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Cutter Morning Star
501-262-2414
2801
Spring St.,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
The Cutter Morning Star School District, located east of Hot
Springs on Hwy. 70 consists of an
elementary school (Pre-K—6) and high
school (7—12).
Part of the district lies within
the city and part outside.
The district’s boundaries are
within
Garland
County
and are adjacent to the
Hot Springs
, Lakeside,
Fountain
Lake
and
Benton
school districts.
Enrollment
has increased and is currently 720.
Projections show that
Hot Springs
will experience growth toward the east, so
Cutter Morning Star expects a continued
increase. Statistics
show that over 75 percent of each
graduating class has been attending the
district for five years or more – a good
indicator of community stability.
Over the last seven years the district has remodeled and
constructed much of the campus.
They have also taken great strides
in the technology area, adding computer
labs in the elementary and the high
school, setting up a computerized library
operation and connecting to the statewide
school computer network.
Classroom
instruction centers on statewide
guidelines and students needs and smaller
classes allow more time for student’s
needs.
Arkansas Business & Economic
Review showed the students in the top 15
percent in
Arkansas
in math and literacy scores.
Fountain
Lake
School District
501-623-5655
4207 Park Ave.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
The
Fountain
Lake
School District
serves an area of 186 square miles and is
located north and east of the city of
Hot Springs
. It
operates as in independent district and
educates students from Kindergarten to 12th
grade.
For
more than a decade the district has been
committed to the integration of
technology.
Over 300 computers are linked to
the district’s fiber optic network.
Instructional software programs are
used to supplement the curriculum at all
grade levels; individual and whole group
instruction and research are available in
four computer labs; keyboarding, business
applications, multimedia and desktop
publishing classes are taught in high
school technology labs; cutting edge
hardware and software are utilized in
Cobra EAST lab, EAST lab and E.I.T.E. Lab;
technology is integrated into the Art
& Journalism departments; and
additional technology access is available
in the school media centers and in
elementary classrooms.
The
district believes that a strong foundation
in technology is essential for the future
success of our students and strives to
incorporate technology across the
curriculum and across grade levels.
Hot
Springs
School District
501-624-3372
400
Linwood Avenue
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71913
Hot
Springs
School District
includes most of the city’s commercial, residential and
historic neighborhoods.
The District features four
award-winning elementary magnet schools
that will motivate, challenge and enhance
your child’s potential.
Your child learns in an environment
where they concentrate on their area of
interest – Math & Science,
Engineering & Technology, Visual &
Performing Arts or our International
Baccalaureate (IB) program focused on
world-class education.
Instituted in 2004, the IB Diploma Program at
Hot Springs
High School
is one of three International
Baccalaureate Organizations authorized
Diploma Programs in the state of
Arkansas
. Students engage in a curriculum and
activities shared by schools across the
globe that prepare students for college
and professional opportunities.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program is a
challenging two-year curriculum, primarily
aimed at students aged 16 to 19 which lead
to a qualification that is widely
recognized by the world’s leading
universities.
Students learn more than a collection of facts. The Diploma
Program prepares students for university
and encourages them to ask challenging
questions, learn how to learn, develop a
strong sense of their own identity and
culture and develop the ability to
communicate with and understand people
from other countries and cultures.
Jessieville
School District
501-984-5381
7900 N. Hwy. 7,
Jessieville
,
AR
71949
Serving approximately 900
students
Pre-School
– 12th grades,
Jessieville
School district
began a rich history of excellence in
1937.
Today the district, nestled in the
Ouachita Mountains
, serve students in a 203 square mile
radius with up-to-date facilities
including science and computer labs and a
1200 seat sports complex.
With a student –staff ratio of 7-1, the district has
consistently performed above the state
average on standardized tests.
The needs of all students are met
through gifted and talented programs,
remediation classes, vocational/technical
programs, and special education services.
Art and music are offered at all
grade levels and four computer labs plus a
Distance Learning Lab and an East lab
providing technology training K-12.
Over 200 community volunteers work
with Jessieville students through the
Tutoring
Center
and in classrooms each year.
The ASCENT after-school program also provides enrichment and
academic assistance to our 5-K students.
