10th grade GT seminar

Conway Public Schools will offer evening classes to selected 10th grade students starting in the spring semester of 2009 with the express purpose of offering test preparation for the PSAT which is the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program. www.nationalmerit.org

The schedule for evening classes will be built around the existing schedules of the students selected to take part in this program. Classes will start in the spring semester of 2009 and continue on with a few strategic class meetings during the summer of 2009, culminating with a practice PSAT and follow-up to take place just prior to the October 2009 administration of the PSAT. The PSAT taken in the fall of a student’s junior year is the one time opportunity that will determine National Merit Semifinalist status.

The deadline to apply is this Friday, February 27th. For more information contact the couselin center at Conway East High School Campus.

AP Report to the Nation

Parents and educators may be interested in the College Board's 5th annual AP report to the nation www.collegeboard.com/apreport. From this website you can see current and five-year trends, including AP participation and performance data for all ethnicities and low-income students, for each state and the District of Columbia. To access Arkansas' supplement, click "state reports" in the green band at the top of the page and then choose Arkansas.

Summer science camp

St. Joseph School will host a Camp Invention program, a one-week, science-based summer enrichment program for children entering grades one through six, the week of June 15-19 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The program is open to students outside St. Joseph School also.

EAST initiative student honored

Daniel Johnson, a senior EAST student from Sylvan Hills High School has been awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award honoring outstanding community service by young Americans as a result of his involvement in the Arkansas Cemetery Mapping Project (an EAST project) and his work with the Director of Veterans Affairs for the State of Arkansas.


The EAST Initiative is an educational model that is engaging students in sophisticated service-learning projects that involve relevant teamwork and cutting-edge technology. The EAST Initiative (www.EASTinitiative.org) is an educational non-profit that works with schools and institutions across the country to implement local EAST programs. The EAST Initiative has a thirteen-year track record of helping schools, facilitators, and students better engage technology education, service learning, and individualized educational goals in a program that has been named a model program by the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Labor.
EAST Initiative

KARK coverage of Johnson's award: Sherwood Boy Wins Service Award

Faulkner County Spelling Bee

There are two articles in today's Log Cabin Democrat about Saturday's Faulkner County Spelling Bee:

St. Joseph student spells her way to v-i-c-t-o-r-y in county bee

Students who participated in the Faulkner County Spelling Bee

Congratulations to all students who participated and particularly those who stayed to watch the competition after their own performance was finished. What great sportsmanship!

Computer Science Unplugged

Computer Science Unplugged is a series of learning activities that reveals a little-known secret: computer science isn't really about computers at all!
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Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to university, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over fifteen years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!

Computer Science Unplugged

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