Barton Junior High School

Thank you to the parents in the morning drop off line that have persevered through the new morning procedures. I still need everyone's help making sure students are dropped off on the school side to avoid dangerous situations with students crossing the street in the morning.

At this time of the year, we ask that parents/guardians please visit with your child about appropriate behavior. The glimpses of spring weather have our students a little excited! We want our students to finish the year strong! Please help us by reminding your child to follow The Wildkitten Way by being Responsible and Respectful.

Spring Break will be here before we know it. That will be a time when our students will get a much needed break to get refueled to finish the year. It will be a busy spring! We will STAR test again when we return from spring break and Kittens Conferences will be on April 6, with no school that Thursday or Friday (Apr 6-7). Over the next few weeks parents will receive appointment cards from teachers with a time to meet about next year's schedule. Please make every effort to attend!

Barton staff appreciates our parents for your support of our school!

Students from the region competed to qualify for NASP State Tournament. Barton's archery team won 1st place for the region and is competing for the state title on March 3rd. Good luck Barton Archery Team!

Lockheed Martin has partnered with the El Dorado School District through a $5000 grant to the Robotics department. Aaron Huckaby is the Camden site director and he stated he knows the value in supporting STEM programs in schools. Thank you Lockheed Martin for you contribution to our students growth in our STEM programs at Barton.

We are so proud of our Competition Robotics Teams!! 8th grade team won 1st place teamwork alliance and Judges Award!! 7th grade team won 1st place skills challenge!! Way to go!!!n

They are headed to STATE on March 8th!

March 3rd: State Archery Tournament in Hot Springs

March 8th: State Robotics Competition

March 8th-15th: Teachers will call to make Kitten's Conference appointments

March 12th: Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward!)

March 14th: SAU Upward Bound visit

March 17th: Early Dismissal at 2:25

March 20th-24th: Spring Break (All campuses are closed)

March 29th: GT Day

March 31st: End of 3rd Quarter

Congrats to Olivia Reeves! She is Barton’s Tech Hero this month!

“Ms. Reeves always incorporates technology into her lessons in order to provide interactive activities for students. This keeps her students engaged and actively learning!”

Parent Night was a great success! Thank you to all that came to participate in a great night of resources from our community.

Culinary Chef Lillian Ellen from South Ark came to talk and demonstrate how to make a Healthy Snack in Coach Kersh's health class. Students enjoyed trying the snack with included mango and pineapples.

We have 20 books still available to purchase!

Our 2nd period advanced orchestra worked with Dr. Douglas Bakenhus from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA on Wednesday of this week to help us prepare for our upcoming performance on Tuesday, March 7th and Region Concert Assessment on March 14th and 15th. This was made possible through our EDEF grant "Magnifying the Orchestra Experience".