education

Rock the Block

Blues, country, pop and rock and roll echoed throughout the IP Casino and Resort this evening for the fourth annual Rock the Block fundraiser. Rock the Block is a major fundraiser for the Rock U 2 Foundation which provides scholarships…

IMMS reaches out to local children

The Institute of Marine Mammal Studies is reaching out to get local children excited about marine education with Student Sunday. The institute has set aside scholarships that will allow 200 children to visit the institute this summer, where they can…

Discovering Deer Island

Discovering Deer Island, over 60 students traveled from Arkansas to explore wildlife here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Laurene Callander reports on their excursion to the barrier island. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it is a bird, an…

Students compete in ship building in Jackson County

Today Ingalls hosted over 100 middle school students for a ship building competition to really get them involved in the STEM program. Four middle schools built their own ship for engineering week. Racing boats down the water tank is how…

Maritime Museum opens activities center in Pascagoula

You can now experience Mississippi’s maritime heritage through a new activities center in Pascagoula. The Mississippi Maritime Museum officially opened the facility this afternoon during a ribbon cutting ceremony on DuPont Avenue. The building is mostly administrative offices until the…

Teens read to young students at Harrison Central Elementary

Special guests read to students at Harrison Central Elementary this morning as Read across America Week continues. Over 30 students from West Harrison High, Harrison Central High, and North Gulfport Middle all read Dr. Seuss books to the second and…

Read across America Week

Harrison County School District students will be found with their nose in a book this week as they celebrate Read across America Week. There will be activities all week at schools like Harrison Central Elementary School. Each day will follow…

IMMS brings aquatic attractions back to Mississippi

The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is nearing the completion of a $15 million expansion in Gulfport. The addition will be bringing aquatic interaction back to the Coast’s tourism industry for the first time since Hurricane Katrina destroyed Marine Life…

IMMS brings aquatic attractions back to Mississippi

With all the buzz surrounding ongoing preparations for the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport, Coast residents are getting nostalgic for the days when Marine Life Oceanarium and the J.L. Scott Aquarium in Biloxi were still open for business. You won’t have…

Read across America Week

Starting today kids across the nation will be recognizing Read across America Week. News 25’s Laurene Callander joins us at Harrison Central Elementary School with a list of events for the week.

National Reading Month

Harrison County schools are celebrating National Reading Month this week. Harrison Central Elementary Library Media Specialist Amanda Bradley is in studio with the details.

Mississippi Senate proposes education funding

State senators are offering a bill to fund public schools for the 2017-2018 school year, casting doubt if law makers will rewrite Mississippi’s school funding formula this year. The Senate Appropriations Committee amended House Bill 1502, adding back $2.2 billion…

Blocking state flag amendment

A top Mississippi lawmaker is blocking an effort to punish universities that refuse to fly the state flag, a symbol that critics see as racist. The state House passed a bill earlier this week saying public universities could not receive…

Harrison County School District job fair

Hundreds of potential teachers on the job hunt could soon be employed within the Harrison County School District. This afternoon from 3 to 7, the Harrison County School District hosted their first ever teacher job fair. The district is looking…

Move to Learn at Lyman Elementary

Who knew you could learn while moving and shaking? That’s the lesson students at Lyman Elementary were taught this morning during a moving to learn demonstration. “Move to Learn” is a state wide initiative to get kids up and active,…

Grandparents lunch and shopping at Bel-Aire Elementary

Bel-Aire Elementary is hosting their annual school book fair this week along with fun activities planned each day that will get the whole family involved. Each day this week, family members were invited to the school to get involved and…

Cutting tax breaks for state universities

Mississippi universities that refuse to fly the confederate themed state flag could lose proposed tax breaks, the latest twist in a long battle over a symbol critics see as racist. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with students at the…

River Oaks teacher gets a pie to the face

River Oaks Elementary School in Gulfport participated in the fun of “Read across America Day” with a little friendly competition. Students dressed as their favorite book character paraded around the school as part of “Read across America Day.” Today’s event…

Mississippi Region VI Science and Engineering Fair

One hypothesis that proved correct for anyone who took a visit to the regional science fair in Biloxi this morning was that the students in South Mississippi are pretty sharp. Seven hundred students and their science projects filled the Coast…

Black History program at Lyman Elementary School

Students at Lyman Elementary School put on a Black History play to educate their classmates on several Civil Rights leaders. The play featured three parts. The first part, “Yes, Black Americans Invented That,” featured a class of students being educated…

Dyslexia funding

Mississippi lawmakers could expand a program that lets students use state money to attend schools with specialized help for dyslexia. Those could be private schools or public schools outside the district where a student lives. House Bill 1046 would add…