Sheridan Junior High Beta Club is excited to be partnering with Ozark Water Projects in a service based learning project that will provide clean water to the people of Haiti. The students will be conducting a used shoe drive because for Ozark Water Projects used shoes mean clean water. So how are used shoes turned into clean water? Ozark Water Projects is a nonprofit ...
Congratulations to our Grant County Chamber of Commerce Elementary Teacher of the Year Angie Walters!With 22 years of experience as a teacher in our district, Ms. Angie Walters has touched the lives of countless students in our community. In a letter of recommendation, one mother wrote of the lasting influence Ms. Walters made on her son:“Ms. Walters taught my oldest s...
Congratulations to our Grant County Chamber of Commerce Secondary Teacher of the Year Olivia Lewis!Olivia Lewis is a remarkable source of inspiration for her students, peers, and administrators, as well as anyone who is struggling to overcome challenges. As a young student, Mrs. Lewis struggled with reading and writing and would eventually be diagnosed with dyslexia as...
Two teams from Sheridan Intermediate School today competed in the final round of the 2019 Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase (Y.E.S.) for Arkansas Business Plan Competition. One team earned 4th place for Most Innovative Product.
The Y.E.S. competition is free and open to any 5th-8th grade student in Arkansas enrolled in school (public, private, home, virtual). Teams ente...
SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE IN JANUARY
Sheridan School District joins districts across the state to celebrate School Board Member Recognition Month in January. More than 1500 Arkansas school board members are being honored for their service and dedication to public education.
“Our school board members serve a crucial role in representing our students and ...
Check out how we're coming along on the construction of East End Middle School. We are 75% complete!
The Sheridan High School addition is 75% complete! The addition will include 9th-grade classrooms, career and technical classrooms, special education classrooms, 700+ seat cafeteria, new offices, a new multi-purpose gymnasium and more. We are so excited about all the new opportunities that will be available to our students in this addition!
U.S. Senator John Boozman visited Sheridan today, Nov. 30, to learn more about the Sheridan School District's partnership with Kohler, a local manufacturer based in Kohler, Wis.
After touring the Kohler facility, Senator Boozman toured the Sheridan High School Addition construction site, which will be the home of Sheridan's Kohler Academy.
For the past several mont...
Please join us for our 2018 Winter Concerts. You won't want to miss these special events!SHS BAND CONCERT(Featuring Special Guests)Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 pm McKenzie AuditoriumSHS CHOIR CONCERT(Featuring Special Guests)Thursday, Dec. 13 at 6:00 pm McKenzie AuditoriumCOMBINED BEGINNER BANDSCHILI SUPPER & CONCERTTuesday, Dec. 11 Chili Supper: 5:00 to 7:00 SHS Cafete...
World War I Memorial Tree Planted at Sheridan Elementary
Grant County’s newest monument, a willow oak, has been planted at the SheridanElementary School campus on Thursday, Nov. 08, 2018, as part of the ArkansasDepartment of Heritage’s official program to remember the First World War. In 2016, theArkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee was formed to ...
In May 2018, students at Sheridan High School successfully earned qualifying scores on a record 276 AP Exams, up from 98 AP Exam qualifying scores in 2008.
The College Board has announced the 2018 AP Scholar recipients for Sheridan High School based on performance on the May AP Exams. Eighteen AP courses are available at SHS with college credit awarded for qualif...
Homecoming is October 12! Parade - 2:15 p.m.Pregame Ceremony - 6:30 p.m.Sheridan vs Little Rock Hall - 7 p.m.Parade Route: Departing Sheridan High School from the lower parking lot on the west side of the building traveling north on North Red Street; turn west (left) onto Skyline Drive and travel to Ridge Street; turn south (left) onto Ridge Street and travel to West V...
Special Education records for students who were dismissed from services or withdrew from the Sheridan School District between 2012 - 2013 will be destroyed on September 17, 2018.
If you would like to have these records, please contact Debbie Jones, Director of Special Services or Judith Holcomb, Secretary at the Sheridan School District Special Services Office at 870-...
Sheridan Junior High School Science Teacher Candace Wilson is one of 14 outstanding teachers in Arkansas who have been named a Regional Finalist in the 2019 Arkansas Teacher of the Year program. "Ms. Wilson is dedicated, determined and passionate about making a difference in students’ lives," said Superintendent Jerrod Williams. "Her leadership skills, knowledge of st...
Casey Smith, SSD fleet and shop supervisor, was honored at the Arkansas Association of Pupil Transportation (AAPT) Annual Conference on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
Each year, the AAPT recognizes outstanding school bus transportation personnel from across the state. Casey Smith received the Award of Excellence.
According to SSD Tr...
We are putting together our first ever Back-to-School music video and we would love for all our Yellowjackets to participate! Wear your BLUE AND GOLD and join us at the following filming locations:
SHS Stadium (For SHS/SJHS students and faculty) - July 24 at 6:30 p.m. If you are part of a school club, sport, etc., wear your T-shirt or uniform that represents that acti...
1. Metal building at the gym, dining, and agri building are completed. Wall sheets for all building should start next week.
2. Precast bleacher erection at gym is complete.
3. Slab on deck at the second floor in the gym will begin next week. Should be complete by the end of the month.
4. Roof at dining and agri - building are complete.5. B...
We had a great time at Lady Jacket Volleyball camp this week. We have lots of talent and can't wait to see these athletes compete in the future! Congratulations to our camp award winners!
