Brandon Smith

WATCH | Craft elected to chair NPC board The National Park College Board of Trustees elected Joyce Craft as the new board chair for 2023 during its annual meeting on Wednesday at the Student Commons Conference Center.The board convened for i... January 27, 2023

WATCH | Embracing collaboration: Oaklawn school seeks model STEM designation As Oaklawn STEM Magnet School continues to embrace collaboration as part of its Professional Learning Communities pilot initiative, Principal Utana Newborn is optimistic it will receive model STEM des... January 26, 2023

WATCH | NPC partners with UAM to offer 4-year business degree National Park College announced Tuesday that it has teamed up with the University of Arkansas at Monticello to offer a four-year bachelor of business administration on campus this fall."We unders... January 25, 2023

WATCH | ‘Decade in Review’: CMS event celebrates its accomplishments over the last 10 years The Cutter Morning Star School District hosted a "Decade in Review" Monday night at Eagle Arena to celebrate the fiscal challenges the district overcame within the last 10 years.After being ... January 25, 2023

WATCH | LH senior receives full ride to Emory University PEARCY -- Lake Hamilton High School senior Patrick Ngassa received a full scholarship -- worth over $78,000 per year -- to attend Emory University in Atlanta next fall to study nursing.Ngassa received... January 24, 2023

WATCH | Lakeside superintendent to retire after 33 years in education After 33 years working in public education -- the last 19 of which were spent as superintendent of the Lakeside School District -- Shawn Cook will retire at the end of June.Cook, 55, formally announce... January 22, 2023

WATCH | Westfall starts post on NPC board The National Park College Board of Trustees will welcome new member, Renee Westfall, at its regular monthly board meeting Wednesday inside the NPC Student Commons.Westfall, team leader for South Arkan... January 22, 2023

WATCH | ‘Meeting students where they are’ PEARCY -- As part of a continued effort to combat learning loss and increase student comprehension, the Lake Hamilton School District implemented an online tutoring program with 24/7 student access.Th... January 21, 2023

WATCH | LH board greenlights multipurpose facility PEARCY -- The Lake Hamilton School Board on Tuesday approved the construction of a $2.4 million multipurpose facility at its elementary school that will also serve as an EF3-rated tornado safe room sh... January 19, 2023

WATCH | LS educator named Assistant Principal of the Year Lakeside Middle School Assistant Principal Julie Quast was recently named the Arkansas Association of Middle Level Administrators Assistant Principal of the Year for her ability to provide high-qualit... January 17, 2023

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