Dragon Weekly

In this edition of the Dragon Weekly:

• 2022-2023 School Calendar
• Communications
• Downloading the DragonsLink App
  
• State Required Information Page
• Email Etiquette for Students
• When campus offices will be open.
• School supplies lists for each campus/grade level.
• Back to School Bash sponsored by Living Waters PCG
• Student Support Services
  
• Registering your athlete (7th - 12th grade) on DragonFly
• Register your little Dragon athlete for football or cheerleading.
  
• Open positions at Mountainburg School.

You should be able to click on any image in the Dragon Weekly and save it to your device or screenshot it so you will have the information readily available.

With each weekly edition, more information will be included as we get closer to August 15.

The calendar is also available on the school website under District.

Mountainburg Public Schools utilizes many available avenues to communicate with employees, students, parents, and patrons of the district.

• The Dragon Weekly
• The District Website: www.mountainburg.org
• State Required Information page
• The DragonsLink App
• Facebook page
• LiveFeed and the News section on the Website
• Text Messages to parents
• Emails to students
• Emails to parents

We encourage you to become familiar with the district website and download the district app to your phone.

Every public school district in the state of Arkansas is required to have a State Required Information page on their district website. Districts are to provide the page for the current school year plus the two previous years. A link to this page for the Mountainburg School District is found at the bottom of the website. A link to the page is available below.

The 2022-2023 page is being developed; however, the previous two years are available.

The graphic below shows what to search for and the icon that goes with the DragonsLink app. This is a quick and easy way to access information.

Often times, a student may need to email a principal or teacher. Below is a simple graphic with 5 steps for proper email etiquette for students.

They need to be reminded that they are not texting a friend and there is a proper way for which to prepare an email. This can be beneficial in college and the workplace.

The campus offices will be open Monday, July 18. The secretaries will be available to answer questions and enroll new students. The counselors will also be available.

If your student is new to the district, we encourage you to contact the appropriate campus office to get them enrolled as soon as possible.

Angie Dennis, District Special Education Supervisor, and Amber Butler, Admin. Assistant and Student Support, will be overseeing various student support services such as ELL, homelessness, therapy, etc.

Below are some graphics about Arkansas Child Find.

If you need more information or have questions, please email Mrs Dennis: angie.dennis@mountainburg.org.

Below are the instrutions to register your student on DragonFly.

To expedite the process and to ensure your student athlete gets to participate in their sport when practice begins, we encourage parents to have the registration complete on or before Monday, August 1.

It is time to start thinking about getting your little Dragons involved in little league football or little league cheerleading. If your child is interested, please complete the Google form below.

Mountainburg Little League football and cheer are open to students in 2nd - 6th grades.

The American College Foundation offers a scholarship to grades 9th-12th. The application opens on September 1 and closes on November 15.

The link below will take you to the website to learn more about this scholarship.

For applications visit https://www.mountainburg.org/

Applications are available on the APPLICATIONS PAGE. Please save this application and then email it, along with the other supporting documents to: hrapplications@mountainburg.org

If email is not available, please send all documents to: Superintendent – Mountainburg Public Schools 129 Hwy 71 SW Mountainburg, AR 72946

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER—The Mountainburg School District does not discriminate in employment and education practices relative to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or disability.

Download the DragonsLink App through your app store.

The Mountainburg Board of Education meets the 3rd Monday of each month, 5:45 PM, downstairs in the Mountainburg Administration Building. If a meeting has to be re-scheduled or if a special meeting is needed, a post will be made on Facebook and the LiveFeed on the district website.

Meeting Dates:

• July 18, 2022
• August 15
• September 19
• October 17
• November 21
• December 19
• January 16, 2023
• February 20
• March 20
• April 17
• May 15
• June 19

Email: communications@mountainburg.org
Website: www.mountainburg.org
Location: 129 U.S. 71, Mountainburg, AR, USA
Phone: (479) 369-2121
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mountainburgps
Twitter: @MountainburgSD