3rd/4th Grade
Serving1st-Chanley Paty2nd-Rayleigh Umholtz3rd-Jadyn Warrick
Setting1st-Rayleigh Umholtz2nd-Jadyn Warrick3rd-Chanley Paty
Passing1st- Harmony Lewellen2nd-Jadyn War...
Here is what's happening now at the high school construction site:
- Metal building at gym is fully erected with roof sheeting.- Precast bleacher erection at gym will start this week.- All first and second floor concrete in the classrooms is completed.- Roof at dining and agri - building will begin this week.- Block work through the building is taking place.- Second-f...
New Facility and Partnerships to Revamp Career and Technology Education at Sheridan School District
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- In 14 months, the Sheridan School District will celebrate the grand opening of the $25 million, 148,000 sq. ft., two-story addition to Sheridan High School. After speeches are made and the ribbon is cut, the district’s students, faculty, staff and patr...
The Arkansas Activities Association announced today that Sheridan High School senior, Maggie Hicks, is the 2017-2018 Wendy’s Softball Player of the Year. Hicks will be honored at the Wendy’s Player of the Year Luncheon on May 21 at the Holiday Inn Airport Conference Center in Little Rock.
Hicks has helped lead the Sheridan Lady Jackets to an impressive 29-3 season ...
7th & 8th grade Students and Parents:
We will collect your chromebooks according to the following schedule for inventory purposes and to check for damage. Please make sure you have your CHARGED chromebook AND CHARGER on your assigned day! If your device is with technology for repairs, you MUST bring your charger on your day.
Fri, April 27 - Leatherwood's science cla...
Drayton Standridge and Alex Gilingham Win Team of the Year in Arkansas Bassmaster High School Series
Drayton Standridge and Alex Gilingham Win Team of the Year in Arkansas Bassmaster High School Series
In October, the first ever Arkansas Bassmaster High School Series, sanctioned by Bass Angler Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S), held their first fishing tournament ever on Lake Hamilton. There were two divisions: high school and junior. Drayton Standridge (12) and Alex Gi...
Sheridan High School Senior Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Computing
Julia Defoor, a programming student at Sheridan High School, was recognized on April 17 for her outstanding abilities in computer science by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).
At a dinner held at the Uark Bowl Event Venue in Fayetteville, Defoor was among 1...
Sheridan School District is pleased to announce the new director of administrative services, high school principal and junior high principal for the 2018-19 school year.
Dennis Emerson
Dennis Emerson will be the new director of administrative services. He is replacing Mickey Siler, who will be retiring this school year after 9 years with the Sheridan School Distric...
Grant County to Launch Workforce Development Initiative
Grant County today announced that it is launching a workforce development initiative to become a certified ACT Work Ready Community. The initiative will be officially launched during a celebration, which will be held on April 9, 2018, at the State Capitol, from 10:30 - 11 a.m. Governor Asa Hutchinson will be th...
Sheridan Freshman Recognized for a Hunger Initiative She Started as a Fourth GraderJameson Archer, 14, freshman at Sheridan Junior High, has been recognized as one of Arkansas’ top youth volunteers of 2018 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
A Distinguished Finalist, Archer is o...
Take a tour of the new $25 million, 148,000 sq. ft., two-story addition to Sheridan High School in Arkansas! The new construction will feature Career Technical Education classrooms, including a robotics lab and agri-shop; additional classrooms to move ninth grade to high school; a new library/media center; new special education classrooms; a new cafeteria/dining ar...
Dear Parents:
This letter is being sent to provide you with accurate information, discourage rumors, and ask for your assistance. As you are aware, the nation has seen a number of threats and rumored threats of violence to schools after the horrific tragedy that occurred in Florida last week.
These recent events have heightened everyone’s concern for the safety of ou...
Grant County Secondary Teacher of the Year Karen Burnett
The academic abilities of our students rose exponentially the day Karen Burnett arrived to teach biology and environmental science at Sheridan High School. For the six years she has been with the high school, she has continued to raise the bar in her classroom. The success of her students has been astounding. ...
Grant County Elementary Teacher of the Year Wendy ToddThe Sheridan School District Elementary Teacher of the Year is Wendy Todd. Mrs. Todd has 18 years of service in education with 11 of those years serving the students in Sheridan schools.
Reaching struggling learners is her specialty. Mrs. Todd teaches students in kindergarten through second grade at our Alternative...
Congratulations to the SHS All-State Band and Choir Students!
Students from Sheridan High School, along with several thousand students from all over the state, spent Feb, 2-3 in Jonesboro competing for spots in the Arkansas All-State Bands, Choirs and Orchestras.
Three SHS choir students earned spots in the All-State Choir: Anna Holiman, Austin Cox and Becka Mathews....
Congratulations to Avery Williams, fifth grader at SIS, and Caroline Mitchell, seventh grader at SJHS, for placing first and second place, respectively, in the Grant County Spelling Bee held Jan. 29 at the Sheridan High School Auditorium! Avery will represent Grant County at the Arkansas Spelling Bee in Conway on March 10. Winner of that contest will represent the sta...
Dear Parent(s):
We are pleased to share with you the Sheridan School District’s Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) plan for the 2017-18 school year.
