Izard County STEM School

There have been some changes to this Saturday's Mighty Mite Football schedule... there will be four games played at Highland. Game 1 is set to begin at 9:00 AM. The games will be played in the following order:

Game 1: 3rd/4th IC vs Highland
Game 2: 3rd/4th Cave City vs Highland
Game 3: 5th/6th Cave City vs Highland
Game 4: 5th/6th IC vs Highland

⚽️ Soccer Coach Maison Hudgeons meets with prospective soccer players for our first season, coming in the spring! Go Cougars! ⚽️

Congratulations to Maggie Blackburn, Jayda Sanders, and Xander Lock for passing the Microsoft PowerPoint Certification test earlier this week! The learned the skills needed to prepare for this test while taking Introduction to Business class.

Izard County STEM Middle School has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school where students are Beating the Odds by demonstrating high growth on the ATLAS, despite facing economic challenges outside of school! The OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards where they recognize schools with high student academic growth. OEP believes growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that a school is having on students. Congrats to our middle school students and teachers for earning the High ELA Growth (Northeast region) award!

Exciting News! 🎉 Our district has been awarded the DESE CTE Innovation Grant for $38,590! This funding will be used to modernize and enhance our computer science courses through the project titled “Code to Career: Modernizing Computer Science Education Through Hands-On Technology.” A special thank-you goes to Maison Hudgeons, our Computer Science teacher, for writing the grant, and to Keri McCarn for her help finalizing the details and submitting the application. Their hard work and dedication are helping us expand opportunities for our students and prepare them for future careers in technology! 💻✨

Thank you to Luke Francois from Solution Tree for leading today's Professional Development. IC STEM teachers are working hard in their PLC groups, and we know our students will benefit tremendously from our Professional Learning Communities!

Come to the Cougar Den at 7:00 to catch our Lady Cougars in the first round of the District Tournament tonight!

We are hosting the 2A-2 District Volleyball Tournament at the Cougar Den this week beginning tomorrow... the Lady Cougars will play tomorrow at 7:00. Make plans to be there and help them advance to the next round!

Let's go, Lady Cougars!

Senior High Cougar Choir members spent their Saturday auditioning for the All Region Choir! Congratulations to Senior, Mya Rayoum for being selected to the All Region Mixed Chorus and has qualified to audition for the Arkansas All State Choir in February! Also, congratulations to Sophomores, Naomi and Destiny Wisecarver for being selected to the All Region Treble Chorus!!!

Yesterday, FBLA members had the opportunity to attend the District VI Fall Leadership Conference at ASU-Mountain Home. Additional photos can be viewed at facebook.com/ICC.Mrs.Jackson.

Save the dates for our Christmas Concerts!!!

Tomorrow is DYNAMIC DUO day, and we can't wait to see what our Cougars have in store for us!

Stay tuned for pictures from Class Colors Day!
#Hoco2025

Reminder: If you would like your student to participate in the optional flu clinic on Wednesday, October 8, please be sure to return the completed paperwork. Need another copy? No problem! We will have some available during Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday.

REMINDER! There is no after-school program on Tuesday and Friday of this week!

Today, we celebrate the heart of education — our teachers. To the ones who inspire curiosity, ignite passion, and shape futures — thank you! Your patience, wisdom, and dedication make the world a better place, one lesson at a time. 🌍✏️

Be sure to stop by the Fine Arts Gym at the Middle/High School campus during Parent-Teacher Conferences for our Annual STEM Fair! 🚀🔬

We’ll have many of our amazing community partners there, and they’d love to visit with you and share what they’re working on.

📅 Tuesday, October 7
🕑 2:00 – 6:00 PM

Come support our students and celebrate STEM in Cougar Nation! 🐾

Congratulations to Isabella Chute and Andrew Stapleton for earning the Microsoft PowerPoint Certification on Friday! Along with preparing for this test, they are learning skills in Introduction to Business class that help them in other classes and prepares them for success in their future careers.