PEA RIDGE — Substitute teacher training
Pea Ridge School District’s substitute teacher training will be Monday, Aug. 16, in the Home Economics room at Pea Ridge High School. Fingerprinting will begin at 9:30 a.m., training will follow at 10 a.m. For more information, call 451-8181.
Punky’s Place childcare opening soon
Punky’s Place afterschool childcare will hold an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7.
The daycare is open to children kindergarten through sixth grade and will be open Monday throughFriday until 5:45 p.m. Cost is $40 per week and includes a nutritious snack, large shaded playground, supervised computer access, 30 minutes per day of scheduled homework time, arts and crafts, Wii and Gamecube, air hockey, a miniature pool table and ping pong.
Punky’s Place is located at 955 N. Curtis Ave., Pea Ridge. For more information, call 488-6162.
Johnson travels to Mediterranean
Benjamin Johnson of Pea Ridge spent the summer semester traveling around the Mediterranean area from a home base inAthens, Greece.
Johnson is one of nearly 30 Bible majors enrolled in Harding University’s international program in Greece, residing in the Artemis Hotel located within the Athens suburb, Porto Rafti. Students spent the remainder of their visit touring areas including Egypt and Israel, where they participated in an archaeological dig.
They then traveled on to Turkey, where the group toured the Seven Churches of Asia, the Peloponnese and other Biblical regions.
Johnson is a 2008 graduate of Pea Ridge High School.
School, Pages 11 on 08/04/2010