Marion County high schools and the South Shore Marion County Adult Leadership Team invite you to become involved with a great program - South Shore Arkansas Scholars™. Through recognition and incentives from businesses like yours, South Shore Arkansas Scholars gives teens reasons to do well during the critical years of high school.

Flippin, Yellville-Summit, and Bruno-Pyatt schools are participants in South Shore Arkansas Scholars. Students who participate receive South Shore Arkansas Scholar identification cards to use for privileges at school and in area businesses which support the South Shore Arkansas Scholars program. The schools invite you to offer the qualifying students incentives such as a discount or free item when they patronize your business. If you do not have many teen-age customers, a financial donation to support special events the Leadership group holds for the students would be very welcome.

When a student graduates as a South Shore Arkansas Scholar, the high school transcript has a special Arkansas Scholars sticker. The Arkansas Business and Education Alliance urges Arkansas firms to ask for high school transcripts and, when hiring, give consideration to students who were Arkansas Scholars during high school.

To qualify as a South Shore Arkansas Scholar, a student must complete required courses, maintain semester grades of “C” or better in all courses, attend school 95% of the time, and finish high school in eight consecutive semesters. With your assistance, we can provide incentives that will encourage them to achieve their goal. Students achieving these goals will develop skills that help them be good employees later - so we all benefit from their contribution to our communities!

About 90 school districts have participated in Arkansas Scholars, which was founded by the Arkansas Business and Education Alliance in 1997. The South Shore Marion County Adult Leadership Team spearheads South Shore Arkansas Scholars in Marion County, and South Shore Foundation is a sponsor for local planning and publicity.

Please join other area businesses in supporting South Shore Arkansas Scholars.

- South Shore Marion County Adult Leadership Team

P.S. For more information, call Mike Rotenberry at Ranger Boats 870-453-2222, Misty Krug at Arvest Bank 870-449-7164, or Randy Livingston at Arvest Bank 870-449-7148.