High school students can earn as
many as 21 college hours though concurrent
and AP courses at Jessieville.
Athletically, Jessieville has had conference/district/state
championships in football, basketball,
track, baseball, golf and tennis.
In 2006 Jessieville won the state
2A football championship.
Over 80% of Jessieville’s 6th
- 12th grade students are
involved in a sport and/or other
extra-curricular programs such as FCA,
Cheerleading, Honor Society, Choir, Band,
FBLA, Chess, Destination Imagination,
Bowling, Quiz Bowl, Drama and Web Design.
The focus at Jessieville Schools is helping every student
find a place to excel.
Lake
Hamilton
School District
501-767-2306
300 Wolf St.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71964
The
Lake
Hamilton
School District
is located west of the city of
Hot Springs
in
Pearcy
,
Arkansas
. It
is the largest district in
Garland
County
housing six campuses K-12, all located in
one geographical area.
In a beautiful rural area, the
District provides a safe and clean
environment.
In the 2006-2007 School Year, LHSD was honored to be selected
as a winner of the “What Parents Want
Award” from School Match.com.
LHSD fosters a tradition of academic excellence giving every
student the opportunity to achieve and
reach their full potential.
LHSD offers excellent programs in the fine arts. The Fine
Arts encompass art, music and drama.
The District is recognized as
having one of the strongest band programs
in the state.
LHSD is proud of the tradition of a very successful athletic
program which encourages and provides
opportunities for all male and female
students.
LHSD encourages students to participate in extracurricular
opportunities to further their academic
growth as well as social interaction with
their fellow classmates.
Lake
Hamilton
School District
is a progressive growing school district
that treasures and maintains its small
school heritage and values.
Where students, parents, educators
and community work hand-in-hand to empower
each learner with the knowledge, skills
and direction necessary to promote
life-long success and continued life
enrichment.
Lakeside
School District
501-262-1880
2837 Malvern Ave.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
The
Lakeside
School District
is one of seven K-12 independent school
districts in
Garland
County
. The district serves an area of 61
square miles and is located around the
city of
Hot Springs
, which supports a population of
approximately 40,000. Much of the
district surrounds Lakes Hamilton and
Catherine. The area is ideal for
recreational camping and water sports.
The newly-expanded Hot Springs
Convention Center and the
Garland
County Community College contribute to
educational and cultural activities.
Lakeside
School District
is proud, once again, to be named one of
the top ten school districts in the state
of
Arkansas
. Our district was ranked fourth and
chosen for the 2006-07 Golden Apple Award,
based on scores from state-mandated
testing. On these tests,
Lakeside
scores are higher in every grade than
state averages. As well, in the high
school, ACT scores are higher than both
state and national averages. The
district is ranked first among all 5A
school districts in the state.
Lakeside
has also been honored with three national
awards in the past two years. The
"Just For Kids Award" was
presented to both Lakeside Junior High and
Lakeside
Middle School
by the National Center of Educational
Accountability. Our district was
also awarded the "What Parents Want
Award", which is given to only 16% of
the nation's 15,573 school districts.
Mountain
Pine
School District
501-767-1540
726 Blakely Mountain Dam Rd.,
Hot Springs
, AR 71956
Mountain
Pine
School District
(K-12) referred to by some in higher
education as the “hidden gem of
Garland
County
,” is located in the
Ouachita Mountains
and on the banks of Lakes Hamilton and
Ouachita.
The District’s faculty and staff provide high quality and
varied educational opportunities to
approximately 630 students. The district
offers a relatively low pupil to teacher
ratio with individualized and personalized
instruction all students. Of the current
58 certified staff members, 22 have
Masters and two have a Doctorate.
Mountain Pine students regularly exceed the state average on
mandated test scores.
Remediation programs during and
after school are available for students
with deficient areas. Advanced placement
and college credit classes are included in
the high school curriculum, while the
elementary gifted and talented program has
been recognized throughout the region.
Mountain Pine offers students, parents and community members
the opportunity to be actively involved.
The Booster Club and Parent Teacher
Organization are extremely active and have
fundraisers to assist students.
