Leopard Family, we have some very important news to share with you all.
We are heartbroken to share the passing of one of our own.
Myles Ilan Tatum, a beloved 9-year-old student at Malvern Elementary School, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2026. Myles was a bright and curious scholar who loved the periodic table, geography, multiplication, linguistics, and music. He was devoted to learning both the piano and cello, and his love for life touched everyone around him.
Myles was more than a student — he was a light. His laughter, his curiosity, and his kind spirit made him unforgettable to all who knew him. He will be deeply missed by his teachers, his classmates, and our entire Leopard Family.
Please keep his parents Marcus and Sasha, his siblings, and his entire family in your thoughts and prayers during this incredibly difficult time.
Service Information:
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
1220 Carmichael St., Malvern, AR 72104
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Meet & Greet: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
"Forever My Favorite Cellist": 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Reception: 12:00 – 2:00 PM
To sign the guest registry or see even more photos of Myles and his loving family and friends, visit: https://www.carriganmemorial.com/obituaries/myles-tatum
If you or a loved one is experiencing difficulty in this time, please reach out to us. Times like this are not meant to be endured alone, and we are here for you.
Rest easy, Myles.
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #MalvernElementary #InMemory









If you or someone you know is looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students right here in Malvern, we would love to hear from you! 🐆🧡🖤
Malvern High School:
⭐ Senior Army Instructor (SAI) — JROTC
District-Wide Openings:
⭐ Special Education Teacher
⭐ Special Education Para/Aide
⭐ Bus Driver
⭐ Bus Monitor
⭐ Custodian
To view full job descriptions and apply, visit our Human Resources page at the link below. We cannot wait to welcome new faces to the Leopard Family!
🔗 https://www.malvernleopards.org/o/msd/page/human-resources-department
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #NowHiring #MalvernSchoolDistrict #PassionPrideExcellence





Malvern School District has done it again! We are proud to announce that we have once again been named a National Beta District of Distinction for the 2025-2026 school year! 🐆🧡🖤
Out of thousands of school districts across the country, only 95 districts and 543 clubs earned this prestigious recognition. We are proud to be 1 of only 7 districts in the entire state of Arkansas to receive this recognition!
The National Beta District of Distinction is awarded to school districts that demonstrate an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, leadership development, and service involvement, inducting qualifying Beta Club members in every eligible grade from 4th through 12th across every school in the district.
This recognition is a reflection of our students, our Beta Club sponsors, our principals, and our entire Leopard Family who believe in building young leaders of character. National Beta has over 500,000 active members and 9,000 clubs nationally and internationally, and Malvern School District continues to stand among the very best of them!
Congratulations to our Beta Clubs across all four campuses and a huge thank you to our sponsor Ms. Brigette Williams, and to retired sponsor Ms. Brenda Rush, whose years of dedication helped build this tradition of excellence! 🐾🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #NationalBeta #DistrictOfDistinction

We are so proud to recognize the following years of service milestones. In photo order:
- Malvern Alum
- 5 Years of Service
- 10 Years of Service
- 15 Years of Service
- 20 Years of Service
- 25 Years of Service
- 40 Years of Service
Malvern School District is made up of longtime members in our schools who have spent so much time here because they care about our community, and we thank them greatly for that! Thank you for pouring so much into us all. 🧡
School starts Wednesday, August 12th, and our Leopards are in great hands!
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #YearsOfService #TeacherStartUpDay #BackToSchool2026






Just a reminder that Returning Student Registration opens this Monday, August 3rd! Get ahead of the new school year and take care of registration online!
💻 Register online here: https://www.malvernleopards.org/page/powerschoolenrollment
Or visit our website at malvernleopards.org, click the Menu, and select "Enroll Online" to get started!
The first day of school is August 12th, and it will be here before you know it! Let's get those Leopards ready! 🐾
We can't wait to have all our students back soon!🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #MalvernSchoolDistrict

If you received a letter about Legacy Seats, Box Seats, or Parking Passes, please note that the deadline was July 24th.
If you have not yet taken care of this, please come see Drina Saling at the Central Office this week to get it handled!
🏢 Central Office Summer Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Please do not wait, stop by and see us this week! If you have any questions, reach out to the Central Office and we will be happy to help. 🐆🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #LeopardAthletics See less


