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Bomber Prize Patrol

by MHEF on August 30, 2011

The Mountain Home Education Foundation hosted its second annual BOMBER PRIZE PATROL on Thursday, August 25, 2011.  Members of the community were invited to join MHEF Board members and Mountain Public School Board members to visit 37 classrooms while cheering for the teachers and students throughout the MHPS district.  Over $28,000.00 worth of Teacher Grants was awarded to the 37 teachers in these classrooms.  The grant money was obtained from endowments to the MHEF, fundraisers sponsored by the MHEF and through automatic payroll deductions given by over 100 teachers of the district.

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Conner-Hankins Funeral Home Donates to MHEF

October 26, 2010

Conner-Hankins Funeral Home recently donated $500.00 to the Yoland Condrey Memorial Scholarship Fund. During our recent open house there was a $1,000 drawing, with half of the money being won by Jeff Hughes and the other $500.00 given to his local charity of choice, the Yoland Condrey Memorial Scholarship Fund.  Mrs. Condrey had been the [...]

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Tempelmeir Article

October 4, 2010

The ability of the Mountain Home Education Foundation to aid deserving students in the furtherance of their education received a boost on Tuesday when a bequest from the Estate of Louise Tempelmeir in the sum of $150,000.00 was delivered to the Foundation.   Lane Strother, attorney for the Tempelmeir Estate, explained that while Mrs. Tempelmeir [...]

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Great Friend and Supporter

June 19, 2010

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passage of Connie Dryer Barnett (’71) who passed away on June 13, 2010.  Connie served on our Board and was involved in all of our activities.  At our Night of Honors, Connie served as a gracious hostess; during our recent Phone-a-thon, Connie could be found conversing [...]

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2010 Phone-a-thon

May 3, 2010

The Mountain Home Education Foundation held is annual phone-a-thon on April 20, 2010, at the Mountain Home Public School Administrative Offices.  Students eagerly called community members to make pledges to the MHEF.   The pledges will help with the providing of student scholarships and teacher grants.  Prizes such as scholarships, printers, and flash drives were awarded [...]

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2010 Night of Honors

March 9, 2010

The 2010 Night of Honors was held at Big Creek Country Club on Thursday, February 26, at 5:30 p.m.  Honorees included Dean Curlee (student award), Renata Jenkins Byler Student Award, Dr. Bob Ahrens (student award) and Robert Nelson (Teacher Award).  Elaine Hughes, former secretary to the MHPS superintendent, received the Earnest Perry award.  A new [...]

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Hyper-Interactive Teaching Technology Teacher Grant

March 8, 2010

Students at Pinkston Middle School will be using  Hyper-Interative Teaching Technology (H-ITT) Classroom Response System in their math classes.  Roger Fisher and Kristi Nelson each received a grant to purchase this system.  The system allows for wireless, electronic student responses for bell work, quizzes, study guides, tests and many other functions.  Students can use technology (a [...]

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CSI Teacher Grant

February 22, 2010

The HHS Academy at MHHS sponsored a CSI project.  Student from the HHS academy researched and prepared activities centered around the Crime Scene Investigation theme.  These activities were placed into project centers describing digestion (dental impressions; digestive tract); circulation (heart dissection;blood typing); and, the nervous system/skin (eyeball dissection;finger printing).  The projects were displayed at the [...]

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MHEF Chili Supper

February 18, 2010

The MHEF raised over $1,200.00 at its annual chili supper.  The event was held before the Mountain Home/Little Rock Hall basketball game on Tuesday, January 26, in the high school cafeteria.

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