LRSD News

Each year teachers in the Little Rock School District strive to achieve the highest level of certification a teacher can achieve, the National Board Certification. This rigorous process will take several years to reach and requires many different forms of evaluation. But when the final results come in, it is a monumental moment in every teacher's life.

This year, twenty-one teachers in the Little Rock School District were awarded their National Certification. This year's successful candidates include:

Tracy Barbarotto, Gibbs Magnet Elementary

Patricia Bearden, Parkview Magnet High

Sara Brown, Carver Magnet Elementary

Mauri Shay Callicott, Parkview Magnet High

Lynda Charles, J. A. Fair High

Sandra Courtois, Otter Creek Elementary

Marian Cunningham, Roberts Elementary

Margaret Dawson, Forest Park Elementary

Lori Diffey, Carver Magnet Elementary

Deokie Fleming, Pulaski Heights Middle

Lori Gibson, Gibbs Magnet Elementary

Lauren Harrison, Pulaski Heights Elementary

Jillane Johnson, Gibbs Magnet Elementary

Jason McCann, Central High

Rosemary Rogers, Brady Elementary

Amanda Swift, Dodd Elementary

Sharolyn Jones-Taylor, Central High

Pamela Wallace, Mabelvale Middle

Jennifer White, Gibbs Magnet Elementary

Anderson Williams, Forest Park Elementary

Lecia Willis, J. A. Fair High

Congratulations to these teachers on their outstanding accomplishment.

On Tuesday November 15th, L.O.V.E. team members from Forest Heights, Hall, Henderson, JA Fair and McClellan participated in the  Annual ViPS Reading Day at Baseline Elementary. Twenty-three (23) L.O.V.E. team members and sponsors read to over three hundred seventy-five (375) students in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. The L.O.V.E. to Read Initiative was a collaborative effort between the L.O.V.E. program and the LRSD Volunteer In Public Schools (ViPS) in conjunction with the LRSD Office of Dropout Prevention. The goal of the initiative was to promote literacy at the elementary level, while emphasizing how important reading is to their success in school and beyond. L.O.V.E. team members also encouraged students at Baseline to become avid readers and to exercise their reading skills daily.