⭐ Custodian
⭐ Special Education Para/Aide
⭐ Bus Driver
To view full job descriptions and apply, visit our website at https://malvernleopards.org and click on Job Openings. We would love to welcome you to the Leopard Family! 🐆🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #NowHiring #MalvernSchoolDistrict #PassionPrideExcellence



The correct time for MHS Freshman Orientation on July 31 is:
🕥 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
We apologize for any confusion the previous graphic may have caused! Please make note of the updated time and share this with any incoming freshman families you know.
We can't wait to see everyone soon! 🐆
#MalvernLeopards #PassionPrideExcellence #FreshmanOrientation #BackToSchool2026

Recently, Marke'la and her parents Mark and Nicole Hughes attended the Arkansas Rural Education Foundation scholarship presentation at Lakeside High School, where Marke'la was honored with a $1,000 renewable scholarship that is renewable for two years!
Marke'la will be heading to ASU Three Rivers this fall to study nursing, and we have no doubt she is going to do incredible things!
Thank you to the Arkansas Rural Education Foundation for investing in the futures of students like Marke'la and for hosting such a wonderful event. Thank you for honoring Malvern High School and our students who work so hard!
Once a Leopard, always a Leopard! 🐾🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #Classof2026 #Scholarship #ArkansasRuralEducationFoundation #NursingSchool #LeopardPride

Openings:
- K-6 Grade Math
- Special Education Teacher
- Special Education Para/Aide
- Bus Driver
To view full job descriptions and apply, visit our Human Resources page online. We can't wait to welcome new faces to the Leopard Family!
🔗 Apply online at: https://www.malvernleopards.org/o/msd/page/human-resources-department
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #NowHiring #MalvernSchoolDistrict #PassionPrideExcellence




Dawson Education Co-op is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Pre-K school year! If you have a little one who will be eligible for Pre-K next school year, now is the time to get them registered!
📋 To complete your application, please have the following documents ready:
- Birth Certificate
- Social Security Card
- Current Immunization Record
- Proof of Income (a month's worth of paystubs or 2025 tax return) — if unemployed, a notarized letter of unemployment is required
- Proof of Residency
- Well Child Physical
🔗 Apply online here: https://arkansas.mycopa.com/familyPortal/childCare.epl
Or visit our website, malvernleopards.org, and find the link at the top of the Menu under "Enroll"
📞 For more information, call 870-246-1450
Get your little Leopard signed up today! 🐾🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #PreKRegistration

The Malvern School District Wall of Honor is one of the most meaningful ways we permanently recognize individuals who have made a lasting impact on our district and our community. Whether they are a distinguished graduate, a dedicated volunteer, a longtime employee, or a devoted board member, if someone has significantly contributed to the Malvern School District, they deserve to be considered!
Approved nominees will be permanently recognized on the Wall of Honor outside the Safe Room and celebrated at the Homecoming football game in the fall with a picture plaque honoring their accomplishments.
This is a legacy recognition, and nominations are open RIGHT NOW through June 30th!
📋 Submit your nomination here: https://5il.co/2mnci
You can also find the application directly on our website. Just visit malvernleopards.org, click "Menu" at the top, and it is the very first link!
Do not let someone deserving go unrecognized. If you know a Leopard legend, now is the time to put their name forward. 🐆🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #WallOfHonor #NominateALegend #MalvernSchoolDistrict

Thank you for signing up for the free summer meals! We are so excited to kick start this program for our community again this year. We have had a huge response with more than 800 kids signed up!
Malvern High School Pickup:
Pickup will in the front drive of the High School. Go past the main doors and enter the last set of doors in the drive. Signs will be out for you to
follow. You can also enter through Mississippi but the main drive is preferred. We will have multiple A-Frame Signs out directing you were to go from around the High School Campus. Pickup at the HS will be 10am-6pm.
Malvern Elementary School Pickup:
Go to the second entrance (where the bus shed is). Go down to the wall of windows and pick up will be located in the cafeteria.
Please remember the first week the pickup is on Tuesday 5/26/26. After that pickup will always be on Mondays.
If you are still needing home delivery please reach out to Caryn Dempsey with the email
listed below. There is no guarantee of this, but we will do our best!
If you have any questions, please email caryn.dempsey@compass-usa.com.


