SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT • NO. 50 SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS A YEAR IN REVIEW: 2009-2010 Academics | Arts | Athletics | Activities SPRINGDALE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR Danny Dotson Kathy McFetridge Mike Luttrell President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Jim Bradford Jeff Williams Randy Hutchinson David Van Bebber LOCATION: Northwest Arkansas AREA: 182.5 square miles (Washington County: 145.8/Benton County: 36.7) ENROLLMENT: 18,188 (As of 10-1-09) MILLAGE RATE (2009): 38.6 mills ASSESSED VALUE (2009 values, payable in 2010): $1,508,393,466 (Washington County: $1,321,413,036/Benton County: $186,980,430) TOTAL 2009-2010 BUDGETED REVENUE: $135,921,983 PERSONNEL: 2,195 (Certified: 1,306/Classified: 889) CAMPUSES: 26 • 2 high schools (Grades 10–12) • 3 junior high schools (Grades 8 and 9) • 3 middle schools (Grades 6 and 7) • 16 elementary schools (Grades pre-K through 5) • Early–Childhood Center (Prekindergarten) • Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) ACCREDITATION: All schools accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education and by the North Central Association. District accreditation by AdvancEd. "BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS": Five winners at the national level (one twice). Ten winners at the state level. "SHANNON WRIGHT Award": Kelly Middle School and Tyson Middle School "ARKANSAS DIAMOND SCHOOLS": Kelly Middle School and Tyson Middle School District Profile: 2009-2010 Term District Profile: 2009-2010 1 Springdale School District 2009-2010 Principals: 2009-2010 Term Table of Contents HAR–BER HIGH SCHOOL LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL General or Districtwide News. 3–10 Dr. Danny Brackett Mrs. Regina Stewman Springdale High School. 11-14 SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL MONITOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Mr. David Kellogg Mrs. Maribel Childress Har-Ber High School. 15-18 CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY Central Junior High. .19 Mr. Darrell Watts SCHOOL Dr. Debbie Hardwick-Smith George Junior High. .20 GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Don Hoover SHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Southwest Junior High. .21 Mrs. Cynthia Voss SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH Hellstern Middle School. 22 SCHOOL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Kelly Middle School . 23 Mr. Brice Wagner Mrs. Kim Simco Tyson Middle School. 24 HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL TURNBOW ELEMENTARY Mrs. Angela Coats SCHOOL Bayyari Elementary School and Mrs. Stacey Ferguson Elmdale Elementary School . .25 & 26 KELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL Ms. Sara Ford TYSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL George Elementary School and Mrs. Lola Malone TYSON MIDDLE SCHOOL Harp Elementary School . .27 & 28 Mrs. Susan Buchanan WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Hunt Elementary School and Mrs. Dondi Frisinger BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Jones Elementary School . .29 & 30 Mrs. Martha Walker WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY Lee Elementary School and SCHOOL ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Monitor Elementary School. 31 & 32 Dr. Jerry Rogers Mrs. Michele Hutton Parson Hills Elementary School and YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Mrs. Debbie Flora Shaw Elementary School. .33 & 34 Mrs. Annette Freeman EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Smith Elementary School and HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Mrs. Darlene Odom Turnbow Elementary School. .35 & 36 Mrs. Linda Knapp ALTERNATIVE LEARNING Tyson Elementary School and HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT Walker Elementary School. 37 & 38 Mrs. Michelle Doshier Mr. Tim Weiss Westwood Elementary School and JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Young Elementary School. .39 & 40 Mrs. Melissa Fink Early Childhood Center. 41 Goals of the Springdale School District . .42 ADMINISTRATORS Mr. Hartzell Jones Statement of Assurance Deputy Superintendent for Personnel In keeping with the guidelines of Title VI, Section 601, Dr. Marsha Jones Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX, Section 901, Educational Assisant Superintendent Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation for Curriculum & Instruction Act of 1973, the Springdale School District assures that (PreK - Grade 5) no person in the United States shall, on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, gender or disability, be excluded Dr. Don Love from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be Assisant Superintendent subjected to discrimination under any program or activity. for Curriculum & Instruction (Grade 6-12) The Coordinator for the Springdale School District is: Hartzell Jones, Deputy Superintendent for Personnel Dr. Ron Bradshaw P. O. Box 8, Springdale, Arkansas, 72765-0008 Assisant Superintendent Telephone (479) 