It’s time for the community to rally. Rose Bud High School has been selected as a Spirit Awards finalist in Windstream’s Classroom Connections program. The Spirit Award is a $5,000 donation that schools can use to fund anything from computers and text books to band uniforms to athletic equipment.
The Newspapers In Education (NIE) Program of the Sun-Times is looking for sponsors for the ‘10-‘11 school year. The program brings newspapers into the classroom.
Voters will go back to the polls in September to determine the fate of another proposed millage increase.
The Quitman Board of Education is asking voters to approve an increase of 1.9 mills to build a $5 million complex which will house an auditorium and gymnasium.
Quitman SRO Pat Swain has been named the Arkansas School Resource Officer of the Year. Swain accepted the Kool-Aid Award during the Sixth Annual Arkansas Safe Schools Association Conference last week in Little Rock.
The economic downturn, which is harming small business by limiting borrowing options, is helping schools and other governmental institutions by keeping low the interest rates on bonded debt.
Arkansas State University—Heber Springs is offering the Summer Institute for the Hospitality Administration Program from through July 27.
Here we go again… the collision of the culminating end-of-the-year events, and the exciting, intensive planning for the next year.
Area high school graduations begin Friday across the county.
ASU-Heber Springs has come out with the Continuing Education Courses for Summer 2010, and Jody Rath, Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program, has outdone herself in putting together the schedule.
Brooke N. Blankenship, a senior at Heber Springs High School, is one of 2,500 distinguished high school students who have won National Merit $2,500 Scholarships.
Whew, we have all survived the two weeks of testing at Heber Springs Elementary School. I understand the world of accountability that we are subject to in the education world, but I am not totally convinced it is worth the “pressure” price that teachers and students pay.
The campus at ASU in Heber Springs will once again celebrate Earth Day, which is Thursday, April 22.
Each April, Gamma Beta Phi hosts an appreciation dinner for the faculty and staff at ASU-Heber Springs. Gamma Beta Phi purchases, prepares, and serves the food in an effort to show our gratitude for all of the hard work that these people do each year.
The Greers Ferry Lake Art Show and Competition, sponsored by Beta Xi Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, is being held during the month of April in five lake area schools.
Raising healthy, drug- and alcohol-free children in today’s culture is not an easy task. Guiding Good Choices is a free, interactive workshop for parents of nine to 14-year-olds that offers specific skills designed to impact family relationships and children’s behavior in a positive way.
To a fairly impressive list of technological aids, the West Side School District is considering more enhancements to push students into an increasingly tech-savvy world.
Do you have dresses that are cluttering up your closet? Do you want to get rid of them but don't know how? You can donate them to Every Girl's Dream.
Students will now go longer than originally planned, thanks to this year’s unwelcome snow.
Deadline to submit an application is March 1.
