Thursday, February 25, 2021
Most of the Eureka Springs School District staff is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
At the Eureka Springs School Boards regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, Superintendent Bryan Pruitt announced that the 70 members of the staff who had received an initial dose of the vaccine would receive the second round of vaccinations on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The staff received the first round of vaccinations on Jan. 27. Pruitt said he had hoped to administer the second round on Feb. 19, but it was difficult to get everything arranged in such a short period of time.
I contacted our school nurse and she contacted our pharmacists and they said it wouldnt be available that day, Pruitt said. It just wouldnt work out.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Eureka Springs school counselors Patty Brill (left) and Rachal Hyatt are this weeks Citizens of the Week. They were honored last week during National School Counseling Week for their dedication to all the students at the Eureka Springs School District.
To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com.
Eureka Springs school counselors Patty Brill and Rachal Hyatt are this weeks Citizens of the Week.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Eureka Springs School District staff members received their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday, Jan. 27, with the help of Poynor Drug and Economy Drug. Pictured from left to right are Rebekah Hearn of Poynor Drug, Spencer Mabry of Economy Drug and school nurses Meghan Wolfinbarger and Kevin Vaverka.
The Eureka Springs School District held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 27, offering the vaccine to staff from the Academy of Excellence and Clear Spring School.
Eureka Springs school nurse Kevin Vaverka said around 100 employees were given the Moderna vaccine at the clinic. According to Eureka Springs superintendent Bryan Pruitt, 70 of those employees work for the Eureka Springs School District. Pruitt said that s 60 percent of the employees in the district. The remaining 30 employees work at Clear Spring School and the Academy of Excellence, Pruitt said.
Teachers in the Eureka Springs School District will have extra time every week to help virtual learning students until the end of the school year.
On Dec. 14, the Eureka Springs School Board voted to approve early dismissal every Wednesday until the end of the 2020-21 school year. Superintendent Bryan Pruitt explained that teachers requested extra time on Wednesday to work with virtual learning students, saying students who learn on-site would be dismissed at 1:45 p.m. every Wednesday.
That way, our teachers will be online by 2 p.m. and theyll have an hour and a half to work with our virtual students through Zoom, phone calls or email, Pruitt said. Well do that for the spring semester only. I recommend we pass that.
Teachers at the Eureka Springs School District will have extra time every week to help virtual learning students until the end of the school year.
On Monday night, the Eureka Springs School Board voted to approve early dismissal every Wednesday until the end of the 2020-21 school year. Superintendent Bryan Pruitt explained that teachers requested extra time on Wednesday to work with virtual learning students, saying students who learn on-site would be dismissed at 1:45 p.m. every Wednesday.
That way, our teachers will be online by 2 p.m. and theyll have an hour and a half to work with our virtual students through Zoom, phone calls or email, Pruitt said. Well do that for the spring semester only. I recommend we pass that.