by - August 5, 2020 4:26 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith will break ground on its $5.5 million renovation and addition project Aug. 13 while celebrating a $1.25 million matching grant from the Siloam Springs-based…
by - May 27, 2020 12:16 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith will be receiving almost $1.25 million to help expand the school to include ninth grade. In April, the school received authorization for the state…
by - April 18, 2020 1:27 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith has been approved to accept ninth-grade students for the 2021-22 school year, adding to its 11th and 12th grade classes. The school met with…
by - January 27, 2020 2:09 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith is ready to move ahead with a $5.8 building expansion project. The expansion will add 18,000 square feet to the existing school, which is…
by - January 16, 2020 5:02 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith has received some big help to aid in its expansion project. Dwight Curry has donated $1 million towards the school’s building fund, said Trish…
by - November 21, 2019 5:51 pm
A documentary team from Korean national public television is in Fort Smith this week taking an in-depth look at internships and secondary education. Felix Kwon, an international reporter with EBS,…
by - May 23, 2019 8:24 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith graduated its 79 students May 14, an inaugural graduating class that was offered about $1.9 million in scholarships. The graduating seniors all left the…
by - February 13, 2019 8:34 pm
Dream Alliance, a Fort Smith-based philanthropic group, invested $150,000 in the Future School’s College for All program, the school announced Wednesday (Feb. 13). “We at Dream Alliance are thrilled to…
by - August 31, 2018 1:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, touched on his youngest son James’s battle with drug addiction in comments to students at the Future School of Fort Smith as he shared “five…
by - July 3, 2018 10:14 am
Future School of Fort Smith founder Trish Flanagan has launched the Think Future Foundation. The new organization’s stated purpose is to “grow Future School’s early success at bringing new learning…
by - April 26, 2018 3:54 pm
Future School of Fort Smith has received a “B” letter grade from the Arkansas Board of Education. The grade is based on a variety of factors including test performance, teacher…
by - March 27, 2018 11:24 am
Feb. 14, 2018. A 19-year-old gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., with an AR-15-styled assault weapon and slaughtered 17 people (14 students, three faculty members)…
by - October 19, 2017 7:00 pm
The second annual speed networking event hosted by Future School of Fort Smith doubled in participation from local organizations and businesses for year two, and according to April Oden, the…
by - August 16, 2017 6:45 pm
Future School of Fort Smith welcomed its second class of students on Wednesday (Aug. 16) by unveiling the new “Rockets” mascot – logo still to come – and commemorating the…
by - July 17, 2017 10:07 am
Future School of Fort Smith has received a $600,000 matching grant from the Siloam Springs-based Windgate Foundation. Future School Founder and Superintendent Trish Flanagan told Talk Business & Politics on…
by - September 12, 2016 11:20 am
On a recent Tuesday afternoon it was business as usual at the Future School of Fort Smith. But it doesn’t take long to realize here, “usual” means anything but. The…
by - August 19, 2016 12:53 pm
Future School of Fort Smith will open its doors on Monday, Aug. 22, to an enrollment of 65 students, according to Trish Flanagan, the public charter school’s founder and superintendent….
by - April 12, 2016 8:44 am
Future School of Fort Smith, the startup high school to open in downtown Fort Smith in August 2016, has advanced to the semifinals of XQ: The Super School Project. The…
by - March 28, 2016 7:00 pm
Editor’s note: Mary Huss is the public education specialist for the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency. This essay is the final in a four-part series written by community partners of…
by - March 21, 2016 4:00 pm
Editor’s note: This essay is the third of a four-part series written by community partners of the Future School of Fort Smith. Link here for the first essay in the…
