Wednesday, May 27, 2015

WJHS Teachers Receive 21C (1:1) Grants

The Bentonville Public Schools 21C Grant program provides a classroom set of laptops to teachers that receive the grants.

This year, 115 applications were submitted and the selection process was tougher than ever.

WJHS was the recipient of five grants this year (3 individual grants and 2 team grants)!

The transformation of our building over the past couple of years has been greatly enhanced by these grants.

We appreciate the Bentonville Public Schools Foundation, the Bentonville School Board, and the Bentonville School District Administration for their continued support of the 21C grant program.

We especially thank our Superintendent Mr. Poore, Executive Director of Finance Dr. Ming, Executive Director of Secondary Instruction Judy Marquess, and our Technology Director, Andy Mayes for their efforts to ensure that this program not only continues, but thrives.

Our recipients this year were:


Brittani Durr


Deb Hight


Ashley Jones


Ana Konyk



Jody Newton


Erin Valentine


Kim Woods


Brittani Durr and Kim Woods Receive Their Grant


Our Entire Group of Recipients


WJHS is blessed to have a staff that is dedicated to providing our students with the most engaging, relevant, and meaningful education possible. 

Congratulations to all of our 21C grant winners!


Monday, May 18, 2015

Thanks to an Amazing PTO Board

The 2014-15 WJHS PTO Board met for the final time on May 11th and were honored with hanging plant baskets.


From left:  Marcie Bayless- Co-President; Misty Tadda- Vice President, Jeannette Latham- Co-President, Wendy Staten- Treasurer, and Shannon Estes- Secretary.

We love our PTO and these Board members helped make the year even better.

PTO Board, thanks for your service!

Monday, May 4, 2015

A Principal Looks at 50

Our Principal, Mr. Sparacino arrived this morning to find his office door decorated like..


....as he walked into his office, he saw...



Signs like this were plastered everywhere...


...thanks to the office staff, breakfast was served...


...and there was this serenade...