Brookland Junior High

Brookland School District is requesting proposals for custodial services to begin June 1, 2025. Any service provider interested in submitting a proposal may obtain the requested scope of work by contacting Brett Bunch at 870-932-2080 or by email at bbunch@bpsbearcats.com. Proposals will be accepted until April 31, 2025 at noon. The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

After conversations with local and national weather services concerning the Wednesday April 2nd forecast the Brookland School District will be releasing students and staff at 1:00 pm for tomorrow Wednesday, April 2nd. High winds, heavy rains and flooding are a possibility starting between 2:00 and 3:00. Safety of our students and staff during a weather event such as this is paramount for our district. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Talent Show auditions are happening now for the April 17th talent show! Any student interested should join the Google classroom to find more information and submit an audition by April 10th! Class code: RWVLFYRI

Junior High Volleyball tryouts for current 7th and 8th graders will be Monday, May 5th, from 3:15 to 4:15 in the senior high volleyball gym. Please wear appropriate attire (athletic clothes, tennis/volleyball shoes, knee pads if you own them, etc). Please contact Coach Nate with any questions at nkline@bpsbearcats.com.

JROTC presented their program to the 7th grade students on Wednesday. In true Brookland JROTC fashion, the cadets overcame the adverse wind conditions and did a great job displaying what JROTC is all about!!! #TheBearcatWay #togetherweRISE

Congratulations to the February students of the month! 7th - Ayen Aloh 8th - Preston Turney 9th - Linzey Abel

Thank you, Nothing Bundt Cakes, for supporting and celebrating our staff's birthdays by providing a cake. Today is Melissa Agee's birthday!! Happy Birthday from the Bearcat family and Nothing Bundt Cakes!!!

Boys track results from GCT: Finished 4th overall. Heath Conklin 3rd Shot Put Cooper Davis 8th 100m 2nd High Jump Cole Escue 4th Triple Jump Jackson Fleer 6th 200m Mason Golden 3rd 800m Dan Huckaby 6th 400m Jackson Longmire 7th Triple Jump Heston Naylor 4th 1600m Zech Payne 4th Long Jump 7th in the 4x100m Zech Payne Cole Escue Jackson Fleer Cooper Davis 3rd in the 4x200m Zech Payne Dan Huckaby Cole Escue Jackson Fleer 1st in the 4x400m Dan Huckaby Heston Naylor Mason Golden Cooper Davis 1st in the 4x800m Cayman Campbell Cole Haustein Mason Golden Heston Naylor

Last night the Jr. High Girls were Runnerup at the Glenn Sain GCT Relays. Tess Sliverthorn: 4th place in the 100 meter dash 3rd in the High Jump with a PR of 4' 10" Aubrey Lane: 3rd in the 200 meter dash Lynley Syler: 1st in the 400 meter dash 5th in the Discus Ricklyn Meyers: 4th in the 400 meter dash Alice Baltz: 2nd in the 1600 meter run Addie Adams: 3rd in the 1600 meter run McKenize Sutton: 1st in the 100 meter hurdles with a new PR 17.86 Addie Nichols: 2nd in the 100 meter hurdles Veda Pemberton: 7th in the High Jump 8th in the 100 meter dash Joslyn Bristow: 8th in the Long Jump Lila Hendricks: 1st in the Shot Put 1st in the Discus 4x100 meter relay ran a 1st place time but was disqualified. Team Members: Aubrey Hammett McKenzie Sutton Aubrey Lane Tessa Sliverthorn 4x200 meter relay was 2nd: Team Members Aubrey Hammett McKenzie Sutton Tessa Sliverthorn Lynley Syler 4x400 meter relay was 1st: Team Members: Aubrey Hammett Rickly Meyers McKenzie Sutton Tessa Sliverthorn 4x800 meter relay was 2nd: Team Members: Addie Adams Ricklyn Meyers Brooklyn Blackwell Alice Baltz Congrats to all that placed and ran hard!!!!

