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…
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.
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…
The University of Central Arkansas congratulated nearly 1,200students who were named a fall2022 Presidential Scholar. From Sharp County, the following were named to the President’s List. Michael L Bruner, of Highland; Jillian J. Shortnacy, of Cherokee Village and Ashton Webber, of Ash Flat. More than 1,400 students who were named to the fall 2022 Dean’s List. From Sharp County, the following were named to the Dean’s List. Matthew Graddy of Cherokee Village;…
Kelsey Miller, of Highland, Ark., has been named to the Fall 2022 Chancellor’s List at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.UA Little Rock recognizes superior academic performance at the end of each semester. To be named to the UA Little Rock Chancellor’s List, a student must have completed at least nine credit hours with a 3.9 GPA or higher.
