Category: Field Service

Three Clinton School students will debut a new tutor training manual for member councils of Arkansas Literacy Councils (ALC) during a workshop at the Little Rock Hilton February 17-19, 2010.

The atmosphere was filled with excitement and high expectations for Arkansas’s’congressional delegation to engage in immigration reform. Representatives from Arkansas’s business, political and education sectors voiced their support for comprehensive immigration reform.

An after-school cooking workshop developed by three Clinton School students has received a “Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas” grant of more than $16,000 to implement the program in three local school districts.

Clinton School student Dimas Espinola is working with Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) to explore minority health disparities among Arkansas children.

The Arkansas Farm to School project aims to provide fresh, healthy meals in schools to improve student nutrition and support local and regional farmers. The Farm to School program has four major components: cafeteria procurement, development of school gardens, integrated nutrition curriculum and farm visits.

Clinton School student Regina Wilkerson (right) is working with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) to assist with the development of the commission’s legislative audit reporting system.

As the final project of her tenure at the Clinton School, second-year student and Arkansas native Lindsey Barnett (left) is working with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to conduct senior citizen outreach for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program).

A Clinton School project in Houston is gaining national attention. Josh Stokes (’10) is completing his final Capstone project with the University of Texas Medical School at Houston’s Houston Early Age Risk Testing and Screening (HEARTS) program.