Our teachers show up every single day and give their best to our youth. They have early mornings, long days, countless hours outside the classroom (several!), and they do it all because they genuinely care about the young people in their seats. As we close out the 2025-2026 school year, we want every teacher in our Leopard Family to know how seen, valued, and appreciated they truly are.
They are community heroes whose occupation, at it's root, is changing lives and making those around them better than yesterday. 🐆
We want to hear from YOU, Leopard Family! Drop a comment below and tag a teacher who made a difference in your life or your child's life this year. Tell us their name, share a story, or just say thank you.
Use this post to share some well-deserved love for our Leopard educators! 👇🧡
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #TeacherAppreciationMonth #ThankATeacher

Both your Malvern Leopard Softball team and your Malvern Leopards Baseball team are headed to the State Tournament! 🏆🐆
Your Lady Leopards won the Regional Championship and are going to State as the #1 seed. Dominant. All season long. 👑🥎
Your Leopard Baseball team has earned their spot as well, heading to State as the #4 seed and ready to take it home (pun intended)! ⚾
And if you have not seen this Regional Champions photo yet, check this out. Coach Freer's picture right there in the middle of the team says everything about the kind of young women these girls are. We love this Leopard Family so much. 🧡
We want to share a special thank you to the Morrilton High School Softball team for praying with our Softball team before the game. These Leopards grew up being coached and mentored by Coach Freer, and for them to make such a kind gesture to us means the world to us.
We are honored to share the diamond with such great people!
Let's bring it home, Malvern! 🐆🧡🖤
🥎 Softball Brackets: https://www.si.com/high-school/stats/arkansas/softball/brackets
⚾ Baseball Brackets: https://www.si.com/high-school/stats/arkansas/baseball/brackets
🎟️ Tickets: ahsaa.org/tickets
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #LeopardSoftball #LeopardBaseball #StateTournament #StateBound

Come out and support our Leopard musicians one last time this school year!
🗓️ Tonight, Thursday May 7
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 MHS Bailey Auditorium
🎵 7th Grade Band
🎵 8th Grade Band
🎵 MHS Jazz Band
🎵 MHS Concert Band
Admission is free and open to the public. See you there! 🧡🖤🐆
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #leopardband

If your student is interested in playing Youth Football, do not miss this meeting!
📍 Wilson Intermediate School Cafeteria
🗓️ Thursday, May 7
🕕 6:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you there! 🐆🧡🖤
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #LeopardAthletics #YouthFootball

Malvern School District has been named a 2025-2026 National Beta District of Distinction for FIVE YEARS running! This marks our 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 receiving this prestigious honor! 🏆🐆
To put that in perspective, we are 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟗𝟓 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 in the entire nation to receive this distinction, and 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟕 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 of Arkansas.
That is not an accident. That is a culture of excellence built by our students, our Beta sponsors, and our entire Leopard Family year after year.
The District of Distinction Award recognizes school districts that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to academic excellence, leadership development, and service with full implementation of National Beta programs across every eligible campus and grade level. When an entire district buys in, the results speak for themselves!
A huge congratulations and thank you to our Beta Club sponsors and every Beta student across Malvern School District who makes this recognition possible. You represent the very best of what the Leopard Family stands for inside and outside the classroom. 🧡🖤
That is truly the exemplification of #PassionPrideExcellence 🐆
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #NationalBeta #DistrictOfDistinction #BetaDOD

Today marks the last regular school day for the Malvern High School Class of 2026, and what a journey it has been. From the first day you walked through our doors to today, you have grown into something truly special.
The entire Leopard Family is so incredibly proud of each and every one of you!
We know you'll all get out there and change the world! 🧡🖤🐆
#MalvernLeopards #LeopardFamily #PassionPrideExcellence #Classof2026 #SeniorWeek2026 #SeniorsLastDay



