1st Annual SHS Pumpkin Decorating Contest Winners
Winners of the 1st Annual SHS Pumpkin Decorating Contest were announced last week!
Big Pumpkin Category:
🥇 1st Place | Wicked — submitted by the Theatre Department (Graci Gossage, Madi Hooks, and Kelsi Metzger)
🥈 2nd Place | Clown — submitted by Izabel Harp
🥉 Honorable Mention | Poison Apple — submitted by Johnathan Rogers
Small Pumpkin Category:
🥇 1st Place | Piñata — submitted by Aimee Stalbaum
🥈 2nd Place | Pumpkin King — submitted by Austin Parades
🥉 Honorable Mention | Veggie Tales — submitted by Braxton Derby and Aidan Morgan
Special thanks to McCoy Tygart for providing the bag of candy and treats presented to Aimee Stalbaum.
We’d also like to thank our judges — Jan Caldwell, SSD School Board Member, and Dr. Leann Pinkerton, SSD Technology Director — for lending their time and expertise.
In addition to participating in the contest, our students also donated new socks for the sock drive hosted by Pinnacle Pointe Therapy.
Winners of the 1st Annual SHS Pumpkin Decorating Contest were announced last week!
Big Pumpkin Category:
🥇 1st Place | Wicked — submitted by the Theatre Department (Graci Gossage, Madi Hooks, and Kelsi Metzger)
🥈 2nd Place | Clown — submitted by Izabel Harp
🥉 Honorable Mention | Poison Apple — submitted by Johnathan Rogers
Small Pumpkin Category:
🥇 1st Place | Piñata — submitted by Aimee Stalbaum
🥈 2nd Place | Pumpkin King — submitted by Austin Parades
🥉 Honorable Mention | Veggie Tales — submitted by Braxton Derby and Aidan Morgan
Special thanks to McCoy Tygart for providing the bag of candy and treats presented to Aimee Stalbaum.
We’d also like to thank our judges — Jan Caldwell, SSD School Board Member, and Dr. Leann Pinkerton, SSD Technology Director — for lending their time and expertise.
In addition to participating in the contest, our students also donated new socks for the sock drive hosted by Pinnacle Pointe Therapy.
Thank you to UAMS’s Collin Brown, DPT, ATC, for spending the morning teaching our Sheridan High School students ankle-taping techniques and sharing the journey that led him to his career!
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#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay
SHS would love for the SSD community to celebrate Homecoming with us by participating in our 2026 Homecoming Dress-Up Days! 💙💛
We can’t wait to see our entire Yellowjacket community showing their school spirit!
Go Jackets!
We can’t wait to see our entire Yellowjacket community showing their school spirit!
Go Jackets!
It was an unforgettable full-circle moment for our SHS JAG program as we welcomed back 2024 graduate and JAG alum Gavin Vaughn! Gavin spoke to current students about his career with the Pine Bluff Fire Department, sharing how he achieved the goal he set while sitting in their exact seats just a few years ago. We are so proud of Gavin’s dedication and grateful for his time in giving back to the JAG program and students! 🔥
Are you interested in joining the SHS Fishing Team? SHS will be hosting the fishing team's pre-season parent meeting at 6:00 P.M. on September 17 in the SHS hospitality room. All students interested in being on the team need to attend with a parent.
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#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
SHS JROTC Color Guard: OVERALL CHAMPIONS – 1ST PLACE at the Watson Chapel Drill and Color Guard Competition.
Congratulations to all of our Sheridan JROTC cadets! Their hard work, countless hours of practice, and commitment to excellence paid off. We are incredibly proud of the way they represented Sheridan High School and the Sheridan community.
Competition Results:
Female Color Guard – 3rd Place
Sophia Wood, Raylee Charpentier, Alyssa May, Kira Harp
Male Color Guard – 3rd Place
Hollis Davidson, Spencer May, Alex Wimsett, Declan Barnard
Coed Color Guard – 1st Place
Hollis Davidson, Alyssa May, Raylee Charpentier, Alex Wimsett
Regulation Drill – 3rd Place
Alyssa May, Raylee Charpentier, Kira Harp, Blane Stephens, Spencer May, Maia Taylor, Sophia Wood, Hollis Davidson, Declan Barnard, Alex Wimsett
Armed Regulation – 2nd Place
Hollis Davidson, Raylee Charpentier, Kira Harp, Blane Stephens, Alyssa May, Carson Kelly, Sophia Wood, Spencer May, Declan Barnard, Alex Wimsett
Great job, cadets! Keep leading the way!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
Congratulations to all of our Sheridan JROTC cadets! Their hard work, countless hours of practice, and commitment to excellence paid off. We are incredibly proud of the way they represented Sheridan High School and the Sheridan community.
