LEARNS, we hardly know ye Filed just two weeks ago, the 144-page LEARNS Act (SB294) is set to head to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s desk as early as tomorrow. The education omnibus bill got its first hearing just 40 hours after Republicans filed the legislation and only about five hours’ of debate and public testimony in the Senate Committee on Education back on February 22 .
Hello Clay County Courier readers, Our center has received many new magazines this month, including the February/ March Eureka Springs Fun Guide, February Ouachita Life, February Arkansas Living and March At Home in Arkansas. The 2023 editions of the Northwest Arkansas Official Visitors Guide (covering Bella Vista, Bentonville, Berryville, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Holiday Island, Huntsville, Lowell, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale), El Dorado Visitor’s Guide and Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce 2023 Vacation/ Relocation Guides are in, and they are full of the latest and greatest events and attractions in those areas.
Corning City Council meets second Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m., in City Hall. Clay County Quorum Court, Third Monday each month, 7:00 p.m., alternating between Corning and Piggott courthouses.
As part of Read Across America Week, a group of 18 Corning Middle School students in 5th through 8th grade visited Park Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. The readers modeled to students in preschool through 4th grade classrooms the importance and enjoyment of reading. Upon arrival the readers were greeted by classroom leaders that escorted them to their classes, and also gave each reader a bag of goodies in appreciation. The activity was such a success that it may proceed and expand in the future.
Daylight Saving Time will begin on Sunday, March 12 when the public will set their clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. In 1918 the United States adopted Daylight Saving Time with the idea to make more daylight for production purposes.
Peach Orchard City Council met in regular session Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. Mayor Dianne Neill, City Clerk Diana Kay Rush and council members Billie Jean and John Rainwater were present. William Rieger did not attend.
Parent-teacher conferences are wonderful opportunities to increase communication between school and home, keep parents informed about their child’s progress, and make plans for the student’s future. Although parent teacher conferences are sometimes dreaded by all parties involved, they don’t have to be a bad experience. Productive and successful conferences are carefully planned and should include more positive information than negative. As a school, our primary goal is to make parent-teacher conferences as relaxed as possible. I want parents to feel comfortable asking questions and share with the teachers their vision for their child’s future. We want to work with parents to find common solutions to the issues our students face.