On January 13, 2011, Fred Boosey, Theatre Arts Specialist at Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School, received the Teacher of the Year Award during the national conference of the Arts Schools Network, the nation’s largest professional membership organization of specialized arts schools. Because the foundation of an excellent arts education lies in the talents and dedication of outstanding artist mentors and teachers, this annual award recognizes an Arts Schools Network teacher whose dedication, talent, and achievement are exemplary.
Arts Schools Network is a community of schools and institutions dedicated to education in and through the arts. Their mission is to provide the leadership necessary to inspire and maintain excellence in arts education by supporting and serving leaders of specialized arts schools, arts integration schools and new schools of the arts across the country. Arts Schools Network impacts more than 60,000 students: 1,486 arts focused schools; arts organizations and arts education leaders; 74,300 arts school administrators, teachers and counselors; and 743,000 alums of member schools—a number that grows by more than 48,000 each year.
Dr. Beth Maris has been appointed a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) High School Liaison Group on High School Chemistry Teaching. Dr. Maris' appointment is a reflection of her involvement and commitment to teaching high school chemistry and inspiring student excitement about the discipline of chemistry. The aim of the Liaison Group on High School Chemistry Teaching is to provide input, feedback, and recommendations to the ACS, the Society Committee on Education and the ACS Education Division regarding issues of interest to the high school chemistry teaching community. 
The Little Rock School District Leadership Academy is a district leadership program that prepares emergent leaders to be assistant principals and principals in our district. The program goes beyond traditional university coursework and provides more in-depth, practical examination of key instructional skills. Through this intense offering of 10 to 15 research-based modules, participants receive practical application of a range of topics, such as creating a high-performance school culture, creating and sustaining quality professional development, leading a culture of change, understanding LRSD budgeting systems, and familiarity with key Board directives and policies. 