PICTURE — Anna-Mae Wyatt, right, pauses for a photo alongside Rita Byers of the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association. | Submitted photo
Anna-Mae Wyatt of Arkadelphia has been named a recipient of the Parsons-Burnett Grant.
These grants are given each year by the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association. Their purpose is to support the further education of practicing educators in Arkansas’ public schools.
Anna-Mae is currently the Elementary Gifted and Talented Teacher in the Arkadelphia Public School District. She is a graduate of Gurdon High School and Henderson State University. She plans to use the funds to earn a Master of Education in Gifted, Creative, and Talented Education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Eleven grants were awarded this year through a competitive application process. The grants are funded by contributions from members of the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association (ARTA).
ARTA was established in 1939-40 with 15 members. Today it has more than 11,500 members who work together to protect and improve the professional, personal, social, and economic welfare of retired (and future-retired) public school employees. For more information about the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association or the ARTA Grants Program, call 501-375-2958.
Rita Byers from ARTA was at the May 19, 2026, Arkadelphia Public School District Board meeting to present the check to Mrs. Wyatt.
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