In accordance with Act 862 of 2017, the Arkansas Department of Education recently approved the Sheridan School District’s AMI plan, which will reduce the need to add instructional days onto the month of June. The ...
The Sheridan School District faculty, staff and students are deeply saddened to learn of the death of longtime teacher, Marsha Eggburn, who died this morning, Jan. 18, 2018. At the time of her death, Mrs. Eggburn was serving as a teacher at both the junior high and high school. She was a teacher at the Sheridan School District for 31 years.
Grief counselors will be on...
Dear Parent(s):
We have recently implemented a new notification system for the high school called SHS Info. We are excited about this system, as it will make it easier for us to keep in contact with your family.
The system is integrated with our Home Access Center data so no sign-up process is required. As long as we have your correct contact information on file, you...
Congratulations to these 7 fabulous teachers!!! They were nominated by their peers to represent each of their campuses in the Grant County Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year Competition!
Stacey Larkin - EEI
Nikki Kilburn - EEE
Mary Bradshaw - SIS
Whitney Johnson - SES
Shannon Archer - SJHS
Karen Burnett - SHS
Wendy Todd - Alternative Learning Academy
Sheridan School District Wins Chartwells K12 Platinum AwardChartwells K12, one of the nation’s leading school foodservice partners, has recognized the school meal program at Sheridan School District as one of the top performing teams in the country with a Platinum Award for 2017. Among the top three percent of districts in the South Central region, Sheridan School Dist...
New Noble Impact Course Connects SHS Students to Valuable Internships
Noble Impact, a brand new entrepreneurial course at Sheridan High School, is connecting Sheridan High School students to real-life work opportunities.
Through Noble Impact, seniors Noah Carraway and Shelbie Hall, recently began internships usually reserved for college students.
Carraway is serv...
Celebrate the season with music! Please join us for our winter concerts:
SHS Band ConcertsTuesday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 pm McKenzie AuditoriumSHS Choir Concerts
Thursday, Dec. 7 at 6:00 pm First Landmark Baptist ChurchSheridan Combined Beginner Bands Chili Supper and ConcertMonday, Dec. 11 at 5:00 pm Chili Supper: 5:00 to 7:00 SHS CafeteriaConcert: 7:30 pm McKenzie Au...
Sheridan High School Breaks Ground on Two-Story Addition
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Today at 1:30 p.m., the Sheridan School District celebrated the commencement of construction on the $25 million, 148,000 sq. ft., two-story addition to Sheridan High School.
The new construction will feature Career Technical Education classrooms, including a robotics lab and agri-shop; ...
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SSD Teachers Receive $5,150 in Grant Funding from Nabholz
Nabholz Construction today awarded $5,150 in grant funding to successful applicants at the Sheridan School District as part of its Nabholz Classroom Grant Program.
"Sheridan School District faculty had the opportunity to complete applications for the grant in September," said Superintendent Jerrod Williams. ...
Special Education records for students who were dismissed from services or withdrew from the Sheridan School District between 2011-2012 will be destroyed on November 2, 2017.
If you would like to have these records, please contact Debbie Jones, Director of Special Services or Judith Holcomb, Secretary at the Sheridan School District Special Services Office at 870-942-...
The Sheridan High School Homecoming Game is this Friday!
Parade - 2 p.m. (route shown below)
Pre-game - 6:30 p.m.
Game - Sheridan will take on El Dorado at 7 p.m.
Parade Route - Departing Sheridan High School from the lower parking lot on the west side of the building traveling north on North Red Street; turn west (left) onto Skyline Drive, travel to Ridge S...
Better Vision Screenings for SSD Elementary Students
Sheridan School District is partnering with the Sheridan Lions Club to provide more advanced vision screenings for its students in kindergarten through 2nd grade.
This week, members of the Sheridan Lions Club are volunteering their time to offer free vision screenings at Sheridan Elementary with a Spot Vision ...
SSD to Host Parent Night on Aug. 31
Sheridan School District will host a special Parent Night Aug. 31, from 6 - 7 p.m., in the SES Cafeteria. We will have three presenters who will discuss critical social issues affecting today's youth:
Teen Suicide (including information about 13 Reasons Why Netflix Series)Mental Health Coordinator Ryane SoreySheridan School Distr...
SHS Teacher Morgan Wilson Named ADE Teacher of the Year Regional FinalistSheridan High School Math Teacher Morgan Wilson is one of 14 outstanding teachers in Arkansas who have been named a Regional Finalist in the 2018 Arkansas Teacher of the Year program. "Mrs. Wilson is a dedicated educator who intuitively seeks to serve and inspire her students as well as her collea...
Sheridan School District Plans for the Eclipse
On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, the entire continental United States will experience an eclipse of the sun. Maximum coverage in our area will occur while students are at school. The eclipse will begin at about 11:30 a.m. and will continue until around 3 p.m.
Like many schools across the nation, the Sheridan School District w...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- AP Exams are scored with a formula using success rates on multiple-choice and free response sections. Scores range from 1 (not qualified) to 5 (highly qualified), with scores of 3 or higher generally qualifying for college credit or advanced placement upon entering college. Students at Sheridan High School can earn enough college credit through AP e...
This video provides a detailed description about how pick-up and drop-off will work at the SIS and SES campuses. We have worked very hard to address traffic concerns at theses campuses. We added a traffic loop over the summer, based on the recommendations of traffic engineers. With this traffic loop, Ridge Road is only to be used by buses and Pre K traffic. Our goal is...
