State leaders were on hand in Gulfport today for the groundbreaking ceremony for USM’s Ocean Enterprise Facility. Governor Phil Bryant, along with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Congressman Steven Palazzo, in conjunction with the Mississippi State Port Authority and…
Local teachers receive funds from SONIC Drive-In's $1 million donation to public school teacher projects. SONIC® Drive-In concluded its annual Limeades for Learning Fall Voting campaign in support of public school teachers last month, and Saucier, Mississippi teachers received funding…
It’s time to get to work. That was the message from Harrison County Superintendent of Education Roy Gill at the groundbreaking of the new West Harrison Middle School. The project is part of the $55 million bond issue that voters…
It’s a night to honor those who strived for and achieved greatness at Popp’s Ferry Elementary. Tonight, the auditorium filled with third and fourth grade students who were recognized for making a perfect score on the math and/or the English…
Greyhound nation has a lot of good reasons to be excited today. Students and staff from the Ocean Springs School District gathered at Ocean Springs High School this morning to recognize academic excellence with State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey…
Mississippi students and their families are participating in a statewide community literacy campaign called ‘Mississippi Reads One Book.’ Getting kids excited about reading is the goal of the ‘Mississippi Reads One Book’ literacy campaign. For the month of October, kids…
Students at Pass Christian Elementary put a spooky twist on science today. The second grade Explore Gifted Class perfected their Halloween-themed experiments for the entire month of October to present today at their ‘Spooky Science Performances.’ Students made spooky slime…
The Bay-Waveland School District celebrated academic excellence today with a visit from a special guest. It’s a great day to be a tiger! Teachers and students in the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District received a visit from local leaders and…
It was a celebration in blue this morning at Pineville Elementary School as they recognized the hard work of students and teachers recently named a ‘2019 National Blue Ribbon School.’ This award, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, recognizes…
Pineville Elementary is hosting a National Blue Ribbon School celebration tomorrow in honor of their overall achievement and always striving for excellence. Three other schools in Mississippi were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. They were St. Patrick High…
It was an electric atmosphere today at Mississippi Power’s operations center as high school students learned more about energy careers. From linemen to logistics, it’s time to get energized about energy. Mississippi Power and the American Association of Blacks in…
School bus drivers are the ones who greet our children every morning and make sure the trip to school is a safe one. That’s why this week has been dedicated to them as ‘School Bus Driver Appreciation Week.’ It was…
This morning, the Lemelson-MIT Program announced its 2019-2020 ‘InvenTeams’ to receive up to $10,000 in grant funding to address local and worldwide problems. Gulfport High School was one of 14 teams of high school students from across the country selected.…
Cemetery Tours may sound like a spooky time, but it is actually an opportunity to learn about the past and how far the City of Biloxi has come. This is the 13th annual Cemetery Tours in Biloxi. It’s always a…
This morning, Gulfport Rotary Club members paid a visit to Central Elementary with gifts in hand. This visit was to hand out 85 dictionaries to third grade students as part of their volunteer outreach program. After they gave the dictionaries…
Students at Popps Ferry Elementary School got a visit from a unique high-tech friend today. Pepper helps get kids involved with STEM, technology, and coding strategies. Pepper answers live questions in real time and even had a dance party with…
Today at the Gaston Point College and Career Readiness Facility, Ingalls Shipbuilding held their ribbon cutting to their new shipbuilder academy. Twenty-seven students are already enrolled from Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pass Christian high schools in the academy. Shipbuilder Academy gives…
St. Patrick Catholic High School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School. This recognition and award is based on the school’s overall academic performance and is awarded to the top 50 private schools in the nation each year. The…
If you have kids, you know it is hard for them to sit still for long periods of times and teachers see this just as much. That’s why the Mississippi Department of Education and the Bower Foundation created ‘Move to…
Several flights and more than 40 hours later, two foreign exchange students arrived on the Gulf Coast this week all the way from China. Kevin and Terry are a part of the ‘Academic Foreign Exchange Culture Exchange Program,” helping students…
For the tenth time, Samsung is hosting their ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ contest. The nation-wide contest is designed to encourage students and teachers to address problems in their local community through science, technology, engineering, and math. The company will chose 300…
Mississippi schools are also setting the stage for mock elections. It’s all part of the Secretary of State’s ‘Promote the Vote’ program, geared toward providing hands-on lessons for Mississippi students who will one day be voters. Last year, Pass Christian…
Students are furthering their education as auto techs as the Harrison County Career and Technical Center took a tour of Butch Oustalet Ford in Gulfport. Students went behind the scenes of the automotive industry and learned more about a potential…
Big news coming from both the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the Mississippi University for Women. Both institutions signed a memorandum of understanding for new bachelor’s degree pathways. This allows students with certain degree concentrations to transfer up to…