The ability to read well is one of the most crucial skills we can give our students, and today I’d like to encourage you to join in our efforts to build a culture of reading in Arkansas. Reading is not simply one skill of many that we choose to master.
One time at parent-teacher conferences, one of my students and his mother sat down in front of me at my table in the middle of the high school gymnasium. I started our meeting by shaking the mom’s hand and telling her how much I enjoyed having Thomas in my class. I said that Thomas works really hard, participates often, and is so kind to other students. However, whole time that I was telling this mother about Thomas, I could see a grimace growing across her face. She just silently sat there in anger as I praised her son, Thomas.
The Corning High School Jr. and Sr. basketball teams attended Harding University Senior team camps on June 3, 4, and 5. The two teams enjoyed team bonding and learning playing 22 games in three days. Photos Courtesy/Coach Wes Couch
The Corning Bobcats enjoyed a trip to Branson to participate in the Branson Team Camp on July 20. Photos/Amy Jordan .
The Sr. High basketball team played three games at the Williams Baptist University team camp on July 22.
Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Society of Association Executives (ASAE) recently presented the Ken Graves Memorial Award to Vicki Farmer, CAE, IOM, executive director of the Arkansas Optometric Association, at the ASAE annual convention in Bentonville.
POCAHONTAS, AR - BRTC’s Career Coaches and Career Coach Supervisor recently attended the annual Career Coach Conference in Little Rock, hosted by the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Career and Technical Education. The purpose of this annual conference is to keep Career Coaches and other stakeholders up-to-date on the latest trends, learn about promising ideas, and network with other coaches as they constantly work to increase the odds of success for the students of the schools in which they’re attached.
Danny Lynn Crossno and her goat, Hardy won Grand Champion Market Goat and Senior Showmanship Champion at the NEA Summer Swelter Jackpot Show #2 at West Side High School on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Earlier this month Crossno won First in class 5, Grand Champion Market Goat, and Senior Showmanship Champion at the Summer Swelter #1 at Marmaduke High School on June 9.
Hello everyone. I hope everyone is staying cool during these hot days we have been having. I have to go out every two days and turn the sprinkler on for the ducks, geese and even the chickens join them. I was in the pool the other day just relaxing and I saw two ducks fly over. So, in my panic, I got out of the pool to count the ducks and geese and they were all there. The ones flying over were wild. They were probably thinking of joining mine under the sprinkler too. Which would be fine with me, as long as mine don’t get the bright idea to fly the coop. Hopefully we will receive enough rain to help all the animals, farmers, gardeners. I’m ready for rain, no matter how much we get, I will be very thankful to the Good Lord for it.
Piggott, Arkansas, July 21, 2022 – The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is a voluntary program available to agricultural producers to help them safeguard environ¬mentally sensitive land. Producers enrolled in CRP establish longterm, resource-conserving covers to improve the quality of water, control soil erosion, and enhance wildlife habitat. In return, FSA provides participants with rental payments and cost-share assistance.