As you make plans for the holiday weekend, be sure to add this event to your calendar! It's sure to be a good time!
Reminder📣 1st meal delivery of the summer goes out tomorrow (Thursday). If you will not be home but would still like delivery, please leave a cooler out for us. For more info, please call 870-258-7700 or 870-322-7229.
Cash Arnhart, Quinn Johnson and Tinley Bailey, 2025 graduates of Izard County High School, have been selected as this year's recipients of the Walker Family Scholarships. The scholarships will be selected from the senior class of Izard County High School each year and be funded by Fred and Michell Walker. These $500 scholarships are in honor of the Walkers three children - Steven, Ryan, and Andrew, all who are graduates of Izard County High School.
Cash Arnhart is co-valedictorian and plans to attend Lyon College this fall. Cash is a Distinguished Governor's Scholar and plans to be a pre-med major and will also play baseball at Lyon College.
Quinn Johnson is also co-valedictorian and plans to attend Arkansas State University this fall and later Pharmacy School at UAMS.
Tinley Bailey is an honor graduate and plans to attend Ozarka College.
Makayla Taylor, a 2025 graduate of Izard County High School, has been selected to receive the Violet Hill Class of 1969 Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded from donations from the Violet Hill graduates of the Class of 1969. Makayla is an honor graduate and plans to attend Ozarka College this fall.
Congratulations to our Cougar Baseball players who have earned post-season honors! We are proud of you Caden, Xander, Cash, Kade, Porter, and Noah!
Post-season awards for Lady Cougar Softball have been announced! Congrats to Kallie, Megan, Reese, Quinn, Hollie, and Makensie!
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Megan McBride, a 2025 graduate of Izard County High School, has been selected as a recipient of the Janice Blankenship Memorial Scholarship. Janice was an ardent supporter of the ICC School District and all school activities until she passed away in 2018. This scholarship is awarded annually to an ICC senior who has performed well both academically and athletically during his or her high school career.
Megan is a co-valedictorian and she will attend and play softball at Williams Baptist University this fall.
Quinn Johnson and Makensie Yancey, 2025 graduates of Izard County High School, have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Kailey Moss Memorial Scholarships. The scholarships are $1,000 each, and recipients are selected from the senior class of Izard County High School each year in memory of Kailey Moss, who was a student at ICHS before she passed away in 2008. The Kailey Moss Memorial Scholarships are for students at ICHS who, like Kailey, performed well academically and who were very active in school activities.
Quinn is co-valedictorian at ICHS and plans to attend Arkansas State University this fall and later Pharmacy School at UAMS. Makensie is an honor graduate at ICHS and plans to attend Cosmetology School at UACCB.
Coach Brody and his staff have started a new tradition within the Izard County Football program... seventh grade signing day! These student-athletes will be joining the Junior High team with summer practices, and they're excited to get started.
Rossi, Lincoln, JJ, and Kiki - thanks for your commitment to IC Football. We look forward to seeing the impact you'll have on our program throughout the years! Great job!
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A BIG THANK YOU to Hayden Lewis for sponsoring lunch today at the Shaggy Cow for the show team! We appreciate you so much!
We are so proud of this group of young people! The first Saturday of summer break and they loaded up and went to a stock show. We had 10 team members compete today and they all did a great job! Here are some highlights:
Hazel Burns: Champion PeeWee Cattle Showman, Grand Champion Angus Bull, and Grand Champion Red Angus Heifer.
Carson Cooper: Supreme Champion Market Hog and Supreme Champion Commercial Gilt.
Faith Crider: Grand Champion Junior Swine Showman, Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog, and Reserve Grand Champion Commericial Gilt.
Danielle Hollingsworth: Supreme Champion Dairy Buck, Grand Champion Senior Goat Showman, Grand Champion AOB Buck, Grand Champion Nigerian Dwarf Doe, and Reserve Grand Champion Red Angus Heifer.
Akynna Nielsen: Supreme Champion Bull, Grand Champion Charolais Bull, Grand Champion Shorthorn Plus Bull, and Reserve Grand Champion Charolais Heifer.
Whitley Smith: Reserve Grand Champion American Heifer
Payson Speake: Grand Champion Senior Swine Showman, Grand Champion Yorkshire Gilt, and Reserve Grand Champion Breeding Gilt.
Ari Walters: Supreme Champion Breeding Gilt, Supreme Champion Market Barrow, Grand Champion Spot Gilt, and Grand Champion Brahman Heifer.
Summer meal deliveries will begin this Thursday, and it's not too late to sign up! Use the link below to fill out the form and be sure your children are on the list for weekly deliveries. You may also call 870.322.7229 to sign up; please leave a message if there is no answer.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/aGL7f7q811DoZycJ8
We were just notified that Autumn Grace Freeman has placed in the top 10 in Arkansas during the Spring Qualifier of the 2025 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship! Autumn prepared for this certification and competition in Mrs. Jackson's Survey of Business class, where her hard work and dedication earned 9th place for Microsoft Word (Office 2019). Congratulations to Autumn and Mrs. Jackson!
Congrats to Gavin Hooper and Gabriel Thomas for completing the Financial Planning certification this week!
Congrats to Bobby Tate for earning the Microsoft PowerPoint certification this week!
Millage election results are in:
365 For, 144 Against (passed)
Thank you for helping us ensure a bright future for Izard County STEM School!
It's no secret that our teachers work hard all year round, so we wanted to show them some extra appreciation today by surprising them with their favorite drink from Sonic. Thank you for an amazing school year; have a terrific summer!
It is not too late to sign your 3rd-6th grader up for Mighty Mite Cheer for the 2025-2026 season!
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Today, we honored our retirees! Chad Arnhart is retiring with 30 years of service, two in our school district. John Walker has 19 years in the district and 39 years total. Tony Booth has 16 in district and 29 total. Don Simmons is retiring with 39 years of service, one year in our district. Congratulations to all of the retirees!
We also celebrated Brittany Baird, who is leaving our school district to pursue a career opportunity outside of education.
We appreciate her 8 years of dedicated service!
We have an exciting update for our Athletic Awards and Live Auction - we'll have an AUTOGRAPHED pair of GAME WORN Austin Reaves shoes up for auction, too!
We'll see you at 6 tomorrow in the high school cafeteria for a chance to win these and some delicious desserts!