The District provides, through exemplary instruction,
technological opportunities, high
expectations and proven scientific-based
teaching methods, a safe and friendly
learning environment, a quality education
to all students, allowing them to reach
high levels of achievement and develop
responsible citizenship.
OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Hot
Springs
Adventist
School
501-760-3336
401
Weston Road
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
Hot
Springs Adventist School (HSAS), serving
children from preschool - grade 8,
provides an excellent academic education
rooted in a Christian view of God and the
world.
This education is founded upon the
authoritative work of God.
Our purpose is to build godly
character in children by educating them in
a Christ-centered environment where their
love for Christ, all people, and learning
can grow.
Hot Springs
Adventist
School
is
committed to helping children develop
academically, emotionally, physically and
spiritually.
We do this through the following:
Daily teaching of the scriptures,
small class size, teachers as role models,
enriching field trips and parent
involvement.
Every student entrusted to the care
of
Hot Springs
Adventist
School
is viewed as a precious gift of God to be
educated for now and eternity.
Arkansas
School
for Mathematics,
Sciences, and the Arts
501-622-5100
200 Whittington Ave.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
The
Arkansas
School
for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts (ASMSA)
is the premier high school in the state
– a public residential high school for
academically advanced juniors and seniors,
known nationally for preparing its
students to succeed in college and beyond.
All courses are taught at a college level
using only college textbooks, and our
highly qualified faculty challenges
students to maximize their potential.
ASMSA annually ranks in the top one
percent of all high schools in the nation
on the ACT.
Colleges
and universities recognize the preparation
provided to its students and compete for
ASMSA students. The 1366 graduates have
earned almost $90 million in scholarship
and grant offers and were accepted to
schools like Harvard, Yale, MIT, and the
military academics as well as in-state
schools including the
University
of
Arkansas
, UALR, Hendrix and the
University
of
Central Arkansas
.
ASMSA
also benefits
Arkansas
through its Office of Distance Education,
which teaches more than 2700 students in
70 school districts, assisting students to
meet graduation requirements.
Crossgate
Christian
Academy
501-262-4222
3102 E. Grand Avenue
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
Crossgate
Christian
Academy
, a private, non-denominational Christian
pre-school through high school learning
center, has been a vital and growing
member of the
Hot Springs
intellectual landscape since 1951.
CCA
moved into its new school building that
includes state-of-the-art science and
computer labs for the 2005-2006 school
year; the school campus is located at
3102 E. Grand Avenue
, which is adjacent to The Church at
Crossgate
Center
. Whereas
CCA is a cherished ministry of The Church
at Crossgate Center, the school operates
separately under the non-profit Crossgate
Christian Academy, Inc. and is governed by
the Crossgate Christian Academy School
Board, which is an independent body
dedicated to upholding and implementing
the mission of CCA.
CCA's mission is to assist families by providing cutting-edge
education to students so they can become
dream makers and world changers for
Christ.
By being a Christ-centered
environment that uses application-learning
to make education relevant for its
students, CCA delivers the best
foundational, whole-person education
available in
Arkansas
.
CCA
offers unique learning opportunities to
Arkansas
children:
FasTracKids; The Enrichment Center;
The School of Entrepreneurship.
FasTracKids is the internationally-acclaimed curriculum
designed to enrich preschool children by
challenging them to think productively
while developing their speaking,
communication, and leadership skills.
CCA's
Enrichment
Center
provides carefully tailored education that
can bring a child up to grade-level, or
allow them to soar to their own levels of
achievement, while maintaining their
integration with their grade and peers.
The
School
of
Entrepreneurship
goes beyond traditional classrooms and
textbooks to teach Christian leadership
principals through the disciplines of
being business owners and operators.
Bill Vining, Superintendent of
Crossgate Christian Academy, promises
"we will do everything possible to
help your child develop their individual
gifts and talents in a safe, stimulating
Christian environment."
St. John’s
Catholic
School
501-624-3171
583 West Grand Avenue
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
St. John’s
is a non-profit
Catholic
Elementary School
sponsored by
St. John’s
Catholic Church in partnership with the
Sisters of Mercy.
St. John’s
is celebrating 100 years of catholic
education in
Hot Springs
, serving grades pre-k through eighth.
