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Highland High School remembers Patriots’ Day

Photo SubmittedMembers from the Cherokee Village American Legion Post 346 and VFW Post 4772 along with Sharp County Sherriff Mark Counts spoke Sept. 9 with all Highland High School students about the importance of Patriots’ Day and the memories they have of 9/11. Photo SubmittedThe Rebel Band played the National Anthem and Sophomore Lane Evans played taps for the Patriots’ Day ceremony at Highland High School on Sept. 9.

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Capturing Kids’ Hearts changes culture at Highland Schools

Social contracts. Hand Signals. Good Things. Affirmations. Greetings and handshakes. These may be a few of the things you’ve heard students in the Highland School District talk about since the 22-23 school year has begun.Before school started, all district administration, faculty, and staff embarked on a training journey that would affect the way they approach everything within the school system this year. The district adopted a voluntary process called Capturing Kids’ Hearts.…

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Lyon College’s TKE chapter joins $5,000 Club in fundraising

Members of Lyon College’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter, or TKE, recently announced that they had the honor of joining TKE’s prestigious $5,000 Club and were recognized at the TKE Conclave in Houston, Texas. Lyon College’s chapter worked diligently over the past year to help raise money to donate to its main philanthropy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with the final amount totaling $5,405.“Our organization chose St. Jude as our primary philanthropy as…

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Hunter education course set at Ash Flat

An in-person hunter’s education class will be held Friday, September 9th and Sat., Sept. 10 at First Baptist Church in Ash Flat. The class is open to all persons age 10 and above who wish to gain their Hunter’s Education certification through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. You can pre-register by going to the AGFC website at agfc.com, clicking on Hunting and going to Hunter Education and following the links. Class…

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Better Beginnings promotes early childhood learning

Better Beginnings, a program of the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education focusing on giving children the best quality care, is offering Arkansas civic and business leaders ways in which they can support working families this month by promoting quality early childhood education in their communities. Better Beginnings Program Administrator Kelli Hilburn says National Working Parents Day on September 16, 2022 is a great opportunity…

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