This is just a quick note to let you know that through our DESE Engagement office’s relationships with the UARK Office of Innovation, the DESE Digital Learning Unit, and the El Dorado school district, we are so pleased to be able to feature your school’s story in our April 2022 newsletter about family and community engagement – it’s the top story, and I wanted to forward the link in case you want to share it out.
We think that 11 minutes is not too much ask folks to take, to watch your video and learn about the great things that Hugh Goodwin Elementary and the El Dorado school district are doing to support student success and growth. 
We are so proud of your school, and our collaborative teams’ work on the Student-Focused Study Tour videos that help bring these stories to light and help us share them with wider audiences!
Congratulations on your Blue Ribbon School honor, and all the hard work that is evident throughout the school, your students, families, and community partners. It is heartwarming, and uplifting to see your community “rise” to help one another.
DESE’s engagement newsletter is published quarterly, and currently has about 1,000 subscribers across the state. Please encourage your stakeholders to subscribe (at the bottom of the web page) to receive updates for the families, schools and communities of Arkansas.
We’d like for more folks to know about the good news we can help showcase, and share.
If there are any questions or concerns, please direct those to me as the newsletter editor.
Thanks again
Karen Bergh
Public School Program Advisor
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Engagement Unit