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Port Arthur is going to be represented at New York and Paris Fashion Week — well, hopefully. Port Arthur native Clarence Lyons Jr., also known as Evan Lyons, was selected as 1 of the 10 designers to watch and offered a chance to showcase his designs in New York and Paris, news that came only three months after the launch of his new line, “Mannequin Concepts.” Lyons, 35, said it has been a long journey finding himself as a fashion designer, but he finally feels like his dreams are coming true.
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When Brandon Bartie graduated as part of the first class at Memorial High School in 2003, he set out to test his vocals. Singing vocals, that is.

Little did he know that he would be using his voice in a completely different way 16 years later as the youngest school board president for Port Arthur Independent School District.
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Russell Jean DeJohn Hampton was fatally shot by a 10-year-old boy in 1988 was honored Friday, June 21, as the latest Texan to be added to the National Memorial to Fallen Educators at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas.
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The Port Arthur I.S.D. will hold a public meeting at 05:30 PM, August 22, 2019 in the Board Room, Port Arthur I.S.D. Admin. Bldg, 4801 9th Ave., Port Arthur, Texas. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district's budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.
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Port Arthur ISD trustee Debra Ambroise has earned the designation of Master Trustee upon completion of Leadership TASB, a program sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB).
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The WeatherNet Station, affiliated with KFDM Channel 6 Fox News, was funded through a grant using the resources available at DonorsChoose.org, a teacher’s website created to assist teachers in funding projects for their classrooms.
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Once the credits for Mark Porterie started rolling Thursday, they just didn’t stop.
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Register your child and also receive information from the district's child nutrition free and reduced meal program; Bilingual; Special Education, Port Arthur Public Library and more school related organizations. This year the Health Department will administer necessary shots.
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His running back coach in high school, Joe Smith says Charles was one of those kids you couldn’t help learn from.
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Port Arthur Independent School District’s 2019 Summer of Academic Refinement “SOAR” program will be held Monday through Thursday beginning June 3, 2019 and ending June 27, 2019 for PAISD students.
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