The Arkadelphia Public School District is excited to announce that Goza Middle School has been recognized by the Office for Educational Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school where students demonstrated high growth on the 2024 Arkansas ATLAS Examinations!

Goza earned the following recognitions:

#1 in Middle School High Overall Growth in the Southwest Region

#2 in Middle School High Math Growth in the Southwest Region

#4 in Middle School High ELA Growth in the Southwest Region

You can read more about the OEP Report by going to www.arkadelphiaschools.org/article/2054331

Congratulations to the Goza staff and students on your outstanding accomplishment!

Goza Middle School hosted its 2nd Annual Black History Assembly in the Lecture Hall at Henderson State University this afternoon. Members of the Goza Student Council welcomed the 7th & 8th grade students in attendance; conducted Black History Trivia with prizes; and recognized Goza staff that held membership in Greek organizations.

We also recognized all our staff members who were part of NPHC Greek organizations: Mr. Ankton, (Alpha Phi Alpha), Ms. Lakeisha. Berry (Delta Sigma Theta), Ms. Della Miller (Delta Sigma Theta), Mrs. Nece Hall (Alpha Kappa Alpha), Ms. Etta Robinson (Alpha Kappa Alpha), Ms. Jalisa Bowers (Alpha Kappa Alpha), Ms. Sharon Ford (Sigma Gamma Rho), Coach John Ware (Phi Beta Sigma), and Mrs. Beverly Meeks (Zeta Amicae Auxiliary).

We also thank our bus drivers, Coach Brian Gibson, Mr. Austin Hollis, Coach Evan Spears, Mr. Ankton, and Mr. Jason Freeman.

This year the event was in partnership with the HSU NPHC. Ashlee Dixon, Director of Greek Life and Student Engagement at HSU introduced representatives of the seven chapters of the Divine Nine currently chartered on the campus.

Thank you to Mr. Michael Ankton, the Goza Student Council, and HSU NPHC for their work to celebrate Black History with our students. And another great job by TJ Nelson aka DJ Last Minute!

Goza's Future Business Leaders of America attended the 2025 District IV Spring Conference in Hope, AR, on February 6, 2025. Twenty-eight members participated in competitive events and here are the results:

Congratulations to all our Spelling Bee Grades 4-8 students who represented their class, grade, school, and district so well at the Clark County Spelling Bee!

Arkadelphia students Lucas Feller and Martin Stover earned first and second place respectively; and Gurdon seventh-grader Callen Johnson placed third. Lucas, a Peake fourth-grade student, will represent Clark County at the Arkansas Spelling Bee next month.

We appreciate the adults involved – Katie McGlone, Sydney Miller, Misti Dixon, Blake Bell (MC), the judges, parents, and Park Hill Baptist Church for hosting.

Goza’s principal, Mrs. Tisha Hunter, and Kameron Purifoy, an 8th-grade student, received awards from the Clark County NAACP this past Sunday.

Mrs. Hunter received a trailblazer award for Black History Month for her outstanding and dynamic leadership at Goza Middle School, inspiring students and closing the gap of educational inequity.

Kameron was recognized for his leadership service on campus as a student council member and in his community. We are so proud to have them both here on campus and for the community to recognize them with these awards!

We want to remind our families if winter weather causes the school to close or delay, the information at the link below shares how the Arkadelphia Public School District will communicate the closing or delay with district families as well as the public.

School officials will closely monitor weather forecasts and conditions.

We will have another make-up snow day on Friday, April 18, which is Good Friday.

For more information visit www.arkadelphiaschools.org/winter-weather