Girls' results from last nights meet at Valley View: We were 7th overall as a team Lynley Syler 4th in the 400 meters Alice Baltz 1st in the 1600 meters Veda Pemberton: 3rd in the 100 meter Hurdles 3rd in the Pole Vault Joslyn Bristow: 3rd in the 300 meter Hurdles Lila Hendricks: 7th in the shot put 5th in the Discus 4x100 meter relay: 7th place 4x200 meter relay: 4th place 4x800 meter relay: 7th place

Congrats to the Softball Red Team on their 12-0 win over Pocahontas. Hallie Bryant went 2 innings with no runs allowed and 5 strikeouts. Molly Hampton went one inning with 2 strikeouts with no runs allowed.

Boys' Valley View Meet Results: Allan Baltz 8th 1600m Cooper Davis 2nd High Jump, 2nd 400m, 4th 100m Mason Golden 6th 300 Hurdles, 3rd 1600m, Zech Payne 7th 200m, 5th Long Jump Grady Booker 4th Discus 4x800 team 4th ( Cayman Campbell Cole Haustein Heston Naylor Mason Golden) 4x100 team 3rd ( Zech Payne Cole Escue Jackson Fleer Cooper Davis) 4x200 Team 5th ( Zech Payne Dan Huckaby Cole Escue Jackson Fleer)

The Middle School, Elementary and Primary were temporarily in a soft lock down and have been under no safety issue. They have been released from the soft lock down. Thank for your understanding and patience.

This past weekend, Brookland's first ever Junior High Thespian Troupe attended the 2025 Arkansas Junior Thespian Festival. The Troupe was awarded Gold-level Honor Status. Caraline Cochran was selected to Showcase her Solo Acting piece during Closing Ceremonies. Sunny Sharp was selected as All State Cast for the One Act, and Mia Neira as All State Crew for the One Act. Recognized during the ceremonies for Superiors were Destiny Thompson and Caraline Cochran for Solo Acting, and Payton Busby & Bailey Treadway for Duet Acting. Recognized for Excellents were Riley Wilbanks, Clayton Armstrong, Mia Tyner, and Sunny Sharp for Solo Acting, and Mia Neira for Solo Musical Dance. While at ThesFest, students attended workshops on Puppetry, Prop Making, Character Building, Broadway Meets Tap Dancing, Musical Theatre, Special Effect Makeup, and more. We are so proud of all of our accomplishments during our very first year as a Junior High Troupe!

Today's baseball games and soccer matches have been cancelled due to potential weather conditions.

Congrats to the JH Brookland Red Softball team on a 15-3 win over Paragould. Hallie Bryant pitched the whole game and threw a 1 hitter. They also had a 10-2 win over Wynne. Kyleigh Combs threw that one with a two hitter.

Five choirs participated in our region assessment at JHS yesterday and four of them are moving on to the State level! *Sophomore Select - Division I, Superior ratings in performance and sight singing *Chamber Singers - Division I, Superior ratings in performance and sight singing *Les Chanteurs - Division I, Superior ratings in performance (no sight singing requirement) *Treble Choir - Division IIR, Excellent (Recommended for State) rating in performance It has been many years since our Tenor Bass Choir has participated in assessment as a stand-alone ensemble and they received a Division II, Excellent rating for their performance!

Congrats to the Brookland Black Softball Team on a 11-1 win over Gosnell last night. 6th grader Harper Frans pitched a complete game only allowing 1 run.

Thank you, Nothing Bundt Cakes, for supporting and celebrating our staff's birthdays by providing a cake. Yesterday was Mrs. Pierce's birthday!! Happy Birthday from the Bearcat family and Nothing Bundt Cakes!!!

These young men competed hard. Here are the results from 7th grade boys track at GCT: Elijah Griesse- 3rd Place in the 400 Meter Dash -6th Place in the 800 Meter Run Gatlin Davis - 6th Place in the 110 Hurdles Grady Booker - 2nd Place in the Discus. He threw 85"1'