CONWAY — Some things are worth waiting for, and who doesn’t like a surprise? Katie Brooks got both recently.
Five Kennett High students — seniors Brooks, Taylor Garland and Jocelyn Henry, along with junior Remi Snowdon and sophomore Ivy Zipf — competed in Educators Rising National Championships in Washington, D.C., in June.
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