Arp Independent School District

A tremendous, valiant, and gritty come from behind effort by the Arp Lady Tigers came up just short Tuesday. Arp's varsity volleyball team fell in 5 hard fought sets 17-25, 21-25, 25-10, 25-23, 13-15 at Chapel Hill to open the 2022 regular season. CLICK https://bit.ly/3PaLemB TO READ Tyler Paper article. Congrats to the Arp Freshmen who knocked off the Lady Bulldogs 2-1. Lady Tigers JV fell 2-0. #TPND #EATT #bEASTtexas #txhsvb

MEET THE TEACHER Tuesday Aug. 9: Arp Elementary - 5:00pm - 6:30pm Arp Jr. High - 6:00pm - 7:30pm Arp High School - 7:00pm - 8:00pm 1st day of classes of the 2022-23 school year is Thursday Aug. 11. Elementary families can drop off school supplies in their respective classrooms at this event.

DON'T FORGET TO COMPLETE YOUR 2022-23 ONLINE REGISTRATION: CLICK https://bit.ly/3Q2y9Nq to log in to our parent portal to get it done. The school year starts next Thursday Aug. 11 & Meet the Teacher is Tuesday Aug. 9. We want to make sure the process of returning to school or starting school is as smooth as possible for your family. If you are having trouble please contact Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson at elizabethj@arpisd.org, or call her at 903-859-4917 between 8:00am and 3:30pm M-F. You may also contact your campus registrar/secretary. NOTE FOR RETURNING STUDENTS FAMILIES: If you set up your parent portal account with a different email address than the one you have on file with our school district, the portal will not allow you into the registration platform. This is a security feature. Get in touch with Mrs. Johnson, so she can update your email with us. Once updated, you will gain access, and be able to take care of your registration. UNABLE TO GET ONLINE: iPads are available at the Arp HS office for you to use.

UPDATED Jr. High Volleyball🏐 Schedule. CLICK https://5il.co/1e1x8 TO SEE several additions to the Lady Tigers schedule. 7th & 8th grade season openers are now Monday Aug. 22 at Brownsboro. #TPND #ALLIN

🏈The Arp Tigers🐅 football team's scrimmage at Malakoff next Friday Aug. 12 will start at 6:00pm. JV & Varsity will alternate possessions. UPDATED SCHEDULE: https://bit.ly/3xml8aG #EATT #TPND #bEASTtexas #txhsfb

📺VIDEO📺: The Arp Tigers🐅 Cross Country🏃 team is OFF & RUNNING as they prepare for the 2022 campaign under new head coach Joel Avance. CLICK https://5il.co/1fgim TO WATCH VIDEO. The H.S. boys & girls open the season in just over 2 weeks on Saturday Aug. 20 at LeTourneau Univ. in Longview. #TPND #bEASTtexas

📺VIDEO📺: The Arp Lady Tiger Volleyball🏐 team returns some experienced & decorated players who look to continue to build the program this fall. CLICK https://5il.co/1fbzx TO WATCH Season opener next Tuesday at Chapel Hill. #ALLIN #TPND #bEASTtexas #txhsvb

APPLY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCHES: The application system for Arp ISD at https://www.myschoolapps.com/ is now active. Once you're on the site, type in your zip code at the bottom of the page, hit search, then select Arp ISD to get started. The full price of student meals in the 2022-23 school year will be $1.60 for breakfast $2.75 for lunch. The USDA waiver that helped provide free meals to all our students for the past two years has expired. Families who are not seeking assistance may start adding money to their cafeteria account, through the Arp ISD Food Service Home at https://bit.ly/3zClL0N You will have two options to add funds.

📺VIDEO📺: 2022 Arp H.S.🐅🏈 Football kicked off fall camp Monday. CLICK https://5il.co/1f91o TO WATCH as our young men launched a new era now under the guidance of 1st year head coach Wes Schminkey. Let's #EATT #TPND #bEASTtexas #txhsfb

SHOW US YOUR #TPND: As you very well know "Tiger Pride Never Dies." Here's your opportunity to get creative and show us how you best show your #TPND. Submit a picture or video to web@arpisd.org between now and 12:01am Saturday Aug. 20, 2022. The best, most creative, spirited, and electrifying submission wins two FREE passes good for all "HOME" Arp H.S. & Arp J.H. athletic events for the entire 2022-23 school year. Contest Rules & Regulations/Photo & Video Guidelines: https://5il.co/1f5et

Want to buy a little ad space in our Arp Tigers🐅 HS football🏈 programs this year? The Arp HS cheerleaders & their sponsor Christel Holland are taking over the sale of ads for the 2022 programs incl. the senior pages. Email her at christelh@arpisd.org or text at 903-312-0050

A "MANDATORY" Arp FFA Smith County Junior Livestock show meeting will be held Monday Aug. 15 at 5:30pm at Arp High School's Commons. All students that want to exhibit a livestock project MUST attend the meeting w/ a parent. Burgers, refreshments, desserts will be served.

