Haas Hall Academy is proud to announce that the District’s Fort Smith campus has been named a 2025-2026 National Beta School of Merit. The school earned this recognition by offering National Beta to all eligible grades on their campus.
The National Beta School of Merit award is given to honor a club’s dedication and commitment to academic excellence. To achieve this prestigious honor, a school must include members from all eligible grade levels in their Beta club. This year 6,103 clubs across the country received this award.
In a congratulatory letter to the school, Bobby Hart, CEO said “Thank you for your continued support of National Beta and commitment to developing future leaders!”
Cassidy Canady, sponsor of Haas Hall – Fort Smith’s Beta Club, responded “We are pleased to be celebrating the recognition of our scholars and their club’s success. National Beta is important to our school, as it is in-line with our Mission – promoting academic achievement and character skills – while serving as our Honor Society.”
With more than 500,000 active members and 14,000 clubs nationally and internationally, National Beta has become the nation’s largest independent, non-profit, educational youth organization. National Beta recognizes outstanding achievement, promotes character and social responsibility, encourages service involvement to school and community, and fosters leadership skills. National Junior Beta includes grades 6-8 and National Senior Beta includes grades 9-12. Visit betaclub.org for more information.
The Mission of Haas Hall Academy (HHA) is to provide an aggressive and positive alternative to the traditional learning environment for secondary education scholars (grades 7−12) with a high intensity of purpose, enabling them to succeed at the most prestigious colleges and universities throughout the nation and around the world, and to become leaders of their communities and pillars of society.
Haas Hall is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and Cognia (formerly AdvancED) and currently ranks #1 academically in the state and in the Top 1% of charter (#4) and public high schools (#7) nationally (U.S. News & World Report). All five HHA campuses have received a Letter Grade of “A” by the ADE. The Fort Smith school is ranked #1 in the River Valley, a Top 5% ADE Performer, and is one of nine schools statewide to achieve AP Platinum Honor Roll status, the highest level available from the College Board. Visit haashall.org for more information.
