School News

Texas A&M-Texarkana's Food Bank was started just a little over a year ago. There was always a need for it but now with Covid-19, there is an even bigger need.

Texas A&M University Texarkana’s Program for Learning And Community Engagement (PLACE) has chosen “The Southern Experience” as the theme for this year’s programming. Today, if you eat at TLC between 10:30am – 3:30pm and mention 'TAMUT' a portion of their proceeds will be donated to PLACE and local charity/non-profit organizations.

In a board meeting yesterday, Texarkana College trustees learned that TC can now take their enrollment services on the road thanks to a new customized trailer and pickup truck provided through a grant from the Texas Pioneer Foundation.

There will be a virtual premiere appreciation concert "Hero Behind the Mask" from Hempstead Hall presented by local entertainer and owner of HeBrews11:1 Coffee Arnetta Bradford on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7PM.

Southern Arkansas University will continue to waive the ACT and SAT composite score requirements for freshman admissions through fall 2021 entrance.

Ashdown High School Teachers Amy Silva and Shauna Tipton were asked by the Division of Career and Technical Education to serve as CTE (Career and Technical Education) Subject Matter Experts to develop CTE Playbook Templates which are published on the Back to School Playbook page on the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education website.

Have you heard now through October 15, at Texarkana College, it's National Hispanic Heritage Month?

It gets hot in our area in the spring and summer especially when there's no shade. That's why there is this great program for schools in Arkansas where they can receive shade trees for playgrounds. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2020 Shade Trees on Playgrounds (STOP) program now through September 25th for schools needing additional shade on playgrounds. R

Covid-19 strikes again as New Boston High School officials have decided to cancel the next two football games due to some of the players testing positive for COVID-19.

The 2020 High School football season is underway. Some schools have already begun playing while others start this Friday and later this month due to the ongoing pandemic

Hempstead Hall, the performing arts and conference center on the University of Arkansas Hope –Texarkana's Hope campus, will remain closed to the public until at least December 2020 due to public health and safety measures surrounding COVID-19.

The job market is starting to come back and with school back in session, there are some positions that the Texarkana Independent School District is looking to fill.