"As a school counselor, I want my students to know I will always be available to help them in any way I can!"
--Melody Cox, counselor at North Little Rock Center of Excellence

Congratulations to the TSA (Technology Student Organization) at North Little Rock - Center of Excellence for doing exceptional at the TSA Delta STEM Challenge (Regional) at
Arkansas State University
The winners include the following:
Technology Problem Solving - 2nd place
Benjamin Mitchell and Kabrion Ervin
Children's Stories - 2nd Place
Morgan Ison, Hannah Munzberg, and
Anastasia Aldridge
Vex Robotics - Competed
Adams Smith, Kabrion Ervin, and Tanner Wenger
Flight Endurance - 2nd Place
Xavier Taylor
Music Production - 1st Place
Lauren Motley, Joshua Martindale, Eulices Gomez, and Datayvious Flowers
Video Game Production - 1st Place
Christian Dominguez, Max Shellabarger, Bobby Jackson, Gabriel Garcia, and Morgan Ison
TSA Overall Winner for High School
North Little Rock-Center Of Excellence
Thanks for representing NLRSD so well!


Regions bank is offering a $5,000 or $3,500 scholarship to students for black history month. The students must write an essay that addresses how an African American has been an inspiration to them, and discuss the contributions of the African American that inspires them.
COE students are welding with their hands and hearts! University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College Welding Technology
Yes, it time to begin thinking about the 2019-2020 school year! Join us!

The director of the LPN program at Pulaski Tech University visited with COE students this week.


The Arkansas State Teacher Association visited the COE today. ASTA will be featuring the COE in an upcoming article regarding school choice. Here are a few images from their visit.
Yep! The countdown is ON! School days left until graduation......

Enjoy working with kids? Come join the NLRSD family!

School resumes for students Tuesday, January 8, 2019. We will start with an A day!
VENUE CHANGE! NLRHS vs LR Central on Friday, January 4 will be played at Central HS. The JV boys' game begins at 5 pm followed by the varsity girls' and varsity boys' games.
The 2nd round conference game on Friday, February 1 will now be played at Charging Wildcat Arena.
School resumes for students on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
Have a safe and happy New Year!
T'is the season of giving! Today the COE MedPro Students hosted a blood drive at the high school.
Completion policy for Summit courses: Assignments for the 1st semester must be completed before leaving during semester exam week. Student's with incomplete work should stay and continue working until 3:34 p.m each day.
Non-Summit courses will follow the HS exemption policy.
The COE has been recognized as a school that is Beating the Odds, because students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire. The OEP is featuring the COE in a report called Beating the Odds.

Great way to help the dance program!

Seeking NLR Host Families!

The North Little Rock High School Theatre Arts Department will present “Holiday Highlights,” a holiday dance concert, on December 6th at 6:30 PM in the North Little Rock High School Performing Arts Center. The concert features performances by the NLRHS Dance Troupe and Theatre Dance I-IV classes. This will be the 42nd dance concert for the NLRHS Dance Program. The dance concert will include choreography by Christen Pitts (Director/Choreographer of the NLRHS Dance Program), Angel Hairston (NLRHS Alumni, Owner of Argenta Nutrition), Rico Sergent (Hip Hop artist and teacher at Shuffles and Ballet II/Dance Dynamics), Hannah Hagerman (NLRHS Alumni and member of the Untapped Professional Tap Company- Arkansas’ only professional tap company), Allison Stodola Wilson (Artistic Director of Shuffles and Ballet II), Jennifer Maddox (Director of Dance at Henderson State University), DeAnna Stanton (company member of Ballet Arkansas) and the NLRHS Theatre Dance IV students.
Tickets are $6 for students/seniors and $8 for adults. Please contact Christen Pitts
at 501-771-8100 or pittsch@nlrsd.org for more information.
- The NLRHS Dance Troupe is an extra-curricular dance company in which
Speech, Drama, and Dance students are selected through an audition process. These dancers participate in dance workshops throughout the year and perform in two dance concerts.
- Theatre Dance I-IV classes are classes offered to NLRHS students and they receive a fine arts credit for the course.

"AETN Sports" kicks off with week one of the 2018 High School Football State Championship matches this Friday and Saturday. #GoCATS
Community coding event!

