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School based health clinic partners with All About Smiles

The Highland School Based Health Clinic has expanded its services again. The District partnered with Dr. Steven Goacher and staff from All About Smiles Family Dental to provide services to the students of the district. The first clinic day was held during the week of Jan. 16-20, with10 students being treated; a couple of them getting dental services for the very first time. The clinic will continue once a month for the…

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Area students named to A-State’s Dean, Chancellor’s lists

Students on the Chancellor’s and Dean’s Lists for the fall 2022 semester at Arkansas State University have been announced. The lists recognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade-point averages while enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours of study. The Chancellor’s List (designated as CL) includes students who earned a perfect GPA of4.0. The Dean’s List(designated as DL)includes students with a GPA of 3.6to 3.99. The lists include students enrolled…

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Highland Millage fails again in special election

Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor For the second time in three months the voters in the Highland School District have answered the call to vote on an 8.9 mill increase for the Highland School District. Again, they said no. 2,297 voters turned out in the largest school Special Election in Sharp County history. The millage failed with 1602 voters rejecting the millage and 693 voting in favor of it. This is nearly a…

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Huffmaster named to Vice Chancellor’s list at UACCB

Rebecca S. Huffmaster, of Horseshoe Bend ,Ark., has been added to the Fall 2022 Vice Chancellors List at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Students who made the Vice Chancellors list earned 12 or more credit hours and achieved a3.5 GPA or higher during the fall semester. Huffmaster was also a recipient of the Row Johns Scholarship for the Spring 2023 semester.

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DHS taking nominations for state’s next Outstanding Childhood Professional

Amber Scott, director of Grace Discovery Center in Hensley, was named the 2022 Arkansas Outstanding Early Childhood Professional Better Beginnings, a program of the Department of Human Services (DHS) Di-vision of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, is seeking nominations for the next Arkansas Outstanding Early Childhood Professional (AOECP). Established in 1988,this award administered by DCCECE honors an early child-hood professional who makes significant contributions to the early care and education field…

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