & 16 - NO SCHOOL

All Des Arc School buses will run normal routes in the morning except for Mrs Sarah. She has contacted her parents.

From snow days to making a difference.... EAST students are back at work creating hype chains, focus fidgets, Glowforge stencils, and service projects that support the Ronald McDonald House! We can't wait to share our progress!

We just have to give huge shout-outs to Mrs. Sunny Morton and Mrs. Rachel Ladner for being the BEST school counselors. "Thank you for ALL that you do!"💚

Des Arc Schools will be on regular schedule in the morning. Due to the still remaining ice on some roads, we will have to run a few snow routes.
Bus 16/Mrs. Joanne will run the same snow route as today but the meeting time at the Sand Hill FD will be at 7:15.
Bus 18/Mrs. Wrigley will run the same snow route as today with the first stop being at 6:45
Bus 19/ Mrs Donna Jean and Bus 15/ Mrs Sarah have contacted their parents.
Bus 20/Mr Tim and bus 16/Mr. Baker will run normal routes in the morning.

After calculating our time missed from school last week, we are going to be required to make up one hour of instructional time. We are going to make this up on March 20th.  We are scheduled to dismiss at Pre-K-11:45, DES-12:00 and DHS 12:15.  We will now dismiss an hour later.  Pre-K- 12:45, DES-1:00 and DHS 1:15.  Any days missed from here on out will have to be made up. 

Des Arc Schools will run the same snow routes this afternoon as were used this morning. If your student was picked up at an alternate location, please be at that location at 3:35 p.m. for the afternoon drop off.

📚 School is in session and basketball is back! 🏀
Here’s the game schedule for this week:

Monday (2/2)
@ Palestine–Wheatley — 7B, JG, SG, SB

Tuesday (2/3)
vs. England (Home) — JB, SG, SB

Wednesday (2/4)
vs. Barton (Home) — 7B, JG, SG, SB

Friday (2/6)
vs. Carlisle (Home) — 7G, JB, SG, SB
⭐ Senior Night ⭐

⏰ All games begin at 4:30 PM, as usual.

Let’s pack the gym and support our teams! 💚🦅🏀

After careful consideration, we're sad to say we won't see each again tomorrow. We miss our students and staff but the road conditions are just still too bad. Everyone stay safe!

Schedule Update

Due to recent weather, our games against Palestine-Wheatley and Barton have been rescheduled. Weather permitting, our updated game schedule for the upcoming week is listed below:

Monday (2/2)
@ Palestine-Wheatley — 7B, JG, SG, SB

Tuesday (2/3)
vs. England (Home) — 7B, JB, SG, SB

Wednesday (2/4)
vs. Barton (Home) — 7B, JG, SG, SB

Friday (2/6)
vs. Carlisle (Home) — 7G, JB, SG, SB
⭐ Senior Night ⭐

⏰ All games will start at 4:30 PM, as usual.

Thank you for your continued support and flexibility as we navigate the weather. We hope to see you there! 🏀