Principals' reports: report cards, awards, CNA certifications and exchange students at Fayetteville schools

During the principals' reports section, Speaker 4 summarized several school-level items for the new semester. Elementary report cards will be sent home on Thursday, Jan. 8, and the elementary awards program is scheduled for Jan. 14; the middle school will send report cards the same day with an awards program on Jan. 16 at 10 a.m.

Speaker 4 highlighted enrichment classes that will begin with goal-setting and mindful-breathing activities and noted a career-exploration mock-interview program for seventh graders that involved local industry members. "They were excited today to welcome their students, returning and new students as well," Speaker 4 said of the start of the semester.

At the high school level, Speaker 4 reported two health science students completed their certified nursing assistant (CNA) certifications at TCAT Pulaski over an intensive training period and offered "huge congratulations to them." The principal also announced Fayetteville High will host two foreign exchange students from Italy and Slovakia this semester and that staff will help them enroll in sports and clubs to integrate into student life.

A local quilting group donated an Underground Railroad freedom quilt to Tim Hobbs; the quilt will be displayed at Fevella High School for Black History Month, with a program planned for Feb. 20 to explain the quilt's symbolism, featuring presenter Miss Debbie Yorba and others.

Speaker 4 also previewed a basketball homecoming event scheduled for Jan. 30, with a ceremony beginning at 5:15 p.m.

The principals' presentation accounted for substantial meeting time but was informational rather than a formal action item.