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.”
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Scenes from the Rector Labor Day Parade & Picnic
For nearly a decade, Sonny Rigdon has quietly turned his woodworking hobby into a heartfelt mission to support his community.
The Piggott City Council met in regular session on Monday, Aug. 25 with council members Jeff Benbrook, Tracy Cole and Jamey Parks present. Mayor Bradley Scheffler was absent.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center held an informational community meeting on Monday, Aug. 18 regarding the National Heritage Area System. The meeting was held at the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum.
Prior to the August Quorum Court meeting on Monday, Aug. 18, the Clay County justices and county administration met at 5:30 p.m. at the Black River Trap and Skeet Club where Clay County Extension agents held a fish fry and interpretive event.