Paragould High School

The Student Services office at PHS recently started a Kindness Award. Students are nominated by staff for their random acts of kindness around school. Our first four winners were: Nancy Brandon, Joseph Davidson, Jonathan Stewart , and Kaylin Bland (not pictured). We are proud of their kindness and the goodness they exude on a daily basis!

62 students! $9,700 awarded! CONGRATULATIONS to our PHS students who obtained qualifying scores on AP exams. It's a good problem to have when your backdrop isn't big enough for all of your award winners! To our teachers, THANK YOU, for your dedication. #psdrams #rampride

The A.P. Awards ceremony is Friday, October 29th at 9:45am. It will be live streamed through the link below and photos will be posted afterward of the award winners. We are excited to celebrate their academic achievement! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAB4JhGJV4M&authuser=0

Your Lady Rams volleyball team plays in the quarterfinals of the STATE TOURNAMENT today at 2pm! Livestream at marionpatriots.com Go Rams, go!

PHS Students: I want to first say Congratulations to our Lady Rams Volleyball team on their first round win tonight in the state tournament. We at PHS are very proud of you and all the hard work you have put in to get this far! We want to wish you the best of luck as you continue in the state tournament at the 2nd round game in the state tournament on Wednesday, October 27th at 2pm. To help support our volleyball team I know that many of you students would like to attend the game to cheer on our Lady Rams. While we will not be doing a pep bus at this time due to reasons related to COVID, we do have an opportunity for those who want to drive on their own and attend this game to do so: If a student wishes to go to the 2nd round game on their own on Wed. October 27th they must do the following: 1) Bring a signed note from their parents/ guardian allowing them to check out of school to student services prior to 7:55am on Wednesday morning. 2)The note must have a phone number on it that the school can call to confirm that the student may check out early/ at the time listed on the note. Please be aware that if we are unable to get a hold of the parent then we will not allow the student to check out. 3)The student is responsible for driving or riding with their guardians to the game in Marion,AR. 4) Prior to attending the game the student must purchase a ticket for the event. See the Marion School District Facebook page for the QR code to use to purchase tickets. 5)While during the game on Wednesday the student must find the PHS administrator at the game and sign in with them so that their absence can be excused. Thanks for your interest and support for our Lady Rams and best of luck to them in the 2nd round ! Go Lady Rams !!! -- Josh Shepherd Principal

Lady Rams advance to the 2nd round of the state tournament with an impressive win over Lake Hamilton. 25-17,25-23 and 25-10. Lady rams will play tomorrow at 2pm vs. Little Rock Christian. Good luck Ladies

Lady Rams continues to roll in the 2nd set with a 25-23 win.

Attention PHS Juniors and Parents: Tim Brown from Brown's Graduation was on campus last week to present to the Junior class about class rings. If you are interested in a packet from this presentation then please stop by the Student Services Office at the front of PHS. Mr. Brown will be back on the PHS campus on Wednesday, Oct. 27th to take orders from any student who would like to place a ring order. Please be sure to have the order form found in the packet to help place your order. Thank you. -- Josh Shepherd Principal

Attention PHS Students, Staff, and Parents: On Tuesday, Oct. 26th Jostens will be back on the PHS campus for make-up photos. Any student in grades 9-12 who need to have their picture taken or any student who would like a retake from the 1st session may come and get their photo done when they are called for. Along with the make-up photos, any PHS Senior who would like to do a cap and gown photo on Tuesday may do so when they are called. We will have a cap and gown for the Seniors to use when it is time to take their photo. Thank you. -- Josh Shepherd Principal

Attention PHS Students and Parents: 1st 9 weeks grades/report cards are now posted in HAC for you to view. To view your grades in HAC go to the "Grades" Icon, then click on the "Report Card" tab. Thank you. -- Josh Shepherd Principal Paragould High School

Paragould High School Senior, Ashton Rodrigues, is a Semifinalist in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. He is 1 of only 16,000 high school seniors to reach this level of academic achievement. Proud is an understatement. Way to go, Ashton! #psdrams #rampride

On Friday, October 22nd at 9:45am the National Honor Society of Paragould High School will be inducting 21 new members. You are cordially invited to watch this prestigious ceremony through the link provided below. Congratulations to our new NHS members, we are proud of your accomplishment! https://youtu.be/5LQs4t72YCQ

The District Communicable Disease Exposure Control Plan has been modified. Masks are currently optional. If the Paragould School District has quarantined 250 or more students (approximately 8% of the district student enrollment) due to close contact to positive COVID-19 cases, then the District will enforce the emergency face coverings policy until the School Board revokes such policy. We must remain vigilant. We must continue to focus on mitigating strategies that have helped us reduce the spread of COVID-19. A variety of measures will remain in place to ensure the safest learning environment possible. The Paragould School District is fully committed to the health and safety of all students, staff and visitors. We are proud of the actions that were taken to ensure a safe start to the school year. Please continue to do your part to limit the spread of COVID-19. Go Rams!