750-8800. Dr. Jim D. Rollins for Special Services Superintendent of Schools Any person having inquiries concerning compliance with Dr. Allen Williams Title VI (Race), Title IX (Gender), or Section 504 (Disability) Assisant Superintendent is directed to contact the above-named Coordinator. for Business Affairs 2009-2010 Springdale School District 2 Arkansas Middle-Level Assistant Principal of the Year Mrs. Stephanie McConnell of Tyson Middle School was named by her peers to represent them as the state’s Middle-Level Assistant Principal of the Year for the 2009–2010 term. The announcement of the selection of Mrs. McConnell for that recognition and the presentation of a plaque to commemorate that honor were conducted by Mr. Doug Ask, Director of Professional Development for the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, during an assembly at Tyson held on March 19, 2010. Principal Susan Buchanan praises Mrs. McConnell’s professionalism, initiative, caring nature, and outstanding service to the district, commenting that, "Stephanie’s leadership skills extend beyond the walls of Helen Tyson Middle School and to the community as well." Mrs. Stephanie McConnell Tyson Middle School Arkansas Elementary School Assistant Principal of the Year 2010 Springdale Mrs. Tonya Woods of Smith Elementary School was recognized Teacher of the Year as the Arkansas Elementary School Assistant Principal of the Year for 2010. A plaque commemorating that recognition by her Ms. Kathy Prophet, a science instructor at Hellstern Middle peers was presented to Mrs. Woods by Mr. Doug Ask, Director School, represented her peers as the 2010 Springdale Teacher of of Professional Development for the Arkansas Association of the Year. Ms. Prophet was selected by the Arkansas Department Educational Administrators, during a surprise assembly at her of Education as one of four regional finalists for the 2010 school. Arkansas Teacher of the Year recognition. She and the other finalists were honored in a ceremony conducted on November 6, Superintendent 2009, at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. Jim Rollins comments that, Ms. Prophet has been an active member and officer in both the "Tonya Woods Arkansas Science Teachers’ Association and the National Science is a phenomenal & Technology Association. She serves on the Teacher Advisory member of our Committee for the Arkansas Discovery Museum Network district team. She and has served on the Northwest Arkansas Science Museum always makes Committee. In 2000 she was presented a Presidential Award for students the Excellence in Math & Science Teaching in Secondary Education, priority." and she is a district director for the Association of Presidential Awardees in Science. Ms. Prophet has applied for and obtained lucrative grants to support educational programs, including a $100,000.00 grant from Best Buy for technology for her school. Tonya Woods Kathy Prophet Smith Elementary Hellstern Middle School School 3 Springdale School District 2009-2010 Childress Named "Master Principal" Arkansas Secondary Principal Maribel Childress of Monitor Elementary School was named a "Master Principal" Assistant Principal of by the Arkansas Leadership Academy Master Principal Institute. The Leadership Academy is described as "a collaborative partnership which includes nine state professional the Year organizations" and has additional partners that include universities, educational Mr. Peter Joenks of Springdale High School cooperatives, governmental agencies, businesses and industries, etc. Operating out of was selected by his peers to serve as the the University of Arkansas, the Leadership Arkansas Secondary Assistant Principal of Academy conducts a rigorous three-phase the Year for the 2009–2010 term. As a state program of professional development for winner, Mr. Joenks was honored during a educators, a process that spans years. luncheon held in Washington, D.C., in April 2010 during the annual conference of the Authorized by Act 44 of the Second National Association of Secondary School Extraordinary Session of the 2003 Arkansas Principals (NASSP). General Assembly, the Arkansas Leadership Academy Master Principal Institute begins with Phase I, which is "open to all school principals with at least one year of experience and who have support and permission from their superintendents to participate." Participants "meet during the year in four multiday sessions for intense study while applying the learning from those sessions in their schools throughout the year." Admission to participate in Phase II "requires submission of a portfolio documenting the application of the lessons learned from the first phase and the results of that work to improve student and adult learning in the school." To advance to Phase III of the program, principals "must complete a rigorous application process that includes evidence of their impact on education at the district, state, and regional levels. These portfolios are evaluated by stakeholders in education from Arkansas as well as from out of state." Finally, "After successful completion of all three phases, principals may choose to participate in a