During their Monday, July 12, 2021, called meeting, the Texarkana Independent School District (TISD) Board of Trustees announced Todd Marshall as the new Director of CTE & STEM Education for the 2021-22 school year. Marshall holds a Bachelor of Science…
Are you ready to get out of your houses and train on gardening at our first in-person Master Gardener Basic Training since 2019. If so, now is the time to apply for the Arkansas Master Gardener program, the state’s largest…
The Liberty-Eylau Independent School District has named Dr. Roshea Phillips as its new principal of Liberty-Eylau High School. Phillips is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, before she relocated to the Dallas Metroplex in 1996. Phillips spent 22 years in the Dallas-area,…
The Liberty-Eylau Independent School District has filled its Communications Coordinator position, pending board approval. Earl Gill will be announced as the district’s Communications Coordinator at the LEISD school board meeting Thursday. Gill comes to the district after serving…
The University of Arkansas at Hope will offer voice and piano lessons this fall taught by Haley Patillo Thompson. Thompson was born to Christian songwriter David Patillo, who immersed her in music from a young age on his concert tours.…
UA Cossatot hosted a Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) graduation and pinning ceremony on Friday, June 25, at the UA Cossatot Bank of Lockesburg Historic Gymnasium. Graduates included: Sanjuana Alvarez-Hernandez, Victoria Boyd, Heather Bradshaw, Dondria Burdette, Rosio Cisneros, Brittany Crumpler, Elizabeth…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana received a $50,000 donation from The Texas Pioneer Foundation during a check-presentation ceremony on Thursday, July 1st. The ceremony, held in the Lois & Cary Patterson Student Center, marked the beginning of the university’s anniversary celebration and…
Texarkana Independent School District has been awarded a $1.7 million grant for the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children. Grants were awarded to 46 school districts from 164 applications submitted. The…
During their Tuesday, June 29, 2021, regular meeting, the Texarkana Independent School District (TISD) Board of Trustees announced key staff assignments for the 2021-22 school year. “I am really excited about these hires,” said Dr. Doug Brubaker, Superintendent of Schools. …
Esports, or electronic sports, is set to make its way to Texas High School beginning this fall semester. Not to be confused with video gaming, Esports takes video gaming to another level with organized competitive gameplay between two teams, governed…
The Pleasant Grove High School Shotgun Club finished 11th of out 288 teams at the Texas Scholastic Clay Target Program State Championship. The competition was June 10-13 in San Antonio, TX. Cole Newton tied for first place in the Trap…
As part of their centennial celebration launch, the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), home of the prestigious Pacemaker awards, recognized the Texas High School Tiger yearbook as one of the Top 100 publications in the country. Founded in 1921, NSPA…
Mark Ahrens, a Computer Science and Robotics teacher at Texas High School, has been selected among thousands of eligible teachers as a 2021 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year Award recipient. Mark Ahrens will receive a prize package valued…
Two educational systems came together today on the campus of ASU Three Rivers to unveil Arkansas’ first and only public trucking academy. The Arkansas Trucking Academy (ArkTA) is a consortium of ASU Three Rivers, UA Cossatot, UA Rich Mountain, and UA Hope…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana along with three other community colleges in Arkansas (UA Cossatot, UA Rich Mountain, and ASU Three Rivers), have partnered together to create the Arkansas Trucking Academy (ArkTA) Consortium. The ArkTA program received a $720,000 grant…
