Dragon Weekly

July 17, 2022

Let's Get Ready to Return to School!

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.

2022-2023 School Calendar

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

Communications

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.

State Required Information Page

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.

State Required Information Page

Downloading the District App

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.

Email Etiquette

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.

Open for Business

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.

School Supplies Lists

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.

Registering Your Student Athlete on DragonFly by August 1

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.

Registering Your Athlete on DragonFly

Parents - To expedite the process and to make sure your athlete is not left out of participating in their sport, we encourage that the DragonFly registration be completed on or before August 1.

Parents' Guide to DragonFly

Little League Football or Cheerleading

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.

Registration Form for Little League Football or Cheer

Contact Angie Dennis with questions: angie.dennis@mountainburg.org

Scholarship for 2022-2023

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.

ACF Scholarship for High School Studentts

Employment Opportunities at Mountainburg Schools for the 22-23 School Year

To Apply

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.

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Keep Up with Mountainburg Schools

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: