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It's time to go back to school! Read up on Arkansas' Catholic schools' efforts to recruit more Hispanic students, get up to speed on changes in immunization requirements and more!
For parents getting their children ready for the school year there’s usually more than a few items on the list: Folders, backpacks, pens/pencils, clothes … and this year, a new batch of immunizations.
“It’s been several years since they’ve done that,” said Maureen Berry, administrative assistant with Immaculate Conception School in North Little Rock, speaking of updated vaccine requirements.
In April, the Arkansas Department of Health issued a proposed list of additional immunizations required for students attending More... 
Leonicio Ochoa’s two daughters attend St. Edward School in Little Rock. As co-chair of the parish’s Hispanic Outreach Ministry, the school couldn’t ask for a better advocate.
“St. Edward, it’s a beautiful place,” he said. “I am happy to always recommend it to other people.”
Ochoa’s enthusiasm hasn’t happened overnight. Friends told him he was a fool for paying tuition when public school was free. In fact, his girls started in public school; he still has the More...
There has been a lot of conversation about education initiatives in the past few years that deal with improvement of curriculum: Common Core, STEM and now STREAM. What does all of this mean for our students?
The Common Core initiative has been examined by the Office of Catholic Schools’ curriculum committee for the past three years in the areas of language arts, math and science. Very few changes were made to the already existing Catholic school curriculum for More...
Catholic schools calendar 2014-2015
Aug. 13: First day of school (Little Rock/North Little Rock schools)*
Aug. 18: First day of school
Sept. 1: Labor Day (schools closed)
Sept. 26: Arkansas Catholic Professional Day for Teachers (schools closed)
Nov. 26-28: Thanksgiving Holiday (schools closed)
Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Break (schools closed)
Jan. 19: Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Day (schools closed)
Jan. 25-31: National Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 16: Presidents Day (schools closed)
March 23-27: Spring Break (schools closed)
April 3: Good Friday (schools closed)
April 6-10: Stanford More...
LaTonya Rayford White
School: St. Edward, Little Rock
Hometown: Holly Springs, Miss.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, Rust College, Holly Springs, Miss.; master’s degree in educational leadership, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville
Educational experience: Sixth grade teacher, St. Paul School, Memphis, Tenn.; middle school teacher and dean of students, Bishop Byrne Middle and High School, Memphis, Tenn.; principal, St. Augustine School, Memphis, Tenn.
Educational philosophy: A famous quote by Aristotle says, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is More...
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