Month: April 2022

Courtney “C.J.” Woods, an alumnus of the Class of 1997, will serve as one of the featured speakers at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts sixth annual Community of Learning Luncheon.

The luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, in the Creativity and Innovation Complex on the ASMSA campus. The event is being held in conjunction with the school’s online Day of Giving. More information about the Day of Giving may be found at https://asmsa.salsalabs.org/invest/index.html.

Five Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students earned honors at the Arkansas Future Business Leader of America State Conference and qualified to compete in the national competition this summer.

ASMSA had 16 students compete at the 2022 FBLA State Conference that was held April 4-5. Ten of those students earned recognition in their individual categories. Students who placed in the top four of their category qualified to compete at the FBLA National Conference that will be held in Chicago on June 27-July 3.

A team from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts won two first place awards in the recent Arkansas Economics Challenge.

The ASMSA team won first place in the Team Presentation and test portions of the contest co-hosted by the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics at the University of Central Arkansas and Economics Arkansas, a private, nonprofit, non-partisan, educational organization that promotes economic literacy in Arkansas. The competition was held virtually on April 7.

ASMSA’s team members included juniors Talana Small of White Hall, Bethany Catron of Peel, Kiley Barton of Sims and Madison Arenaz of Piggott. The team earned a $100 prize for their win in the Team Presentation component. They won an additional $500 prize for the team for their win in the testing component.

Four Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students received recognition in the National Center for Women and Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing.

Amy Hoang, a senior from Hartman, earned a National Certificate of Distinction in addition to being recognized on the regional level in this year’s program. Three other students — senior Ash Hong from North Little Rock, junior Vicky Zhu from El Dorado as well as sophomore Nasya Choy of Conway — received recognition as Regional Affiliate Winners for Arkansas.

Two Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts computer science instructors are finalists for the 2022 Arkansas Computer Science Educator of the Year award.

Carl Frank and Nicholas Seward are among the five finalists nominated for the award that recognizes computer science educators in public schools across the state. It is the fourth year that the Arkansas Department of Education’s Office of Computer Science is recognizing computer science educators.

Five students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts earned eligibility for the 2022 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair at the Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair held April 1-2 at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

The team of seniors Sheridan Dethrow of Jonesboro and Gwen Keith-Powell of North Little Rock won fourth place in the ISEF Finalists category. Senior Emma Cavaneau of Benton won fifth place while the team of seniors Spencer Lile of Benton and Paul Massey of Conway finished sixth in the category, all qualifying for international fair.