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SUBMITTED – Vandervoort Elementary would like to honor their grandparents with “Goodies for Grandparents”. On September 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m,. grandparents can meet with their grandchildren for cookies and punch in the cafeteria. The school will have someone available to take pictures if you would like to have a picture made with your grandchildren. “Grandparents play an important role in ...
September, 2017
August, 2017
- 29 August
Cossatot River School District & K-12 Culinary Connection Partner
Cossatot River School District and K-12 Culinary Connection have partnered for the 2017-2018 school year, and their goal is to provide more choices and better quality food for your students. Along with these new and tasty options, we are providing a la carte items for high school students like Gatorade, water, and chips. Prices for these items are: Gatorade: $1.00; ...
- 29 August
Jones Inducted into Leadership and Honors Organization
Sigma Alpha Lambda is proud to announce that Keeley Jones of Mena, Ark., has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at the University of Central Arkansas. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, ...
- 28 August
School Lunch Menus: August 28 – September 1, 2017
Acorn Public Schools: Monday: Breakfast: Variety cereal, pancake on a stick w/ syrup, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch: Elementary – Orange chicken, beef stir fry w/ vegetables, fried rice, egg roll, fruit, salad bar, juice, milk. High School – Orange chicken, beef stir fry w/ vegetables, baked potato bar, or pizza, fried rice, egg roll, fruit, salad bar, juice, milk. Tuesday: ...
- 24 August
Acorn Elementary to Host BEAR Family Night
BY MELANIE WADE – Science Education Consultant and Project Wild facilitator, Kathy Rusert, has announced that Acorn Schools will coordinate with Arkansas Game and Fish to sponsor a BEAR (Be Excited About Reading) Family Night. Be Excited About Reading will be for students in grades K-3rd and their parents. Participants will rotate through four stations: Bear Habitats in Arkansas, led by ...
- 22 August
UA Rich Mountain Hosts Solar Eclipse Viewing
The first day of class for UA Rich Mountain on August 21st began with a major celebration and created “umbraphiles” of those in attendance. Approximately 200 students, faculty, and staff gathered for a solar eclipse watch party on the quad at the Ouachita Center on the UA Rich Mountain campus. NASA approved solar viewing glasses were purchased for students, and Mrs. ...
- 9 August
Alley Family Establishes Foundation Scholarship
Since 2010, David Alley has served on the RMCC Foundation Board of Directors and he and his wife Kay made the decision to support an annual scholarship to assist UA Rich Mountain students in allied health programs achieve their educational and career goals. David and Kay Alley retired to Mena in 1995. During their careers, David worked as an accountant ...
July, 2017
- 26 July
UA Rich Mountain Machine Tool Tech Student Places in National Competition
The week of June 19, 2017, University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Machine Tool Technology student, Tyler Young, competed and placed 8th in CNC Milling at the SkillsUSA National Competition held in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the second year in a row that a UA Rich Mountain student has placed in the top ten in the SkillsUSA National Competition. NIDEC Motor Corporation ...
- 26 July
2017 UA Rich Mountain Practical Nursing Capping Ceremony
On Thursday, June 29th, the 2017 University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Practical Nursing Capping Ceremony was held at the Ouachita Center on the Mena campus. Chancellor Phillip Wilson welcomed a record crowd and the 2017 LPN Class of 25 students to the ceremony. Pyke Bobo, CRNA for Mena Regional Health System, was chosen by the LPN students as this year’s ...
- 26 July
MaKenna Goss Earns Gold at Nationals
SUBMITTED – Acorn FCCLA’s MaKenna Goss recently traveled to Nashville, TN to compete in the Star Event Illustrated Talk. Students had to place in the top two in the state of Arkansas in order to move on to compete at the event, a feat that MaKenna accomplished. This was her first year to compete in any FCCLA event and she ...
