Ashley Smith and Angel Cervantes pose for a photo after earning their clinical medical assistant certifications. Both students, along with Keria Ingham and Ashly Smith, dedicated three years of work to become the first at the high school to receive this recognition.

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Following three years of in-class and hands-on work that led them to internships at a local hospital, four students from Mountain Home High School became the first at the school to earn national medical recognition.

During a presentation event held last month, Angel Cervantes, Avey Hart, Keria Ingham and Ashly Smith officially became certified clinical medical assistants.

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Photo by Brian S. Orban

Lisa Ytuarte, a first-grade teacher at North Elementary School, meets with her student, Kayden Luna, along with his mother, Cailey, and sister, Lizzy, as they review the results of his reading comprehension skills during a parent-teacher conference held Thursday afternoon at the school.

Parents across Mountain Home met with teachers at each of the district’s schools for a progress report on their children one month after schools in the local area marked the start of the third quarter of the academic year.

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Plans to build a new school at Mountain Home Air Force Base come several months after a ceremony officially recognized Stephensen Elementary School the recipient of the national Purple Star School designation in honor of its support to military-connected students whose families live at the base.

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Six months after plans came together to secure more than $6.4 million to build a second elementary school at Mountain Home Air Force Base, federal lawmakers approved this funding as part of a national Community Project Funding effort.

Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, members of the House of Representatives approved this measure on a 341-88 vote.

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