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,…
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…
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…
Back in January, News 25 brought you the story of a group of students at Gulfport High School creating a solar powered vending machine for homeless students. That project is well on its way as the group was awarded $50,000…
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…
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…
Over 50 female students from Gulfport and Long Beach High School spent the day at the Seabee Base. Their focus was learning about different career paths in the STEM fields. The students broke up into small groups and spoke with…
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…
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…
For a group of students at Gautier Middle School, a virtual tour of the International Space Center turned into a web-cast Q&A session with an engineer from Stennis Space Center, but students were just as excited to learn about rockets…
Could student housing be coming to USM’s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach? A discussion tonight surrounding the findings of a feasibility study done by the university is giving officials from USM a clearer idea of the pros and cons…
Education is a hot topic in the state of Mississippi. In light of recent budget cuts for MAEP that discussion is sure to continue. Members of the Mississippi Department of Education are doing their part to help parents better understand…
The discussion of properly educating young people in Mississippi continues as MAEP will lose roughly $11 million in funding in 2017 in light of the state legislature’s recent budget cut announcement. The Mississippi Department of Education is hosting a meeting…
Today, the Mississippi Department of Education's regional literacy meetings make their stop on the Coast. In an effort to assist school districts with the implementation of the third grade reading gate, the Mississippi Department of Education is conducting these meetings…
The Trump Administration plans to revoke federal guidelines put out under former President Barack Obama allowing public school students to use restrooms and other facilities that correspond with their gender identity. Last year, the Obama Administration set guidelines requiring that…
BB King and other African American artists made an appearance at Pass Road Elementary School this afternoon. Students dressed up as various musicians during this year’s Black History Month program to showcase the role African Americans played in the creation…
Today was the first day of classes, just one month after a devastating EF3 tornado tore through William Carey University in Hattiesburg. Several students displaced from their dorms have moved back on to campus as well. Today, News 25 caught…
Mississippi lawmakers could change the rules governing schools in significant ways in coming weeks. Among proposals being considered are limiting the number of statewide and district wide testing days, requiring 17-year-olds to stay in school, and requiring a district taken…
As students get closer to graduating many have their minds made up on what’s next after high school. What about the students who don’t know? News 25’s Gina Tomlinson was at D’Iberville High School’s college-career fair and talked with local…
Nearly one month after an EF3 tornado tore through campus, William Carey University welcomes back students for the spring trimester. Classes began this morning on campus for the first time since the storm on January 21st. In order to complete…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says he will call a special legislative session on education funding only after lawmakers reach broad agreement on the main points of a proposal. Top Republicans in the House and Senate say they want to rewrite…
The Biloxi Shuckers are helping more than 10,000 students on the Coast hit the books. It was a very excited crowd at Bayou View Elementary School in Gulfport today as Shuckers mascot Schooner the Seagull helped announce the baseball organization’s…
It is a policy set by local school boards, but Mississippi lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands. A bill, which passed the state House last week, says students are allowed to drink water on school buses. Republican Representative…
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the ceremony that surrounds it in Washington D.C. is one of the more humbling sights anyone can take in. This weekend, a similar ceremony will be coming to the Coast. Beauvoir is set…