Education News

Mammoth Spring FBLA attended the Spring District Leadership Conference held at the ASU-Mountain Home campus Feb.10. The following students qualified to compete at the State Leadership Conference in Little Rock in April. Accounting I-Melissa French (First Place) Business Communications-Savannah Chance (Fifth Place)  Health Care Administration-Lilly White (Second Place) Personal Finance-Payton Tucker (Third Place)Political Science-Jenna Bellows (Sixth Place)Spreadsheet Applications-Jace Forester (Second Place)Word Processing-Nikki Young (Fifth Place)

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Scholarships are now available for eligible Arkansas students through Arkansas Community Foundation.  Each scholarship has its own eligibility criteria. In general, the Community Foundation’s scholarships are for Arkansas students pursuing education at two- or four-year colleges or universities, vocational schools or technical training programs. Some scholarships are designated for graduates of a particular high school or those who plan to attend a particular college. Others are based on extracurricular activities or intended…

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Dale Barber, Amy Barber, and Andrea Schmidt. Also on hand for the announcement was Jonathan’s wife, Andrea. United Police Supply’s Jonathan Schmidt Memorial Scholarship Established through BRTC Foundation Dale and Amy Barber, owners of United Police Supply, and Andrea Schmidt, wife of fallen officer Jonathan Schmidt, were recently on the BRTC Pocahontas campus to announce the establishment of the United Police Supply’s Jonathan Schmidt Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor…

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University of Arkansas Little Rock recently announced its Fall 2021 Chancellor’s List, recognizing students with superior academic performance in a semester. To be eligible for the Chancellor’s List, students must earn at least nine credit hours and at least a 3.9 GPA. Local UA Little Rock students named to the Fall 2021 Chancellor’s List include: Kelsey Miller of Highland and Hannah Rikard of Cherokee Village. More than 650 UA Little Rock students…

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Photo SubmittedThe Building a Legacy Lego exhibit is on display until April at BRTC in Pocahontas. Building A Legacy” a display of LEGO bricks is the latest exhibit in the BRTC student-led mini-museum, Cabinet of Curiosities, on the Paragould campus.  Dr. Dianna Fraley’s US History to 1876 and World Civilizations to 1660 classes participated in creating and curating the exhibit.  The students researched and wrote an essay on the history of LEGO…

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