Category: Students

Clinton School student Beatrice Biira will be featured on Channel 11 news tonight in Little Rock. Biira’s life offers a compelling story of overcoming extreme poverty to receive an education. At the age of 9, Beatrice remained uneducated, living in poverty in a small Ugandan village.

As reported below, the Class of 2010 enjoyed a day at the University of Arkansas on Saturday where they lunched with UA faculty and administrators, toured the campus and enjoyed the Razorback football game. After arriving via bus from Little Rock, the students heard from UA chancellor G. David Gearhart and had the opportunity to visit with several UA Board of Trustees members.

Wow…another great day in Little Rock as a Clinton School student. What an opportunity we all had today as we visited Little Rock Central High School National Historic site (compliments of our classmate, Spirit Trickey-Rowen). What we considered to be a day off from classes ended up being a fabulous lesson in itself. 

The newest class of 30 Clinton School students heads to Fayetteville tomorrow for a luncheon, campus tour and football game at the University of Arkansas. Here’s an item that appeared in the UA’s e-newsletter this morning:

Orientation week for Class 4 students clearly established a road map to the ‘thousand mile journey’ we have ahead of us over the next 18 months. The faculty and staff exposed our cohort to a variety of spectacular sights and sounds during the six-day orientation week. From meeting with the chancellor of the University of Arkansas Medical School to a reception hosted by Dean Skip Rutherford,

Last week, students of the Clinton School Class of 2010 were transported back to sixth grade with “The Race for Planet ‘X’,” a hands-on traveling exhibit. Set on high-tech bus, the highly interactive exhibit brings the excitement of a science museum to students and provides teachers with a relevant curriculum that is aligned with state learning goals.

Several of our new 2010 class members have formed the Clinton School’s first kickball team. The SOB’s (Students of Bill) won their opening game Sunday afternoon with 8-0 victory over the DeBaci-ry team which included several people from the staff at Ciao Bacci, a popular Little Rock restaurant.