MHS Blood drive

Two students at Marion High School patiently squeeze a foam ball while donating a pint of blood during a recent drive by LifeBlood. Patriots seem to look out for other, donating 55 pints during this drive to bring the total for the year to 123 units of blood. The means Marion students have saved as many as 369 lives this year with their selfless acts and generous donations.

Photo by Mike Douglas

MHS Blood drive

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MSD Librarians

MSD tech trainer (Ruth Hegwood) along with MES librarian (Paige Harris) and MIS librarian (Misty Burt) presented at the state Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM) conference April 3-5, in Springdale. The AAIM conference is focused on Arkansas school librarians. The general purposes and goals of the Association shall be the improvement of education and literacy through the use of communications, technology, and media. The MSD librarians presented 21 Cool Instructional Media Tools twice and a workshop titled The Spirit of Games: Interactive games to be used in schools. This was their first time presenting and were elated to be chosen to present at a state conference with over 500 attendees. The workshops focused on teaching other librarians and school officials about various instructional media tools technology tools to incorporate in their schools. “It was a great feeling to hear such positive feedback from our session. Many of the tools we introduced were new to most participants, so we feel confident that we made a positive impact. After our presentation, Misty Burt had a lady come up to her says our workshop “was the best she's been to all weekend,” Hegwood said.