Our annual flu clinics will be held at all MHPS campuses next week. These clinics are conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health. Packets have been distributed to every student, but if you need a copy, you may contact your child's school nurse to get one. Please fill the packet out completely and send it back to your child's nurse before the clinic date.
Mrs. Drewry's AP English Lit class got to hear a presentation from New York Times Best-Selling author Lauren Belfer today at ASUMH. Thanks to Ms. Belfer for spending extra time with our interested students today!
Get hooked on MHHS Bomber Theatre's next production - Peter and the Starcatcher. This zany show will take you on an theatrical adventure with a nameless boy who will become Peter Pan! Join us for a night of laughs, flying crocodiles, and a lot of magic. The show is October 11th at 7:00pm, and October 12th at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Tickets are on sale now at https://mhhsbombertheatre.ludus.com/200465098.
Happy National Custodians Day!
The Sophomore class representatives have designed a class shirt for the 2027 class and we would love for every Sophomore to have the opportunity to purchase a class shirt. These will be great for game days, Academy Kickoff days, Academy Celebration days, Pep Rallies, etc.
Online Store is open Monday, September 30th and will close at midnight on October 13th.
https://mhsenior2027.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Bomber Update - https://youtu.be/fbkqUfM47L8
Mr. Helmert also recommends visiting this site for more information about our standard response protocol: https://iloveuguys.org
Attention Senior parents! Senior Ad Recognitions are now available for purchase in the yearbook! You can click the link below to create your own Senior's ad with pictures and a personalized message. Get creative and honor your Senior's hard work today!
Yearbooks will be delivered before the 2025 Graduation and are still on sale at the link below.
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1002574/Mountain-Home-High-School/
Congratulations to this year's Homecoming Royalty!
Last Wednesday our staff received their Bomber t-shirts from Arvest Bank. This has become an annual tradition that EVERYONE looks forward to! We appreciate Arvest Bank so much. It's always fun to see familiar faces when they deliver the shirts as well! Thank you!!!!!
Congratulations to sophomore Owen Morris for being named Mrs. Lawrence's featured artist of the month!
"The Beautiful Turtle"
Acrylic
Enjoy a picture of current juniors and seniors who received their AP Rewards Checks last week for top performances on AP exams last year!
Homecoming 2024 Info!
This week Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Rauls highlight the MHHS White Coat Internship Program. https://youtu.be/39hmML6J-Oc
MHPS Parents/Guardians,
Today our administration was notified that some students were sharing a social media post that included a threat of violence toward an organization or school called “MHS.” This post circulated through a number of local students and was eventually reported to our administration. While this post did not refer to Mountain Home or our schools, we still reported it to the authorities immediately.
Our police department began tracing the post, and in the meantime similar “MHS” threats started cropping up around the country. In fact, a 13-year-old girl was arrested in California for making a “MHS” threat in her district today.
Later in the day we received reports that students told their parents that our buildings were on lockdown. I want to clarify that at no point during the day were we on lockdown. Generally speaking – unless it would cause additional risk in the moment – we will notify you promptly if we are placed in a status of lockdown, shelter, hold, evacuation, etc. for any reason.
This afternoon we received another report of a Snapchat warning classmates. It was not a threat and did not identify MHPS, but we reported it, and our local authorities are looking into it as well.
Please continue to report threats or questionable posts. Make sure the appropriate people – authorities and school administration – have this information so action can be taken quickly.
Thank you,
Allyson Dewey
This morning we received notification of another social media threat of violence. This post listed "MHS" as the school in question. While this post did not appear to be targeted toward our district, we did pass this information along to authorities the moment we received it. Law enforcement has confirmed the post did not originate here, and it appears to be referring to a completely different school/district.
Please talk to your children about the importance of not spreading these threats but immediately reporting them to an adult. Re-sharing these posts rather than reporting them is never the answer. We know these possible threats are concerning and scary, and it is important for the proper authorities to be notified immediately.
Thanks to the HHS Academy at MHHS for helping to share information about The Call!
Bus 62 is currently delayed at Nelson-Wilks-Herron. We are hopeful that the driver will soon be able to continue the route. Thank you.
Bomber Update: Mrs. Dewey addresses this week's social media threat and shares advice for families and students from Mr. Matt Sutton, the district's School-Based Mental Health Coordinator.
https://youtu.be/dxjwW2UbOQ4
Big thanks to the MH Grid Iron Club for providing hot dogs and buns to MHHS students on Friday.
We also want to thank DJ Peace for being there Friday to provide music while the kids enjoyed their meals!
To our families and community members,
Law enforcement agencies have been hard at work on the social media threat issue since it was first reported last night, and now I have been notified that the police department has no evidence to suggest this threat originated locally.
While this information does provide some relief, I understand that the original threat post did indicate a date of September 10 for the act of violence. With that in mind, I have decided to excuse student absences again for Tuesday, Sept. 10. However, I want to assure you all that we will have a number of additional safety measures in place tomorrow and in the coming days and weeks.
Tomorrow – and then again on numerous other occasions in the near future – you might see open air searches being conducted by K9s. You might also see staff members who serve on the building crisis teams helping to monitor our campuses. There will be additional law enforcement presence on and around our buildings for the next several days. Some of the law enforcement members will be in uniform while others may be in plain clothes. Please keep in mind that as we implement these crisis measures, there might be specific protocols we follow that we do not make public. We will continue to conduct additional security measures behind the scenes in an effort to best protect our students and staff.
For now I want to assure you that our local PD will continue to follow up on every lead they receive, so if you have any information that might be helpful to the investigation, please call MHPD at 870-425-6336.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we navigate this challenge.
Allyson Dewey