Izard County STEM School

❄️📚 We hope you had a wonderful winter break! We look forward to welcoming everyone back and kicking off a great start to the new semester on Monday, January 5.

The 78th annual NEA tournament wrapped up yesterday in Jonesboro, and we're very proud to announce that we had two Cougars selected to the all-tournament teams. We're so proud of you, Olivia and Benaiah Spray!

#CougarNation

It’s National School Board Appreciation Month! Thank you to our school board members for your dedication, leadership, and service to our schools and students. We appreciate you!

🎉✨ Happy New Year from all of us at IC STEM School! We wish our students, families, staff, and community a safe, joyful, and successful year ahead.

Merry Christmas to all of Cougar Nation! Thank you for being such an important part of our community! 🎄❤️

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! School resumes on January 5, 2026.

We look forward to having our Kindergarten-4th grade Christmas music program on Thursday @ 6:30 in the Fine Arts Building.

We slow down just a bit this week... but we've got two great opportunities to support our Cougars at home!

Have a great week, Cougar Nation!

Semester tests are fast approaching! 7-12th grade students will have a review day on Wednesday, followed by tests in the afternoon classes on Thursday and morning clases on Friday.

Make plans to join us for both concerts this week! 5-12th grade choir students will perform on Monday, Dec 15. Then on Thursday, Dec 18, we will have the Kindergarten-4th grade concert. Both events will begin at 6:30 PM in the IC Fine Arts Building at the middle/high school campus.

Reminder that we will not have the After School Program this week!

Congrats to Maggie Blackburn, Samantha Treadway, and Riley Rucker for becoming certified in Microsoft Word!

PLAN AHEAD: There will be no After-School Program December 15-19!

At the close of the November 20 poultry judging competition in Louisville, the IC team knew they were in the Top 24. The final results are now in and these girls have finished 15th in the nation! Congratulations to Kennedy, Makaelynn, Teagan, and Delilah!

Congratulations to Payson Speake for winning 1st place in Discussion meet LDE and Whitley Smith for placing 3rd in the Job Interview LDE at the Sub-Area Contest today at Ozarka College in Melbourne. These FFA members will both advance to the District Contest in the spring. We are also proud of Bobby Tate, Addie Tanner, Maddie Tanner, Corbin Smith, Akynna Nielsen and Gage Nielsen who also competed in the Sub-Area LDE contests today. Great job everyone!

Bowling season begins today! The Cougar Bowlers are headed to Jonesboro for a match against the Blazers of Valley View.

Good luck today, Cougars!

#CougarPride

The Cougars take 3 of 4 road wins from the Marshall Bobcats! 🐾🏀

A strong night on the road for our teams — great energy and great effort. Proud of our Cougars! 🐾🏀

The Junior Girls pulled out a tight 28–26 win, led by Jacee Morehead with 10 points, followed by Kacee Morehead with 8, Torri Douglas with 5, Londyn Behrndt with 3, and Chesney Helm with 2.

The Senior Girls earned a strong 54–44 victory behind a big night from Hadleigh Herron with 20 points. Liv Spray added 12, Kallie Skidmore scored 11, Willa Everett put in 8, and Reese Johnson added 3.

The Senior Boys dominated 59–37 with Sabastion Robbins scoring 15, Kade Yancey 14, Benaiah Spray 12, Caden Wiseman 6, Garrett Dillard and Kyler Brashear 5 each, and Keylon Gross 2.

The Junior Boys came up short but saw big performances from Brody Cottrell and Kane Johnson, who each finished with 12 points.

Due to the threat of inclement weather this afternoon, there will be NO After School Program (Monday, December 1).

Have a safe afternoon, Cougars!

Join us Monday night @ 6:30 for the 7-12th grade band concert! This event is free of admission and sure to be a wonderful time for the whole family 🎄🎵🎸🎹