Local education agencies are responsible for ensuring that children with disabilities and in need of special education and related services are located, identified, and evaluated.

Any child suspected of having a disability adversely affects educational performance. A referral may be made at any time to the local educational agency. A referral may be made by the child’s teacher, other school personnel, the child’s parent, the child, or other individuals with relevant knowledge of the child. The referral may be made to the principal or designee of the school. The school will then proceed with the evaluation process.

For more information, please contact Judy Warren, Director.

Kindergarten/First Grade is currently studying the life cycle of frogs – from eggs to tadpoles to froglets to adult frogs – all right in their own terrarium.

Second/Third Grade students are observing and classifying all types of bugs that live on the school playground.

Fourth/Fifth Graders are learning about sandy environments and/or habitats near sources of water and the impact of humans on that environment.

Sixth/Seventh/Eighth Graders are delving into plate tectonics and how earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formations occur along these plate boundaries.  They have recently made volcanoes in their classroom to simulate how volcanic activity impacts plate movements.

The graph below compares schools in northeast Arkansas according to these results.  How does your child’s school measure up?

2010-11 Grades 3-8 Benchmark Proficiency

Use the following link to read the full report:

http://www.uark.edu/ua/oep/policy_briefs/2011/8_6_2011_Benchmark_Results.pdf