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CMS school board to meet this week

The Cutter Morning Star School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the board room.

ASMSA opens next application process

The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts recently began the search for the Classes 2022 and 2023. Beginning this application cycle, all early applicants will receive an ACT voucher to take the test at no cost.

Applicants who have completed the online application for admission to ASMSA by Dec. 1 will receive a voucher for the February 2020 ACT test date and access to test preparation tools as part of the school’s upwARd Promise program. A valid ACT or SAT score is required as part of the application process, which also includes essay questions, teacher recommendations and an interview on campus. The standard application deadline is March 1.

ASMSA’s upwARd Promise is a five-part commitment to access and success for all Arkansas high school students with additional structures to support low-income and first-generation college pathway students.

Law students participate in service project

LITTLE ROCK — Incoming students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law began their first fall semester on Aug. 10 with a day of public service at Booker T. Washington Elementary School on South Main Street.

Students trimmed trees, laid a gravel pathway, planted a tree, created a new seating area, participated in a book drive that