The Four States Bandmasters Association has selected 14 Texas High band students to participate in this year’s Four States Bandmasters Association Honor Band. Band director, Arnie Lawson, nominated these students. Nominated students submit resumes, and The Four States Bandmasters Association…
The Texarkana Arkansas School District is accepting nominations for Distinguished Alumni for the 2022-2023 school year. Nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Nominees must be recognized for outstanding contribution in business, professional, or vocational endeavors. They must…
Luke Williams, a member of the Pleasant Grove High School Band, was selected to the 2023 Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-State Band. He will be a member of the All-State Symphonic Band for Trombone. Williams was chosen…
Hunter Rose, a member of the Liberty Eylau High School Varsity Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State SSC Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2023 Texas…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Foundation provides over 125 privately funded scholarships to UAHT students in all areas of study. The deadline to apply for spring semester Foundation scholarships is Sunday, February 5, 2023. To apply, visit For more…
The Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary School was recently chosen as a 2022 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School by Franklin Covey. Morriss Elementary qualified for the Exemplary Academic Proficiency by ranking above the 85th…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will hold an early childhood education workshop at the UA Texarkana Farmers Bank & Trust Workforce Center on Saturday, February 4, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This workshop will provide training for early childhood…
CTAT Area 3 has chosen Charlotte Leon as the 2022-2023 Administrator of the year. Leon is the Assistant Principal for Student Advancement at Texas High School. Leon began her teaching career as an English Language Arts and E.A.S.T. teacher She…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is pleased to announce that classes will begin in the new Farmers Bank & Trust Workforce Center on the UA Texarkana campus on Monday, January 9. The new 14,754-square-foot facility will house the welding program,…
Two Texarkana ISD have earned National Board Certification. Texas High School science teacher Amy Baker, and Wake Village Elementary Instructional Coach, Rachel Sparks, join the over 130,000 teachers across the United States who are Board-certified. Both accomplished educators earned the…
Braden Brown, 16 year veteran teacher of Maud ISD, worked with district officials closely last year and into the summer to pilot a rapidly growing ESports Program that is popping up in classrooms across the US. Esports programs take the…
A microgravity experiment developed by a group of Texarkana ISD seventh graders is heading to the International Space Station in late Spring/Summer 2023, following a rigorous selection process through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This fall, all fifth-grade students…
When students in biology and anatomy classes at Texas A&M University-Texarkana first enter their classroom, they are greeted with a new, high-tech piece of equipment to help them better understand human and animal bodies. Earlier this year the university acquired…
Sparklight presented a $5,000 check to the Texarkana College Foundation to support the Texarkana College Food Pantry today. This donation was given as part of the Thanksgiving in a Box initiative. Phillip Parrish, Texarkana College’s Success Coach Coordinator, manages the…
The Texarkana College Board of Trustees held their final meeting of 2022 on Monday. At the top of the meeting, newly reelected members were sworn in for Place 2 and Place 6. Lesley Ledwell Dukelow (Place 2, term ending 2028),…
