Principal Mark Manchester informed the Board of Education at the recent meeting that the special work of the teachers over the past academic year brought higher achievement and valued growth to the classrooms. Principal Nate Henderson spoke to the same idea as “One Skill, One School” will be implemented this school year.
Going “back to school” does not mean what it once meant. The phrase does not need to strike terror in the heart of a person who met with trouble, trauma, or other roadblocks while attending conventional public school in quest of a high school diploma. Unless a person has experienced setbacks, trauma, or academic difficulties unaddressed by traditional studies, he/she cannot possibly know the reluctance a person feels when confronted with “going back to school.”
A local man was killed Tuesday morning, Sept. 9, when his semi-truck was struck by a train.
Piggott School board met on Tuesday, Sept. 9 with all members present. Motion was made and the reading of the previous months minutes were waived and the financials was accepted. Teachers Cassie Knight and Jerri Tate gave updates on the achievements of The Odyssey of the Mind and art classes. A special meeting was set for Sept. 22 to approve the 2026 fiscal year budget and reports on given on the school year thus far by the principals.
Black River Area Development Corporation has announced the Summer Entergy Assistance Program will close Tuesday, Sept. 30 2025. Program coordinators report applications for Summer Energy Assistance will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for Clay County residents at the BRAD Senior Center, 1403 Main Street in Corning.
Valda Willie will be honored from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, with a reception in celebration of her 90th birthday.
