Izard County STEM School

🚸🚍 Happy School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! 🚍🚸 Today we celebrate the amazing drivers who safely transport our students every day with patience, care, and a friendly smile. Rain or shine, early mornings and busy afternoons—you make a difference in our students’ lives. THANK YOU to Carr Hill, David Jones, Dennis Thielemier, Greg Workman, Juan Perez, Marty McKnight, Michael Haling, Mike Haney, Tim Crouch, Tom Young, Zane McCollum, van drivers, and part time/sub bus drivers for keeping our kids safe and starting and ending their school days on a positive note!

National FFA Week is upon us! Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate.

It’s FINALS GAMEDAY for our Cougars! 🏀

They’ll take on Sloan-Hendrix tonight at Marshall, with tip-off set for 7:30 PM. Let’s pack the stands and show up strong to support Coach Kyle McCandlis and this Cougar team as they battle for the district title!

For those who can’t make it, the livestream link will be posted just before game time.

Go Cougars! 🐾

Here is the schedule for 2026 Junior High Cougars Baseball!

Reminder: tomorrow is one of our makeup snow days. 📣 School will be in session on Monday, February 16. We look forward to seeing you on Presidents Day!

We have another spring sports schedule to add — Senior High Lady Cougars Softball! 🥎

Make plans to come out and support the Lady Cougars this season! We should also have Junior High Baseball and Softball schedules ready in the next day or two.

Go Cougars!

👮‍♂️ February 15: National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day 👮‍♂️ We extend our sincere appreciation to IC STEM School Resource Officers, Brian Gaskins and Brett Stevenson, for their service and commitment to school safety. We are grateful for the positive impact they have on our school community through leadership, support, and relationship-building. Thank you for all you do!

Congratulations to the Izard County STEM School Junior High Quiz Bowl team on an outstanding performance at the 2A Regional Tournament, finishing as Regional Runner-Up!

The team finished the day with an impressive 5–1 record. A special congratulations goes to Ian Bear for being named Tournament MVP — a tremendous individual honor and a reflection of his hard work and dedication.

We are proud of this group and the way they continue to represent Cougar Nation so well. Great job, Cougars! 🐾📚

L to R:
Back Row: Coach Charles Treat, Oliver Bear, Rossi Morgan, Ian Bear, Spencer Densford, Abigail Drollinger
Front Row: Gavin Williams, Maya Vargas, Wylie Blackburn, Samantha Suddieth, Lily Carpenter, Justice Boles

Our ICC After School Program kiddos had their BIG performance on Friday after 8 weeks of hard work. They wrote and developed an original Valentine’s Day mystery script, designed and built their own props, and practiced every day to bring the show to life. Even better: multiple age groups worked together as one team, and it really showed on stage. A huge THANK YOU to the families who made it to the performance—your support means so much to our students. And a special shoutout to Mr. Walker for bringing pizza for the audience and cast and for attending the show to cheer them on. We’re so proud of these kids for their creativity, teamwork, and commitment!

Faith Wisecarver has earned All-State honors! 🎳

Final score sheets from the State Bowling Tournament were released today, and Faith finished an outstanding 8th place overall, earning her a spot on the All-State team. This is an incredible accomplishment!

We are so proud of Faith for representing Izard County at the state level and bringing home All-State recognition. Congratulations, Faith! 👏

The Junior Girls continue district tournament Play tomorrow, and the Senior High teams wrap up regular season play and prepare for next week's district tournament.
Have a great week, Cougars!

#CougarPride

⚽️ Our first ever high school soccer schedule is here! Save the date for March 3 and make plans to cheer on the Cougars! ⚽️

We are delighted to share that all buses will run regular routes tomorrow! Have a great rest of the weekend and we will see you in the morning.

IC STEM High School's Future Business Leaders of America will host the Bigs and Lils Ball tonight from 6-8 PM. IC PK-6th grade students are invited to attend with their parent/guardians. Tickets at the door are $10/person. There will be dancing, snacks, a 360 photo booth, and a whole lot of fun! Thank you to this year's sponsors: Barnes Vet Clinic, Burns Cattle, Doty Family Funeral Services, Flawless Cleaning, Jessica Gross/KL Cattle Farm, Knowles True Value, Shoemate Farms, Taylor Farms, Taylor Fertilizer & Lime, and Trinity Wages!

Here is the current school calendar, reflecting snow days incurred thus far.

We will run the same bus routes on Friday, 2/6, as we did on Thurs (detailed in pictures below). Unfortunately, there are some roads that are still covered in shaded areas, as well as some turn around locations that pose issues for our buses. Elementary before and after school programs will be open.

Best of luck to Senior, Mya Rayoum, as she auditions for the All-State Choir tomorrow at Maumelle High School! 🎤 🎵 🐾

Elementary before and after school programs will resume on Thursday, 2/5/26. We will still have limited bus routes, however, updated snow routes are pictured below. We have added additional roads that buses will run on Thursday, 2/5/26. Coach T will also travel on Wideman Road, and Mr. Zane McCollum and Mr. Mike Haling will now be able to run the paved roads in Melbourne.

Good luck to our bowling teams today! They're competing in the Conference Tournament at HiJinx in Jonesboro!
#LetsGo

Snow routes again on Wednesday, February 4. No elementary before or after school programs.