Competition Results:
Female Color Guard – 3rd Place
Sophia Wood, Raylee Charpentier, Alyssa May, Kira Harp
Male Color Guard – 3rd Place
Hollis Davidson, Spencer May, Alex Wimsett, Declan Barnard
Coed Color Guard – 1st Place
Hollis Davidson, Alyssa May, Raylee Charpentier, Alex Wimsett
Regulation Drill – 3rd Place
Alyssa May, Raylee Charpentier, Kira Harp, Blane Stephens, Spencer May, Maia Taylor, Sophia Wood, Hollis Davidson, Declan Barnard, Alex Wimsett
Armed Regulation – 2nd Place
Hollis Davidson, Raylee Charpentier, Kira Harp, Blane Stephens, Alyssa May, Carson Kelly, Sophia Wood, Spencer May, Declan Barnard, Alex Wimsett
Great job, cadets! Keep leading the way!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
SHS CROSS COUNTRY
The SHS Cross Country team had a great day at Minuteman Day 2026 at Camp Robinson! Coached by Mr. Bill Remow and Coach Dylan Mullins, our Yellowjackets represented SHS well on the course!
Freshman Jaycie Glaze finished 4th
Sophomore Paityn Miller finished 5th
Sophomore Jaxson Andrews finished 11th overall
Also pictured is Blythe Marsh, a 7th-grade student from SMS, representing the future of Yellowjacket Cross Country!
Congratulations to all of our runners and coaches! We are proud of the hard work you are putting in and love seeing our Yellowjackets compete!
Keep running strong! GO JACKETS!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
The SHS Cross Country team had a great day at Minuteman Day 2026 at Camp Robinson! Coached by Mr. Bill Remow and Coach Dylan Mullins, our Yellowjackets represented SHS well on the course!
Freshman Jaycie Glaze finished 4th
Sophomore Paityn Miller finished 5th
Sophomore Jaxson Andrews finished 11th overall
Also pictured is Blythe Marsh, a 7th-grade student from SMS, representing the future of Yellowjacket Cross Country!
Congratulations to all of our runners and coaches! We are proud of the hard work you are putting in and love seeing our Yellowjackets compete!
Keep running strong! GO JACKETS!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
YELLOWJACKETS ON THE RUN!
This past weekend, the Sheridan High School Cross Country Team competed in the 2026 Falcon Invitational at Maumelle Charter High School, and our Jackets had a great showing!
6th place out of 12 teams
Team average: 19:49
Jaxson Andrews led the Jackets with an impressive 5K time of 18:06.06!
On the girls’ side, Jayce Glaze and Peyton Miller had outstanding finishes, placing 11th and 12th out of 115 runners!
We are proud of the hard work these student-athletes are putting in and excited to watch them continue to improve throughout the season.
Way to run, Jackets!
This past weekend, the Sheridan High School Cross Country Team competed in the 2026 Falcon Invitational at Maumelle Charter High School, and our Jackets had a great showing!
6th place out of 12 teams
Team average: 19:49
Jaxson Andrews led the Jackets with an impressive 5K time of 18:06.06!
On the girls’ side, Jayce Glaze and Peyton Miller had outstanding finishes, placing 11th and 12th out of 115 runners!
We are proud of the hard work these student-athletes are putting in and excited to watch them continue to improve throughout the season.
Way to run, Jackets!
SHS sophomore and Educational Technology student Jillian Reed, along with her peers, learned how to use Canva to create materials for their future classrooms and gained hands-on experience with laminating their creations. The Educational Technology class, taught by Emily Brooks, is the Level Two course in the Pre-Educator Pathway offered at SHS.
HANDS-ON LEARNING AT SHS!
No internet? No problem! Our Yellowjackets know how to keep learning!
During last week’s internet outage, students in the Sports Medicine Pathway took advantage of the opportunity to practice a valuable hands-on skill—learning how to properly tape ankles!
These students are currently enrolled in Introduction to Health Care, the Level One course in the Sports Medicine Pathway. The course is taught right here at SHS by our athletic trainer, Tiffany Evans.
We love seeing our students gain real-world skills and explore future careers while still in high school!
Great job, Jackets!
No internet? No problem! Our Yellowjackets know how to keep learning!
During last week’s internet outage, students in the Sports Medicine Pathway took advantage of the opportunity to practice a valuable hands-on skill—learning how to properly tape ankles!
These students are currently enrolled in Introduction to Health Care, the Level One course in the Sports Medicine Pathway. The course is taught right here at SHS by our athletic trainer, Tiffany Evans.
