Students may be released late today (12/13) due to Elementary bus delays.
2nd Round action tonight, as the Pocahontas Redskins take on the Robinson Senators. Game time is 7:00pm and is available to watch on PSD-TV. https://youtu.be/ggm5wAL6u10
Congratulations to the PHS Sr Football team for winning the Co-Conference Championship this year. They will play Fountain Lake this Friday in the first round of the state playoffs. Also pictured are the PHS Cheerleaders and the PHS Band. Congratulations to them on a great year.
Pocahontas Redskins AT Blytheville in SR football action. Tonight on PSD-TV. Watch here live at 7:00PM. https://youtu.be/oA6M58zqVqI
Students and Parents, please remember Pocahontas High School will hold parent teacher conferences this evening, Thursday, October 21st. The fall conferences will be held on campus face to face. We would like to invite all parents to come meet the PHS faculty and staff. For safety reasons we will ask that all parents and students wear a mask while in the building and social distance. We will have scheduled times for each grade to attend. If you are unable to attend during your students scheduled time and would like to meet with your student’s teachers, please set up a scheduled time with the teachers via email, phone or virtually at a later date. PHS Fall P.T.C. Thursday, October 21st 10th grade 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 11th grade 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 12th grade 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Live tonight on PSD-TV. Watch your Pocahontas Redskins take on the Trumann Wildcats. Live at 7:00PM. https://youtu.be/l-GhWVDD_AU
Students and Parents,
On Thursday, October 21st, the Pocahontas High School will hold parent teacher conferences. The fall conferences will be held on campus face to face. We would like to invite all parents to come meet the PHS faculty and staff. For safety reasons we will ask that all parents and students wear a mask while in the building and social distance. We will have scheduled times for each grade to attend. If you are unable to attend during your students scheduled time and would like to meet with your student’s teachers, please set up a scheduled time with the teachers via email, phone or virtually at a later date.
PHS Fall P.T.C. Thursday, October 21st
10th grade
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
11th grade
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
12th grade
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Pocahontas Public Schools
Fall Break
Pocahontas Public Schools will not be in session on Friday, October 22, 2021 due to Fall Break.
Pocahontas Public Schools will re-open on Monday, October 25, 2021 on the regular schedule.
Pocahontas Public Schools
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Pocahontas Public Schools will conduct parent/teacher conferences for students in grades 7-9
only on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Parents are encouraged to call the school and make an
appointment to meet with their child’s teacher on this date.
Pocahontas Public Schools will conduct parent/teacher conferences for students in grades K-6
and 10-12 only, on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Parents are encouraged to call their child’s
school and make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher on this date.
Face masks and social distancing will be required.
School will be in regular session on both dates. There will be no early dismissal.
The homecoming coronation did not get aired live, but it was recorded. This link will take you to the video. Sorry for the inconvenience.
https://youtu.be/sEB3Nko5VPg
Tonights homecoming game VS Cave City will be shown tonight live on PSD-TV. There will not be a direct link to the game as we are using a new system to bring you live coverage. Please go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyD0yqU_aLtEQeDyc5JJEg at 6:50PM for live game coverage.
PHS homecoming 2021 coronation will be shown live on PSD-TV starting at 12:35. https://youtu.be/1rmuXqGgCzU
Students and Parents
Due to a supply chain issue the Homecoming shirts will not arrive until later this afternoon. Students will be able to pick up their Homecoming shirts from Mr. Phelps room after the bonfire tonight or when they arrive at school in the morning.
Students, Parents and Community Members,
Friday night October 8th, the Pocahontas School District will host Cave City for Homecoming. Coronation of the Maids will start at 6:30 p.m. with the football game following at 7:00 p.m.. The East and West gates will both be open to the public Friday night and for the remainder of the season. Thank you for your support and Go Skins!
