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Parents of homeschool student(s) in the West Fork School District, if you have a student who has been identified to be in need of special education services or if you suspect that your child may have a disability please contact the special education department at 479-266-1858 and leave a message

Counselor Lessons In April, I’ll be addressing a variety of topics with students. Kindergarten will be learning about empathy and compassion. The skill of understanding how others feel is crucial to child development. 1st Grade will learn about the skill of self-control. 2nd grade’s topic will be learning the importance

April Counselor Newsletter Mrs. Givens April Counseling Lessons 5th Grade- Solving Problems 6th Grade- 7th Grade Course Selection 7th Grade-8th Grade Course Selection 8th Grade- Healthy Body Healthy You-th: Effects of E-Cigarettes on The Body How Parents Can Help prepare for the ATLAS Test: When a test is being given,

The West Fork School Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, February 27, starting at 5:30.

The West Fork Schools Board of Education will be holding an emergency meeting at 5:00 tonight, Friday, February 16th.

Parent & Guardians: I wanted to send out a quick reminder that based on our newly revised school calendar that was approved last week by the school board, our students will need to attend school this Friday, February 16th. This day will serve as one of our eight (8) make-up

Parents,  Guardians, & School Employees:Well, I have another tough call to make.  It’s starting to snow, but they are saying that it’s supposed to snow all morning and into the early afternoon. The meteorologists are still saying that we’ll get 3-7 inches before this moves out and I’m concerned about

Basketball Fans: The District Tournament Basketball Schedules for the Senior High Tournament being held in Valley Springs are now released. Click on the following link to access both brackets. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZxHNSy6D6PLNCqWI6yEPkV4sRrnkcqgTl-ru7beWVJY/edit?usp=sharing Go Tigers!

Parents, Guardians, & Community: The Board Work Session and Regular Board Meeting scheduled for Monday, February 12th, is being moved to Thursday, February 15th. The Work Session will begin at 5:00 and the Regular Meeting will begin at 6:00. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. As always, the

Parents & Guardians: Click on this link to access the Pee Wee Basketball Tournament Schedule beginning this Saturday, February 10th. West Fork will be hosting all the 5th-grade girls ‘ games. Go Pee Wee Tiger Teams!

Parents & Guardians: The purpose of this post is to notify you of a very important letter from me that will explain the changes made to this year’s student calendar. The changes were approved last night at a specially-called meeting of the West Fork School Board. The letter can be

The member school districts of the Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (NWAESC) of which our district belongs are collectively and separately requesting a waiver from A.C.A. 6-10-106, which establishes the first allowable day of class as the Monday of the week that contains August 19. For the 2024-2025 school year,

Parents & Guardians: Please click on the link, https://bit.ly/4bcSoTx, to access a letter from Mr. Karnes – Superintendent of Schools, regarding missed instructional days due to snow and ice and what options are available to make them up.

Parents, Guardians, & WF Basketball Fans: We currently have two changes to our remaining basketball schedule to make you aware of:

Parents, Guardians, & School Employees: The purpose of this message is to direct you to information regarding our limited bus service plan and our weather procedures letter. The transportation supervisor – Mr. Rob Roebke and I are hearing from parents & bus drivers who live on some of our back

West Fork Schools are closed today, Monday, January 22nd due to dangerous road conditions. Additionally, the make-up junior and senior high basketball scheduled to be played in Flippin this evening have been postponed. We will notify the public when a new date is scheduled. John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents & Guardians:The purpose of this message is to inform you that I am canceling school again tomorrow, January 19th, due in part to remaining slick spots on our back roads and because of the frigid temperatures that we’ll have in the morning that will cause a lot of refreezing

Parents, Guardians, & Tiger Basketball Fans: The junior high basketball games scheduled to be played in Elkins tonight (1-18) have been postponed until tomorrow (1-19) and will be played in West Fork before the senior high games. The junior high girls’ game will begin at 4:00 and will be followed

West Fork Schools will not hold classes on Thursday, January 18th, due to dangerous road conditions across our district. John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents & Guardians: Due to hazardous road conditions across our district, today’s 7th grade basketball games to be played vs. Elkins have been postponed. When a make-up date is scheduled, you will be informed. Thank you,John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Guardians, & School Employees: As we begin working on our 2024-25 school year calendar, we have been approached by individuals to consider making possible changes to our traditional school calendar. The AR Department of Education has approved four (4) different calendar types for schools to consider. The district has

Due to extremely dangerous road conditions across Northwest Arkansas, the West Fork School District will not hold classes on Wednesday, January 17th. This is the 4th snow day that has been taken for students and must be made up. Stay warm and be safe. John Karnes, Superintendent

Due to treacherous road conditions across Northwest Arkansas, the West Fork School District will not hold classes on Tuesday, January 16th. Stay warm and be safe. John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents & Guardians: The 7th & 8th grade boys’ and girls’ basketball games scheduled for tonight in Lavaca are canceled. John Karnes, Superintendent

Good afternoon! I hope everyone is staying safe and warm on this frigid Friday. We definitely made the right call by canceling school today. Road conditions would have been extremely dangerous this morning trying to get our students and staff to school. As I’ve stated before, I will always try

