EDUCATION NEWS
AWARDS
LaNyce Hemphill, an Ashdown High School freshman, received the Students Interested in Sustaining Their Arkansas (S.I.S.T.A.) grant for her work in revitalizing “The Old Brown Building” into a community center. She received the grant at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville while visiting with mentors who helped her write an oral history of the project and developing budgets, timelines and executive summaries. After working on the project for a year, Hemphill will receive a $1,000 scholarship for her first year of college.
GRADUATIONS
Kecia Wolf of Texarkana, Ark., graduated from Bismarck State College with an Associate in Applied Science in Electric Power Technology.
HONOR ROLL
Simms Independent School District—Third Six Weeks James Bowie Elementary All-A Honor Roll
First Grade—Ranson Bailey, Ava Butler, Haven Capps, Kooper Hilton, Kaylynn Hock, Colt Johnson and Samantha Rayburn
Second Grade—Olive Ashcraft, Cannon Hammonds, Jaxson Morris, David Palmore, Blake Penny, Alexis Plunk, Nadia Rainer, Braxton Rogers, Courtlon Rossum, Landrie Tyndell and McKenna Wooten
Third Grade—Tatum Tyndell Fourth Grade—Addison Bruner, Aryana Key, Jaicee Morton and Maddux Tyndell
Fifth Grade—Cole Daniels, Emalee Davis, Rylee Horton, Braden Kegley, Gillian Lum, Kayli Rayburn, Mason Simmons and Mary Sissons
A/B Honor Roll
First Grade—Landry Bruner, Jasper Cooper, Madyann Eaves, Addisyn Gipson, Jaylee Littleton, Danika Martinez, Savanah Obenoskey, Hagen Palmore, Danica Schieffer, Kayson Shaw and Rylee Willis
Second Grade—Ryder Allen, Lillian Bailey, Aaden Ezell, Raeleigh Gilley, Jacob Owens, Zachary Perez, Cameron Pickering, Kodalee Pilgreen, Malorie Rainer, Wyatt Sexton, Blaine Shipley and Jake Threlkeld
Third Grade—Cavin Bailey, Jaycee Barnes, Brooklyn Cox, Addison Daley, Mason Deal, Emily Drawdy, Katie Hignight, Brison Hock, Calee McGhee, Payton Pilgreen, Channyng Rossum, Landon Sellers, Weston Sexton, Gina Smit and Reece Weathers
Fourth Grade—Liberty Baker, Danielle Clark, Grace Crump, Brody Day, Cayden Gill, Kilea Lawrence, Chesni Martin, Kimi Perez, Janie Rainer, Caleb Roberts, Christopher Thomas and Trevor Wooten
Fifth Grade—Kaidynce Baker, Brayden Eaves, Austin Ezell, Allyson Hignight, Braiden Klimaszewski, Ethan Martin, Hannah McBain, Abby McClure, Christian Richardson and Mason Sellers
HONORS
Arkansas Tech University—Fall 2017
Dean’s List Amity, Ark.—David Banda Ashdown, Ark.—Andrew Brady Day and Alexandreia Marquette Nelson
De Queen, Ark.—Rosalino Delgado Antunez, Caleb Ray Burrow, Luis Alberto Campos Alcocer, Bennett Romine Cauley, Danielle Brook Duggan, Maria Silvia Huerta, Zita Abygail Loredo, Habram Martinez, Jessica Elizabeth Rogers and Austin Ford Tatum
Delight, Ark.—Toni Lynn
Humphry
Dierks, Ark.—Alyssa Nicole
Gibson
Fordyce, Ark.—Zoe Kate
Ledbetter
Hope, Ark.—Bridget Breeanna Butler, Lacy Elizabeth Knox and Thelma Nicol Sutherland
Nashville, Ark.—Matthew Cade Carver, Matthew Robert Nannemann, Mikayla Diane Sharp and Peyton Rheanne Tarno
Prescott, Ark.—Byron Bernard Woodley
Texarkana, Ark.—Amanda Kay Condon, Allison Breann Cree, Hannah Renae McQuerrey, Kirsten Avana Reid and Jeremy Louis Symonds
Texarkana, Texas—Zachary Nathan Saulsbury and Brandon Taylor Zverina
Wickes, Ark.—Chandler Montegomery Caudill Carthage College—Fall 2017 Dean’s List
Texarkana, Texas—Zachary Voyles
Crowley’s Ridge College—Fall 2017
President’s List
Linden, Texas—Blake Burns Emerson College—Fall 2017 Dean’s List
Wake Village, Texas—Brianna O’Shaughnessy Harding University—Fall 2017 Dean’s List De Queen, Ark.—Bethany Tatum Foreman, Ark.—Jessie Smith Hope, Ark.—Sydney Orr Hughes Springs, Texas— Savannah Wright
Naples, Texas—Courtney Kiefer Nashville, Ark.—Allyn Florini Texarkana—Emily Diles, Carrie Page, Kyle Raney, Kaulyn Loe
Southern Arkansas University— Fall 2017
President’s List
Ashdown, Ark.—Erin Chewning and Amanding Chewning
Atlanta, Texas—Aric Callaway, Kaydee Kelly, Alexandria Oliver and Auston Sprayberry Bivins, Texas—Isabella Kennedy Blossom, Texas—Hogan Goodson
Bradley, Ark.—Laney Williams and Allison Spruell
Broken Bow, Okla.—Kristen
Davis
De Kalb, Texas— Texas Long Dierks, Ark.—Kaitlin Kitchens and Keisha Steel
Doddridge, Ark.—Ranger Pennington
Emmet, Ark.—Brett Baker Foreman, Ark.—Kylie Cowan Fouke, Ark.—Ariel Crabtree, Amanda Hale, Micah Larey, Emily McFerrin, Elizabeth Norris, Joshua Russette, Clayton Shepherd, Kyle Smith, Taylor Upton and Amy Walz Fulton, Ark.—Morgan Antley Hooks, Texas—Ethan Edwards, Randi Gammons and Tamii Whitworth
Hope, Ark.—Brady Gentry, Trent McBrayer, Sha’Daveya McPherson, Jamie Nance, Clint Park, Hannah Wilson and Joshua Winfield
Horatio, Ark.—Morgan Brackett, Michaela Caudle, Leslie Ray, Mikeala Marsden, Faith Willis and Nina Wise
Lewisville, Ark.—Nicholas Perry and Ashley Taylor
Lockesburg, Ark.—Mallory
Miller, James Perry and Sarah
Sharp
Maud, Texas—Ethan Bolick, Garrett Collier and Michael Patterson
Nashville, Ark.—William Barton, Brooke Bowden and Sydney Stamps
Prescott, Ark.—Rebeka
Gonzalez, Katie Nivens and Zannielle Talley
Rosston, Ark.—Cristina Bryant and Jacki Smith
Simms, Texas—Dylan Trissel Stamps, Ark.—Savanna Scott, Marena Downs, Rayla Price and Ashley Scott
Texarkana, Ark.—Sarah Adams, Shayde Cook, Kailey Fenton, Andrew LeGrand, Hannah Mattson, Anna Murphy, Serena Nix, Katharae Patterson and Joshua Turner
Texarkana, Texas—Kelsie Collatt, Colin Forbes, Hannah Hanson, Joseph McDowell, Michelle Moser and Taylor Womack