Education News

Photo SubmittedMrs. Lockhart’s class advanced art class at Cave City Middle School  has been focusing on building drawing skills, starting with contour drawings. The blind contour drawings got a lot of laughs. Her wheel classes worked hard on creating zentangles utilizing the elements of art learned about earlier in the nine weeks. They are wrapping up their lesson about Disney artist Mary Blair by practicing using a variety of materials on one…

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The Salem Valentine’s Pageant was held Feb. 1. Winners from elementary school were second runner-up Quincy Hurtt, daughter of Rusty Hurtt and Miranda McCullough, and Tennyson Leslie,  son of Ben and Sarah Leslie; the first runner-ups were Kimber Moody, daughter of John and Crystal Moody, and Eric Crowe, son of James and Karen Crowe; and the winners were  Katarina Watson, daughter of Khristian Swift, and Conner Barker, son of Luke Barker and Bailey…

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Students in Highland High School Senior Band were selected last week for the 2021-22 Senior High All-Region Band. Highland had several first band musicians and several who will also audition for All-State Band.  Among the All-Region Band from Highland are: Connor Galbreath, flute, second band seventh chair; Kayla Sue Pickle, bassoon, second band, second chair; Dani Jordan, clarinet, first band eighth chair and will audition for All State; Benjamin Wooten, clarinet, first…

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Quad City Rotary Club President Linda Hall presented a check for $500 the Cherokee Elementary School Backpack Program at the club’s meeting Jan.24 at Pillbox Cafe in Highland. Pictured from left are Joni Gaskins , Cherokee Elementary School Principal,  Linda Hall, and Kathy Booth Cherokee Elementary School Counselor.

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Ozarka College is proud to announce that Marcus Orf of Melbourne, Arkansas has been selected as Ozarka’s Employee of the Quarter. Orf is the director of Ozarka’s Carpenter Technical Center in Ash Flat.  “We are so very proud of the amazing results achieved by Marcus with the Tech Center and establishing and developing our technical programs,” said Dr. Richard Dawe, Ozarka College president. “Marcus has proved to be an outstanding addition to…

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