Rural Special Schools

A big thank you from RSHS to Greg Vannater and Glenn Crymes (OEM) for wrapping up our Red Ribbon Week with a mock car accident. Thank you Fox Fire Dept, OEM, Prim 1st Responders, Vital Link, Stone County Sherrif’s Dept, AR Drug Task Force, Stone County Prevention Service, and Ozarka for helping our students understand the importance of avoiding drug use.

RS Picture Day is Monday. All sports & club pictures along with new student and make up pictures will be taken. Students need to bring everything needed for their complete uniform including shoes, undershirts, and any other such items. Peewee basketball players and dribblers are included.

Rural Special Fall Festival is tonight (Friday). Booths 5-6:30pm with drawings and Royalty to follow. Come join us for some great games: bucking bull, bounce house and much more. Full concession available.

Rural Special Pee Wee basketball begins tonight at 5:30pm with our first game at home. As per AAA guidelines, everyone inside the gym must wear a mask; this includes players sitting on the bench. $3 for adults; students enter free. GO REBELS

Rural Special High School is excited to offer the TRIO program to our 7-12th grade students. Please find the attached message from Pam Freer the assistant director of the program. Note, interested students must fill out an application to participate with the first date being Sept. 2nd. A flyer with the QR code and access to the application is included. Pam: We are seeking to primarily assist potential first generation/low income students on their journey toward post-secondary education. We will, as numbers allow, include students who do not meet those first gen/low income criteria. As allowed, we will include ACT Prep, Financial Aid Events, Campus Tours, Career Tours, LOCO Ropes adventures, and business tours.

State Champions ring presentation! Congratulations RS Senior Girls. Thank you Stone County Medical Center for sponsoring the rings.

Rural Special Schools will hold our Open House for the 2021-22 school year on Tuesday, August 10 from 3:00 until 7:00 P.M. Due to Covid-19, the drive thru format for Open House will be used again this fall in the high school parking lot. Rural Special is also offering a digital learning program for the 2021-22 school year. However, the program is for students, or family members of students, who either: 1.) have a documented medical condition resulting in a compromised immune system or: 2) students that have shown prior success in an online learning program. The digital learning program will be conducted by contracted entities outside of the Rural Special schools and no Rural Special or MVSD teachers will be involved in the digital learning program. For more information concerning the digital learning program, call 870-363-4365

Rural Special Schools will hold our Open House for the 2021-22 school year on Tuesday, August 10 from 3:00 until 7:00 P.M. Due to Covid-19, the drive thru format for Open House will be used again this fall in the high school parking lot. Rural Special is also offering a digital learning program for the 2021-22 school year. However, the program is for students, or family members of students, who either: 1.) have a documented medical condition resulting in a compromised immune system or: 2) students that have shown prior success in an online learning program. The digital learning program will be conducted by contracted entities outside of the Rural Special schools and no Rural Special or MVSD teachers will be involved in the digital learning program. For more information concerning the digital learning program, call 870-363-4365

Thanks to RS PTO and a surplus of supplies, our school supply list is short. K-12 needs ear buds, a backpack, and 2 boxes of Kleenex. K-1 needs two hand writing tablets. K-6 needs a supply box, and 4th-6th needs a zipper binder. HS Art students need a sketch pad. Hope you're having a great summer. School starts August 16th.

Echo Mitchell from RSHS wins gold at the FCCLA National Convention in Nashville. Echo competed in Repurpose and Redesign representing Rural Special and the Mtn View School District.

A big thank you to last year and this year’s teachers and bus drivers retiring: JoanThomson, Shelley Smith and Marty Berry.

Here are a few pics from RSES field day today. We had a great time. Thanks for everyone that came out to help.

RS Elementary: Note below has dates for this next week and then - June 9th is a Full day and June 10th is a 1/2 day. Summer Break is almost here!!

A big shout out to Farm Bureau for providing donuts this morning as part of Teacher Appreciation.

Rural Special high school had a great time at the electives fair. Teachers did a wonderful job creating their displays and “pitching” their classes and clubs. Thank you parents for joining us as we begin planning for Fall 2021.

We want to send a Congratulations to Abbey Linville on signing with NorthArk today. We are so proud of you. Good luck next year as you dominate as a Lady Pioneer.

On behalf of the Rural Special Senior Girls, we want to thank Senator Missy Irvin and her colleagues for recognizing our 1A Girls State Champions and for allowing our girls the opportunity to experience government in action. Their hospitality at the State Capital and the Senate Chambers will be an experience our girls will never forget.

The ACT Aspire testing that was to begin tomorrow across the Mountain View School District has been postponed from tomorrow until Monday, April 12. Again, the ACT Aspire testing that was to take place this week across our district, has been postponed until next week. Testing will now begin on Monday, April 12. Thank You.

The ACT Aspire testing that was set to begin tomorrow in the Mountain View School District has been postponed. The testing will now begin on Monday, April 12. Again, the ACT Aspire testing will now begin on Monday, April 12 all across the Mountain View School District. Thank You.

The Mountain View School District will provide meals for students over Spring Break and can be picked up at the regular times and places on Friday, March 19. Mt. View Elementary from 9-11:30, Mt View Middle and High School at the teardrop from 9-11:30, Timbo from 1-3 PM And Rural Special from 1:30-2:30.