The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts’ 20th commencement ceremonies this weekend will include a special milestone — recognition of the school’s 2,000th graduate since it opened in 1993.
This year marks the 20-year anniversary of the first class of students to graduate from the school in 1995. Commencement ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Horner Hall at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
ASMSA opened in 1993 as the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences after being created by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1991. The school joined the University of Arkansas System in 2004 and became the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.
The Class of 2014 includes 96 students who earned more than $14 million in scholarship offers and letters of acceptance from 131 institutions of higher education.
Dr. Yang Xu, a member of the Class of 1999, will serve as commencement speaker. Xu is an internist who practices in Hot Springs Village.