A NEW @arp_tiger🐅 ERA BEGINS MONDAY: 2022 H.S. Fall Camp Schedules Football🏈: https://5il.co/1f4tz Volleyball🏐: Aug. 1 & 2: Team Mtg: 6:55am. Practice: 7:00am-11:00am. Aug. 3 thru end of season: 3:30pm-6:00pm. Tryouts: Aug 1-4. Cross Country🏃: Beg. Aug. 1, 6:00am M-F.

MARCHING BAND PRACTICES START MONDAY AUG. 1: New marchers must report at 8:00am Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday this coming week. The rest of the band needs to be in the band hall ready to go at 12:30pm. Full August Band Schedule: https://bit.ly/3bkjIW0 Make sure your student-musician HYDRATES. Wears short-sleeve shirts with shorts & TENNIS SHOES. If he/she owns his/her instrument, BRING IT Monday.

VOLLEYBALL PARENT MEETING THURSDAY 6:00PM: Parents of H.S. & J.H. student-athletes that are planning/interested in participating in volleyball during the fall of 2022 are asked to attend a very important meeting on Thursday July 28 at 6:00pm at Arp High School's John Mills Parker Gymnasium. The Arp ISD volleyball coaching staff strongly encourage all interested families and their student-athlete to attend this meeting please. H.S. Volleyball fall camp practices start Aug. 1 & 2 from 7:00am-11:00am. Workouts then continue Aug. 3 thru the end of season at 3:30pm-6:00pm. Tryouts will be held Aug 1-4. 2022 Arp H.S. Volleyball schedules: https://5il.co/vgqr 2022 Arp J.H. Volleyball schedules: https://5il.co/1e1x8

Listen to Cat Osterman (UT Standout & Olympic Gold Medalist) speak about Pitching and Pitch Calling at the THSCA convention.

Interested in being part of the new era of Arp ISD Tiger athletics? If you volunteer a little of your time this school year, it would go a long ways towards helping the experience of all our student-athletes. Arp Athletic Boosters are responsible for running the visitor concession stand for the home football games for JH, JV and Varsity. We will be doing Sign up genius again this year and if we have enough parents and players that if we have enough volunteers then they should only have to do it once during the season. But typically we have some of the same parents over and over again. They will be able to sign up for the first two quarters including half time or half time and the last two quarters. We will be sending information for volleyball and football shirts that can be ordered also within the next couple of weeks. Also we will be doing a fundraiser that will start on Aug. 2 and will run for about 3-4 weeks. We will send more information on that once we have everything finalized. The company that is handling the fundraiser will be there talking to the athletes and coaches on Aug. 2. Here are booster club people that we are in need of to help make the year a success: A. Football parent to help organize meals for teams before games B. Volleyball parent to help organize meals for teams C. Parents to help organize BBQ cookoff/silent auction fundraiser If you are interested in helping, please contact Amy Alibrando, Athletic Booster Club president at amyalibrando@hotmail.com If any parents know of any companies interested in being a sponsor for our athletic programs have them contact Amy, and she will send them a sponsorship letter or they can send me the contact info and she will send out the letter.

ON THE NATIONAL STAGE: How about soon to be junior Zach Garrett! Representing the Arp Clay Shooting team at the SCTP National Tournament in Marengo, OH this past week, Garrett finished 17th in Sporting Clays, and 54th Overall out of 570 Varsity competitors.

CROSS COUNTRY WORKOUTS START Monday Aug. 1 at 6:00am. That incl. HS & JH Boys & Girls. Interested 🐅 MUST Report ON TIME in front of Arp HS weight room. 2022 Arp Cross Country Schedule: https://5il.co/1e25j Important Athletic Forms incl. Physicals: https://bit.ly/3aID0UP #TPND

ONLINE REGISTRATION 2022-23: Returning student registration will become available on our Parent Portal https://bit.ly/3PaEHsU beginning Monday July 25 at 8:30am. New student registration begins Monday Aug. 1 at 8:30am. This includes families that complete a returning students registration & need to add/enroll a Kindergarten or Pre-K student. The Kindergartener or Pre-K'er would not be enrolled until Aug. 1. In order to complete the online registration process, at least one parent/guardian MUST have a parent portal account. "VERY IMPORTANT" - In order to set up a parent portal account, you MUST have an active email address. We hope that parents/guardians of returning students who didn't have a parent portal acct. as of last spring have had an opportunity to create one. You can still do so anytime before the 25th. You should have received a letter in the mail in late March/early April w/ a parent portal ID that you'd use as your initial password to set up your acct. New families to the district can set up their parent portal accounts beginning Aug. 1 without the need of a portal ID. Parent Portal guide: https://5il.co/u0qr Returning families if you need your portal ID, email elizabethj@arpisd.org, or call 903-859-4917 8:00am-3:30pm M-Th in July, or M-F (same hours) from Aug. 1 on. UNABLE TO GET ONLINE: iPads will be available at the Arp HS office for you to use.