Soon-to-be graduates in Gulfport are taking skills they learned this morning with them to the career world. A group of Gulfport High School seniors from the Academic Institute sat down with real professionals in the community over lunch at The…
Our Shuckers are playing at MGM Park and they took the field early today for a good cause. Today is Education Day, a day where the Shuckers invite parents, teachers, and students to the park as a chance to step…
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us about Biloxi Shuckers Education Day as students get ready to enjoy baseball and enjoy the different activies in MGM park.
The group of Gulfport High School students on a mission to provide a vending machine for homeless students in the school district are now presenting their project to a panel of judges in New York. It's all part of Samsung’s…
Students at Crossroads Elementary School walked across the entire United States of America, a trek that only took them about 30 minutes. Today, representatives from the Mississippi Geographic Alliance at the University of Mississippi brought a giant map of our…
Following state budget cuts Mississippi’s Eight Public Universities are raising tuition by an average of 6.6 percent next fall. The College Board approved the tuition increases Thursday. Before Thursday’s changes, rates had been scheduled to go up 3.8 percent, on…
A group of students at D’Iberville High School are thinking outside the pizza box, using a different method of cooking nachos to help think up ways to save the school district electricity. These students applied what they learned about thermodynamics…
This afternoon at Biloxi High School, graduating seniors and a few of the more ambitious juniors were able to check out potential career paths. The high school opened its doors to some of the Coast’s more prominent employers, including representatives…
For seniors in high school deciding on the right college can be a tough and even intimidating step in life. Biloxi High School is making the decision a little easier for graduating seniors. News 25’s Hank Davis has more.
A group of students at Bayou View Middle School are making final preparations before heading to an international robotics competition in Louisville, Kentucky. The Bayou View Middle School students took home the state champion title and are now moving on…
The Jackson County School District is taking STEM education to a new level with the first ever international fabrication lab, or Fab Lab, in the state of Mississippi. Today, the school district joined together with the Fab Foundation and Chevron…
Gifted Woolmarket students put their projects to the test this morning at the Biloxi Natatorium. The students spent the last month in groups building underwater gliders which collect temperature and pressure data as they move through the water. Groups tested…
Recent reports from the state auditor’s office found a significant amount of students accessing explicit material on school computers. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with officials in the Jackson County School District to see how they monitor online activity…
A Hinds County judge will let three groups that favor charter schools intervene in a lawsuit challenging whether such schools can legally receive Mississippi education money. Mike Hurst, representing a group of parents from Midtown Charter School, says Chancery Judge…
A judge is considering whether he should overturn or uphold Mississippi’s charter school law. A group of parents argues the law is unconstitutional because charter schools divert property taxes from the Jackson District and the charter schools are not overseen…
Jay Don Blake knows a thing or two about playing golf. Today he passed on a little bit of what he knows, mixed in with some ABCs to a group of pre-school children in Moss Point. Blake and his wife,…
Stennis Space Center is calling all future astronauts and engineers for an out of this world summer camp experience. Registration for Astro Camp at Infinity Science Center opens Friday. The theme for this year’s camp is “Next Generation to Mars:…
For the first time, D’Iberville High School hosted the inaugural Warrior Classic indoor competition on Saturday. At least 25 groups from schools across Mississippi and Louisiana competed in percussion, winds and color guard. This event helps these students get used…
Last month, St. Martin Middle School girls robotic team won the Vex State Robotics Competition. Now they’re on their way to compete against teams from around the world and represent the state of Mississippi. To lend a helping hand with…
A bill to reinforce requirements that cursive writing be taught in Mississippi’s public schools needs only Governor Phil Bryant’s signature to become law. Senators agreed with changes made by the House to Senate Bill 2273 and sent it to Bryant…
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…
Some South Mississippi high school students are springing forward with their plans after graduation, thanks to one school’s college and career fair today. News 25’s Taylor Rubach stepped back in school today and has more on Harrison Central High School’s…
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, 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…