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Bentonville High School student crowned 2024 Miss Arkansas Teen
ARKANSAS, USA — A Northwest Arkansas teen is making the region proud. Peyton Bolling was crowned the newest Miss Arkansas Teen on Friday, June 14, at the Robinson Center in Little Rock. Bolling will be a senior at Bentonville High School in the 2024-2025 school year. "I am from...
Gov. Sanders invites Arkansas school leaders to join phone-free school pilot program
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — This week, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva in inviting Arkansas School districts to join her administration's mental health pilot program. A letter was sent to superintendents in the state where it described how the program would work to address the...
Arkansas Virtual Academy opens enrollment for the 2024-25 School Year
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA), a full-time online public school serving K-12 students throughout the state, is now accepting enrollments for the 2024-25 school year. Open for 20 years, the academy is a full-time public charter school serving students in grades K through 12 with an...
UAMS names Dr. Boerma as J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair member
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has named a new J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology. Marjan Boerma, Ph.D, director of the UAMS College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health and associate director of basic science in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was named in a June 25 ceremony.
Private school participation grows in Arkansas voucher program’s second year
More than two dozen private schools have applied as first-time participants in the second year of Arkansas’ school voucher program. Created through the 2023 LEARNS Act, the Educational Freedom Account program allows state funds to be used for allowable expenses such as private school tuition. It’s being phased in with expanding eligibility criteria each year […] The post Private school participation grows in Arkansas voucher program’s second year appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.
Giving Guide: Arkansas School for the Deaf Foundation
The Arkansas School for the Deaf (ASD) Foundation believes that there are no limits to what deaf and hard-of-hearing students can achieve. The organization envisions a community where all students can be successful and independent. The ASD Foundation directs resources towards promoting and celebrating the educational successes of ASD students,...
Arkansas Outdoor School Coordinator receives lifetime service award from Arkansas Environmental Education Association
LITTLE ROCK — For more than 20 years, Eric De Vries has made a career of helping children discover a love of nature and a passion for learning. De Vries, extension coordinator of Arkansas Outdoor School for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was recently recognized for his efforts by the Arkansas Environmental Education Association with the Robert McAfee Lifetime Service Award.
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