Northwest Arkansas BEST is dedicated both to supporting our local schools
and to supporting the creation of new BEST Hubs throughout Arkansas and the
region. To support these goals, we welcome visiting schools to our NWA BEST
Hub while giving first priority to our local schools. We anticipate that we
will be able to handle only twenty-four teams this year in our contest.
Priority Registration goes through May 15th of this year, with a $300
equipment deposit required to be delivered with each school's letter of
intent to participate. This money will be deposited in the NWA BEST escrow
account, and will be returned to the school upon successful check in of
their returnable items at the end of the competition.
The letter of intent from the school should include names and full contact
information for all teacher-coaches, the administrator responsible for the
team, and all known outside mentor-coaches. It is imperative that each
person in that letter identify a reliable email address that they can check
daily during the school year and outside the normal school year.
On May 16th the schools will be selected by the following priority:
First: Local high schools
Second: Local junior high schools
Third: First time visiting high schools
Fourth: First time visiting junior high schools
Fifth: Returning visiting high schools
Sixth: Returning visiting junior high schools
After May 16th schools will be given slots on a first come first served
basis, with the exception that new visiting high schools from communities
planning to start a Hub in 2007 will be given extra consideration.
The term "local" is somewhat loosely defined using the distance of the
school from the highway 71 corridor between West Fork and the Missouri line.
We will work to accommodate all interested schools, but the earlier a school
registers the more likely it is that they will be able to participate.
Please send all letters of intent with deposit check to:
Full Name: Michael Daugherty
Job Title: Professor, Technology Education
Address: University of Arkansas, GRAD 107, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Business: (479) 575-5119
Business 2: (479) 575-3319
E-mail: mkd03@uark.edu
