April 23, 2020 – Benjamin Gustafson, son of Shannon Wright Gustafson and Howard Gustafson, and a junior at Arkansas High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. Fewer than half of 1 percent of students who take…
Texas High School Student Council has earned the National Gold Council of Excellence Award from the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) for the twelfth consecutive year. Out of an estimated 9,000 member councils, only 259 in the country were…
Registration for summer and fall classes at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is open now. Out of an abundance of caution due to the coronavirus, all summer classes at UAHT will be delivered in the online format. Laura Clark, Vice…
Wake Village Elementary School along with the City of Wake Village Official’s will hold a “Social Distancing” Car Parade this coming Thursday, April 23 from 6:00 – 7:45 p.m. From the office of Tina Veal-Gooch, TISD Executive Director of Public…
The Arkansas High Razorback Podcast was awarded second place in the nation by the National Scholastic Press Association. Students routinely practice podcasting techniques in class using state of the art microphones, soundproof booths and high-end editing software. However, this submission…
Kids’ College 2020 will look a little different this year, and they are once again proving that innovative education can move southwest Arkansas forward. “With the situation surrounding COVID-19, we knew we would have to adjust our summer programming and…
Texarkana College and Texas A&M University – Texarkana will receive a total of $4,093,338 in federal grants to respond to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senator John Cornyn announced. The grant funding comes from the Higher Education Emergency…
Texarkana College recruiters are hosting virtual information sessions to help future students with enrollment for the upcoming summer and fall semesters. Like any other company, TC is facing its own unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but to bridge the…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has recently awarded 68 Regents’ Grants to students whose families have endured unexpected financial difficulties. The grants, available to students who meet certain criteria, are funded from the Texas A&M University System in College Station, Texas. To…
During the live stream announcement of the Student Television Network Broadcast and Film Excellence Awards on April 7, Texas High School’s TigerVision was one of ten broadcast journalism programs in the country to earn an honor in student filmmaking. Films…
In recognition of the unprecedented challenges resulting from the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), faculty and administration at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana are giving students an option to elect to convert their spring 2020 grades to credit (CR)/non-credit (NC)…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana campuses will remain closed to on-campus activity for the duration of the spring 2020 semester and will continue online/remote only methods of operation. All face-to-face college instruction will be delivered online throughout the remainder of…
The Pleasant Grove Independent School District Board of Trustees approved Ashley Barker for the Pleasant Grove Middle School Principal position in their meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2020. A current Pleasant Grove High School Assistant Principal, Barker will begin her…
Ricardo Vilar, a lead bladesmithing instructor and technical advisor at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana James Black School of Bladesmithing and Historic Trades, won the bladesmithing competition last night on Season 7 Episode 27 of the hit television show “Forged…
The Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE) has awarded 29 Texas High School students a total of 77 of their “Best in Texas” awards for work in print and online newspapers. In addition, four students earned “Best of the Best”…
