Education

Student brings pocket knife to school

Today a West Harrison high school student was arrested after officials searched the student and discovered a pocket knife. Authorities are not releasing what grade the student is in, but tell News 25 in a statement: " A student at…

Gulfport High School Graduation

A sea of blue and orange flooded the Coliseum floor with the class of 2018 Gulfport High School seniors. Friends and families packed the stands, cheering on their loved ones walking across the stage. Over 360 students received their diplomas…

Class of 2018 High School Graduation Dates

Here are the dates and times for high school graduations across the Coast: May 21: St. Martin High School 6-9 p.m.  Coast Coliseum May 22: Biloxi High School 6-8 p.m.  Coast Coliseum May 23: Gulfport High School 7-9 p.m.  Coast…

West Harrison seniors are walking back to grade school

Seniors from West Harrison High School walked the halls of their old elementary and middle schools to inspire students. Two hundred seniors took a trip down memory lane, reuniting with former teachers and encouraging students to stay in school and…

D’Iberville High Academic Signing Day

D’Iberville High School recognized more than one hundred seniors who are heading to college or joining the military with an academic signing day event. This year’s theme is ‘DHS Rocks.’ It was nothing but a good time. The D’Iberville High…

See ya in 50 years Ocean Springs

Mark your calendars for the year 2068. Students and teachers at Pecan Park Elementary in Ocean Springs buried a time capsule this afternoon. Over five hundred students from kindergarten through third grade each took turns pouring dirt on the capsule.…

Biloxi High seniors walk down memory lane

It was a walk down memory lane for students at Biloxi High this afternoon. Seniors dressed in their caps and gowns and paraded down the halls of North Bay Elementary School. This was the third year of what they hope…

Remarkable Futures Scholarship

Today, six lucky Chick-Fil-A employees walked out of the fast food restaurant with $2,500. Employees enrolled in school had the chance to apply for the Remarkable Futures Scholarship, an annual scholarship awarded to Chick-Fil-A staff to help sponsor their studies.…

MGCCC graduates more than 1200 students

It’s round two tonight for commencement ceremonies at the Coast Coliseum. Tonight more than 1,200 students received their diplomas from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. This is the first year graduates of the Collegiate Academy participated in the college’s commencement.…

Ocean Springs High School ranked first in state

Three Mississippi high schools are being recognized among the top schools in the nation. One of them is Ocean Springs High School. In the 2018, US News Best High School Rankings, Ocean Springs High School along with Lewisburg and Petal…

81-year-old grandma graduating college

A Vancleave grandmother is living out a life-long dream all before her 82nd birthday. Eighty-one year-old Barbara Ann Smith will walk across the stage and graduate college in Biloxi tonight. At almost 82-years-old, Vancleave resident Barbara Ann Smith is graduating…

MGCCC Commencement Ceremony

Caps and gowns were present at the Coast Coliseum tonight for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s 2018 commencement ceremony. MGCCC graduated over 125 students in the adult education, MIBEST, and EDGE programs. All of these programs are used for students…

New student garden unveiled at North Bay Elementary

This morning in Biloxi, students from the gifted program at North Bay Elementary School held an opening ceremony for their brand new garden. Every class has a section in the garden and the students decide what type of produce they’d…

West Harrison High School career and college signing day

This morning at West Harrison High School, it was a celebration for graduating seniors going on to college with a scholarship or joining the military. The entire student body honored those seniors in a special assembly. As a whole, the…

Ingalls hosts shipbuilding academy open house

Today, high school juniors interested in joining the maritime industry were invited to the shipbuilder academy’s open house hosted by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Shipbuilder academy alum Alex Fuller said, “Electrical, pipe, insulation, and there’s just multiple craft opportunities for the shipyard…

D’Iberville students construct bird houses

It took just two days for the carpentry class at D’Iberville High School to assemble almost 50 custom built bird houses. The carpentry class teamed up with the Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District to provide these homes for…

Gautier Rotary Club Student Scholarship Golf Tournament

What better way to spend your weekend than swinging the golf clubs to raise money for student scholarships along the Coast? The Gautier Rotary Club is set to host their 31st annual Student Scholarship Golf Tournament at the Shell Landing…

Hot Air balloon visits Vancleave Lower Elementary

Something you don’t see every day is a hot air balloon in South Mississippi, but students at Vancleave Lower Elementary had the chance today to see one in action. Hundreds of students at Vancleave Lower Elementary took learning outside the…

Good cursive wins Woolmarket student state title

A student at Woolmarket Elementary School is a state winner of the 2018 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Sixth grader Prince Warren was told he was the Mississippi grade-level winner of the contest during a special surprise. The paragraph Prince entered…

Housing for USM Gulf Park students

One hundred and twenty two students at USM’s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach will be the first of their class to move into the city’s first ever dedicated housing for USM Gulf Park students. Just a few months ago,…

New Tools At USM Marine Education Center

Today in Oceans Springs, a lucky group of kids got to be the first to lay their eyes on the USM Marine Education Center's Science on a sphere system. The education center is the schools answer to losing the J.L…

Student Housing Coming To USM Gulf Park

A building is being converted into a student housing complex near the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus. Encompass, a Kentucky-based company, is working with Gulf Coast Student Housing to turn the building in long beach into the friendship…