Graduation Deadline Fast Approaching!!!

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This is just a quick reminder for those of you with graduating seniors this year.  If you’ve not registered for one of our graduation ceremonies yet, you need to do so quickly.  The deadline for registering for either our Searcy graduation or our Springdale graduation is March 15 – NEXT WEEK!!!

 All that is due next week is the registration form and the registration fee, but if we do not receive it by the 15th, I cannot guarantee your child will be able to participate in the ceremony.  (more…)

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Arkansas Home School Legislative Study Held

Legislation,

The following is a message from Education Alliance Director Jerry Cox about a legislative meeting concerning changes to Arkansas’ home school law.

Dear Home School Friends,

Home School Meeting Held At the State Capitol

A meeting regarding home schooling was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 22, in Room 131 of the State Capitol in Little Rock. Representatives of the Arkansas School Administrator’s Association, the School Board Association, the Arkansas Activities Association, the Arkansas Department of Education, the Bureau of Legislative Research, and three members of the Arkansas Legislature were there. Jerry Cox and Martha Adcock were there as representatives of home schoolers and the Education Alliance.

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Home School Testing Deadline Pushed Back Due to Inclement Weather

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The Arkansas Home School Testing Office (AHSTO) began mailing test information letters to home school parents earlier this week. The process was interrupted due to inclement weather. Bill Ballard (AHSTO) and Lisa Crook (Arkansas Department of Education’s Home School Office) agreed to postpone the registration deadline from March 8 to March 12. Please inform everyone you know who home schools to make sure the word gets out.

Once you receive your letter in the mail, you can register for testing online if you wish at www.arhomeschooltesting.org. You cannot register without your letter, but you can see a sample of the testing information that is included with your letter. Just look on the left side of the AHSTO’s home page and click on “Sample Packet”

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