Pea Ridge School District

Exciting things happening during conferences in February! Save the Dates! ✨

If you have a current 6th-11th grader interested in trying out for junior high or high school cheer, they have to have a physical completed before tryouts! The link to the AAA required physical form is linked below and is posted on the athletics webpage under "other information." Please contact Coach Hurst if you have any questions! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nx3YHw3qOYnZR12et0GgDfD0KKjOWES_/view

Junior High District Tournament information. GO HAWKS!

Please note that the upcoming board meeting scheduled for Monday, February 10th has been pushed back 30 minutes. Thank you!

Please see the game reschedule information for Varsity Basketball games next Tuesday. GO HAWKS!

This week, we honor the dedication and invaluable contributions of our school counselors. Sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), National School Counseling Week highlights the crucial role counselors play in guiding students toward academic success, personal growth, and future career readiness. School counselors do so much more than guide students through academic challenges—they are essential to the well-being of our students, providing support that extends far beyond the classroom. From teaching vital life skills to offering individual guidance, our counselors help shape the future of Pea Ridge students every day. Join us in celebrating our incredible school counselors: Pea Ridge Primary School: Kelsey Brodie Pea Ridge Intermediate School: Madi Holliday Pea Ridge Middle School: Megan Harness Pea Ridge Junior High School: Sarah Msall & Charley Robbins Pea Ridge High School: Paige Edwards & Kati Race

Congrats to our Boys and Girls Bowling Teams for winning 1st place in Conference! They are headed to state! 🎳🏆🥇 #GOHAWKS

It's Signing day! Join us today from 10:45am to 11:30am (during Encore) in the Basketball Arena as we celebrate two of our incredible football student-athletes, Jace Dye and Peyton Kitterman on their Signing Day!

Did you know that February is CTE Month? Every February, the Career Technical Education (CTE) community celebrates CTE Month® to raise awareness of the role that CTE has in readying learners for college and career success. We are thankful for our CTE educators who work hard to ensure students are college and career-ready! Are you familiar with our CTE pathways? If you aren’t familiar with our district options for CTE courses, please visit our website https://www.pearidgek12.com/o/prhs and click on “Academics” to see a detailed overview of each of our programs of study. Do you know what a CTSO is? Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs), which are led by our CTE teachers and tie directly to their programs of study, provide students with a range of benefits including developing leadership skills, enhancing technical knowledge, building professional networks, exploring career paths, boosting self-esteem, and gaining real-world experience through competitions and community engagement, ultimately preparing them for further education and the workforce. Support our CTSOs and help students attend State & National Competitions Four of our programs have partnered together to raise money to support student competition fees for state and (potentially) national competitions. We cannot thank our community enough for the support you have provided! But if you haven’t seen this yet, and would like to donate, any amount donated is greatly appreciated! All money raised is helping fund our HOSA (medical) DECA (business) Skills USA (graphic design) and FCCLA (culinary) programs. We are almost to our goal of $25k! Woah! 🤩 #CTEMonth #PRSD https://myteamfundraiser.com/account/?ST=SX1772sF&T=DHBlTo2L

Cold & Flu Season is Here! Flu and strep cases have been on the rise in recent weeks. To help keep our students healthy, here are a few important "sick day" reminders. Thank you for helping us keep our schools healthy! ❤️🏫 #PRSD

Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring the past, inspiring the future #PRSD

Congratulations to the 2025 Colors Day Queen, Kennedy Williams!

Tomorrow is Colors Day in Pea Ridge! Get ready to cheer on the Varsity Blackhawk Basketball teams, but first—kick off the celebration with a special Meet & Greet featuring our two newest Blackhawk Head Coaches! Don’t miss this chance to welcome them to the Blackhawk family!

Important Save the Date info for 25-26 Cheer Tryouts!

Help us congratulate our nursing team on their award from ImmunizeAR! At the start of our 24/25 school year about 17% of our students were missing or deficient in vaccines. The district nursing team assisted our families in providing resources, helping schedule appointments, arranging transportation, and assisting with exemption filings. By the end of the first semester less than 1% of our students were missing or deficient in immunizations. The nursing team was awarded The 2024 Outstanding Childhood Immunization Award presented by ImmunizeAR, recognizing excellence in childhood vaccination efforts. ImmunizeAR is a non-profit organization committed to improving immunization rates through education, advocacy, and state-wide partnerships.

If you have a rising 7th, 8th or 9th grader, be sure to join us at Pea Ridge Junior High for Prepare to Launch Night on February 4th! See details below!

Pre-K enrollment is coming up soon! Applications will be available on February 18th & can be turned back in with ALL required documentation beginning February 18th at our district office (979 Weston Street.) Please note that this process no longer begins at a set time of day. The day that applications are available will be the first day that applications and documentation can be submitted. All forms are timestamped upon submission & this is a first-come, first-serve enrollment process. Enrollment acceptance notifications will go out by March 14th. We keep an open waiting list and will refer back to it throughout the year as spots become available. Please see the graphic below for more information. Our Pre-K website has all of the needed information and is linked below! https://www.pearidgek12.com/o/prpk/page/enrollment-information

Varsity Girls defeat Shiloh. Go Hawks!

Please join me in welcoming back Coach Tony Travis to the Pea Ridge Activities/ Athletics Department as Head Coach of the Pea Ridge Football program! Coach Travis has 20 years of coaching experience which includes fourteen years as a Head Football Coach including seven years at Pea Ridge. He also served as the Pea Ridge Athletic Director for six years. Coach Travis was a three-time Arkansas Activities Association All-Star coach and was the Head Coach for two of those All-Star Games. He was a three-time KURM/NWA Media Coach of the Year (2012,2015,2016), a two-time Hooten's Coach of the Year Finalist (2012/2015) and the Conference/ 4A State Athletic Director of the Year (2021-22). Coach Travis has been an invaluable employee of the Pea Ridge School District for thirteen years. We are excited and looking forward to all the positive qualities he will bring to our football program. #GOHAWKS

Please help us welcome our new Pea Ridge High School Head Volleyball Coach, Tanner Gilliaum! “Hello! I'm Coach Gilliaum, and I grew up proud to be a Greenwood Bulldog. During high school, I was on the volleyball team, an active member of Beta, National Honor Society, Partner's Club, and Spanish Club. I graduated with honors and was in my class' Hall of Fame. I attended the University of Arkansas- Fort Smith where I was a lion for the first time while earning my Bachelor's in History with a 7-12 Teaching Licensure. During college, I participated in intramural sports, worked as a student worker for the UAFS Education Renewal Zone program, student-taught at Chaffin and Greenwood High School, and served as a secretary for Future Educators of America. Following graduation, I moved to NWA to coach volleyball at Gravette as the head junior high coach and senior high assistant for the Lady Lions. After a year, Charleston called and I have been coaching for the district now for three years. I'm the head volleyball coach for the 7-12 program and I also teach Civics/Economics at the high school. I am a co-sponsor for the BETA Club, the sophomore class, and the debate team. I also serve as the Co-Director, Registrar, and Head 16-1 Coach for Club Velocity, a travel volleyball club that is based in Greenwood. I am currently 15 hours into my Master's of Educational Leadership and working on completing that degree. I have two black labs, Hank and Bodie, that love a good car ride or adventure when we have a day away from the gym.” We’re so glad you’re here, Coach Gilliaum! #GOHAWKS