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          Tala Oates (right) celebrates
             with a supporter after                       YLF Prepares                     Around the State
        accepting her award for being                   Delegates for Life                   Check out what the
          one of the state’s top GED         4          After High School         6         Department of Career
                                        ®
                     scorers.                                                              Education has been up
                                                                                             to around the state.
         More about the state’s top
         GED scorers is on Page 5.                      “Lights, Camera,                   Alma Students Help
              ®
                                             8        Joey Travolta Leads         9          to Make a Dream
                                                         Independence”:
                                                                                                 Come True
                                                          Students with

               August 2017                             Disabilities in Film
                                                               Camp

          A public information publication
            Charisse Childers, Ph.D. 9                 Participants Ready         10             Represent Well
           of the Arkansas Department of                Project SEARCH      ®                        Arkansas
                                                                                                      CTSOs
                                                             Sends Off
                 Career Education.
                     Director
                                                                                                    at National
                                                             for Work
                                                                                                  Competitions
          Communications Department
                  Dustin Barnes
                   Susan King
                  Chip McAfee
                  Caty Sample
                  Ellice Scales                           Upcoming Events
         ACECommunications@arkansas.gov

           Arkansas Department of                   Aug. 9, 2017                        Aug. 14, 2017
               Career Education                   Career Education and                  First Day of School
                Three Capitol Mall              Workforce Development                  All public schools in the
            Little Rock, Arkansas 72201               Board Meeting                   state will start the 2017-
                  501-682-1500                      525 W. Capitol Ave.                   2018 school year.
                 501-682-1509 fax                  Little Rock, AR 72201
                                                         1:30 p.m.
                ARCareerEd.org
                                                    Aug. 15, 2017                        Sept. 4, 2017

                                                   Cumulus Career Expo                       Labor Day
                                                presented by the Arkansas              In observance of Labor
                                                   Department of Career              Day, all state offices will be
                                                         Education                             closed.
                                                   Metroplex Event Center
                 Adult Education
         Arkansas Rehabilitation Services         10800 Colonel Glenn Rd.
           Career & Technical Education             Little Rock, AR 72204
           Office of Skills Development                10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
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