We love seeing our students gain real-world skills and explore future careers while still in high school!
Great job, Jackets!
SHS students have the opportunity to take concurrent credit courses right here on the high school campus, earning both high school and college credit at the same time. These courses can provide significant savings for students and their families by allowing students to earn college hours before graduation.
SHS sophomore George Lachowsky recently achieved an outstanding accomplishment, earning a perfect score of 300 on the Reading ACCUPLACER! The ACCUPLACER is a college placement assessment used to help determine a student’s eligibility for concurrent credit courses.
George is also a first-year student in the Pre-Educator Pathway at SHS. We are proud of George and commend him for this impressive achievement! Go Jackets!
SHS sophomore George Lachowsky recently achieved an outstanding accomplishment, earning a perfect score of 300 on the Reading ACCUPLACER! The ACCUPLACER is a college placement assessment used to help determine a student’s eligibility for concurrent credit courses.
George is also a first-year student in the Pre-Educator Pathway at SHS. We are proud of George and commend him for this impressive achievement! Go Jackets!
We will rally behind our SHS Varsity Yellowjacket Football Team!
📣 PEP RALLY: Friday, August 28 @ 2:50 p.m. in the SHS Arena
⚫ THEME: BLACKOUT! ⚫
Wear your black and help us rally up our Jackets before they take the field in the Hwy 270 Classic!
Let’s pack the Arena, bring the energy, and show them what Jacket Pride is all about!
GO JACKETS! Let’s DOMINATE!
#JacketPride #GoJackets #Blackout #Hwy270Classic #YJNation
📣 PEP RALLY: Friday, August 28 @ 2:50 p.m. in the SHS Arena
⚫ THEME: BLACKOUT! ⚫
Wear your black and help us rally up our Jackets before they take the field in the Hwy 270 Classic!
Let’s pack the Arena, bring the energy, and show them what Jacket Pride is all about!
GO JACKETS! Let’s DOMINATE!
#JacketPride #GoJackets #Blackout #Hwy270Classic #YJNation
SHS National Honor Society is starting a new school year with a new sponsor and a new team of student leaders!
We send a huge Yellowjacket shout-out to Mr. Nick Steele, SHS counselor, for stepping into the role of NHS sponsor and leading our students with a heart for community service and a commitment to academic excellence.
We also congratulate our 2026–2027 NHS officers for their willingness and determination to lead—and lead well. We are excited to see the impact this group will make at SHS and throughout our community.
It’s going to be a GREAT year at SHS! 🐝💙💛
#SHSYellowjackets #NationalHonorSociety #LeadWell #JacketPride #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
We send a huge Yellowjacket shout-out to Mr. Nick Steele, SHS counselor, for stepping into the role of NHS sponsor and leading our students with a heart for community service and a commitment to academic excellence.
We also congratulate our 2026–2027 NHS officers for their willingness and determination to lead—and lead well. We are excited to see the impact this group will make at SHS and throughout our community.
It’s going to be a GREAT year at SHS! 🐝💙💛
#SHSYellowjackets #NationalHonorSociety #LeadWell #JacketPride #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
The SHS Golf Teams had a BIG day at the Sheridan Invitational Tournament at Sheridan Country Club!
Varsity Boys — CHAMPIONS
Varsity Girls — CHAMPIONS
Junior Varsity — CHAMPIONS
And the Jackets brought home individual honors, too!
Aubrey Whitaker — Girls Overall Champion
Beckett Scott — Boys Overall Champion
Congratulations to our golfers and Coach Hoffman on an outstanding performance! Way to represent SHS!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
Varsity Boys — CHAMPIONS
Varsity Girls — CHAMPIONS
Junior Varsity — CHAMPIONS
And the Jackets brought home individual honors, too!
Aubrey Whitaker — Girls Overall Champion
Beckett Scott — Boys Overall Champion
Congratulations to our golfers and Coach Hoffman on an outstanding performance! Way to represent SHS!
#YJNation #ExcellenceEveryDay #EliteOps
What a way to wrap up our first week at SHS!
A HUGE Yellowjacket shout-out to Malvern National Bank for sponsoring our dunking booth, provided by Pinnacle Parties!
SHS students who earned Minga points for SWARMing like a Yellowjacket got to cash in those points for a chance to dunk SHS teachers and administrators! And judging by the smiles, we think they enjoyed every minute of it!
A special thank-you to our SHS Behavior Team for planning such a fun celebration. What a great way to recognize our students for making positive choices!
Thank you again to Malvern National Bank and Pinnacle Parties for helping us make it happen!
