**7th Annual Chili Cook-Off Silent Auction**
We need your help! Due to COVID-19, the Benton School District’s Counseling Departments are holding a Silent Auction instead of the Chili Cook-Off. All proceeds are donated to Angie Grant, Caldwell, Howard Perrin, Ringgold, BMS, BJH, and BHS Counseling Departments for student services programs.
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Gifted and Talented Parent Referral Link:
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The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Award is faculty selected. Our selection is based on the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. Sydney Tanner represents each of these qualities. She is truthful, loyal,and punctual. Sydney serves her community and school with the greatest of cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others. She displays strength in her personality and self-control. Congratulations Sydney Tanner.
The Gifted and Talented Program is now taking referrals for testing this spring. Please see the link below for more information.
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COVID-19 Checklist. Please review
Tips from our Friendly Benton Public School Nurses on how you can boost your immune system and stay healthy right now!
Virtual Fridays continue this week. Please click on the following image for more information:
Athletic events for the week of January 4-8:
Way to go BHS Cheerleaders! 5A State runner-up!!
Parents/Guardians: Home Access Center (HAC) will be down from Dec. 20th -Dec. 28th for an upgrade.
Benton/Bryant Saline County Shootout tonight at Benton Arena.
Girls 6:00
Boys 7:30
Only selling 150 Benton tickets at the door due to Covid Capacity Guidelines.
Please welcome our 2020-2021 Be Tom School Board.
Dr. Mike Skelton
Jonathan Woolbright (not pictured)
Jarrod Hambric
Chris Ledbetter, Vice President
Holley Little, President
Randy Mitchell, Secretary
Paul Childress
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An Outstanding Board Member was given their pin at Monday’s meeting for continuing education for their role as a school board member. Congrats and thank you to Holley Little.
Region 3 All Region Choir auditions were held virtually this year the week of November 9-14. Each student recorded their audition either at school or at home and submitted for judging. Judges met via Zoom to adjudicate the submissions on November 14. Benton had 52 students submit audition and 40 were selected to the Region 3 All Region Choir with 4 alternates. Mrs. Angela White is the BHS Choir Director and will accept this acknowledgement for her students. The students were:
Riece Martin
Katharine Crowe
Jade Sparks
Micah Hall
Kaylen Hughes
Elizabeth Armstrong
Ali Grace Villines
Kylie Cunningham
Caitlin Little
Riley Huskey
Carli Lankford
Emily Ball
Lilly Gladden
Ashley Dunn
Victoria Gardner
Daisy Medders
Dagan Terry
Jagger Suggs
Samuel Krallman
Eli Chennault
Donvan Battie
Deytron Wilson
Keenan Smith
Chris Bronson
Calley Easterling
Lindsey Kate Storey
Aslan Ladd
Kayla Howell
Mackynzie Moore
Amiya Johnson
Maegan Hill
Jenna Malone
Marissa Reed
Lola Smith
Hannah Cook
Aria Carter
Aryona Griffin
Chloe Hamilton
Sade Baxter
Jillian Langley
Jackson Jessup
Zeke Fletcher
Luke Tolbert
Joseph Boss
Congrats to the BHS Cheer team! One last 1st place weekend going into State!!
And judges choice for:
Best use of tumbling and Most crowd pumping cheer!
Nine Benton High School students have been recognized statewide with the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy. Congrats!
Dario Cano
Aria Carter
Samuel Morales
Alma Navarrete
Crystal Navarrete
Emily Reyes
Alondra Vences
Mallorie Warner
Daniel Suarez
Teacher in quarantine? Not a problem at Caldwell Elementary School!
Thanks to technology, our substitute was able to zoom her in to encourage that relationship, and bring more excitement to the classroom.
#BPSPantherPride
Thank you bus drivers!
Benton Junior High School: Benton Junior High School will continue with Offsite Virtual Learning Instruction beginning tomorrow (November 17, 2020) due to COVID-19 Exposure. Students will return to in-classroom instruction on November 30th.
This decision comes after consultation with the AR Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the AR Department of Health.
Please visit the following link for the Virtual Learning Pivot Plan: https://bit.ly/BJHStudentVirtual
Emma Selph 17th place out of 56 at Arkansas-Oklahoma All-Star XC Meet of Champs.
