education

Miss USA builds up S.T.E.A.M. in Vancleave

To make steam you have two options: turn on the heat or visit the FabLab in Vancleave. News 25’s Lindsey Goodwin met up with a special guest, encouraging girls to get involved in math and science. A place where imagination…

Students compete at Stennis

It was an out of this world experience at Stennis this week for 42 college students. Each was chosen to come learn what it’s like to be a NASA scientist including building a small scale Mars rover. It wasn’t the…

Bryant Center officially opens at MGCCC

With a vision to stop Mississippi from being the number one state for diabetes in the country, Governor Phil Bryant, along with state and local officials, broke ground in April 2015 on a new nursing and simulation center. Several years…

Sea and Sail Adventure Camp

With school out for the summer, what better way to get the kids out and active than with the Sea and Sail Adventure Camp at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi? For six weeks, kids will have the…

Summer Institute Arts Integration

Teachers along the Gulf Coast are learning ways to incorporate art into the classroom at the Whole Schools Initiative Summer Institute at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Whole Schools Initiative is a program of the Mississippi Arts Commission and is…

Frigo Orthodontics Scholarship Giveaway

Ten South Mississippi students will get a little extra help when it comes to paying for college thanks to the Frigo Orthodontics Scholarship Giveaway. Each student will receive one thousand dollars in scholarship money. Some of the requirements include a…

West Harrison High School graduation

Seniors at West Harrison High School are ready for the next chapter of their lives after graduation at the Coast Coliseum Saturday. There were 242 students in the class of 2018. Altogether these seniors have received over $11 million in…

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…

2018 High School Graduations

Graduation season is here and high school seniors across the Coast will be walking across the stage at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum all week. News 25’s Veronica Bayona is at the Coliseum with more.

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…

New exhibit opens at Infinity Science Center

The Infinity Science Center in Pearlington offers an out of this world experience for its 60,000 annual visitors. This afternoon a new exhibit opened. The Infinity Science Center in Hancock County has been inspiring space enthusiasts since its opening. Thanks…

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.…

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…

Three Pass Christian siblings become entrepreneurs

Three Pass Christian sisters, ages nine, 12 and 13, took a school project and in five months have now developed it into a business. “We are excited because when we are older we won’t need to be worried about not…

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…