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BAND BOOSTERS TO HOLD MEETING The Magnolia Band boosters will be hosting an interest meeting on Monday, May 3 at 6 PM in the MHS Band Hall. All parents of band students are encouraged to attend. The support that our boosters provide is absolutely critical to the success of the band program. Whether your child is just starting band, or is getting ready to graduate, we would love to involve you! If you are unable to attend, use the zoom link below to participate in the meeting virtually. > > Chris Sanders is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74958788499?pwd=WW5WY3FNdGYyUVg4Y1QvclR3Q2gzQT09 > > Meeting ID: 749 5878 8499 > Passcode: panthers > > Band booster meeting > Monday, May 3rd > Magnolia High School Band Hall”

The final student entrepreneur video for Magnolia READS comes from Maggie McDonald, a sophomore at Magnolia High School. Maggie shares her journey to becoming the owner of M² Genetics and Testing. Click the link below to hear Maggie’s story of becoming a business owner at the age of fifteen. https://youtu.be/08mADMPXGuU

The Magnolia School District appreciates Farmers Bank and Trust for being a partner for the second year in the Magnolia READS project. Jason Ray, a 1997 graduate of Magnolia High School and Vice President of Commercial Lending at Farmers Bank and Trust, shares his thoughts on the importance of Magnolia READS and students learning financial literacy at a young age. Click the link below to watch Jason’s video. https://youtu.be/VW7q1GLIA10

The Magnolia School District appreciates Marsha Masters, the Associate Director of Economics Arkansas, for sending a video sharing her thoughts on the Magnolia READS financial literacy project. Economics Arkansas is one of the sponsors of Magnolia READS. Click below to hear Marsha Masters. https://youtu.be/2Jda5LCiIEM

Reminder for Central Parents! The last Parent/Teacher Conference of the year is scheduled for April 29, 2021, from 3:30 to 6:30. These conferences are once again being held virtually. Conference information was sent home last week. If you did not receive information, and would like to schedule a conference time, please contact your child's teacher!

Tristan Malone, a senior at Magnolia High School, opened his business, Sub-Zero New Orleans Style Shaved Ice, at the end of his freshman year. Using the advice provided from his business-owner dad, and the skills he learned in his eighth grade Career Development class, Tristan set out to be a business owner at the age of fifteen. In his video, Tristan shares what he has learned on his path to being an entrepreneur. Click the link below to hear Tristan’s story. https://youtu.be/9a71qLm1pI4

Panther Plaza, Magnolia High School’s Panther merchandise store, opened in October 2018. In today’s Magnolia READS video, MHS teacher, Wendy Love, and students in her Marketing and Small Business Operations classes share the history behind Panther Plaza, the hands-on knowledge, experience, and certification gained by being a student working in the store, and the daily process of maintaining a successful business. Click the link below to hear about Panther Plaza’s journey to being a campus business. https://youtu.be/lImChyXQdEY

The next video in the Magnolia READS series comes from Randy Reed, a 1976 graduate of Magnolia High School. Randy, the owner of R.L. Reed Funeral Home, shares the career experiences that led him to becoming a business owner in 2016 after working in the funeral home business for thirty-six years. Click the link below to watch Randy’s video. https://youtu.be/0cBtbGRCtcY

It's testing week for the 3rd Graders next week! Please make sure your children attend school each day to test!

Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur is a twelve-year-old inventor and CEO of his own business. In today's video for Magnolia READS, Magnolia High School senior, Tanner Neilsen, shares how he began his landscaping and lawn care business at nine years old and what he has learned from running his own business. Click the link below to view Tanner’s video. https://youtu.be/wdBNPg4L_rI

Just as it takes a village to help Billy Sure run his business, it also takes a village to run Panthers’ Pet Spa, the newly established grooming business at Magnolia High School. Mrs. Elam, MHS agriculture teacher, and students in her Advanced Animal Science and Agriculture Business classes talk about the hands-on experience they are getting in what it takes to start a business, market a business, and keep the business running smoothly and successfully. Click the link below to hear about Panthers’ Pet Spa. https://youtu.be/x3YNYFBZ1BY

