DeQueen-Mena Education Service Cooperative

📚✨ Mount Ida ABC Preschool is kicking off Read Across America Week in the BEST way! ✨📚 We’ve been busy little readers! From voting on whether we like or dislike 🥚🍳 Green Eggs and Ham, to dressing up as our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, the fun has been nonstop! 🎩❤️We’ve also welcomed special guest readers, talked about ways we can do our part to take care of our Earth 🌎, and even planted sunflowers to watch kindness (and flowers!) grow!🌻💛

Learning, laughter, and lots of literacy magic happening over here! ✨📖

“Oh, the places you’ll go!" Mount Ida Preschool students!💫
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💙 Happy Social Worker Week! 💙
DMESC is grateful for the dedicated social workers across our districts who support students, strengthen families, and make a difference every single day. Thank you for your compassion, advocacy, and commitment to helping others thrive.
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So proud of our DMESC girls and the incredible projects they showcased at the State Girl Power Contest last week! 💪✨ Their creativity, skill, and determination were on full display. Way to represent your schools and our region so well! 👏🔥
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Contact Shannon Miller for more information! Earn your teaching license with ArPEP and begin earning a full-time teacher salary next fall!
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🏆 Congratulations to our Senior High Quiz Bowl winners!
Great teamwork, fast thinking, and impressive skills on display! 👏📚
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♟️ Congratulations to our Junior High Chess Tournament winners and participants! Your strategy and determination were impressive. Way to go! 👏 #thinkcoop1st #yourBESTsolution

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💙✨ **More Girl Power Highlights Coming Soon!** ✨💙
We’ll be sharing more from yesterday’s State Girl Power competition soon—spotlighting the incredible students who made it such a success! 💪👩‍🏭👩‍💻
In the meantime, we want to give a HUGE shoutout to all the girls across Arkansas who participated, along with the dedicated teachers, mentors, judges, sponsors, and crew who work behind the scenes to make this event possible each year. Your support and commitment truly make a difference!
A special thank you to Stacey Southerland for her incredible vision in creating this empowering opportunity for girls across our state. Because of you, thousands of students are discovering their potential in manufacturing, technology, and skilled trades. 💙
We’re also incredibly proud of Beau McCastlain for stepping up and carrying the torch for DMESC, continuing this important work and supporting students.🌟
Stay tuned—more to come!
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We’re growing our Early Childhood team! 🌟 DMESC is now hiring a Speech Language Pathologist to work with our preschool students. Join a supportive, family-friendly environment and make a lasting impact. Contact us today to learn more! #thinkcoop1st #yourBESTsolution

🏆🌟 STATE CHAMPION ALERT! 🌟🏆 Congratulations to Ziva Squires of Caddo Academy for earning 1st Place in Wood CNC at the State Girl Power competition! Your hard work, precision, and creativity truly paid off, Ziva! We are so proud to see our students leading the way in skilled trades and advanced manufacturing. 💪✨ Way to represent DMESC & Caddo Academy at the state level! #thinkcoop1st #yourBESTsolution

We’re growing our Early Childhood team! 🌟 DMESC is now hiring a Speech Language Pathologist to work with our preschool students. Join a supportive, family-friendly environment and make a lasting impact. Contact us today to learn more! #thinkcoop1st #yourBESTsolution

🏆 Congratulations to our Senior High Quiz Bowl Winners! 📚✨
🥇 1st Place: Mena
🥈 2nd Place: Acorn
Way to go, students! We’re proud of your hard work and quick thinking! 👏
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♟️ Congratulations to our Grades 5–6 Chess Tournament winners and participants!
Your strategy and determination were impressive. Way to go! 👏
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Local Lead Captain Karen Garner completed the wonderful training better known as THE REGULATED CLASSROOM offered through SWAEC. This training focused on the importance of PLAY and the benefits it provides to a child’s brain development. Garner plans to facilitate this training for all early childhood providers and teachers/paras in the surrounding counties, including Howard, Sevier, Little River, Polk, and Montgomery. Thank you, Katlin Niemeyer, for making this great training available.
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♟️🏆 Chess Tournament Winners Announced!
Congratulations to our champions and all participants for their strategy, focus, and sportsmanship. Well done! 👏
DMESC Chess Tournament for grades 3 & 4
1st place - Liam Walker - Cossatot River
2nd place - Lawson Stone - Dierks
3rd place - AJ Lowrey - Cossatot River
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🇺🇸Happy Presidents’ Day! 🇺🇸
Today, we recognize the leaders who have shaped our nation and reflect on the importance of civic responsibility, leadership, and learning in our schools.
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Happy School Resource Officer Appreciation Day 💙
DMESC thanks the School Resource Officers across all 12 districts for their dedication to keeping our schools safe, supporting students, and building strong relationships within our communities. We appreciate all you do!

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❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at DMESC! ❤️
We’re grateful for our amazing educators, staff, and partners who share their passion and heart for students every day.

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We realized we missed sharing this photo yesterday—and we definitely didn’t want to overlook these talented students! 💙

Congratulations to our Multi-Tool CNC 2nd Place winners from Girl Power 2026! 👏✨ We’re so proud of your hard work and creativity.

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