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4 • Walmart Shareholders • 6.2.2019 Haas Hall Academy is again at the top of the list in education. For the eighth straight year, the Fayetteville-based charter high school is ranked No. 1 among public high schools in Arkansas by U.S. News & World Report. The accomplishments don't end there. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Haas Hall as the No. 7 public high school in the nation and The Washington Post has ranked it as one of America's most challenging schools, placing in the top 1 percent. Additionally, the college-prep school's four campuses received the highest score in the Arkansas School Performance Report, making them the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 schools in the state! "It's validation of our accelerated academic programs, outstanding highly qualified faculty and engaged scholars," said Dr. Martin W. Schoppmeyer Jr., founder and superintendent of Haas Hall Academy. The school has a 100 percent graduation rate and a 100 percent college acceptance rate, which Schoppmeyer attributes both to the scholars and to the way the school operates. "The scholars who choose to attend know that this school is an accelerated, college-preparatory institution where they will be challenged based on their academic ability, not limited to exposure of material by grade level," Schoppmeyer said. Haas Hall Academy operates on a semester basis, much like most colleges. Scholars take the standard core courses, but they have options that might not be available in other public high schools, such as engineering and advanced science, mathematics, arts and humanities courses. They can even take college courses off campus. All of this gives our scholars a feel for college life and how they can succeed at the college level. "The transition from high school to college is seamless for Haas Hall Academy graduates," Schoppmeyer said. Haas Hall Academy serves grades 7 through 12 at four campuses. Enrollment is based on lottery selection. Applications are accepted from early September to early February for the following school year. The Admissions Lottery drawing is administered in late February every year. After the drawing, Haas Hall Academy accepts post-Lottery applications, which are added to the bottom of the waiting lists in the order the school receives them. "Demand for our accelerated, college-prep curriculum increases daily," Schoppmeyer said. Haas Hall Academy No. 1 again School thriving with four campuses SponSor Content The school has a 100 percent graduation rate and a 100 percent college acceptance rate. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF REPORT BENTONVILLE — Walmart's new home office campus will have multiple buildings sur- rounded by bike trails, paths and small lakes, company officials announced today. Company leaders revealed plans for the headquarters to be built on 350 acres on the east side of J Street between Central Avenue and Ar- kansas 102 near downtown. The retailer announced its plan to move the headquarters in September 2017. Demolition, infrastructure and utility con- struction on the new site will start this summer, according to a company news release. Con- struction is set to begin in the following 18-24 months. The company has buildings on the new site. Those employees will move out before con- struction begins. Construction on Walmart's new layout center on the site will begin later this year. The existing layout center is where the Walton Life Fitness Center will be built. Doug McMillon, Walmart president and CEO, said in a post on the company's website he expects the project will take five to seven years to complete. "Arkansas has been good to us, and there's nowhere else we'd rather call home. When I imagine the next 60 years, I can't help but smile at the possibilities," McMillon said in a news release. "Walmart has stores and associates all over the world, but our roots are here in Bentonville. We've made our home in Northwest Arkansas, and that's not changing," he stated. Dan Bartlett, Walmart's executive vice pres - ident of corporate affairs, said in the news re- lease the new campus will include natural light, expanded food offerings, fitness options and a childcare facility. The buildings will include solar panels atop parking decks; energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems; and regionally sourced building materials, Bartlett said. McMillon stated in the website post the cur - rent headquarters on the corner of Southwest Eighth Street and Walton Boulevard was what Walmart needed in 1971. The company's man- agement now works out of more than 20 build- ings in Northwest Arkansas. McMillon said many off those buildings are "beyond their shelf life. Company officials said they have not decid - ed what will happen to the current headquarters. "They are expensive and inefficient to main- tain, costing millions of dollars of accelerating upkeep every year," he state. "And because they are so dispersed, they literally encourage us to work in silos and cause us to waste time and en - ergy traveling between locations, many of which have inadequate parking options." The Walmart headquarters campus is expect- ed to be home to 14,000 to 17,000 employees. Most home office workers in Northwest Ar- kansas will move to the new campus, but offi- cials have not made final decisions, according to Walmart's web post. Workers at the Sam's Club support office and the new Springdale Call Cen- ter will not move. Walmart unveils new headquarters plans Rendering for the new Walmart home office. COURTESY IMAGES

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