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Located just
twenty-five miles west of McGehee is the University of
Arkansas at
Monticello's main campus. The
UAM College of
Technology is located in McGehee. It offers college
credit classes, and provides customized quality
educational services to meet the needs of regional
workforce development and enhance economic growth of the
state.
 The
McGehee Public Schools
consists of three campuses, an Elementary (K-6) School
which is A-rated and accredited by the North Central
Association; a Junior High School (7-8); a Senior High
School (9-12) accredited by the North Central
Association with academic, agriculture, home economics,
and business education divisions.
The public school enrollment in McGehee is approximately
1,250.
McGehee is in 8AAAA athletic division. Athletic programs
include football, basketball (girls and boys), baseball
, tennis, and golf. In addition to competitive sports
the school system offers a wide variety of physically
challenging activities to the total school population.
Separate from the school, but integrated into the
athletic program, is a summer program which involves
swimming, Little League Baseball and Girls' Softball.
Excellent facilities are provided for these activities.
All schools
have good libraries, staffed by trained librarians. In
addition to the school
libraries, the McGehee Public Library offers a wide
variety of books, magazines and audio-visuals. The
35,000 volume library is a part of the Southeast
Arkansas Regional Library System. The library offers a
Summer Reading Program to elementary school students. It
also has an Outreach Program for the blind and
handicapped.
In addition to its academic and athletic program, the
schools offer band, choir, and cheerleading.
Also in McGehee is the C.B. King Memorial School for the
educationally handicapped and UAM College of Technology
- McGehee which offers day and evening classes. SEARK
College in Pine Bluff also offers night college classes
at McGehee High School. There is a High
School-Vocational Technical School coordinated Agri-Apprentice
program incorporated into the Vocational Technical
School.
The McGehee Public Schools are staffed by instructors
who give quality instruction in a wide variety of
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