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<p>Richard Taylor (with back to camera), project architect with Nelson Architectural Group, shows the Southeast Arkansas College Board of Trustees around the finished IT building, which is phase one of a two phase project, Wednesday afternoon on the SEARK campus. (Pine Bluff Commercial/Ralph Fitzgerald)</p>

SEARK board approves tuition increase

Local Comments Updated: Mar 16, 2012 9:36pm

The Southeast Arkansas College Board of Trustees approved a recommendation from college president Stephen L. Hilterbran to raise tuition costs by two percent effective with the fall 2012 semester...

Topics: education, schools, Southeast Arkansas College, SEARK

Updated school performance report available

State Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2012 2:51pm

LITTLE ROCK — Updated information on school performance is now available online, the state Department of Education said Friday.

The 2011 Arkansas School Performance Report contains...

Topics: education, schools

<p>Miranda Motsinger checks her makeup one last time before heading to the stage to perform during last weekend’s Choir Happening staged by choral students at White Hall High School.</p>

Getting Ready

Local Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2012 5:18pm

Miranda Motsinger checks her makeup one last time before heading to the stage to perform during last weekend’s Choir Happening staged by choral students at White Hall High School.

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Topics: White Hall, Choir, education, schools, Choir Happening

Physics professor delivers keynote in Bangladesh

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2012 9:19pm

Miah M. Adel, professor of space and environmental physics at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, recently delivered a keynote speech entitled “Downstream effects from headstream...

Topics: UAPB, schools, education, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Physics, Honors

Ollie King, Greenville Elementary School’s literacy coach, dressed as 'The Cat In The Hat,' visited students recently to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Visitors to campus also read to children.

Greenville celebrates Seuss’ birthday

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2012 9:20pm

Greenville Elementary School recently celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading as many of his books as possible.

Dressed like “The Cat In The Hat,” Ollie King, Greenville’s literacy coach...

Topics: education, schools, Greenville Elementary, Reading

Nicholas Deaver, left, and Marquez Brently, right, were the top readers at Edgewood Elementary School. (Special to The Commercial)

Edgewood students succeed at reader tests

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 14, 2012 2:55pm

Edgewood Elementary School students recently passed 1,060 Accelerated Reader tests. The school participated in a nationwide contest to pass the most tests in one day.

The top readers were...

Topics: education, schools, Honors

Correction

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 7:00pm

The Benchmark Kickoff at 34th Avenue Elementary School, 801 E. 34th Ave., will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. The date in Tuesday’s edition was submitted incorrectly.

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Topics: Correction, education, schools, 34 Avenue Elementary, Benchmark Exams

34th Avenue to sponsor Benchmark event

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 13, 2012 7:09pm

The community is invited to attend a Benchmark Kickoff at 34th Avenue Elementary School, 801 E. 34th Ave., Wednesday* at 1 p.m. This is an annual event to help motivate students for the state...

Topics: education, schools, 34 Avenue Elementary, Benchmark Exams

Patrick Wilson, left, receives the Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award from Colton Dennis, past president of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. (Special to The Commercial)

UAPB student receives American Fisheries Society award

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 12, 2012 2:51pm

Patrick Wilson, a student in the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences, has won an award for an outstanding research paper.

Wilson, of...

Topics: education, schools, Honors, UAPB, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

WH junior high student wins county contest

Area Digest Comments Updated: Mar 12, 2012 2:55pm

Saumya Sharman, a White Hall Junior High student, was the Jefferson County Spelling Bee winner.

Saumya represented Jefferson County in the state spelling bee March 3 at the University of...

Topics: White Hall, Honors, education, schools, Spelling Bees, Jefferson County

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