Student art exhibit begins today in LR
Artistry in the Rock, the Little Rock School District’s now annual public showcase of student visual and performing arts, will begin today at the Metroplex Event Center, 10800 Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock, and will go through Tuesday.
Hours for the free event that will feature more than 300 pieces of student art as well as musical and dramatic performances are 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
Today’s performances include the Western Hills Elementary School Eagle Band, Rockefeller Elementary African Dance Ensemble, Central High mixed chorus and readers’ theater, Parkview Magnet High Madrigals and Barbershop singers and orchestra, and the Mann Magnet Middle School band and piano soloists.
In addition to student exhibits and performances, there will be a reception and silent auction of employee artwork Tuesday evening to benefit the district’s fine arts program and a newly established scholarship fund. Little Rock School District employee groups will provide the musical entertainment for the evening event.
LR computer drive for families nears
The Little Rock School District is once again offering low-cost, guaranteed-to-work refurbished computers to eligible district students and their families.
The district will make available some 300 computers at a cost of $40 and $50 at Computer Power Day 4, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 11, at the Metropolitan Career Tech Center, 7701 Scott Hamilton Drive, Little Rock.
Students and their families must register for the event in advance by May 9 at the student’s school.
The computers are for students who do not have access to a computer in their homes and who qualify for free- or reduced-price school meals, which is based on family income.
In addition to paying for and picking up the computers on May 11, families will be able to receive information on obtaining low-cost Internet service from Comcast.
School volunteers honored for efforts
The Pulaski County Special School District honored school volunteers for devoting more than 135,000 hours of their time to the district’s 18,000 students.
Former Superintendent Bobby Lester was the guest speaker at the event, which was held last week at a breakfast at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. Entertainment was provided by the Mills University Studies String Quartet and the North Pulaski High School Show Stoppers.
Individual schools received awards for the highest number of volunteer hours per student. Those winning schools were Bayou Meto Elementary in Jacksonville, Joe T. Robinson Middle School in Little Rock and Jacksonville High School.
Individual honors for the volunteers with the most hours donated were Christy Blanchard of Bayou Meto Elementary, Marla Williamson of Sylvan Hills Middle School in Sherwood and Velma Warner of Jacksonville High School.
The city of Jacksonville received the Susie Roberts Award. The award is given to a nominated individual or group for their service of positive promotion of the Pulaski County Special School District.
Arkansas, Pages 19 on 04/28/2013