Great job, Yellowjackets! Keep SWARMing! 🐝💙💛
#YJNation #SWARMtoday #THRIVEtomorrow
A HUGE Yellowjacket shout-out to Malvern National Bank for sponsoring our dunking booth, provided by Pinnacle Parties!
SHS students who earned Minga points for SWARMing like a Yellowjacket got to cash in those points for a chance to dunk SHS teachers and administrators! And judging by the smiles, we think they enjoyed every minute of it!
A special thank-you to our SHS Behavior Team for planning such a fun celebration. What a great way to recognize our students for making positive choices!
Thank you again to Malvern National Bank and Pinnacle Parties for helping us make it happen!
Great job, Yellowjackets! Keep SWARMing! 🐝💙💛
#YJNation #SWARMtoday #THRIVEtomorrow
⚽💙 Ready to be part of something great? Lady Jackets Soccer tryouts start this Thursday, August 13, 2026—come join a winning team! 💛⚽
A NEW Sheridan YELLOWJACKET TRADITION IS COMING!
Join us for the ultimate Yellowjacket tailgate party—packed with food, games, music, football, and plenty of Jacket pride!
Whether you’re a local business, nonprofit organization, family, or community member, we want YOU to be part of the fun!
Come together with #YJNation as we celebrate our students, our school, and our community before the big game.
💙 Bring your crew.
💛 Bring your Yellowjacket pride.
🏈 Let’s make this a tradition to remember!
We’ll see you at the tailgate! For more information, contact Katie Drake @ katiedrake@sheridanschools.org.
#YJNation #YellowjacketPride #FridayNightLights
Join us for the ultimate Yellowjacket tailgate party—packed with food, games, music, football, and plenty of Jacket pride!
Whether you’re a local business, nonprofit organization, family, or community member, we want YOU to be part of the fun!
Come together with #YJNation as we celebrate our students, our school, and our community before the big game.
💙 Bring your crew.
💛 Bring your Yellowjacket pride.
🏈 Let’s make this a tradition to remember!
We’ll see you at the tailgate! For more information, contact Katie Drake @ katiedrake@sheridanschools.org.
#YJNation #YellowjacketPride #FridayNightLights
Recently, Sheridan coaches had the opportunity to tour the new UAMS Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine clinic!
Our coaches worked with exercise scientist Megan Hart and physical therapist Cody Moon to learn more about biomechanics and athlete performance using the DARI Motion 3D camera system.
Megan showed our coaches the importance of recognizing differences in movement, strength, and stability and how DARI can identify deficits and help develop individualized exercise programs to address those areas.
We’re grateful for this partnership and the opportunity to continue learning new ways to support our student-athletes.
Just one more way Sheridan and UAMS are working together to help our athletes perform at their best!
#YJNation #UAMS #ExcellenceEveryDay
Our coaches worked with exercise scientist Megan Hart and physical therapist Cody Moon to learn more about biomechanics and athlete performance using the DARI Motion 3D camera system.
Megan showed our coaches the importance of recognizing differences in movement, strength, and stability and how DARI can identify deficits and help develop individualized exercise programs to address those areas.
We’re grateful for this partnership and the opportunity to continue learning new ways to support our student-athletes.
Just one more way Sheridan and UAMS are working together to help our athletes perform at their best!
#YJNation #UAMS #ExcellenceEveryDay
Ready to be part of something great? Lady Jackets Varsity Soccer tryouts are this week—come join a winning team! 💛⚽💙
The Lady Jackets Golf Team brought home a HUGE win at the Citizens Bank Classic in Batesville—and what an incredible accomplishment it is! 💙💛
Not only did the Lady Jackets take 1st place, but we also had co-overall champions—Chloe Harper and Aubrey Whitaker—who both finished at the top! 👏🔥
The Lady Jackets competed against and defeated an outstanding field, including:
Sheridan
Paragould
Marion
Manila
Palestine
Heber Springs
Southside
Cedar Ridge
This is a BIG deal, and we couldn’t be more proud of these athletes and their hard work, determination, and teamwork!
💙 Way to represent, Lady Jackets! 💛
#JacketPride #LadyJackets #Champions #HardWorkPaysOff #YJNation #Excellence
Not only did the Lady Jackets take 1st place, but we also had co-overall champions—Chloe Harper and Aubrey Whitaker—who both finished at the top! 👏🔥
The Lady Jackets competed against and defeated an outstanding field, including:
Sheridan
Paragould
Marion
Manila
Palestine
Heber Springs
Southside
Cedar Ridge
This is a BIG deal, and we couldn’t be more proud of these athletes and their hard work, determination, and teamwork!
💙 Way to represent, Lady Jackets! 💛
#JacketPride #LadyJackets #Champions #HardWorkPaysOff #YJNation #Excellence
