Month: November 2024

The Diamond Lakes Area Master Naturalists recently awarded the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts a grant to benefit the school’s Native Pollinator Garden.

Students in the Senior Research in the Park course will use the $1,120 grant to improve the sloped portion of the garden that is located in front of the ASMSA Student Center. Planned improvements include terracing and adding stone steps to the garden slope to help prevent erosion and increase accessibility to the plants on the upper portion of the slope.

Students in the course will plan and execute the improvements, said Dr. Lindsey Waddell, an instructor of excellence geoscience and chemistry. She serves as a co-instructor in the course along with Dr. Allyn Dodd, an instructor of distinction in biology.

Six Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students were selected for the 2024 South All-Region Orchestra.

Students who were selected for the orchestra include

• Anna Le, a junior from Fort Smith, first violin, third chair;
• Kalyn You, a senior from Everton, first violin, 10^th chair;
• Annette Ha, a senior from Benton, first violin, 11^th chair;
• Paul Murphy, a senior from Conway, cello, 11^th chair;
• Alex Ulmer, a senior from Conway, cello, 12^th chair; and
• Jacob Lewis, a junior from Clinton, flute, second chair.

The South All-Region Orchestra Clinic will be held Nov. 8-9 at Conway High School. The students auditioned for the orchestra on Oct. 12 at Little Rock Mills High School.