School News

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Texas High Students are making a big name for themselves in both choir and band! Congratulations to these talented students and their hard work.

Great news for the Texas High School Tiger Theatre Company Troupe 2526. They recently participated in the Virtual Texas Thespian Festival, with three students earning top ratings.

Texas A&M University-Texarkana’s Extended Education and Community Development (EECD) department is offering a 50% grant for workforce training for anyone who has experienced a hardship due to COVID-19. This covers online, start anytime training that can be completed in six months or less.

The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Foundation announced they will be participating in #GivingTuesday, a national day of generosity. #GivingTuesday is a global movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world.

Ms. Brooke Harton, a teacher at College Hill Middle School, is one of only 58 teachers selected for a National History Day fall professional development program.

Big Congratulations to these local students! Texas High School Speech & Debate students participated in the UIL Regional Student Congress meet in Pittsburg, TX on November 12.

Representatives of the Texarkana Noon Lions Club presented a check on November 11th to the Texarkana College Foundation to complete their scholarship endowment at Texarkana College.

Southern Arkansas University’s fall 2020 commencement ceremony is scheduled for 9AM Saturday, Nov. 21, at Wilkins Stadium.

Big news for the Texarkana Independent School District. Yesterday, Tuesday, November 10, 2020 a meeting of the Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees, members unanimously approved the naming of Dr. Doug Brubaker as Lone Finalist for the position of Superintendent of Schools.

Congratulations to two very talented Texas High School Orchestra students. They have both earned placement in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Honor Orchestra during the recent virtual/pre-recorded auditions.

Registration for spring classes at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is open now through January 12, 2021.