Scholarly Beat
April 2026
Four Houses; ONE FAMILY!
Sonora Elementary Mission and Vision
Mission
Sonora Elementary’s mission is to provide a safe community where high levels of learning are ensured for ALL.
Vision
The vision of Sonora Elementary School is to provide a future of opportunities in a rapidly changing world through an inclusive environment that: ensures children learn essential standards, encourages ALL to persevere when faced with challenges, and empowers students through choice and voice. To live this reality we believe that the most promising strategy is to develop our capacity to be a professional learning community. We envision a school in which staff:
Unite to achieve a common purpose.
Work interdependently in collaborative teams.
Demonstrate a personal commitment to the academic success and general well-being of each student.
New podcast just dropped! 🎤
Check out the most recent podcasts by our Scholars! #podcastingisliteracy
Mic Drop Madness, this is this year's version of the Owl Hour podcast! It will include local news and info and interviews with staff.
About Listen Read, Love Listen, read, love is a podcast that review books and makes you want to read them. Our goal for listen read love is to get more and more people to read.
Sports Gameday, a sport update podcast.
Parent Information!
Kindergarten Registration 2026-2027
To start your online registration scan the QR on the flyer or go to the link below. All documents will need to be uploaded to complete the registration.
Contact the office for any questions.
ATLAS testing
ATLAS testing will be happening throughout April. Please make sure your child arrives at school on time and gets a good night's sleep the night before. Thanks for your support!
Picture Days
Wagner Portrait Group will be here for picture days!
Check out dates below.
Please make sure your student arrives on time so they can get their pictures taken. Since it's a Wednesday, we want to ensure no one misses out. Just a heads-up, no retake dates have been scheduled.
25-26 Car Tags
25-26 car tags will be green.
School Lunch Menus
To locate the school menus:
- Go to sdale.org
- Hover over 'Parents and Students'
- Click on 'Food & Nutrition'
- Click on Menus.
-OR-
Academic Calendar
Please review the academic calendar to identify available times for family vacations. There are no longer virtual options unless in rare circumstances. We want to make sure our students are at school for grade level instruction.
Upcoming Dates
April
- 3rd 2nd Grade Fieldtrip
- 6th & 7th 5th Grade Field Trip
- 6th - 10th is National Assistant Principal Week
- 7th Honor Choir Fieldtrip
- 15th Individual and Group Picture Day
- 22nd Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
- 24th Hoot 'n Holler
- 24th Choir Performance @ Arvest Ballpark 6pm - 7pm
- 25th SLA Tulsa Zoo Fieldtrip
Sonora Elementary School
Sonora Elementary’s mission is to provide a safe community where high levels of learning are ensured for ALL.
Email: rstewman@sdale.org
Website: https://sonora.sdale.org/o/sonora-elementary
Location: 20200 Sonora Road, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: (479)750-8820
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sonorascholars
Twitter: @SonoraScholar Instagram: @SonoraScholars