Sheridan School District announced today the 2017-18 guidelines free and reduced price meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program, and/or School Breakfast Program. Each school and/or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party. The price charged for a paid student breakfast is $1.35; the price charge...
Summer Band Blast Off Day for EEI & SIS 6th grade beginning band is Friday, August 4th.
@ East End Intermediate: 9:00-11:00 am@ Sheridan Junior High: 1:00-3:00 pm
Students can attend either session. Please note that the afternoon session is at the junior high, not the intermediate school.
We will be sending a letter home to parents soon. Click here for a copy of ...
Throwback Thursday: Built by the National Youth Administration’s government program to hire local people, the school’s agriculture/shop building was used during World War II as the local draft board. Hundreds of Grant County men were interviewed inside by a committee of 10 who tried to follow guidelines as to who would go or stay during the war. The agriculture depar...
Click here to view the Arkansas Department of Health Immunization Requirements for the 2017-18 school year.
These requirements are the result of state law and are required of all Arkansas students. Please notice the next to last bullet on the provided link, which states the requirement of a Tdap vaccination for any student age 11 or older. This requirement will l...
Congratulations to the following students who were unstoppable at the Special Olympics held May 26 - 27 at Harding University:
Alex SmithGold medal in bench press (225 lbs.)Gold medal in dead lift (325 lbs.)Gold medal overall combined weight
Bryce Eckersly Gold medal in 400 meters Bronze medal in standing long jump
Tim Pye Gold medal in 25 meter walk Silver med...
It was an exciting day at SIS! We had a RENOVATION CELEBRATION and Assistant Principal Teresa Knight got to operate the bulldozer! Construction will begin Tuesday, May 30. The following will be included in the SIS renovations:
- P.E. Room addition with wood floor basketball court and three different volleyball court layouts. Also includes office, men's and women's r...
This video is about Senior Walk 2017 at Sheridan High School in Arkansas. Graduating Seniors take a memorable walk to their elementary and intermediate schools where teachers and students are waiting to cheer and give high fives.
Music: On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
This video is about Sheridan High School College Signing Day. On May 5, 2017, the district celebrated all seniors who chose to extend their education beyond high school. Sheridan High School is located in Central Arkansas.
Music: Fight Song by Rachel Platten
Sheridan High School Math Teacher Phil Wesson has been named the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Math Ready Teacher by the Southern Regional Education Board.
Wesson will receive the award at the opening session of the High Schools That Work conference in Nashville, Tenn. on July 12.
"We are so proud of Mr. Wesson," said SHS Principal Rodney Williams. "He is a high-...
After earning a degree in accounting in 1995, Sheridan High School graduate, Tobi Fairley, takes a leap of faith and decides to tap into her creativity and pursue a competitive career in interior design. She then earns a degree in interior design and an MBA from Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville.
Now a world-renowned in...
Sheridan Faculty and Friends,
The Sheridan High School Bands will perform their end of the year concert on Tuesday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in the McKenzie Auditorium. The program includes new music from some of today's most successful composers, and we would love for you to attend.
Both the Sheridan High School Concert and Symphonic Bands will be premiering selections fro...
Forty Future Business Leaders of America students represented Sheridan High School at the Arkansas Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference held April 3 - 4 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Of the 40 SHS students who attended, 10 qualified to compete at the National Leadership Conference this summer in Anaheim, CA.
"I could not be ...
Each year, 400 of Arkansas' most academically talented students are invited to attend a six-week, college experience known as Arkansas Governor's School held at Hendrix College in Conway. The application process begins in November and notification of those accepted occurs in late March. Students must apply for the summer following their junior year. They may select a f...
A group of Sheridan underclassmen -- Braci Bowlin, Alaina Allen, Javier Gonzalez, Reid Roark, Laura Workman and Emery Talbert -- earned first place in the High School Startup Day entrepreneurship competition held at the UCA School of Business on March 16. For winning first place, the team received a UCA scholarship of $1200 and a professional photo package to help bran...
Jessica Brown, K-5 GT Facilitator at Sheridan School's East End campuses, received one of four AGATE (Arkansas for Gifted and Talented Education) Educator Recognition Awards presented on Thursday, March 2, at the organization's 38th annual conference in Little Rock.
Bill Shelly, gifted education specialist at the Arkansas River Cooperative in Pine Bluff, in his nomi...
At the Grant County Chamber of Commerce (GCCC) Baquet held on Saturday, Feb. 18, Sheridan Intermediate School Teacher Nelodie Perkins (shown on left) was recognized as the Grant County Elementary Teacher of the Year. Lauren Goins (shown on right), SSD communications director and GCCC board member, presented the award.
Perkins graduated from Southern Arkansas Univers...
At the Grant County Chamber of Commerce (GCCC) Baquet held on Saturday, Feb. 18, Sheridan High School Special Education Teacher Linda Lewis (shown on left) was recognized as the Grant County Secondary Teacher of the Year. Lauren Goins (shown on right), SSD communications director and GCCC board member, presented the award.
Lewis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in El...
Sheridan School District is looking forward to meeting its new kindergarteners and their parents. Kindergarten registration for the 2017-18 school year will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 14 and March 16 at both Sheridan Elementary and East End Elementary.