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SELECTS GINGER PAYNE AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR Central Elementary School teacher, Ginger Payne, was recently selected as the campus 2021 Teacher of the Year. She is a 1981 graduate of Emerson High School and a 1990 graduate of Southern Arkansas University with a BSE degree in Elementary Education followed by a MEd Reading Specialist degree in 1995. Ginger has spent her entire 30-year career teaching in Magnolia School District. In 1991, she began teaching Title 1 Math at Central with one section of seventh grade math at the Junior High. The next year, she moved to fourth grade, where she has taught since 1992. She has served as grade-level chair and fourth grade literacy chair. Over the years, Ginger has mentored more than a dozen SAU student teachers serving as their supervising classroom teacher. She is proud that many of them are now colleagues successfully teaching in the Magnolia School District. Ginger is also a member of the Arkansas Education Association and the National Education Association. She currently serves on the sick-leave bank committee for Central. Ginger has been married to her husband, Barry, for thirty-nine years. They have two daughters, Brittany Ayers and Bethany Ashford. Brittany is married to Mark Ayers and works for Dr. Daniel Beene as a dental assistant. Bethany is married to Michael Ashford and works in the engineering department at JCM Industries in Texarkana. Barry and Ginger have just recently become “Pops and Gigi” to their two grandchildren, MaKinlie and Grayson. The Paynes are members of Antioch Church of Christ in Shongaloo, Louisiana. Ginger thinks fourth grade is the best grade to teach because 9- and 10-year-olds have a great sense of humor and love to learn. Apart from teaching, Ginger enjoys cooking, gardening, and decorating at home. She always looks forward to her two annual shopping trips to First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas, and her yearly beach trips with the girls.

Next in the series of videos for Magnolia READS is Jessica Weldon Waller, a 2006 graduate of Magnolia High School. Jessica, owner of Southern Roots Hair Salon in Emerson shares her journey to becoming a stylist, cosmetologist, and owner of her business. Click the link below to view Jessica’s story. https://youtu.be/1Ms4Qb8PX24

Magnolia School District will host its annual District-wide art show in the Panther Arena May 5-8. This year’s theme is “An Appetite for ART” and the community is cordially invited to attend the exhibition. Art will be included from all district campuses. You do not want to miss it! Come and support the visual arts of Magnolia School District! Students will be visiting May 5-6 during school hours. The art show will be open to the public May 5 and May 6 from 3:30-5 pm, May 7 from 10 am-5 PM, and May 8 from 10 am-2 pm. This year, 2021 Magnolia District Art Show T-shirts will also be sold. Money raised from the T-shirt sales will help support the art students and will go towards the cost of putting on this year’s art show. Anyone wishing to order a T-shirt should print and fill out the order form, then turn it in to a campus art teacher along with cash or check. All orders need to be turned in by April 21. Checks should be made out to Magnolia Art Club. Click below for a T-shirt order form https://5il.co/rfqk

Magnolia School District will host its annual District-wide art show in the Panther Arena May 5-8. This year’s theme is “An Appetite for ART” and the community is cordially invited to attend the exhibition. Art will be included from all district campuses. You do not want to miss it! Come and support the visual arts of Magnolia School District! Students will be visiting May 5-6 during school hours. The art show will be open to the public May 5 and May 6 from 3:30-5 pm, May 7 from 10 am-5 PM, and May 8 from 10 am-2 pm. This year, 2021 Magnolia District Art Show T-shirts will also be sold. Money raised from the T-shirt sales will help support the art students and will go towards the cost of putting on this year’s art show. Anyone wishing to order a T-shirt should print and fill out the order form, then turn it in to a campus art teacher along with cash or check. All orders need to be turned in by April 21. Checks should be made out to Magnolia Art Club Click below for a T-shirt order form https://5il.co/rfqk

Just A Reminder! 4th Graders Begin ACT Aspire testing Monday! It is important for students to be on time each day!

In the book Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur, the main character is a twelve-year-old boy who is an inventor and CEO of his own business. Tatum Carter, a sixth grader at Magnolia Middle School, is also twelve years old and began her business, Tatum’s Tasty Treats, in the spring of 2020. Click on the link below to watch Tatum share her adventures as a baker and business owner. https://youtu.be/-mF5mmBq1dc

Kory Waller, a 1994 Magnolia High School graduate and owner of Waller Wealth Management, talks about his path to becoming a business owner and entrepreneur. Click the link below to view Kory's video. https://youtu.be/OO6oa7nHUAg

Central's, Mrs. Karnesia George, reads Chapter 2 of Billy Sure , Kid Entrepreneur, as students in Mrs. Boyd's class follows along!

Students in Ms. Bond's and Ms. Metcalf's classes enjoyed starting their day reading Billy Sure •Kid Enteprenuer•