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Congratulations to Brenda Murria! Brenda is the GRAND PRIZE WINNER in the Magnolia School District Meal Application Promotion drawing. She is the winner of a $100 GIFT CARD. Please come by the Magnolia School Annex Food Service Department to redeem your prize. The Magnolia School District Food Service Department would like to thank everyone that filled out lunch applications this year.

Magnolia School District to Hold Annual Flu Clinic Parent Consent forms will be sent home with students on Monday, October 2.

Congratulations to Abigail Alphin and Crystal Carter winners of the MSD Meal Application Promotion drawing!! Abigail Alphin - $50 Walmart Gift Card Crystal Carter – All Season Athletic Pass Please come by the Magnolia School Annex Food Service Department to redeem your prize.

Magnolia Home Access Center (HAC) HAC has a new URL address. Please go to http://hac23.esp.k12.ar.us to access your HAC account using your existing login credentials.

MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT 2023-2024 Meet the Teacher Day - Friday, August 11 - 9:00 AM - Noon First Day of School - Monday, August 14 Click Here to View the District Calendar and Events: https://5il.co/21ilf

Wentworth Place - Back to School Bash August 4, 2023 11:00 am - 1:00 pm 38 Warnock Springs Road Bounce Houses - Blood Drive - Sno Cones - Hot Dogs for Kids Free T-Shirts for first 100 kids

PANTHER PANTRY WRAPS UP FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY The Panther Pantry at East Side Elementary officially wrapped up its first year of service to children and their families in our community. Panther Pantry is a food pantry housed at East Side Elementary School that provides nutritious family meals and snack bags to students and their families to help bridge the food insecurity gap over the weekends. Even though the Panther Pantry is housed on the East Side campus, it has served students from all other Magnolia School District schools by supplementing these campuses as needs occurred. East Side had a dream to provide their students and families with a little more food security over the weekend. During the first year of operation, 1,736 meals and 612 snack bags were sent home with students from the District. The success of this program would not have been possible without the support of the Magnolia community, Panther Partners, Partners in Education, East Side staff, volunteers, Magnolia High School coaching staff, and head volunteer and organizer, Amy Sisson. East Side thanks everyone involved in a program that helped bridge the gap and hopes that you will continue to support and be a part of Panther Pantry the upcoming school year. One of the Panther Pantry Parents said it best......."Thank you for putting smiles in homes where they might not have as many reasons to smile."

SUMMER MEALS TO BE PROVIDED The Magnolia School District will run their Summer Meal Program from June 5 - July 20. Meals can be picked up at Central Elementary School cafeteria Monday - Thursday from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCES LAST DAY SCHEDULE CHANGE The Magnolia School District will make the following scheduling changes to the last day of school on June 2. • All students in the District will be dismissed from school at 1:30 pm. Bus schedules will be adjusted the run at 1:30. • A district-wide staff meeting will be held at 2:00 in the Performing Arts Center on the Magnolia High School campus. • Superintendent John Ward will address the faculty at that time. Other items include the recognition of this year’s retirees and acknowledgement of the Teachers of the Year from each campus and the 2023 District Teacher of the Year.

New Military Child e-newsletter The Arkansas Council for Military Children announces the start up of a free monthly e-newsletter! The first edition of the e-newsletter is expected to be sent out in June 2023. Click the link below to subscribe to the newsletter. You may unsubscribe at any time. http://eepurl.com/iqP4UY

NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY

Magnolia READS came to an end today with the culminating events at East Side and Central Elementary Schools. Marsha Masters with Economics Arkansas, a partner in Magnolia READS, was a special guest at each event. In the video below, Mr. Ward and Penny Talley conclude this spring’s event expressing gratitude to those who made this year’s Magnolia READS a success. Click the link below to view the final Magnolia READS video. https://youtu.be/feT2u-PSUaU

The final video in the Magnolia READS Video Series features 1991 Magnolia graduate, Rebecca Grafton Ray. Rebecca is the owner of a third-generation family business, Sara’s, and the business she opened in 1998, Khakis. Click the link below to view the Sara’s/Khakis video. https://youtu.be/TPaNWeSpiiw

Arkansas Council for Military Children Click the link below to learn more about this council and how it is supporting our military children and their families. http://eepurl.com/iqP4UY

The next multi-generational family business featured in the Magnolia READS Video Series is Farmers Bank & Trust. Molly Harsh Burns, Elizabeth Burns Anderson, and Chris Gosnell share the history of this fifth-generation business that was established in 1906. Click the link below to view the Farmers Bank video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCR_UWTfMQg

JEVAC, a precision machine shop specializing in products for the Military Aerospace Industry, is the featured multi-generational business in this week’s Magnolia READS Video Series. Craig and Clay Cheatham, and Amy Cheatham Rogers share the history of this third-generation business started by 1952 Magnolia graduate, Jimmy Cheatham. Click the link below to view the JEVAC video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQTWVxXROM

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Spring Fling

This week in the Magnolia READS Video Series, Magnolia graduates Jimmy and Travis Arnold, share the history of their multi-generational family business, Arnold-Baker Chevrolet. They discuss experiences as third and fourth generation family members who work to carry on the traditions and legacies set by the first and second generations. Click the link below to view the Arnolds’ video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4A5QUhv_JM

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