🏫 Registration for the free 21st Century After School Program opens Wednesday, August 6 at Open House and Thursday, August 7 online for kindergarten through eighth grade students. This afterschool program provides certified teacher tutoring, homework help, and enrichment activities Monday through Thursday from dismissal until 5:30 p.m.
📅 Applications Open Date: Thursday, August 6, 20256
🔗 Read More: https://www.gravetteschools.net/page/21st-century-after-school-program
📧 Send Questions to Emily Ensor Here: https://www.gravetteschools.net/o/gue/staff?id=577408
Space is limited to students across kindergarten through eighth grade, so families should submit applications early. Paper applications can be submitted during Open House or turned in at the front office of your child's school starting August 7.
Acceptance notifications will be sent the last weeks of August before sessions begin on September 9. We look forward to supporting our students with structured learning and skill building after the school day ends. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
📅 Date: Monday, July 27 – Thursday, July 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Western Benton County Career Center Building South Entrance (Across from Gravette Middle School) (Google Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qvYdCXaiwrLmPXGP8)
Get your device ready before the first day of school to ensure a smooth transition back to classes. Please be sure that any outstanding device repair fees from the previous school year are settled before arriving to pick up a Chromebook.
Thank you for preparing for a successful school year. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
Let's all get prepared for the upcoming school year with the necessary tools. If you or a family you know needs assistance with school supplies, you can always reach out to Bright Futures Gravette.
Kindergarten Registration remains open for the upcoming school year. You can enroll online at: https://www.gravetteschools.net/page/enrollment
We look forward to welcoming new and returning lions for a brand new school year! 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
📝 Sign Up Here: https://www.gravetteschools.net/foodpantrytxt
📅 Open: Thursday, June 4th, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 406 6th Ave SE
The food pantry provides resources to support any family with students attending our district. It is typically open on the first and third Thursday of every month.
We appreciate your help in updating this information so the pantry can stay connected and continue supporting our community.
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Logan balanced high school courses, varsity athletics, and college classes by working on assignments late into the evening. His routine required year-round study during every term to achieve his academic goals. When pressure built up before his senior year, guidance from his family helped him stay focused on one assignment at a time.
His next steps include joining the Air National Guard, training to become a firefighter, and pursuing a master's degree. Incredible work, Logan! And thank you to the family, coaches, and teachers who supported Logan throughout this journey. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
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Bright Futures is preparing early to support families and ensure students have everything they need for the upcoming school year. This program is available to all students enrolled in the Gravette School District, and supplies will be ready for you to collect during the school Open House.
Thank you for partnering with us to build a strong foundation for our students.
The big turnout was partially in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, who are both retiring this year. The teaching power couple has worked together at Gravette Middle School for decades, and the gathering was just one way to celebrate them. But then again, who wouldn't want to be out on the water on such a sunny and breezy spring afternoon? There was a historic milestone for Mrs. Reynolds, though. Despite being married to the fishing club sponsor himself, she had never caught a fish in her life until today.
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, for your decades of service to our district. Together, they have spent their careers teaching generations of Lions the joy of mathematics, literacy, and a relaxing afternoon on the water. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
🍎 With the Summer Lunch program from Gravette Schools Food Services, no family will be without access to healthy food while school is out for summer break. Pick up free summer meals for children ages 18 and under at the Gravette Upper Elementary playground drive-thru starting May 26.
📅 Dates: Monday - Thursday, May 26, 2026 - July 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 Location: Gravette Upper Elementary Playground Drive-Thru
These meals help our kids stay fed and healthy during the summer months when school is out. Adults may also buy breakfast for $3.00 or lunch for $5.00 at the site. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider. No meals are served on Fridays.
Thank you to our food services staff and our student volunteers for helping to make the summer lunch program happen. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
🍎 Today was the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week, a chance to recognize the people who help create a better future. Administrators, staff, PTO members, and students spent the day sharing their gratitude through notes, treats, and shared stories.
Teaching is one of the few professions where emotional labor is just as taxing as the intellectual demands. Much of a teacher's hardest work happens out of sight. The hours spent worrying about a student’s well-being at home, the midnight sessions spent tailoring a lesson to reach one specific child who is struggling, and the constant mental load of managing the social dynamics of a classroom.
Gravette teachers form deep connections with our kids every year, helping them grow before they move on to the next grade level. To do that every single year—to give your heart to a group, let them go, and then open up again for the next class without becoming cynical—requires a level of emotional resilience that is rare. All of this happens alongside the demands of curriculum, state accountability, and the constant looming of the next assessment cycle. It takes immense resourcefulness and grit to withstand that, time and time again.
