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From the Mayor’s Office of Youth Services :
 
Do you know of any young person that may want to attend a free one week camp during the summer? If yes, please read below for details.  
 
This summer the Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) will hold two ACE Camps sponsored by Delta Air Lines. The purpose of each one-week program is to introduce interested youth to the world of aviation by exposing them to the many challenging careers and opportunities which the aviation industry has to offer.
 
Please take the time to read the brochure/application and pass it along to anyone that you know who may be interested. The age range is for boys and girls between 14 -18 years old. The application deadline is Monday, June 2,
  
Clicking here will open the brochure and application file for ACE camp http://dstfwac.org/files/deltaairapp.pdf

Pulaski Technical College is accepting applications for Arkansas Teen College, a summer enrichment program for teens ages 12-18.

The program began last year as the Summer Writing Institute for Teens (SWIFT) and has been expanded to include 14 sessions, including digital photography and video, digital 3-D modeling, critical thinking, creative writing, desktop publishing, jazz music and others. All classes are taught by college instructors.

The first session will be July 7-11, and the second session is set for July 14-18. Classes will be held 8 a.m.-noon on Pulaski Tech's main campus in North Little Rock.

The cost is $75 per session, and the application deadline is June 9.

Registration applications and scholarship applications are available online at www.pulaskitech.edu/arkansas_teen_college

For more information, contact Allen Loibner at 912-7272 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Four students from the North Little Rock School District were recently selected to participate in the Arkansas Repertory Theatre's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive (SMTI) program.

The four are Cassidy Ratliff and Laura Leigh Turner from Indian Hills, as well as Kennedy Sample and Maddie Harrington from Crestwood. 

The program is designed for motivated young people who are serious about the arts, specifically musical theatre.

Celebrating its third year in 2007, the SMTI program offers young actors the opportunity to learn professional techniques designed to enhance their acting, vocal and dance skills in a comprehensive two-week curriculum.

Participants perform language and movement exercises, learn choreography and musical selections, attend regular daily rehearsals and star in a public musical theatre performance on The Rep’s main stage. This year the summer musical is called, "If You Sing It, They Will Come" (songs from the silver screen). There were over 300 talented young artists that auditioned for 40 spots.

There will be a matinee at 1:00 p.m. and night performance at 7:00 p.m. on August 2, 2008 at The Rep.

Stephen Hu and Catherine A. Woodrow, both ninth grade students at North Little Rock High School East Campus, recently scored better than 34,500 other students from around the United States in the National Financial Literacy Challenge. 

Both Stephen and Catherine scored in the 25th percentile in the first ever event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Treasury and recommended by the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.

Participants included students in rural areas, suburbs, and cities in this country, and in Department of Defense schools around the world. The Office of Financial Education in the U.S. Department of the Treasury writes...

"These honors will hopefully inspire other students and teachers to focus on financial education. We encourage you to keep exposing your students to these important topics. The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy has recommended that Treasury offer the Challenge as a means of reinforcing the many financial education programs currently available for high school students. We expect to offer the Challenge again in October 2008. The Challenge's 35 questions will again be correlated to the 2007 national standards published by the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy."

The following members of the boys' track team at North Little Rock High School won the 400 meter relay at the Meet of Champs last night in Lake Hamilton with a time of 41.92 seconds. Brenston Johnson, Ramon Stewart, Antrell Terry and Brian Bryles comprise the winning North Little Rock team.

The Meet of Champs, similar to a State Champion Event, is the best athletes from all classifications competing against each other.  Ramon Stewart finished 4th in the 100 meter and 200 meter races.  The boys track team from North Little Rock High School is the current 7A State Champions and record holder in both the 100 meter and 200 meter dash - Ramon Stewart. The team is a four time 100 meter relay winner - Brenston Johnson, Ramon Stewart, Antrell Terry and Brian Bryles.  They also hold the four time 400 relay record for 7A from 2007. 

Congratulations to Coach Gary Davis, Head Track Coach, and the North Little Rock High School Boys Track Team.

North Little Rock High School-East students recently took to heart the adage that breakfast is the most important meal.

They collected 1,592 boxes of cereal for Arkansas children in need as participants in the Channel 11 KTHV/Arkansas Food Bank Network's cereal drive. The two week competition was sponsored by the Positive Results Club and Beta Club at East Campus.

 Mr. Todd Huff, a Beta Club sponsor, Mrs. Dawnre Nooner, a Positive Results Club sponsor, East Beta President Joseph Holloway, and student Matthew Woodruff – who donated 38 boxes –appeared last week at Golden Corral to accept the first place award in the high school division from KTHV's Tom Brannon.

As an added honor, thirty members of the winning team are invited to attend breakfast in the weather garden during their morning broadcast on May 28 at KTHV. Congratulations to Mrs. Leirer's Fourth Even Class and Mrs. Ponders Third Even Class for winning the cereal drive. Congratulations also go out to Tevin Abston for donating 30 boxes.

Dinah Allen, Gifted Facilitator at Lakewood Middle and Rose City Middle Schools was recognized at the annual AGATE (Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education) Conference in February as one of the five Arkansas Gifted Educators of the Year.  This recognition was for her outstanding service to gifted students in the North Little Rock School District, primarily for her Lunch Bunch Program. It is for gifted and talented underachievers: bright children with high test scores but with little school success. Dinah meets with them weekly and includes their parents and special guests to help motivate them. She counsels them as well and works to change the pattern from underachiever to achiever. Her primary concern for gifted students is at the social and emotional level and that what this program is about. Dinah also coaches a Quiz Bowl team and works with the Duke University Scholars Recognition Program.

Read further for a brief description of Allen's program and  support for it.

The North Little Rock High School Speech, Drama and Dance Department presents:  ART IN MOTION ~ a spring dance concert Saturday, May 17 at 3 p.m.

The concert will be held at the High School-East Campus auditorium at 2400 Lakeview Road.

Tickets are $5 for students and $6 for adults.

Dances performances will be presented by the high school Theatre Dance I, II and III students, the high school Dance Troupe, and participants from the  Preschool/Elementary School Dance Workshop.

Please come to the concert to support these Preschool/Elementary dancers this Saturday.  They are precious!

The Honorable Patrick H. Hays,

Each year, I like to provide you with a summary of how well our students are doing who are enrolled in the television production classes. This year was a banner year for NLRTV.

At the annual Arkansas Scholastic Press Association competition held in Rogers, Ark. NLRTV once again took the top award, The All-Arkansas Award for Broadcasting.

This is the seventh time NLRTV has won this in the 10-year history of the award.

They also won superiors (the highest award) in feature package, sports package, sports coverage, graphics, daily news, and commercial. The feature for Habitat for Humanity took an excellent rating.