POCAHONTAS, AR – Blair Shiff, Digital Director for WCNC-TV at TEGNA INC, spoke to Lisa Inman’s Freshman English II class via Zoom on Monday, January 24. She discussed fact-checking and how journalists conduct research to ensure their stories are factual and reliable.
POCAHONTAS, AR – The BRTC Foundation will host a virtual auction and President’s Reception as the spring fundraiser for students and academic programs. Last year’s online auction was a tremendous success, so the BRTC Foundation has decided to continue it.
POCAHONTAS, AR – Black River Technical College is pleased with the results of a third-party survey recently administered to its students. BRTC was above the national average on every item and in every category.
When I look back to my growing up years, I realize I was lucky, or should I say blessed. My parents were far from wealthy, but they were good, honest, hard-working people who made sure their children had what they needed. At the time, we take for granted a modest but comfortable home, plenty of food and what’s in our closet. What we really enjoy are the extras.
Valentine’s Day symbols like heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, Cupid shooting his arrow and bouquets of roses are ubiquitous come February. Each of those symbolizes is meant to signify the love individuals have for their significant others, but perhaps no Valentine’s Day image is more symbolic of love than doves. According to LiveScience.com, doves have been a symbol of love since the Middle Ages, when many people believed birds chose their mates on Valentine’s Day. But the history of doves and their affiliation with love dates back even further and can be traced to the days of Greek mythology. Aphrodite is the goddess of love in Greek mythology, and she is often depicted as being surrounded by doves. Doves’ own traits also have helped them become symbols of love, as LiveScience. com notes that male doves help their female partners incubate and tend to their young, bolstering their image as caring, loving birds.
As a first year teacher, my primary goal was to make my students happy. To do so, I tried to be awesome… a lot. Be funny. Have intricate handshakes with six different students. Hold poetry slams at the local coffee shops for my English classes. Teach entire classes with a Scottish accent. Play Eminem Spotify on the sound system while students were working (When I do this nowadays, most students have never heard of Eminem).
Last Friday the Bobcats faced our rivals, the Piggott Mohawks, in one of the most exciting nights we’ve had in the past two years. Friday was basketball homecoming; the girls were beautiful, elegant, and represented Corning in style. It was wonderful to see the gym filled with spirited fans again! Anyone who follows sports knows the crowd makes a difference in close ballgames. Those of you my age know how important the crowds were to the Razorbacks in Barnhill and Bud Walton Arena in the 90s. Barnhill was one of the most feared basketball facilities in the nation because of the ferocity of the crowd. That was the atmosphere Friday night in Bobcat Gymnasium and it was all due to our Woo Crew! If you were lucky enough to be in the gym you know how loud our Woo Crew was. From the tip off of the junior boys’ game to the final buzzer of the senior boys’ game, the Woo Crew was wildly cheering them on to victory. I was told by a fan that they could hear our Woo Crew when they got out of their car in the parking lot. I am so proud of our students and fans for supporting our teams. It feels good to be able to leave the gym with my heart full of Bobcat Pride! We don’t have many games left in the season so it would be wonderful to see our fans support our teams in the remaining home games and in our district tournaments! Thank you Woo Crew for bringing back the Bobcat Spirit!
Park Elementary has announced their December Students of the Month They are: Front row: Debra Owens, Eva Beck, Roxy Redman, Chloe Roofe, Annabeth Chavez, Christopher Young and Trestin Hollis Back row: Kaylynn Martin, Landon Bounds, Annalee Shourd, Kayleigh Hayes, Abigail Conway, Chase Woods and Jaxon Dillion Not pictured: Victoria Kremers The word for December was Caring. .
Clay County’s best spellers competed this week with Mac Lunsford, eighth grader in the Corning School District winning 1st Place in the Clay County Spelling Bee held January 25 in the Rector High School library. There were nine contestants, three from each of the Clay County school districts, Corning, Piggott, and Rector. The top spellers are Winner/Champion - Mac Lunsford, Corning; Runner-Up - Charlie Haines, Corning; and 3rd Place - Benjamin Schimming, Rector. The event was sponsored by Centennial Bank. The winner received $100, runner-up was awarded $50, and third place received $25.
There are 50.7 million students in the United States public education system. 50 million children who will one day become our future voters, business owners, parents, zookeepers, doctors, inventors, police officers, neighbors. The kids in our schools will be the ones who are running our society. I know this is obvious, but I think it’s worth pointing out how critical the school experience is for kids, because the vast majority of us go through it, with the intention of having better childhoods and preparing to have successful futures.