The
mission of
St. John’s
is to serve persons of diverse cultures,
socio-economic levels, faiths and
abilities while providing each child with
a quality religious and academic education
within a Christian environment.
St. John’s
School
endeavors to create a loving community
that enriches the lives of all students,
parents and teachers as it prepares the
whole child so that students make take
their place in society as responsible,
caring Christian citizens.
Preparing students developmentally
and morally for the world they will lead
in the 21st century is the
primary goal at
St. John’s
. All
are challenged to grow toward their
highest potential through effort and
improved strategy.
The school program emphasizes the
use of learning styles and whole-language
tenets.
A conceptual, language-based
mathematics series, a hands-on science
curriculum and a critical-creative
thinking focus enhances all students’
educational experience.
A reading series brimming with
quality literature, multi-cultural
textbooks, a current social studies
curriculum and a comprehensive religion
program equip students with the necessary
tools to make prudent and healthy choices
in their developmental process.
St. John’s
enjoys a fantastic student to teacher
ratio and offers many areas of study to
each student, including physical education
and athletic programs, music, art,
computer studies and foreign language,
along with the daily curriculum.
St. John’s
also boasts state of the art computer and
science labs and utilizes SMART technology
in each building.
Athletic programs include
volleyball, basketball and track and
field.
First
Step
School
501-624-6468
407 Carson Street
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
Provides an array of services for children and adults with
developmental disabilities in a community
setting including early intervention,
preschool, residential homes and supported
employment.
First Step accepts donations of
vehicles, boats, trailers, etc.
First Step is a 501C3 non-profit
organization. Donations are tax
deductible.
Arkansas
Career Training Institute
501-624-4411
105 Reserve St.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71901
The
Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center (HSRC)
is a component of Arkansas Rehabilitation
Services (ARS) that consists of two
sections, the
Hot Springs
Rehabilitation
Center
Hospital
and the Arkansas Career Training Institute
(
ACTI
).
As
a comprehensive rehabilitation center,
HSRC offers programs in evaluation
assessment, vocational adjustment,
employability skills training, medical
services, vocational training, counseling
and support services such as recreation,
placement and adult basic education.
Any student seeking enrollment must
be sponsored by an Arkansas Rehabilitation
Services Field Office.
Vocational training programs
include auto collision repair, auto parts
man, auto maintenance tech, building
trades, business education, certified
nursing attendant, cosmetology,
environmental system services, food
services, marketing & sales, printing,
small engine repair, welding, etc.
All programs are ongoing in nature
and the length of each course is based on
students meeting specified educational and
physical qualifications.
HIGHER EDUCATION
National
Park
Comm
unity College
501-760-4222
101 College
Dr.
,
Hot Springs
,
AR
71913
National
Park
Community College
, nestled in the Ouachita Mountains,
located in
Mid-America
Park
, just outside
Hot Springs
city limits.
NPCC
averages approximately 3,000 credit
students per semester enrolled in college
courses blending liberal arts with
occupational education to prepare students
to enter the workforce or transfer to a
four-year institution. Over 2,000 students
a year also enroll in a wide range of
non-credit and continuing education
services provided by the Community
Services/Continuing Education Program and
Corporate Training Division. These include
customized workforce training for business
and industry, on-site courses for the
hospitality and tourism industry, on
campus computer classes, online classes,
and various professional development
workshops.
The
National Park Technology Center is a
secondary area career and technology
center that serves public schools in the
Garland
County
area, available to junior and senior high
students. Program offerings are two years
in length and second year students have
the opportunity to participate in job
shadowing and apprenticeship activities.
Instruction in seven areas offered by the
center prepares students for entry-level
employment and provides the foundation for
further education.
As
a comprehensive community college, NPCC
offers a broad general education
curriculum and support services for all
students as a basis for transfer, further
study, professional specialization, and
personal enrichment; pre-college
coursework to prepare students for
academic success; a variety of technical
and professional programs to prepare
students for career experiences;
continuing education and workforce
training opportunities to meet community
needs and personal interests.
NPCC's academic programs are
designed for students who plan to earn a
two-year Associate Degree or the one-year
Technical Certificate leading to
employment, as well as for those who plan
to transfer to four-year colleges and
universities.
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