Alma School District

Homecoming has arrived, and we’re excited to celebrate this special tradition! A big thank-you to everyone who came out for last night’s parade. Tonight, the Airedales face the Harrison Goblins, with the coronation ceremony set for 6:30 p.m. on the field, just before kickoff. Come out and enjoy the spirit and excitement! We appreciate Heritage Portraits for beautifully capturing our homecoming court!

The homecoming fun isn’t slowing down!

Today’s the day for the homecoming parade! Queen Raleigh and her court will be leading the way, along with other amazing groups and organizations.

📍 Main Street
⏰ Tonight at 6:00 PM

Come out, cheer loud, and celebrate with us!

Big Day for Alma High School! Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Ikenberry, Mrs. King, Hannah Hays from Mountainburg, and John Whitman & Jennifer Turner from the Co-Op were here today training on our brand-new Tenstar simulator – and we can’t wait for students to try it out! 🚜

Students will get to experience operating:
✅ Excavators
✅ Tractors
✅ Cranes
✅ Graders
✅ Dozers
✅ Ambulances
✅ Combine Harvesters
✅ Semi Trucks
✅ Forklifts
…and MORE — up to 22 different pieces of equipment!

Hands-on learning just got a whole lot more exciting!

Mrs. McCarver’s Alma Middle School students have been having fun with hands-on science! They explored force and deformation using spring scales and investigated potential energy with pull-back cars. Learning in action!

Science is popping in Mrs. Price’s class! Students tested which dish soap makes the biggest, longest-lasting bubbles when the soap-to-water ratio is the same. After forming their hypotheses and experimenting, they’re now sharing their claim, evidence, and reasoning. Hands-on learning at its best!

This week, our Alma Primary School kindergarteners had some very special guest readers — the Airedale Varsity Basketball Team! Players traded their basketballs for books and spent time reading aloud to our youngest learners. The kids were thrilled to sit with their hometown athletes, and the players enjoyed connecting with the future Airedales. Moments like these are what make our Alma community so special — seeing our older students step up as role models and inspire the next generation of Airedales. Way to go, team!

Arkansas Peace Week is here! This statewide program promotes peacemaking and highlights organizations working to build lasting peace in Arkansas. Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. Combs’ art students created amazing pieces showing what peace means to them and how we can build more peaceful communities. Five winning artworks from each grade will move on to the statewide contest, with winners announced in October and displayed at the Capitol in Little Rock!

What an exciting week in the Alma Intermediate School Library! Students explored the newly upgraded Maker Lab for the first time — and it was a huge hit. From building and designing to problem-solving and creating, they dove into every Maker Station with energy and imagination. It’s inspiring to see them collaborate, invent, and let their creativity shine. This is just the start of all the amazing things they’ll make and discover this year. A big thanks to Mrs. Feurtado for making it all possible!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out Friday night to cheer on the Airedales! Alma Cheer & Alma Dance brought the energy with an incredible Spirit Clinic! Always proud to be an Airedale!

Here’s a peek inside Mrs. Price’s class at Alma Middle School! Students used stickers to model what might be happening at the particle level when substances mixed and created a gas. Did the particles join together, break apart, or rearrange into something new?

Professional Learning in Action! Last week, Mrs. Hubbs and Mrs. Reeves attended a professional learning event in Little Rock for Instructional Leaders. They joined leaders from across Arkansas to explore strategies and practices designed to empower the teachers they lead this school year. Great work, Mrs. Hubbs and Mrs. Reeves — thanks for leading the way for our Airedale educators!

A meaningful morning at Alma Primary School. This week, one of our students helped Officer Mahan raise the flag before school — the perfect way to start the day! Experiences like this teach responsibility, respect, and pride in our school and community. On a day like today, as we remember 9/11 and reflect on the importance of our flag and the freedoms it represents, this moment feels especially powerful. A huge thank-you to Officer Mahan for making these mornings memorable for our students!

We are thrilled to congratulate Blake Holsted of Alma High School, who has been selected as a National Merit Semi-Finalist! This prestigious recognition honors students who score among the top performers on the PSAT/NMSQT and demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, dedication, and hard work.

Becoming a National Merit Semi-Finalist is a remarkable accomplishment, and Blake’s success reflects not only personal commitment but also the support of our teachers, family, and community. We are incredibly proud of Blake and look forward to celebrating this achievement as he moves toward the next stage of the National Merit Scholarship process!

Mrs. Price’s science students at Alma Middle School have been experimenting with bath bombs! They tested individual ingredients like baking soda, citric acid, Epsom salts, and oils — trying to answer the question: “What makes a bath bomb fizz?”

Individually, nothing happened — no bubbles, no fizz! Next, they combined ingredients and discovered the secret duo that makes the magic happen (we’re keeping that part under wraps for next year’s kids 😉).

Up next: uncovering the mystery gas that’s being created. Stay tuned — our budding scientists are on the case!

Mrs. Hunter’s 3rd graders took their math outside! With whiteboards in hand, they explored equal groups and making arrays while enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. They’re finishing up their Introducing Multiplication unit and doing an amazing job!

Ms. Hall’s crew at Alma Intermediate School have been busy learning in the most fun ways!

Math in Action: Young mathematicians across the entire 3rd-grade are tackling multiplication with Play-Doh! By building arrays with rows and columns, they explored equal groups and discovered how numbers connect. Hands-on math = creativity + engagement + fun!

Science Spotlight: During their Animals Through Time unit, students headed to the safe room to test their speed against dinosaurs! Third graders became dino detectives, comparing their steps to fossil tracks to see just how fast dinosaurs really were. Lots of laughs, learning, and maybe even a few future paleontologists in the making!

Students in Mrs. Stricklin’s Education Technology and Intro to Education classes at Alma High School are turning big ideas into bold designs! Using design software and our poster printer, they’re creating powerful visuals that inspire motivation and celebrate education.

It’s Kindness Week in the Alma Primary School library!

Mrs. Shores started the week by sharing “I Walk With Vanessa,” a powerful wordless picture book that invites students to “read” the illustrations and uncover the story on their own.

Kindergarteners will spend the week learning about what a good friend looks like, sounds like, and how they make others feel. After the lesson, students enjoyed hands-on center time activities to extend their learning in fun and engaging ways.
Mrs. Shores shared that the story not only highlights kindness, empathy, and friendship — it also helps young readers build meaning through illustrations, nurturing a love for reading right from the start.

Fresh air and good books made the perfect learning combination at Alma Intermediate School! Ms. Hall’s third graders took class outdoors, partnering up to practice fluency and then finding their own spot on the lawn to enjoy a book of their choice. A great reminder that reading — and learning — can happen anywhere!

Mrs. Price’s students at Alma Middle School have kicked off their first science unit with an exciting question: How can we make something new that wasn’t there before?

The adventure began with a hands-on mystery — dropping a bath bomb into water. Students quickly noticed the bubbling reaction and filled the room with investigative questions: Where do the bubbles come from? What if we used boiling water? What exactly are bath bombs made of?

This spark of curiosity launched an engaging investigation into chemical reactions. Over the course of the unit, students will:

- Explore the properties of matter
- Model changes at the molecular level
- Discover how new substances are created

From mixing ingredients to analyzing data patterns, they’re not only learning chemistry concepts but also building critical thinking skills — all while having fun and staying curious.