Parents should bring their child to registration for a kindergarten screening. Additionally, parents a...
We are excited to announce the #BeProBeProud Mobile Workshop will be visiting SHS on March 16-17 and SJHS April 4-5 to showcase high-tech, high-wage jobs to our students. Check out this video or go to the https://www.beprobeproud.org/ to find out more.
On Jan. 23, 2017, fifty-four students in grades 3-8 competed in the annual Grant County Spelling Bee held at McKenzie Hall on the campus of Sheridan High School. The student representing the county at the Arkansas Spelling Bee in Conway on March 4 is Grace Herndon (above left), a sixth grader at Sheridan's East End Intermediate campus. Her trophy, a laser-etched lu...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Sheridan School District’s Superintendent Jerrod Williams announced today the district has selected Lance Parker as the new head football coach for Sheridan High School. Sheridan’s Board of Education will vote on this recommendation at its next meeting on Feb. 13, 2017.
Parker is currently an offensive coordinator for the 6A Russellville High School...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Sheridan High School senior, Sean Fitzgerald, son of Dennis and Lee Anne Fitzgerald, recently accepted an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. With an acceptance rate comparable to those of Ivy League schools like Yale and Princeton -- the U.S. Naval Academy is ranked one of the most challenging institutions of higher learning to get into.
Fitzge...
SJHS will host two meetings for seventh-grade students and their parents. The meeting will be held in the SJHS Cafeteria and attendees may choose from one of the two time-slots: Jan. 10, 6-7:30 p.m. or Jan. 11, 4 – 5:30 p.m. At the meeting, parents/students will pick up Chromebooks after listening to a presentation by Principal Jason Burks and signing the Chromeboo...
Please join us for these upcoming band and choir events! December 6
7:30 p.m. - SHS Band Concert at the SHS McKenzie Hall
December 8 7:30 p.m. - SJHS Band Concert at SHS McKenzie Hall
December 12 5 - 7 p.m. - Band Booster Chili Supper Fundraiser at SHS Cafeteria ($5 chili supper tickets can be purchased from your favorite band student and at the door.)
7:30 ...
Nov. 12, 2016, the following students were selected by audition to the ASBOA Region III All Region Jazz Band! Junior HighJenna Barnes; Jodi Barnes; Macie Carter; Kaleb Falcone; Dalton Grissom; Seth Loyd; Zach Mauldin; Lexi Peck; Moriah Ross; and Braden ThompsonSenior HighZac Cheesman; Jakhari Clegg; Phillip Garner; Stacey Garner; Caleb Head; Ben Holladay; Noah Loyd; Aa...
Sheridan, Ark. -- The importance of integrating technology into classroom instruction is growing, and the Sheridan School District is working to ensure it has the infrastructure necessary to support this growing demand.
Thanks to $136,284 in federal funding provided through the E-Rate Schools and Libraries Program, the students and staff at Sheridan School District ar...
Sheridan High School art students are sending their love, gratitude and cheer to troops around the world this holiday season.
This week, the art students mailed approximately 175 cards of thanks and holiday wishes to Operation Gratitude in California. The cards will be inserted into care packages that will be sent to troops around the world before Christmas.
The s...
Students at Sheridan Elementary and East End Elementary are excited to meet renowned children’s book author, Janet Stevens.
Stevens will visit Sheridan Elementary on Thursday, Oct. 20 and East End Elementary on Friday, Oct. 21.
Stevens is a well known author and illustrator of children’s books writing and retelling many stories. She also collaborates with her siste...
National School Bus Safety Week
The week of Oct. 17 is National School Bus Safety Week, and the Sheridan School District is calling on all residents of the district to exercise constant courtesy and caution when near school buses.
“During School Bus Safety Week, we want to remind students, parents and the community about the importance of school bus safety,” said C...
October 10, Sheridan School District teachers Roy Wilson, Sherri DeSoto and Jessica Brown attended the Arkansas Department of Education Community Listening Forum held at Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative in Pine Bluff.
The forum was ADE’s sixth of ten community forums scheduled around the state to gather public comments about the required Arkansas plan fo...
In conjunction with the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), the Sheridan School District will host Free Flu Immunization Clinics on each campus of the school district. The purpose of each clinic is to provide a FREE Seasonal Flu immunization for students and Sheridan School District faculty and staff only. (Parents/guardians and siblings should plan to receive thei...
The Sheridan High School Homecoming Parade route has been extended. This year, the parade will make an extra loop to pass in front of the Grant County Court House.
"We expanded the route because we wanted to make it easier for our patrons to join us for this special tradition," said Communications Director Lauren Goins. "We appreciate the Arkansas State Highway and...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Sept. 20, 2016, residents of the Sheridan School District passed a 3.8 millage increase. A total of 2,576 people voted for the increase and 1,722 voted against it.
Superintendent Jerrod Williams issued the following statement in response:
“I would like to express my sincerest gratitude for the strong support the community has shown for our students...
At the Sheridan School Board meeting held Sept. 12, 2016, Rep. Ken Bragg presented a citation on behalf of the Arkansas House of Representatives to the coaches and players of the Sheridan High School Softball Team, who won the 2016 6A State Softball Tournament in May.
The citation recognizes the team for their hard work and outstanding performance during the 2015-16...
