🌊 Celebrating Source Water Protection Week! Students from Maumelle and Robinson High Schools' AP Environmental Science classes got hands-on with science at Lake Maumelle—Central Arkansas’s primary drinking water source! 💧
🚰 With guidance from Central Arkansas Water’s watershed management team, students waded into the Maumelle River, collecting fish 🐟 and macroinvertebrates 🪲 using seines and kick-nets. CAW staff helped identify the specimens 🔍 and explained their ecological significance 🌱.
✨ A powerful reminder of how education 📚 and environmental stewardship 🌍 go hand in hand!
#SourceWaterProtection #LakeMaumelle #EnvironmentalScience #cleanwatermatters #centralarkansaswater
👨⚖️ Nearly 100 students from every PCSSD high school took an oath this morning to serve in Teen Court! 👩⚖️
⚖️ Teen Court empowers students to act as judges, jurors, and advocates, using restorative justice to help their peers learn from mistakes and make better choices.
🏫 PCSSD is proud to be the only district in Arkansas with a school-based Teen Court model, where students earn class credit while gaining real-world experience in justice and leadership.
📊 Studies show that teens who participate in Teen Court are less likely to reoffend compared to those in the traditional court system—proof that student leadership makes a difference! #PCSSDproud #TeenCourt #ServeAll
🍂 We are in the middle of Homecoming season! 🏈 Maumelle High School's Varsity Football Team will host Jacksonville on October 17 at 7:00 PM.
👑 This is your 2025 Homecoming Court: ✨
📸 Pictured from left to right ➡️ Ryleigh McIntosh, Macy Clark, Avery Culp, Brooklyn Sawyer, Sania Sheppard, Hallie Cook, Madison Rainey, Reihanna Chatmon, Sasha Boyd, Kendyl Forte, Israel Springs, Kendyl Walker, and Leilah Jackson.
Not pictured are Jayden Rudd and Lexi Morton.
🎉 Homecoming is more than a game—it’s a celebration of our Hornet family! From the field to the stands, let’s make it unforgettable! 🐝
⏰ Tomorrow, remember to wear your college or career shirt to show what your future could hold or where in your past shaped you. 👕🎓
Don’t forget to show your AVID pride by rocking your college and career shirts tomorrow! At Daisy Bates Elementary, Tigers took AVID to the next level with their annual Rock Your School Week. 🐯
Teachers flipped their classrooms into real-world career spaces — from doctors’ offices 🩺 to other exciting professions — giving scholars a chance to explore college and career pathways in hands-on, creative ways. 🎓
This event and AVID are all about helping our scholars DREAM BIG, set goals, and see their future selves in action. A huge shoutout to our teachers for making learning an adventure every single day! 📚
#AVIDWednesday #PCSSDproud #ServeAll
💭 What does AVID allow you to do?
👕 Don’t forget to wear your AVID shirt tomorrow to show where you’re going or where you’ve been because of Advancement Via Individual Determination. #AVID #CollegeAndCareerReady #PCSSDproud
💭 What does AVID allow you to do?
👕 Don’t forget to wear your AVID shirt tomorrow to show where you’re going or where you’ve been because of Advancement Via Individual Determination. #AVID #CollegeAndCareerReady #PCSSDproud
REMINDER! 🎓 PCSSD puts AVID in Action ✨. At College Station Elementary, teachers brought college to our classrooms — sharing campus stories, degree opportunities, and real advice from their alma maters 🏫. Tomorrow, join the fun: wear a college or career shirt to school. 👕 #PCSSDproud #ServeAll #AVID #CollegeReady
Check out this video Sylvan Hills Middle School did on AVID Day last week. 🎥➡️ https://youtu.be/GQvNB4ABA2Q
Here’s how you can join the fun:
🎓 Rock your favorite college tee
💼 Suit up in your dream-career shirt
📸 Pose for a pic and tag us #PCSSDproud #ServeAll
🎂 At least 18 years old
🏠 An Arkansas citizen
🪪 Present a state-issued ID
and opportunity. Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde honored PCSSD by declaring September 12, 2025, as “AVID Day” in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Read more about it here: https://www.pcssd.org/article/2414479 #PCSSDproud #ServeAll #myAVIDwhy #AVIDDay
We are proud to celebrate Chef Appreciation Week, a time to honor the chefs who bring passion, creativity, and care to every meal they prepare for our students. At PCSSD, we have a pair of chefs who transform food into celebration, comfort, connection, and community – Chartwells' Executive Chef King Joseph and Chef Sarah Montgomery, who prepare meals in our cafés & caterings for district staff; help train our kitchen staffs; conduct in-café programs with our students; and so much more. Thank you, Chef King & Chef Sarah, for all you do for the students of PCSSD!
Tomorrow, PCSSD students and staff—let’s turn the hallways into a runway of college and career readiness! Every shirt you wear tells your story of where you've been or where you want to be.
🎓 Rock your favorite college tee
💼 Suit up in your dream-job attire
📸 Snap a pic & tag us
What is AVID?
PCSSD is implementing AVID in every grade level at all elementary, middle and high schools across the district. Our AVID teams are eagerly promoting this system which increases student engagement, promotes classroom collaboration and activates deeper levels of learning in their classrooms with practical, immediately useful tools and instructional strategies. Teachers who participate in AVID professional learning begin to shift their beliefs about teaching and learning, allowing them to cultivate a growth mindset both for themselves and their students.
AVID Mission Statement
AVID’s mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society.
AVID for Elementary Schools
Putting future leaders on an early path to success in school
AVID Elementary engages young learners and provides them with the critical skills to become confident, independent thinkers who have a thirst for learning. Teachers use AVID strategies to provide students with:
Proven ways to succeed in school
Writing to learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading to learn
Note-taking and time management skills
Best ways to work together inside and outside of the classroom
AVID for Secondary Schools
Moving future leaders toward college success and beyond
AVID’s teaching strategies and curriculum build positive teacher-student relationships to ensure student success schoolwide. AVID Elective students:
Proven ways to succeed in school
Enroll in advanced courses (AP®)
Receive academic instruction and tutorial support
Strengthen their writing skills
Improve study and organization skills
Gain “college knowledge”
Visit colleges and explore careers
The AVID Advantage
Reduces variation in classroom instruction.
Leverages grit and determination of students.
Emphasizes rigorous coursework, relevance of instruction and relationships.
Raises expectations of educators, students and their families.
Re-energizes the staff on campus and in the district.
🚀 Our incredible volunteers gave over 10,000 hours of their time to students last school year, and they’re ready to level up for 2025-2026!
📚 Today, ladies from the UAPB Alumni Association kicked off a monthly Book Club with our third graders at College Station and Harris Elementaries. Kids also had a friend scavenger hunt where they had to get signatures from the other school's scholars.
💖 Want in on the fun? Become a PCSSD volunteer and help spark young minds. Sign up here: https://securevolunteer.com/Pulaski-County-Special-School-District/home
🔒 Safety first: Anyone who wishes to volunteer at a PCSSD school must first complete a volunteer application. This includes a background check conducted online at no cost to the volunteer.
#PCSSDproud #ServeAll #CSESonFire #PantherProud #BetterTogether
Not sure what to wear tomorrow? Pick a college or career shirt to join in on AVID Wednesday! What is AVID? AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. AVID’s mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society. #PCSSDproud #ServeAll
👕 Rock your dream school tee
🩺 Don your future-career shirt
📸 Strike a pose & tag us in your pic
