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.
Multiple basketball games have been postponed and rescheduled due to weather conditions. The following is the updated schedule for this week:
1/16 Timbo-Rescheduled for 1/22
1/18 Cotter-Canceled
1/19 West Side Greers Ferry
Viola School will be closed on Tuesday. The day will be made up next Monday, January 22nd, weather permitting.
Reminder! Elementary Quiz Bowl
practice today, Thursday, 1/11/24 from 4-4:45. Make sure your child's teacher knows if they are staying or not!
The Peewee games against Salem this Thursday has been postponed. The rescheduled date is to be announced.
Congratulations to these Longhorns for achieving perfect attendance for the second quarter.
The Peewee games against Salem this Thursday has been postponed. The rescheduled date is to be announced.
This is a reminder that students going to college can be completing the FAFSA and AR Scholarship applications now. The FAFSA can be found at fafsa.gov and the state scholarship application can be found at https://sams.adhe.edu/. The state application includes several scholarships and grant opportunities. One of the most familiar is the Lottery Scholarship. The FAFSA is an application students will complete each year they are in college.
Thank you to Viola School District Resource Officer, Frank Vacante. We do Appreciate all that he does for our students and staff.
The basketball games scheduled at Rural Special this Friday, January 12th, have been moved to Thursday, January 11th.
Games will still start at 5 pm. The JR Boys and both sr teams are playing that night.
The Lady Longhorns took a field trip
to The Hill to watch the Lady Razorbacks play Georgia. We cheered, danced, and called the Hogs!! A good time was had by all!!
Don't forget, Viola students will be attending school tomorrow, Monday, January 8th. With restrictions the LEARNS Act has placed on the use of AMI days, these makeup Mondays will help keep the Viola School District on track to complete the school year on time.
All jr girls going to the tournament game tomorrow need to be at the gym at 9 am. Our game is at 12:20 pm in Lynn, America (Hillcrest).
The basketball games tonight at Shirley have been postponed. We do not have a make up date at this time. Jr high games tomorrow at Hillcrest have not been cancelled yet.
Due to the increased threat of winter weather that could impact travel Friday afternoon, Viola School will be CLOSED FRIDAY. This day will be MADE UP ON MONDAY, which is currently forecast for rain only, well above freezing. (Viola’s policy is to make up the first day missed due to inclement weather in any week on the next Monday, if possible.) A determination about games at Shirley Friday night, will be made by early afternoon, based on the conditions and forecast at the time. Teacher PD scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled for a later date.
The jr and sr girls basketball teams will be going to Fayetteville this Sunday to watch the Lady Razorbacks play Georgia. The tickets are free. Players will need to only bring money for food.
The bus will leave around 9 am. The game is at 1 pm.
Early information for Homecoming on January 26th!
Elementary Quiz bowl is this Thursday, 1/4/24 from 4-4:45. We will now be having practices every Thursday until the tournament. If your student is in 4th-6th grade and is interested in joining and hasn't already signed up, please contact Ms. Stone at Rachel.stone@violalonghorns.org
Dylan Conner and Preslee Winter took second place in the Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot contest in Highland last weekend. Each received a trophy, but they forgot to bring it for pictures. Congratulations! Viola School is proud of you.
