Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

This school year, Marked Tree Elementary School has been working to get kids excited about reading. Assistant Principal Tina Hotchkiss said they started the initiative after noticing a need to get students reading more and that the purpose of the program is to foster a love of reading...

Jeff Field, Scout Master for Troop 379 of Trumann, was the guest speaker of the Trumann Lions Club during their weekly meeting last Wednesday at the Old Community House. Field told the group that he had been working with Trumann's Cub Scouts Troop 60 when the older kids showed an interest in getting into scouting. ...

For the past two years, Marked Tree High School Social Studies teacher Heather Wolfe has taken students on educational trips to Washington, D.C. Wolfe has taken two groups of students so far. The first group went in June of 2017 and stayed for the three days, and the second group went last June for four days. The trips are through an educational tour company called WorldStrides, which plans the itinerary and provides a tour guide. Tickets and meals are included in the trip price...