Teacher Appreciation Week is just one way that we can let the educators in our lives know that their energy is not poured into a void; it creates flourishing for everyone. Education is the cornerstone for a better world and teachers help build it every day. Thank you, Gravette teachers, for your investment in this profession, in our students, and in our community. Yours is the work that makes everything else possible. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
P.S. Throughout the week, we will share the stories of our Teachers of the Year from across the district. For our staff, selecting just one professional from each building was a challenge because we have so many outstanding educators. Their stories are a small glimpse into just a few of the classrooms where success is created. We look forward to sharing those accomplishments.
📅 Date: Monday, May 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: Gravette High School Commons
Coaches will share practice schedules and team expectations to help everyone plan for the months ahead. Go Lions! 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
🏆 Who will be our Classified Staff of the Year for 2026? You tell us! Online nominations are now open for all buildings. We've already announced the staff of the year who make learning happen, now its our chance to recognize the staff who make learning possible. This includes the bus drivers, maintenance crews, technology support, office staff, paraprofessionals, custodians, librarians, nurses, and the cafeteria teams.
📅 Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
📝 Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/8QtGR4Yry8Ju8yQS9
To qualify, nominees need at least three years of experience in our district and cannot have received this award in the past four years. Each year, four staff members from across the district receive this honor, one from each school. Winners are recognized by the School Board and featured in the local newspaper and on the district website.
Help share your appreciation for the people who help make Gravette Schools work by submitting a nomination ASAP! 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
📅 Date: Monday, May 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM
📍 Location: Gravette High School Ag Shop
Attendees can choose from roughly 200 available plants, including spider plants, anthurium, and aloe. Vegetable options like tomato and pepper starts are also ready for spring planting. Students grew these plants in their classes, learning hands-on skills in cultivation and care. Buyers determine their own price for each item, as this event operates on a pay-what-you-can model.
Every contribution helps fund future projects and resources for the FFA program. This is a great chance to get your home gardens a head start while helping our students keep their programs growing! 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
The club celebrated its 40th Annual Youth Excellence Awards by partnering with schools across Benton County to highlight students who reach their goals while overcoming difficult circumstances. Parker has demonstrated a high level of achievement, persevering through personal adversity while maintaining a top GPA and high test scores. She was also recently honored with the Jim Lindsey Leadership Award, which you can read about here: https://www.gravetteschools.net/article/2817025.
We are excited to see Parker take these leadership skills to the University of Central Arkansas as she begins her journey toward a medical career, inspired by the doctors who helped her overcome a major surgery. Her story of determination and service reminds us all what individuals can achieve when they choose to invest in others. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
The Artemis II mission, which recently completed its historic journey, is significant because it's the last test flight before a scheduled manned mission on the surface in 2027. This upcoming Artemis III mission will place a crew of astronauts on the moon's south pole for a few weeks, where they will be locating, extracting, and bringing home lunar water ice. Scientists believe this ice could be a vital resource for a future moon base, providing H2O water for drinking, oxygen for breathable air, and even hydrogen rocket fuel for travel deeper into space.
We want to thank Library Media Specialist April Jones and our staff for inspiring our children to learn about the wonders of space exploration. Their work encourages our students to dream big and think about the future of discovery. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
📅 Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
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Highlight your student's journey and give them a permanent keepsake that preserves their high school memories forever. Reserving this dedicated space not only celebrates your graduate's final year, but it also directly funds our student yearbook program and helps us produce a better book for everyone.
Thank you for partnering with us to celebrate the Class of 2026 and capturing these moments for a lifetime. 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
Sculptures lined the tables and booths while student artwork covered the walls from floor to ceiling. The displays represented a full year of effort and practice by students across all four schools. High school volunteers in themed uniforms handed out popcorn and balloon animals. Others drew portraits for children at a old-timey portrait station while two student volunteers dressed as a Gravette lion and a circus performer executed stunts for the crowd.
It was a great turnout that provided important recognition for our student artists. Athletes and musicians frequently perform or compete throughout the year. This annual art show gives visual artists their own opportunity to share their progress with the community.
Thank you to the art teachers and staff who collaborated for months to organize this event. Thank you to Ozark Community Hospital for providing the space, to Skylight Cinema in Bentonville for donating the popcorn, and to the adult volunteers who kept the event running smoothly (and the floors clear of popcorn kernels). We also appreciate the high school volunteers who ran the activities. But most of all, thank you to the student artists who prepared their work for everyone to see! 🦁🧡 #LionPride #GravetteSchools