In case you missed it, here is a video of our band performing yesterday at the pep rally. We love to hear their music, and we are so proud of them! SHS Band Director Gregg Scott announced yesterday that we have a record number of band students this year. We have almost 140 band students! Go #YJNation #BeUnstoppable!
Pleas join us for the COMMUNITY Pep Rally tonight at 6 p.m. at the Yellowjacket Stadium/Peoples Bank Field.
At the pep rally, you'll hear from Hooten’s Arkansas Football, Arkansas Blue Cross and your Sheridan Yellowjackets coaching staff.
There will be some exciting announcements for the school, the team’s community workand about the upcoming Hooten's game.
Let’s ...
This summer, our food service department (Chartwells at Sheridan School District) received a $2,000 dollar grant to help with student engagement at the schools. The money will help pay for tastings and promotions that we will have at the schools during the upcoming school year.
Today was a great day in Yellowjacket Nation! Four local congregations showed a tremendous amount of support and kindness to our schools, by inviting our faculty and staff into their churches for lunch before we begin the school year. We are very grateful for the great food and friendship they shared with us today.
Thank you First Landmark, First Baptist, First Asse...
We are pleased to announce the theme for the 2016-17 school year: Together we are UNSTOPPABLE ... We are the YJ NATION!
Whether you are a student, parent, teacher, staff member, or community member of our district, you are all part of the Yellowjacket Nation! Let's remember throughout the year that we can do so much more when we work together!Please help us show sup...
Sheridan High School’s football team is one of eight teams in Arkansas selected to play in the 2016 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Kickoff Classic presented by hootens.com.
Sheridan High School will take on McCrory High School at UAPB’s Golden Lion Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
“We are honored and excited to have the opportunity to play in the Hootens kickof...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Dylan Thompson, 2016 Sheridan High School graduate, was named named AP National Scholar and awarded a National Merit Scholarship, both within the same week.
Each year the College Board designates various levels of AP Scholar Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement Exams. On July 17, College Board announced that Thomp...
SHERIDAN, Ark. -- Sheridan School District is pleased to announce the College Board has awarded 47 Sheridan High School students various AP Scholar designations due to their success attaining qualifying scores on Advanced Placement Exams in 2016.“Our AP Scholar success is indicative of the excellent work ethic of many students and the efforts of their teachers,” said R...
Special education records for students who were dismissed from services or withdrew from the Sheridan School District between 2010-2011 will be destroyed on Aug. 3, 2016.If you would like to have these records, please contact Debbie Jones, Director of Special Services or Judith Holcomb, secretary at the Sheridan School District Special Services Office at 870-942-9861.
Sheridan High School has announced the following dates for Open House, Sophomore Orientation and more:
Aug. 10 at 8:30 AM
Seniors pick up schedules and purchase $10 parking tag. Please bring driver's license and car registration.
Aug. 11 at 8:30 AM
Juniors pick up schedules and purchase $10 parking tag. Please bring driver's license and car registration.
Aug. 11...
At the time it was built in 1947, the Kelly-Williams Gym was the most modern school gym in Arkansas.
According to longtime Sheridan resident, Jim Lancaster, the basketball court's beautiful hardwood oak floor made the building special. He remembers the gym attracting state tournaments to the small town of Sheridan after it was built.
The flooring came from the Wi...
On June 5 - 10, 2016, several local cadets from Sheridan High School traveled with their instructors, LTC (Ret) Clark Easter and SGM (Ret) Darryl Dean, to participate in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps annual leadership training camp known as JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge. The camp, which was held at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little ...
Twelve Sheridan band students just returned from Commerce Leadership Camp at Texas A & M. These students, along with students from all over Texas and Oklahoma, attended daily clinics and marching rehearsals. At camp, they worked with performers and the staff of the World Champion Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps from Concord California.
Shown in the photo from left:...
McKenzie Hall was built in 1942 with the aid of high school boys. Downstairs was the first cafeteria for the school. In the front was located the Superintendent’s offices and accounting department. The stage was on the east side and there were two classrooms on either side and a balcony on the west. In the decades following construction, it was the site of speeches...
Curt Smead and Ellie Mayberry worked on their leadership skills this weekend at the HOBY Leadership Seminar at the SAU campus.
The seminar is designed to help high school sophomores recognize their leadership talents and apply them to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, school, workplace and community.We are so proud of Curt and Ellie and can't wait to ...
#ThowbackThursday: Check out this aerial view of Sheridan High School in the early 1960s. The middle building serves today as the Central Administration office. Notice the football game or practice on the old football field behind the building. The home bleachers of that field survive today as the visitors’ seating at the current Yellowjacket Stadium.
Some of our very own are performing in "Camelot" at the Royal Theatre in Benton this weekend.
The director of the show is D. Brent Miller, Sheridan High School choir director and drama teacher. Assistant director is Matthew Burnett, 2013 SHS graduate. Acting in the show are Matt Cerino, 2016 SHS graduate, and current Sheridan students, Annslee Clay, Stormy Donham an...
#ThrowbackThursday: Completed in 1913, this was the first brick school built in Grant County. It was built in Mr. McDonald’s corn field across the street from their house. This beloved building eventually was remodeled for district offices in the 1980’s after having served as the high school until 1963 and upper elementary until then.
