Education News

Ozarka College is pleased to offer a Night and Weekend LPN program on the Ash Flat campus beginning January 2023. Applications for the LPN programs starting January 2023 are currently being accepted through Nov. 1.To be eligible for application, students must prove successful completion of or enrollment in pre- requisite courses. The pre-requisite courses consist of English Composition I, Math for Health Professions, Nutrition, and Body Structure and Function (or Anatomy and…

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Photo SubmittedGovernor Asa Hutchinson and President Martin Eggensperger After a spending a year evaluating its processes, systems, and policies then undergoing a 3-day, 7-person site evaluation visit, Black River Technical College has been awarded the highest level, the Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence, of the Governor’s Quality Award Program offered by the Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence in partnership with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce.This program is based upon the Baldridge…

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Razorback Super Fan, Canaan Sandy needs the public’s help collecting pop tabs for the Cave City FFA Pop Tab drive to help St Jude’s Children Hospital. St Jude uses these pop tabs to collect money to fund the Ronald McDonald house, which houses a patient’s family while the patient is receiving treatment.Tabs can be dropped off to Cave City FFA at the main office of the Cave City High school.

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The Cave City High School Amateur Radio Club had an eventful week! The club received their official charter from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Club president Ithyca B. was also notified that the CCHS ARC was awarded a grant for over $8000. Bacon stated, “To get this grant is very exciting! Our project is to purchase and install a local radio repeater. ” Local repeaters are commonly used during times of…

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PHOTOS/TAMMY CURTISArchitectural rendering of proposed new Highland High School. By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The Highland School District held the first of their public meetings in their “Our Kids, Our Community,”Highland Proud millage campaign to inform the public on the need to increase the current millage by 8.9 mills to build a new high school. There was a large crowd present as Superintendent Jeremy Lewis welcomed the group.Architectural renderings of the proposed…

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