Izard County STEM School

🎉🐾 Halftime Surprise! 🐾🎉

This Friday night at Cougar Stadium, we’ve got something extra special planned at halftime!

Our K–2 Cougarette Cheerleaders will be hitting the field for their very first performance of the season. 🙌💖 These tiny Cougar Cheerleaders have been working hard, and we cannot wait to see them shine under the Friday night lights! ✨

Come cheer them on and show these little ones how big Cougar Nation pride can be! 🖤🤍

#CougarNation #CougarPride

🌟 Cougar Pride Spotlight! 🌟 A huge shout-out to our amazing 5th & 6th grade helpers at STEM Night! 🙌 These four students went above and beyond—not only setting up their project, but also guiding guests through hands-on fun by using iPads to control Spheros. Their leadership, teamwork, and willingness to serve made the night a success for everyone who stopped by. 💡💻⚡ We are so proud of these students and the example they set for others. They definitely earned their choice snack rewards! 🍫🥤 Way to go, Cougars! 🐾💙

Clark Sanders will be at school on Wednesday, September 10, to take pictures for senior sports banners. Senior athletes without a full-day schedule should make arrangements to be at school on time for pictures. There will not be a make-up day!

🐾🏈🏐⛳️ It’s a big week for Cougar Sports! ⛳️🏐🏈🐾

We’ve got plenty of HOME action lined up, and we want to see Cougar Nation show up loud and proud. 💪

Come out, support our kids and coaches, and help us pack the stands with Cougar Pride all week long!

#CougarNation #CougarPride

📢 Don’t forget, Cougar Nation… STEM Night is TOMORROW! 🌊🐠
Join us for Underwater STEM Adventures from 5:00–7:00 PM at Izard County STEM Elementary School.

Bring the whole family for hands-on activities, creativity, and discovery—you won’t want to miss this free community event!

#STEMNight #CougarPride #UnderwaterAdventures

Thank you to representatives from UACCB for speaking to students about degree programs, transfer degrees and other college-readiness information!

There will be no After-School Program on Monday, September 8 so that all of our district families can attend STEM night at Izard County Elementary!

Today was a good day! We went on our FFA Industry Tour to the Fred Berry Nature Center. Students participated in stream ecology where they collected specimens in the water to identify and then determined the health of the creek based on what they found. They were exposed to a few wildlife related careers. Students got to try their hands at archery and topped off the day by fishing and identifying the species they caught 🎣

📋🏀 Intramural Basketball Reminder!

Forms for Grades 1–6 were due today. If you forgot to send in your child’s form, no worries—you can still get them signed up!

➡️ Call the Elementary Office at 322-7229
➡️ Call the Middle School Office at 258-3142

Don’t miss out—get your Cougar signed up today! 🐾

🌊 Dive into STEM with IC STEM!

Join us Monday, September 8, 2025, from 5–7 PM at the ICC Elementary Campus for our underwater-themed STEM Night. Bring the whole family for hands-on stations (PK–12), student showcases, and Cougar-worthy fun. Community welcome!

#ICSTEM #CougarPride #DiveIntoSTEM #STEMNight #ArkansasSTEM

This week in sports brings the first cross country meet and the first regular scheduled Mighty Mite football games!

Please note that Thursday's volleyball games against Cotter has been moved TO Cotter... the originally schedule away game on September 30 will now be played at home.

Come out to the Cougar Den tomorrow night for the first home volleyball games of the season!
Go Cougars!

🐾 🌟 Our 5th and 6th graders have been busy this week sharpening their TAG and summary skills—and they made it look fun! 🌟 Working in teams, they practiced the super-important 21st century skills of collaboration and communication while racing to put summaries in the right order. 🧩💬 It was awesome to see how hard they worked and how much they enjoyed the challenge! Next week we’ll be taking it a step further and writing our very first introductory paragraphs. 📝 To help get ready, try practicing summaries at home using the Somebody… Wanted… But… So… Then… method. 👉 Don’t know what that is? Just ask your 5th or 6th grader—they’ll be proud to teach you! 💡 ‼️🔔Be sure to join the IC STEM 5th and 6th grade Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Lx2W34bNt/?mibextid=wwXIfr for more pictures and a video of the 6th graders in action!

Have a great weekend, Cougars! We will see you on Tuesday ❤️🤍💙

Congrats to Mr. Zane, Mrs. Hatman and Mrs. Faulkner!

Please note that there have been some time changes to the Junior High Cougars' football schedule!

Help us congratulate sophomore Trenton Gilbreath who earned Medalist honors at yesterday's match! Way to represent #CougarNation, Trenton... we're proud of you!

#CougarPride

Seniors collaboratively worked together to write a thesis statement. Each started with three descriptive words and eventually narrowed them down to determine that a hero should be courageous, wise, and selfless.

English 10 classes held a campaign to determine who was greatest villain of all time. They brainstormed names, narrowed them down to one per group, wrote a speech, and persuaded their peers to vote for their candidate. Who do you think is the greatest villain of all time?

📣🐾 Cougar Nation – it’s a BIG week for Cougar Athletics! 🐾📣

⛳ Our Golfing Cougars keep their season rolling with matches at Turkey Mountain and Cherokee Village's South Course.
🏐 Volleyball officially kicks off with a season opener at Viola, followed by two conference matches to finish out the week.
🏈 And the wait is over... the first official football games of the season are set for Thursday and Friday nights!

It’s time to pack the stands, cheer loud, and show that Cougar Pride all week long! 💪

#CougarNation #CougarPride #GameWeek

🎉 Meet Our Odyssey of the Mind Coaches! 🎉

We’re so excited to welcome Mesa McAnally and Kish Pool as our Odyssey of the Mind coaches this year! 🙌

They’ll be leading our students on a fun and creative adventure full of problem-solving, teamwork, and big ideas 💡✨. With their guidance, we know our teams are going to dream big, think outside the box, and have an awesome time along the way!

Help us give Mesa and Kish a big cheer as they kick off this journey with our kids! 🚀👏