FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS : August heat ushers in brand-new school year

Alan T. Wilbourn

If you’re wondering why in blue blazes the weather all of a sudden decided to switch on the heat and turn to the nastiest part of summer, you need look no further than Harmon Field. - Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Teacher attends Washington seminar

Northwest Arkansas Times

West Fork High School history teacher David Schieffler was one of 25 educators around the nation to attend a one-week seminar on George Washington at Brown University in Providence, R.I., this summer. - Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Education Briefs

Greenland High School will hold orientation for the 2008-09 school year at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12 for 11th and 12 grades and at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14 for ninth and 10th grades. Both events will be held in the high school cafeteria.The agenda includes schedules, parking spaces, handbooks, etc. Parents/guardians must attend with students. Farmington High School will hold ninth-grade orientation from 6-7 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Rheas Mill Baptist Church and ninth- and 10th-grade open house from 7-8 p.m. Aug. 12 at Farmington High School. - Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Fayetteville School Calendar

Tuesday, Aug. 5 FHS seniors pick up schedule, 9 a.m. to noon FHS juniors pick up schedule, 1-4 p.m. New teacher luncheon, 11:45 a.m., Woodland Jr. High School cafeteria Happy Hollow new student orientation, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Tuesday, August 5, 2008