Nettleton Junior High School

📚📚Beyond The Library📚📚
Our librarian, Mrs. King, recently joined other Nettleton library media specialists last week at the AAIM (Arkansas Association of Instructional Media) Conference. The professional development was hosted right here in Jonesboro, and participants had the opportunity to learn and collaborate with other media professionals across the state. 🖤💛

NJHS would like to share some of our students' and teachers' academic successes from this past school year. The teachers and students have worked hard this year, and thanks to all that dedication and persistence, we were able to raise scores in several areas. We had a great school year and are looking forward to an even better one in 2026-2027!

End-of-Year AR Point Club Celebration! 🎉 We are super excited to announce that 112 students joined our AR Point Clubs! Each received a free coupon to Nothing Bundt Cakes.🍰 📚
Shout out to Mrs. Marsico's 4th-period class (pictured) that had 100% of their class in the point clubs!

Come out and listen to the Nettleton Raider Youth Orchestra and the Nettleton Jr./Sr. Orchestra tonight! The performance begins at 6:30 pm at the Nettleton Performing Arts Center.

Our growth drawing winners! These students achieved growth in their ATLAS test scores and had their names entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of several prizes, including an iPad, AirPods, an Apple Watch, and other smaller prizes. Pictured from left to right: Kailee Chew, Jalen Johnson, Brik Hogan, Jaxon Bradway, Le'kyrie Tye, Kyle Tippitt, Sofia Duran, and Katelyn Hurst. Not pictured are Devon Lovelace and Skylar Mader.

Mrs.Poole's and Ms. Odessia's 7th-grade Science class studied a unit on Natural Disasters. Students researched and showcased their knowledge of natural disasters by creating dioramas. They did a great job!

Students in Mrs.Byrd's Creative Media classes just finished a Mock Trial in all her 8th-grade classes. Students had to prove or disprove a person's guilt or innocence of an aggravated arson and murder.

Now that court in class is over, students were selected to attend an actual Court day in downtown Jonesboro.
Students met prosecutors and defense attorneys along with Judge Ellington. They were briefed on court proceedings and did a question-and-answer session.

Special thanks to Katie Turner, County Prosecuting Attorney, for arranging this opportunity for our Nettleton students. We would like to send a special shout-out to Ms.Katie for all her assistance in making this day special for our Nettleton Junior High School students.

Students in Mrs.Byrd's creative media classes listened to Erica Parker, from HOPE BOUND, speak about the dangers of human trafficking. Students watched a video about the dangers in the United States and here locally.
Students saw firsthand what can happen to an innocent young lady or young man. They were also given a pamphlet with information from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and the Arkansas Statewide Trafficking Department.
A special thanks to Megan Brown and Erica Parker and all the members of the HOPE FOUND foundation. The Hope Found organization has rescued over 186 victims since 2018.The ladies of distinction have donated 453 dollars this year to the Hope Found organization .

Parents/Guardians:
NJHS students will be turning in their school iPads and chargers on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Students should make sure to have the following items ready to turn in that day:
School iPad
iPad charging cord & block
If a student does not have a charging cord or block to turn in, they will need to pay $7.50 for each item (Charging cord: $7.50, Block: $7.50).
Students should also make sure that they have turned in all library books by Tuesday, May 12. They should also pay any library fines that are still owed before they leave on their last day of school.
Exempt students will have their last day of school on Friday, May 15, and need to take care of these responsibilities before leaving at the end of the day.

Nettleton Lady Raiders Basketball tryouts will take place on May 12 & May 13 in the Raider Gym. Seventh (7th) grade tryouts will take place from 4:30- 5:15 pm, and Junior High will be from 5:30-6:15 pm each day.