Students, Parents & Community Members,
The Pocahontas High School will have Homecoming on Friday, October 8th. We are working to provide as traditional a Homecoming as possible, while still following guidelines and mandates. The schedule of this year’s Homecoming activities are as follows:
Spirit Week
Monday 10/4 - Color Wars: Seniors/Blue, Juniors/Purple, Sophomores/Yellow
Tuesday 10/5 - Mathletes vs Athletes
Wednesday 10/6 - Jersey Day
Thursday 10/7 - Holiday Day
Friday 10/8 - Red and White Day
Bonfire
The Bonfire Pep Rally will be from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. behind the Business Education building on Thursday, October 7th. Senior football players will light the bonfire at 7:00 p.m. and there will be a pep rally that follows. Students, parents and community Members are welcome to attend. School rules, policies and mandates will be enforced. *There will be NO Homecoming Tailgate Party before the bonfire this year due to Covid.
Coronation
Coronation will be held on the football field this year for social distancing purposes. We will have a traditional ceremony while following current guidelines and mandates. Maids will meet on the football field at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 7th. Maids and Senior football players will meet at 8:00 a.m. at the football field for rehearsal on Friday, October 8th. The Coronation ceremony will begin at 12:40 p.m. on Friday.
If there is inclement weather forecasted for the day of Homecoming the coronation ceremony will be held in the high school gymnasium. Each maid and senior football player will receive a guest list and 6 vouchers to give out to family and friends. You must have a voucher and be on the guest list to enter, school policies and mandates will be enforced. A livestream will be available to students and families that are not able to attend. We will post a link to social media if that happens.
We ask those in attendance to exit campus in a timely manner to avoid a traffic jam for the Homecoming parade taking place immediately after coronation.
Parade
Immediately after Coronation the Homecoming parade will take place. The parade will start on the east side of campus by the baseball/softball fields. The parade will move west through the high school campus and up through the Jr High and MD Williams entrances, then turn west onto Hwy 90 to the new Alma Spikes. Traffic will be stopped at the N. Park Street stop light when the parade heads toward the new Alma Spikes on Hwy 90.Traffic will also be stopped for the parade at the entrance of the new Alma Spikes when the parade concludes. This should be from around 1:45 to 2:30 p.m..
* If there is inclement weather the parade will be canceled.
Pep Rally
After the parade there will be a short pep rally for the student body. Students will be released for dismissal after the pep rally.
Coronation before the game.
The coronation before the game will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the football field. Maids and their guardian escorts will meet in the Student Center at 5:45 p.m. on October 8th. Any student or guardian coming into the Student Center will be asked to wear a mask while around other students.
* The Homecoming Dance has been cancelled due to Covid 19
Students, Parents & Community Members, This week's Sr High Football Game vs Gosnell is the Soncom Media Productions Game of the Week! Thank you for your support and Go Skins!
The High School Game of the Week will be Friday, October 1 at Pocahontas. The game will be streamed on Facebook LIVE beginning at 6:35 pm with a pregame show with the kickoff at 7:00 pm.
Our website info is: www.Facebook.com/SoncomMedia. This is a great opportunity for friends and family who can't be at the game to still watch the LIVE action!
Tonight, watch your Pocahontas Redskins take on the Rivercrest Colts. Live tonight at 7:00pm only on PSD-TV. https://youtu.be/RuWWYSibPaM
Tonight at 7pm, watch your Pocahontas Redskins take on the Nettleton Raiders in high school football action. Watch live on PSD-TV at https://youtu.be/iThG3BlPAIA
Please note, due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be no announcer for tonight's game.
Students, Parents & Community Members,
This week's Sr High Football Game @ Nettleton will be live streamed through the PSD -TV youtube link found on the Pocahontas School District webpage. Due to some unforeseen circumstances there will not be an audio play by play broadcast. If you would like to live stream the game with an audio play by play broadcast you can access the Nettleton broadcast at YouTube.com/nettletontv. Thank you for your support and Go Skins!