PJHS/PHS car riders: Be advised of LIMITED PARKING Monday 10/18/21 at PHS due to the Region Marching Assessment. Plan to arrive earlier than normal to avoid frustration. Overflow parking will be located at 10Fitness. Senior Night/Volleyball overflow parking will be behind PJHS.

It's HOMECOMING DAY! Here are the event links for the PHS Homecoming Assembly and PHS Football Game. Go RAMS! Homecoming Assembly https://youtu.be/CsNrlJNtPWs Football Game https://youtu.be/e8Wog2XiEJU

Attention PHS Students and Parents: YOUR PHOTOS ARE READY! Good news! JostensPIX was recently at your school to photograph picture day, and your student's photos are now available for viewing and ordering! To view your child’s pictures you will need two pieces of information: 1. The Event Code 2. Your child’s PSD ID # The event code for 2021 PHS Fall Pictures is: FE166521 To get your child’s PSD ID # please go into your child’s HAC account- click on REGISTRATION- and then the student ID # will be in the top left corner. VIEW AND ORDER PHOTOS HERE: https://shop.jostenspix.com DID YOU KNOW? * You can personalize your photos with a variety of backgrounds and
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Homecoming Week started off RAM STRONG with students and staff dressing up as their favorite PUN or IDIOM! "Holy Cow" "It's raining men" "Spice Girls" "Ice Ice Baby" "Smarty Pants" "Ceiling Fan" "Pig in a Blanket" and "Heavy Metal" Tuesday is dress up as your favorite SQUAD day!

PHS Students, Staff, and Community, I am excited to tell you that next week, Oct. 4-8, is Homecoming Week at PHS. Our theme this year is Ram Strong! Our football team will be playing at home against Nettleton on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. The announcing of the homecoming court will be that evening at Ram Stadium at about 6:30pm  One of the fun things we'll continue this year will be our dress-up days. Please see the schedule below:  Monday:        Dress up as your favorite pun or idiom Tuesday:       Dress up as a squad Wednesday:  Dress up as your favorite holiday Thursday:      Dress up as your favorite candy or food Friday:           Ram Strong- Blue and Red Day I want to encourage you to dress up on these days. It is really entertaining to see the creative and exciting outfits that many of the students and staff wear during this fun time!  Another activity we will continue with this year will be the PHS Homecoming Assembly. Due to circumstances with COVID, we will not be able to have the student body or our community come watch the assembly in the gym like we normally do. Instead, the students and community will be able to watch the homecoming assembly through livestream. The homecoming assembly will begin about 1:30pm on Friday afternoon.  Unfortunately, we will also not be able to have our traditional homecoming dance this year.  I hope that you will take the opportunities next week to get involved in the activities related to homecoming. These are some of the best times and memories that you will make as a student here at PHS and we hope that you will enjoy this time of celebrating PHS and its wonderful history!  For the Red and Blue, Josh Shepherd  Principal  Paragould High School  

The Covid Indoor Guidance at PHS requires that all patrons in attendance wear a mask at all times while indoors. This will be in effect for tonight's Dig For the Cure game vs GCT. Our goal is to keep everyone safe. If you are unable to attend, we will be live streaming the event at this link: https://youtu.be/LBiG3bOUkko We will also be live streaming our Jr High Football game vs. Batesville at this link: https://youtu.be/LBiG3bOUkko

Get ready to bid on some GREAT Dig for the Cure auction items! This year's silent auction is online beginning at 5pm Thursday 9/30 and ending at 9pm on Friday 10/1. Here's what you need to do: 1) Go to the "Dig for the Cure THINK PINK Facebook page" 2) Like it 3) Check back often to bid on your favorites! Want a sneak peak at some of the items? Head over to Jill Wessell Gill's Facebook page and scroll through the comments on her auction post. All proceeds go to the following organizations that are helping breast cancer warriors win their battle! AMMC's Project Hope NEA Baptist's HopeCircle St. Bernard's Imaging Center The NEA Chapter of the American Cancer Society The West Clinic