HOMEGROWN ARKANSAS

Students work - to promote local farmers by encouraging us all to purchase and consume local foods, and - to change the way people think about food.

 - message from EAST Director, Chris Forster
"Please follow the link below to read the article (in savvy KiDS magazine, page 24) featuring, HOMEGROWN ARKANSAS, a group of eStem High School Seniors enrolled in EAST. This is a great article and I am very proud of all of them. Thank you for showing them your support!"
   
    http://www.savvykidsofarkansas.com/from-the-mag/issue-archive/

The seven members of HOMEGROWN ARKANSAS,

who are all seniors at eStem High Public Charter School,

in Little Rock, Arkansas are:

 

Zoe Corwyn

Alaina Grundy

Margaret Justus

Kasia Kready

Monica Velasquez

Claire Vogelgesang

Katie Walker

14 Year Old Girl explains why exactly the middle school years can be so daunting.

This American Life Radio Station

449: Middle School

 

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/449/middle-school?act=0#play

Prologue

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Host Ira Glass interviews a 14-year old named Annie, who emailed us asking if we would do a show about middle school. She explains why exactly the middle school years can be so daunting. (4 1/2 minutes) Education • Teenagers

• Ira Glass

Oct 28, 2011

This week, at the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, we bring you stories from the awkward, confusing, hormonally charged world of middle school. Including a teacher who transforms peer pressure into a force for good, and reports from the frontlines of the middle school dance.
(Pictured: 7th graders at a costume dance, dressed as characters from The Outsiders.)