Viola School District

Attention Seniors and parents of Seniors! FAFSA Night Monday, February 5th, 12-5 PM *There will be food, treats, and goodies! Log in to studentaid.gov to get your FSA ID before coming on Monday, February 5th. It takes a few days to get the ID, so please plan ahead!

This week Kevin Sanders signed his letter of intent to play tennis at Evangel University in Springfield. Kevin is the son of Casey Sanders and Keturah Dicks Congratulations Kevin! Longhorn Nation is very proud of you!

Big shoutout to our Fulton County Spelling Bee participants! And a huge round of applause for 6th grader Kealan Gaines getting 2nd place in the County! He will be runner up for State this Spring 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Next Tuesday's game on January 30th at Shirley has been moved to Wednesday, the 31st. Games will still start at 5:00 pm with the jr boys playing first, followed by both sr teams. The games have been moved to avoid conflicts with the Beta Convention.

Finally, Viola School will be able to run regular bus routes again on Thursday. If you know of any remaining issues on your roads, please, contact your bus driver. Also, one of the days missed earlier this week will be made up next Monday, January 29.

Viola School will run snow routes on Wednesday, almost exclusively on paved roads. If you need your bus driver's number, text 870-404-9101. Due to Viola's ballgames at Calico Rock tonight being rescheduled for tomorrow night, the Viola School Board meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow night has been rescheduled for tonight at 6:30 pm.

Tonight's basketball games at Calico Rock have been postponed until tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 24th. Games will still start at 5 pm. Unfortunately, some of our dirt roads are still preventing safe travel to the main highways. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

After multiple reports of deteriorating road conditions overnight, I have decided to close Viola School on Tuesday, rather than ask students and staff to risk driving on dirt roads to get to school. I apologize for the late notice and any inconvenience it might cause.

Viola School will run modified SNOW ROUTES again on Tuesday. Please, communicate with your bus driver if you are unsure where to meet your bus. If you don't have your driver's number, text 870-404-9101.Also, if your child is unable to attend school tomorrow, please call the elementary or high school office to let them know. 870-458-2323

Tonight's jr and sr boys basketball games at Timbo have been rescheduled for February 1st at 5:30 pm. Tomorrow nights games at Calico Rock are still planned to start at 5:00pm. Jr girls and both sr teams will play.

I know we have had a lot of inclement weather, but spirit week for homecoming is still going to happen! Can't wait to share pictures of students for dress-up days and see everyone at homecoming! Let's see if students can beat the teachers in dressing up!

Due to the threat of significant icing overnight and into the morning, Viola School will be CLOSED on Monday. This makeup day is currently planned to be rescheduled at the end of the school year, on May 21st.

Updated High School Basketball Schedule: January 19 @ WSGF JR Boys, SR Girls, SR Boys January 22 @ Timbo JR Boys b, JR Boys, SR Boys January 23 @ Calico Rock JR Girls, SR Girls, SR Boys January 26 vs Omaha HC, SR Girls, SR Boys January 29 vs Paragould JR Girls B, JR Girls January 30 @ Shirley JR Boys, SR Girls, SR Boys Feb 2 vs Alpena SR Girls, SR Boys (Senior Night) Feb 3 JR District at Fox America Feb 6 vs Tuckerman SR Girls, Winona SR Boys Feb 9 vs Yellville SR Girls, SR Boys

I want to give a huge Thank You to Chuck Downum and Skylar Crisp for doing such a great job clearing the campus parking lots, sidewalks and more. We could not have had school today without their hard work for at least the last two days! Also, thank you to parents who were able to get most of our kiddos to different bus stops or all the way to school. Over 80% attendance is not as good as normal, but pretty decent for running snow routes.

We are 2 weeks into our 6 week build season and thing are coming together! Check out this year's competition and the game animation at https://youtu.be/9keeDyFxzY4?si=FSPQS-l8vNTY_xI9 We are also going through our metal supplies really fast as our frame comes together! Want to help us out? We only need about $550 to finish out our Donors Choose campaign for metal and fasteners!! https://www.donorschoose.org/project/rural-robotics-team-needs-materials-to-b/7902615/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=teacher_2300874&rf=directlink-dc-2024-01-project-teacher_2300874&challengeid=20528734 Thank you for all the support! NO SLEEP TIL SEARCY!

Viola School will run Snow Routes on Friday, which means primarily paved roads. Bus drivers will have the ultimate discretion as to what roads they will be able to travel on. If you live on a dirt road, please, communicate with your bus driver about pick up locations on Friday. If you are unable to contact your bus driver, please text 870-404-9101. Additional messages concerning specific routes may be necessary.

The Viola High School computer lab will be open from 10:00-12:00 tomorrow for students that need access to technology to work on concurrent courses.

Viola School will be closed again on Thursday. This day will be made up on March 29th.

Seniors and Early Graduates need to be checking their school email for scholarship opportunities. The local scholarships are starting to become available. Today, you were emailed information on the Bank of Salem Scholarship. We will email you every scholarship that we get, so make sure you are checking your email often.

Viola School will be closed on Wednesday. This will be the only AMI day available this year. Students should have AMI packets or online assignments to complete. The regular monthly school board meeting for Wednesday evening has also been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 24th.