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Armorel teachers prep for new year
(Local News ~ 08/14/15)
The Armorel school district begins the 2015-16 school year Monday and superintendent, Sally Bennett, said her staff is excited and ready to get the year going. "We're already off to a really good start," she said. "We're focusing this year on really refining our learning targets for students. Making sure that there is clarity about what students are learning in each class and being able to demonstrate that learning in an effort to scaffold students success to higher levels."...
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TRiO hosts summer camps
(Community News ~ 08/14/15)
The Educational Talent Search program had the wonderful opportunity to host workshops and camps over the summer for its TRiO participants. Educational Talent Search is a grant program funded by the United States Department of Education at Arkansas Northeastern College with the primary purpose of encouraging students to complete a rigorous high school curriculum, enroll in a postsecondary institution, and earn a postsecondary degree. ...
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Better go and get your armor...
(Column ~ 08/14/15)
When I was a junior in high school, my friends and I walked into the main hallway from lunch one day and found the place covered in blood. No, seriously. It was everywhere, splattered on the doors, the rugs, pooled up in huge puddles on the floor. While we'd been in the cafeteria, one of our classmates had stabbed one of our other classmates...
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Committee approves moving funds from CD
(Local News ~ 08/14/15)
The Blytheville City Council's Finance and Purchasing Committee approved moving $94,000 from the Park and Recreation Certificate of Deposit (CD) to a separate account, to pay for the reworking of the parking lot, a basketball court and to purchase new playground equipment for Williams Park...
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