West Fork Tiger Fans: Due to the inclement weather that we’re experiencing in Northwest Arkansas today, tonight’s basketball games versus Bergman are being moved to tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10th. The tipoff for the junior high girls’ game will be 4:00. The junior high boys’, senior high girls, and finally, the

Good morning. This is John Karnes, Superintendent of Schools. I’ve been watching the weather and driving the roads this morning and we have another tough call with the timing of the snow that we have moving in. Temperatures are steadily dropping and the weatherman just talked about having near white-out

Parents, Guardians, & Community:You are invited to attend a brief meeting to go over the District’s 2024 Facilities Master Plan and discuss future projects that are in the current plan. We look forward to receiving your input as we plan for the future. The meeting will start at 5:00 on

Parents & Guardians: Classes for students will not be in session on Monday, October 9; instead, this will be a teacher in-service day. Classes for students will resume on Tuesday, October 10th.

Parents and Guardians: I am reaching out to you with a very important message. If your child(ren) received free or reduced meal prices last year, each family will still need to complete a free and reduced meal application for this school year and qualify; otherwise, beginning this coming Monday, September

Parents & Guardians: In a message sent out by me on August 29th titled “CDC Guidance for Students and Staff Testing Positive or Showing Symptoms of COVID-19,” I stated that the District would be following the CDC’s latest guidance on dealing with COVID-19 cases. Upon further guidance received by the

Parents & Guardians:Does your K-8 student need routine dental care? West Fork Elementary School and West Fork Middle School have both qualified to receive services 100% FREE from the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Dental Van for our students IF we have enough parents sign the consent forms. This is a

Parents & Guardians: I hope you’re doing well. The 2023-24 school year is off to a great start! I do, however, want to inform you that since the start of this school year, we have seen a few isolated cases of students and staff testing positive for COVID-19. As a

Parents, Guardians, & Community Members: This is a quick reminder about tonight’s QB Club hamburger dinner fundraiser and Tigers Under the Lights pep rally. The dinner will begin at 5:00 and run through 6:30 in the elementary school cafetorium. The cost is only $5.00. Beginning at 7:00 at Tiger Stadium,

Parents, Guardians, & Community Members: Due to the dangerous heat and humidity in our area, our Tigers Under the Lights pep rally and QB Club hamburger dinner fundraiser are being postponed until next Monday, August 28th. The dinner will run from 5:00 to 6:30 in the ES Cafetorium and the

Parents, Guardians, & Community Members: This message is being sent to you on behalf of the West Fork Quarterback Club to inform you of the hamburger dinner fundraiser that will be held this coming Monday night, August 21st, beginning at 5:00 and ending at 6:30 in the Elementary School Cafetorium.

Parents, Guardians, and Community Members: The 2023-24 school year got off to a great start yesterday. It was great having our students back in our classrooms. Thank you for you working with us to ensure that all forms and documents are completed. With the state’s new online registration system, we

Hello Parents and Guardians:I hope your child enjoyed his/her summer and is looking forward to beginning a new school year tomorrow morning. I will assure you that all of us working for the West Fork School District are excited about beginning a new year and are determined to get off

This is the 23-24 Back to School Letter from Superintendent Karnes for parents & guardians. For your convenience, here is a direct link to the letter.

Counseling Lessons This month, I will be seeing classes for the last time. We are focusing on careers. You may be thinking that elementary kids are too young to be talking about careers, but it’s never too early! As I talk about careers with students, I introduce them to a

Counseling Lessons This month, I will be teaching students about various social skills. Different grades will learn about topics such as: Good sportsmanship Self-control, and How to resolve conflicts with peers. Students will also learn about careers! I know that is a long way off, but it’s good to begin

ACT Aspire Middle School students will be taking the ACT Aspire May 2-4. We will be testing Tuesday (Reading and English), Wednesday (Math and Writing), and Thursday (Science) mornings. How can you help your child do their best? Make sure your child: We are excited for students to show all

Red Ribbon Week Dress Up Days October 24-28 Monday: Put a lasso around drugs! – Western Day Tuesday: Drugs can’t find me! – Camo Day Wednesday: My future’s too bright to use drugs! – Wear Neon Thursday – We’re Wild about being Drug Free! – Wear Crazy hair and/or Clothes

Giada Biondi’s submission for Scoot the bookmobile’s sticker contest is beautiful! Her art will be featured on some of the books that travel with Scoot this summer along with the winning entries from the elementary and middle school.

Abby Rochelle finished the Heptathlon with a bang by breaking the 800 meter SCHOOL RECORD with a fast time of 2:28.07! The previous 800 school record was held by Natalie Mills back in 1988 with a time of 2:31. Abby also represented WF well in the Heptathlon event by placing

Congratulations, Sophia!Sophia is headed to Girls State. Students are selected by their schools based on their leadership, character, honesty, scholarship, cooperativeness, and community participation. We are beyond proud to send Sophia to represent West Fork High School at Girls State!

Congratulations, Joley!Joley is headed to Girls State. Students are selected by their schools based on their leadership, character, honesty, scholarship, cooperativeness, and community participation. We are beyond proud to send Joley to represent West Fork High School at Girls State!