The award's name honors FSPS Partners In Education program founder Bud Jackson. Jackson, former chief executive officer at Weldon Williams and Lick, approached then Superintendent C.B. Garrison with the Adopt a School Program. In 1982 with the support of Garrison, Jackson establised a partnership between Howard Elementary School and Weldon Williams and Lick. Many other schools have followed in the more than 25 years since the first school/business relationship began. In 2003, The Bud Jackson Teamwork Award was established to recognize outstanding team effort of partnerships.
Bud Jackson Teamwork Award Winners
2011
Beard Elementary School with partners Baldor, Bowling World, Eureka Pizza,
Harps, HealthSouth, Liberty Bank and Noon Exchange Club
Chaffin Junior High School with partners Brown Hiller Clark,
Candy Craze, Custom Awards, Golf, Etc. and Trane
Fort Smith Public Schools with partner Entertainment Fort Smith
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Trotter Electric and Weldon, Williams & Lick
2010
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber and Weldon, Williams & Lick
2009
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Rheem and Weldon, Williams & Lick
2008
Beard Elementary School with partners
Baldor, Bowling World, Eureka Pizza, Liberty Bank
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Rheem and Weldon Williams & Lick
Tilles Elementary School with partners Arvest Bank, AT&T, AT&T Pioneers,
Eureka Pizza-Grand Avenue, Quiznos, Southside Rotary and Zero Mountain
Northside High School JAG Program with partners Beta Sigma Phi,
Central Sewing Center, Emi-Lee’s, and Patriot Mortage
2007
Tilles Elementary School with partners Arvest Bank, AT&T, AT&T Arkansas,
Eureka Pizza, Southside Rotary and Zero Mountain
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Rheem and Weldon Williams & Lick
2006
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Rheem and Weldon Williams & Lick
2005
Howard Elementary School with partners
Gerber, Rheem and Weldon, Williams & Lick
2003
Tilles Elementary School with partners Arvest Bank, Eureka Pizza,
SBC Pioneers, Southside Rotary and Zero Mountain