Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative

WDMSEC College Fair at ASU Beebe was a huge success!

Look! One of our great young superintendents made the cover of ASBA. #ArEd

On September 7, 2016, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Arkansas’s first All-Region and All-State Coding Competition sponsored by Verizon open to Arkansas public and private school students in grades 8-12 and homeschooled students born on or before August 1, 2003, and after August 1, 1998. This Arkansas Department of Education webpage is the official location to find competition information including locations, dates, times, rules, registration process, updates, and results. http://bit.ly/2dD3ZBQ

Great day at Des Arc. Awesome Novice Teachers with great attitudes.

Chronic absence in kindergarten = lower academic achievement through 5th grade. bit.ly/1oqfID7 #SchoolEveryDay

ACT Aspire Periodic Assessments at the Co-op today. How many assessments are we giving? Are we using the data?

Kids who miss too much school in PreK & K are less likely to be @readingby3rd: bit.ly/1oqfID7 #schooleveryday

Congratulations to Susan Bucher, McRae Elementary in Searcy for being chosen as a 2017 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Regional Finalist!

Students who meet with a #mentor regularly make better choices in school & life bit.ly/1oqfID7 #schooleveryday

Quality mentoring can be leveraged as a strategy to improve attendance & academic achievement bit.ly/1oqfID7 #schooleveryday

WDMESC Great Leaders share "what works" at Leadership Quest.

Students in grades K-12 are invited to take part in the 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest, and create a doodle that tells the world “What I see for the future.” From crayons to clay, graphic design, or even food, young artists can utilize any materials to bring their creation to life. Like all Google Doodles, each doodle must incorporate the letters G-o-o-g-l-e. One national winner will also receive a $30,000 college scholarship. The contest is open for entries from September 14, 2016 to December 2, 2016. http://bit.ly/2d2D0zd

Chronic absence affects all kids, not just the absent ones. Learn how to get kids in #SchoolEveryDay here: bit.ly/1oqfID7

7.5 million students miss 10% of school year nationwide. That’s 135 million days total. bit.ly/1oqfID7 #SchoolEveryDay

Join the Attendance Awareness Campaign today and end chronic absence in our schools: http://bit.ly/1oqfID7 #SchoolEveryDay

This September, 75 lucky Arkansas kindergarteners will win a $529 Arkansas GIFT College Savings Plan account contribution to be used toward higher education! The initiative runs Sept. 1-30 in celebration of College Savings Month. Learn more at https://www.arkansas529.org/home/coloring2016.html.

If we’re going to reduce the dropout rate, we need to reduce absenteeism: bit.ly/1oqfID7 #schooleveryday [

Good attendance in preK & K builds academic & social skills for the future: bit.ly/1oqfID7 #schooleveryday

Happy Labor Day from WDMESC!

September is Attendance Awareness Month. Are you in? We are! http://bit.ly/2c2jpNg