#ThrowbackThursday: In 1963 -- the year of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, and the beginning of Beatlemania -- our Sheridan Junior High School (then Sheridan High School) was completed.
According to thepeoplehistory.com, in 1963, the average cost of a new house was $12,650, the average income was ...
Never stop learning. Never stop dreaming. Never stop leading. Congratulations Sheridan High Class of 2016! It's your time to change the world!
May 20, 2016, days after completing their last class at Sheridan High School, several graduating seniors returned to Sheridan schools to present Impact Awards to their favorite teachers. These students wanted one more chance, before moving on to the next chapter of their lives, to express gratitude to those teachers who made the most significant impact.
Among these ...
The following is to inform parents regarding immunization requirements for students 11 years and older and students entering seventh grade for the 2016-2017 school year.
One dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine will be required for any student who will turn age 11 years or older on or before Sept. 1, 2016.
All seventh grade students ...
During the 2016-17 school year, all seventh grade students at Sheridan Junior High School will receive a Chromebook laptop to use for their studies. Sheridan School District will purchase laptops for these students through a $163,000 grant it recently received from the enhancing Missouri’s Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies (eMINTS) National Center at the Un...
Sydney Barnett, a senior at Sheridan High School, recently was selected to play in the Arkansas Activities Association All-Star Volleyball Game. The All-Star Game, which will include stand-out seniors from across the state, will be held June 22, 2016, at the University of Central Arkansas.
“This is a huge accomplishment for Sydney and our school,” said SHS Volleybal...
Sheridan High School seniors take a memorable walk through the halls of Sheridan School District's elementary and intermediate schools before they graduate.
May 6, 2016, the Sheridan School District's Beginning Band teamed up with Lake Hamilton's Beginning Band to perform a commissioned piece titled "Tesla." The piece was written by Randall Standridge, a Sheridan Band graduate who is now a successful composer. The kids had a great time learning from Standridge and sounded amazing playing his music! Listen for yourself by c...
Sarah Handloser, a Sheridan High School senior, is among the first group of winners in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
On April 20, 2016, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of 1,000 distinguished high school seniors who won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 200 corporations, company...
Check out this video from today, #CollegeSigningDay, at Sheridan School District. We are extremely proud of our seniors who chose to #reachhigher! Go Jackets!
Sarah Handloser and Dylan Thompson, seniors at Sheridan High School, will be profiled in the Academic All-Stars issue of the Arkansas Times.
Every public and private high school and home-based high school in Arkansas had the opportunity to nominate one male and one female for recognition as an academic all-star.
"Only 20 students in Arkansas were selected for this p...
Six members of the Sheridan High School debate team competed at the 2016 Arkansas Tournament of Champions, held in Little Rock on April 1-2.
Catherine Anderson took 1st place in the Novice division, and Jake Cook was a quarterfinalist for the Novice division. Gabe McDorman, Garrett Red and Holton Smith qualified for Champ International Public Debate Association. Addit...
The Sheridan High School Quiz Bowl Team earned their way to the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association Region 6A State Championship Tournament. The tournament will be broadcasted live at 9 a.m., on AETN, Ch. 2, Saturday, April 23. They will compete with Russellville for the 6A state title.
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From left: Roy Wilson, GT/AP Coordinator and SHS Quiz Bow...
Kindergarten Registration will be held at SES and EEE, April 19 and 21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Click here to download a Kindergarten Registration packet. This video includes photos and video footage to show our newest students what it's like to be a kindergartener at the Sheridan School District.
Sheridan Athletics will host a Future Lady Jacket Volleyball Camp June 13 - 15 at the Sheridan High School gym. The camp is open to those who will be in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades during the 2016-17 school year. Third and fourth grade sessions will be held 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and fifth and sixth grade sessions will be held 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Total cost of the...
CONGRATULATIONS to the following SJHS students who placed at District History Day and will be moving on to the state competition at UCA in April:
1st Place for Performance – Seth Alexander, Landon Berry, Clark Denney, Jacob Smith
2nd Place for Documentary – Lara Parker, Abby Turley
3rd Place for Documentary – Jackson Sorey, Kamren Turpin
3rd Place for Website – Zac...
SHERIDAN, Ark. — Coding lights, wiring light switches and creating blueprints were just some of the activities fourth and fifth grade students recently learned at East End Intermediate and Sheridan Intermediate.
Thanks to a partnership between the two schools and the Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, students in the schools’ Gifted and Talented prog...
Sheridan School District is looking forward to meeting its new kindergarteners and their parents. For the convenience of district patrons, the district will conduct kindergarten registration for the 2016-17 school year at multiple, convenient locations throughout the district. The registration times and locations are as follows:
March 10 from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Leo...
SHERIDAN, Ark. — Three seniors attending Sheridan High School have received certificates stating they are finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program based in Evanston, Ill.
“It is a rare occurrence to have three National Merit Finalists within the same school year. I am honored to support these outstanding seniors and wish them well as they move forward...
Plans are underway for the possible formation of a new Career and Technical Education Center to serve the Saline County area, including the Sheridan School District. For the past six to eight months, the CTE Executive Committee has been engaged in a feasibility study regarding the construction of the center, which would model the CTE Center in Frisco, Texas."Should thi...
The Arkansas Discovery Network’s Planet ‘X’ Mobile Museum was onsite at Sheridan Intermediate School Feb. 9 and 10.
