The Donald W. Reynolds Library in Baxter County recently hosted almost 600 junior high students to view the Holocaust exhibit. The library was one of only 50 libraries in the nation to receive the grant to do this program. Many thanks to the library staff for taking our students through this powerful experience!
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our fantastic team! You have huge smiles and even bigger hearts for our kids!
Our school bus drivers know their passengers and their families. They show they care in all kinds of ways. We have a wonderful transportation staff, and we're grateful for them every day. Please join us today by thanking a bus driver!
🎭✨ It’s Show Time! ✨🎭
MHHS Bomber Theatre proudly presents Something Rotten! JR. — a hilarious musical comedy that’s anything but ordinary!
📅 Showtimes:
May 2 & 3 @ 7:00 PM
May 4 @ 2:00 PM
📍 Dunbar Auditorium
🎟️ Tickets:
$15 – Adults
$10 – Students & Seniors (65+)
$5 – Kids under 10
Don’t miss this laugh-out-loud, toe-tapping show full of fun, music, and a whole lot of Shakespearean silliness!
🎫 Grab your tickets now: mhhsbombertheatre.ludus.com
As teacher appreciation week approaches (May 5-9, 2025), we wanted to share our Educator Perks form with the community again. We'd love to push these perks or discounts out to our staff in one big list, so please feel free to complete this form if you are looking for a way to honor educators!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdBji0St-bLyTLqkg1dorK37aYwx4x-BtzaUhrjXa4vPeKOg/viewform?usp=sharing
Mrs. Dewey celebrates 30-year employees, ACT growth, librarians, and the ACT 56 award! https://youtu.be/Q2Mlu9JdahQ
Congratulations to Mrs Lawrence’s Mountain Home High School Career Academies Featured Artist:
Hayden McGosar
Art History I
9th Grade
Pen and Ink
“The Spirit Animal”
Early Release on Friday! 1 p.m.
Mrs. Dewey shares about our German American Partnership Program: GAPP! https://youtu.be/w6FupN5aDO8
It's Assistant Principal Appreciation Week! We're so proud of our wonderful crew!
Bomber Update: Mrs. Dewey introduces you to four outstanding junior high students who helped others during a crisis earlier this week! https://youtu.be/ydh1_Tvu51A
Happy National School Librarian Day to our fantastic team!
Bomber Families,
After talking with the National Weather Service a few moments ago, our forecast is increasing in severity. I am concerned about the dangerous weather conditions as well as potential flooding if we wait to dismiss at our regularly-scheduled time. With that in mind, Mountain Home Public Schools will release at 12:45 today. I encourage you all to use a high level of caution for the remainder of the afternoon and evening, as conditions look to be severe. Note: Flight Crew will be cancelled as well.
Thank you,
Allyson Dewey
Superintendent
Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day!
We could not have school without our paraprofessionals! They are the very best and are a critical piece of daily school life. They assist in providing meaningful interventions, teach essential skills, support academic learning, provide safe environments by supervising students, and so much more! We always hope they feel valued and appreciated! We asked some staff members to describe our paraprofessionals, and here are some of the responses we received: positive, magnetic, support development of essential skills, natural leaders, love a challenge, empathetic, tender-hearted, help to close achievement gaps, compassionate, smart, loyal, faithful, patient, gentle, gracious, ray of sunshine, encourage risk taking in learning.
The work of the professional is ongoing, and we couldn’t do it without them! Thank you!
Mountain Home Parks & Rec has some fantastic opportunities coming up!
Our Outdoor Learning courses received a generous donation of $12,700 from the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission on Saturday night at the organization's Night of Conservation in Mountain Home. Thank you so much to the Commission for your continued support of our programming and our kids! Pictured: Commissioner Rob Finley, student Layton Crownover, Assistant Superintendent Judy Lawrence, Mental Health Support Specialist Heather Hatman, Outdoor Adventures teacher Freddy Penka, and School Board President Lisa House.
Reminder for Families: On March 20, our Board of Education approved a calendar amendment that made May 23 a full day of school. This adjustment was made to add back a few hours to our calendar due to an early dismissal in January. Here's a link to the updated calendar showing May 23 as a full school day!
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2418/mhsd/4386037/2024-2025_School_Calendar_board_approved_2.15.24.pdf
Spring Break!
Bomber Update: https://youtu.be/jzuFz3YiZCw
Mountain Home Junior High staff collaborated to create a cross-curricular unit based on the novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” Students acted out one of the scenes in the book: whitewashing a fence the way Tom did. Science classes made posters about the medicinal remedies that would have been used in that time period. Art students created grave stones as a way to bring the book’s graveyard scene to life. Business classes calculated how much the boo’s “treasure” would have been worth today. Arkansas History classes researched the area where the book was based, and American History students created poster displays as a final project. The unit was topped off with a trip to Blanchard Springs Caverns, which gave the students an experience similar to the cave scene in the book. We are so proud of the hard work of both students and staff on this project!
