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Back to School 2007

Published: August 18, 2007   
Tara Little
Jim Hunt (right) registers his son, Lane, for eighth grade at North Little Rock Catholic Academy Aug. 6. Registration for preschool through eighth grade was held at the west campus gym. This new school was created from the consolidation of St. Mary and St. Patrick schools in North Little Rock.

Click on a headline below to read selected stories from the special Back to School edition of the Catholic Schools Herald, which appeared in the Aug. 18, 2007, issue of Arkansas Catholic.

  • Springdale school sees 74 students on first day
    The first new Catholic school in the diocese in the past eight years, St. Raphael School in Springdale started classes Aug. 16 for kindergarten to third grade. The new school builds on the success of St. Raphael Preschool, which opened in 2004.

  • Catholic education is gift from dedicated priests and religious
    By Vernell Bowen, Superintendent of Catholic Schools

  • Blytheville school closing follows painful trend
    Immaculate Conception School in Blytheville will not open for the 2007-2008 school year. By this summer, only 29 students had committed to returning - not enough for the financially strapped parish to keep the school going.

  • NLR Catholic Academy: Two campuses, one mission
    Two North Little Rock Catholic schools, St. Mary and St. Patrick, have merged to open as North Little Rock Catholic Academy this fall. With 280 students on two campuses, the school has a new logo, uniforms, mascot, colors and new classes for students in preschool through eighth grade.

  • Despite economy, Pocahontas school's enrollment is up
    The announcement that Pocahontas would be losing its largest manufacturing plant sent warnings of gloom and doom in an already sluggish Randolph County economy. Yet just months following the closure of Waterloo Industries in May, St. Paul School is adding a second kindergarten class.

  • Attention to detail, traditions make Holland a favorite
    Although Melanie Holland has earned many admirers in seven years of teaching second grade at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, the qualities that make her a standout vary in the eyes of the beholder.

  • Rogers school planning alumni weekend for its 50th anniversary
    "In 1957, two Benedictine sisters under the direction of Father Joseph N. Doyle opened St Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Rogers, Arkansas. ... This year, in the fall of 2007, the school will mark its 50-year anniversary of providing Catholic education in northwest Arkansas." This is a portion of a recent letter sent to alumni and families of St Vincent de Paul announcing plans to mark the school's anniversary.

  • New principals begin tenure in diocese's Catholic schools

  • Fast School Facts

  • Map of Arkansas Catholic Schools 2007

  • Catholic Schools Calendar

    For information about Catholic schools in the Diocese of Little Rock, contact Vernell Bowen, superintendent of schools, at (501) 664-0340 or e-mail her at . For more, visit www.dolr.org.

    For the complete contents of Arkansas Catholic's Aug. 18 issue, see the print edition. Subscribe today, so you don't miss an issue!

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