The mobile museum is set up to look like the inside of a space station and features nine interactive exhibits designed to engage visitors in engineering skills. Within the mobile museum, students execute assignments on computer aided design, aerodynamic ...
SSD Superintendent Works with Arkansas Leadership Academy to Address Educational and Economic Issues
Sheridan School District Superintendent Jerrod Williams recently completed the first part of the Leadership IMPACT Institute, which was held Jan. 19-21, at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute in Morrilton. The Leadership Impact Institute was developed by the Arkansas Leadership Academy to bring together a diverse group of leaders to identify and address educational and ...
This video is of a 4th grade student at East End Intermediate wiring a switch. 4th and 5th grade students at EEI and Sheridan Intermediate School are coding lights and building cars and roads for their "cardboard cities" circuits project. The schools have been collaborating with the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas on this project. This is the first time ...
SHERIDAN, Ark. — Today, Friday, January 29, 2016, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Sheridan School District bus 15 was involved in an accident at the intersection of Highway 35 and the Sheridan bypass. No students were injured, and all were transported to school on another school bus after the accident. The school bus driver was uninjured, but as a matter of standard ...
The Sheridan School District is pleased to announce that Sheridan will host the 2016 baseball and softball 6A state tournaments. The tournaments will be held May 12 – 14 at the Sheridan Recreation Center.
“It is great news that Sheridan will be hosting the 6A state tournament for both baseball and softball,” said Rep. Ken Bragg. “Last year's appearance by both teams i...
Forty-five Sheridan High School students earned their way to perform in the Region III All-Region Band Clinic and Concert to be held in Monticello, Jan. 22-23, 2016. Additionally, 32 of these students qualified to advance to All-State auditions to be held Feb. 6, 2016, at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia. “We had more students qualify for All-State auditions t...
Fifth-grade students at East End Intermediate are having fun learning about new technology and the stock market with the school's new Apple Macbook Air laptops. The Macbooks—along with cases for the Macbooks and a projector adapter—were purchased with a $5,000 Investor Education Grant awarded to EEI from the Arkansas Securities Department.
The department...
The Sheridan School District and School Board had much to be proud of at the School Board Meeting yesterday. They had the great honor in recognizing several top-notch students and their teachers/coaches.
At the meeting, they recognized the Sheridan High School cheerleaders for winning the 6A State Cheer Competition; Brady Bibb for making First Team All Arkansas Preps ...
We are so proud of the SHS Cheerleaders for taking first place at Arkansas State Cheer Competition, 6A Division! Go Lady Jackets!
The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF) announced Dec. 16, 2015, that Zac Odom, Josh Handloser, Jackson Rogers and Grayson Allen, fifth graders at Sheridan Intermediate School, will advance to the final round of the 11th annual Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.) for Arkansas Business Plan Competition.
“Their business plan placed in the top 25 out of 224...
Jackets played a great game last night and beat Searcy 50-49. Check out this video of Auggie Morgan with the game winning buzzer beater shot! https://youtu.be/-ms3uub-grM
Candace Wilson, 8th grade science teacher at Sheridan Junior High School, and Susan Coles, 12th grade literacy teacher at Sheridan High School, achieved National Board Certification -- the most respected professional certification available in education.To achieve this prestigious honor, applicants must go through a rigorous and performance-based, peer-review process. ...
Students at the Sheridan Intermediate School experienced a lesson on robotic coding led by Bill Shelly, Gifted Education Specialist, from the Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative in Pine Bluff, at the invitation of Sherri DeSoto, SIS Gifted and Talented Facilitator. Shelly explained how to code instructions for Spiro and Ollie, two small robotic devices used ...
East End Intermediate School recently received an email that came all the way from Quebec, Canada, stating that the red helium balloon released by Peyton, an EEI fifth-grade student, had been found by René Rhéaume.
According to Rhéaume, the balloon, about 10 inches in diameter, was found hanging on a tree branch in the forest, 1,590 miles away from East End.
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The SJHS robotics students are asking all parents to help with their robotics research project by taking a quick survey. They have created a special video invitation in an effort to get as many responses as possible. Click here to watch the video.Click here to take the survey.
Four members of Sheridan School District staff were selected to present at the 5th Annual Schools Without Walls Fall Leadership Conference, Nov. 8-9, 2015, at the Hot Springs Convention Center. At the conference, teachers, instructional specialists, administrators and higher-education professors from all over the state learned how to better incorporate new technologies...
Five descendants of commanding generals Samuel Rice of Iowa and E. Kirby Smith of Florida, at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry attended the dedication ceremonies of seven historical markers at Sheridan High School at the invitation of Roy Wilson, GT/AP Coordinator, project director. Picture cutline: (l-r) Bob Kennedy and John Kennedy of Iowa; Maria Kirby-Smith of South ...
Olivia Lewis, an eighth grade history teacher at the Sheridan Junior High School, today was awarded the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies Marshia Coleman Award for Novice Teachers at the Arkansas Curriculum Conference, held at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock.
The award is given annually to new teachers in recognition of their dedication to students and con...
The Sheridan School District will host two dedication ceremonies of seven historical markers for Grant County to support the education and appreciation of local Civil War events. The first ceremony will be held for students at Sheridan Intermediate School during a school assembly on Nov. 6. A dedication for the public will occur Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. Both events will be hel...