TUPELO - Itawamba Community College will formally open its Academic and Student Center on the Tupelo campus with a dedication program and ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. March 2.
BOONEVILLE - Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Anderson Hall Art Gallery is the host site for the 2020 Mississippi Community/Junior College Art Instructor’s Association State Art Competition March 2-27.
TUPELO • Mississippi Public Broadcasting has started a new education initiative to provide Lee County parents with tools to help their children continue learning at home.
CORINTH • Northeast Mississippi Community College is helping bring history to life with a new phone application for the Corinth Contraband Camp that will be previewed at a Black History program on Saturday.
FULTON - Jessi Stevenson of Mantachie, Fine Arts instructor at Itawamba Community College and 2020 Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award recipient, will present “Changing the World One Communicator at a Time: A discussion of oxytocin, the power of storytelling and the importance of dialogue i…
FULTON - Registration for eight-week eLearning and traditional classes is continuing at both the Fulton and Tupelo campuses of Itawamba Community College.
TUPELO • Eight special education students from Tupelo High School walked into the North Mississippi Medical Center in August, eyes fixed to the floor as they were led to a classroom on the second level.
TUPELO • Family, students and faculty celebrated the life of Jaeven Dixon at Tupelo Middle School’s Civic Auditorium on Thursday morning.
FULTON - Registration is underway for an evening class option for the Manufacturing Skills Basic Certification program, which will begin March 23 at Aberdeen High School.
TUPELO • Tupelo’s Career-Technical Center and Milam Elementary each received a $5,000 grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.
Kristy Luse has dedicated her life to education. She started her career as a middle school teacher and now serves as vice president of the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund.Luse, a Yazoo County native, worked her way up to that position during the 21 years she’s lived in Tupelo.
TUPELO • Milam Elementary School will receive two Mississippi Association of Partners in Education Awards this year.
FULTON - The 2020 Itawamba Community College Most Beautiful Pageant is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium at the Fulton Campus.
Here's a list of schools that will dismiss early on Wednesday due to flooding and/or severe weather concerns:
TUPELO • The Tupelo Public School District approved plans for a new parking lot and other improvements at Church Street Elementary as part of a vision to breathe new life into the beloved school building.
TUPELO • Jaeven Dixon, an eighth-grader at Tupelo Middle School, died on Friday after collapsing during basketball practice with the Tupelo Saints Basketball Organization.
Here's a list of schools that will have delayed openings Tuesday due to flooding overnight:
Here's a list of local schools that are dismissing early on Monday due to concerns over potential flooding:
SALTILLO • Saltillo Elementary School hosted teachers and administrators for a tour of the school and observation of model arts integration lessons on Friday morning.
The Alcorn School District will operate on a two-hour delayed start.
MOOREVILLE • Mooreville Elementary School has a new therapy dog to serve the students on campus.
FULTON - Itawamba Community College has selected leaders for its 2020 freshman orientation sessions, which begin in April.
JACKSON • The Mississippi Senate unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday that would raise all teacher salaries by at least $1,000 a year.
TUPELO • Sam Baxter, an eighth-grader from Guntown Middle School, won the Lee County Spelling Bee on Tuesday afternoon.
The Mississippi Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday afternoon that would raise all teacher salaries by $1,000 a year. The legislation now moves to the full Senate.
A University of Mississippi student studying abroad in China will soon return to the U.S. due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
TUPELO • A Mississippi Senate bill seeking to raise the minimum salaries of all teachers by $1,000 a year unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee on Thursday.
TUPELO • Family members and friends gathered to remember the life of Tiara Dancer during a prayer rally at Tupelo High School on Friday morning.
TUPELO • Tupelo Schools are looking to try a new method to increase the amount of students in the district scoring 30 or above on the ACT next year – a program that will treat academics like athletics.
SALTILLO • Saltillo High School senior Emma Peters was named a 2020 Horatio Alger National Scholar last week.
FULTON - Itawamba Community College sophomore T.J. McIntosh of Wren has been selected as a semifinalist for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
STARKVILLE — High school juniors interested in health care and other science-related careers can apply to participate in an exploratory, four-week summer program at Mississippi State University.
FULTON - "Carved by Hand,” a collection of woodcut prints by Sean "Star Wars" of Laurel, will be on display through Feb. 20 at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center gallery at the Itawamba Community College Fulton Campus.
BOONEVILLE - Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Division of Fine Arts is hosting its Annual High School Art Competition today through Feb. 11 in the Anderson Hall Art Gallery.
OXFORD • University of Mississippi students returning to campus for the spring semester will now share the sidewalks with a fleet of autonomous food delivery robots.
TUPELO - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday.
FULTON - Itawamba Community College Alumni Association and Indian Club members are invited to attend an Appreciation Night from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 3, in the Davis Event Center hospitality room on the Itawamba Community College Fulton Campus.
A report commissioned by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges was released on Tuesday, showing the multi-billion dollar economic impact the colleges have across the state.
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann named 19 public school leaders from across the state of Mississippi to an Administrator Advisory Council on Friday.
TUPELO • The Rev. Robert Jones and Matt Watroba have spent their careers as musicians exploring the roots of America’s music. This week, they shared that knowledge with students in the Tupelo Public School District.
TUPELO • An unloaded handgun was discovered in a student's possession at Lawndale Elementary School on Thursday, Tupelo Public School District said in a statement.
TUPELO • Lee County School District’s teacher and administrator of the year were announced at the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday night.
TUPELO • Voters within the Lee County School District approved a $15 million bond issue on Tuesday.
TUPELO • Voters within the Lee County School District will decide whether to allow a $15 million bond issue today.
TUPELO • Voters within the Lee County School District will decide at the polls on Tuesday whether to fund the construction of a proposed career and technical education center with a $15 million bond issue.
BOONEVILLE • Northeast Mississippi Community College has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School – a prestigious designation achieved by only seven other colleges and universities in the country.
TUPELO — Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi is offering the Jim Spruiell Memorial Scholarship for individuals who are pursuing a career in emergency health care.
BELDEN - Itawamba Community College has received $500,000 from two grant sources to enhance its Industrial Maintenance associate degree program as well as to implement Robotics and Automation Control Technology at the Belden Center.
TUPELO • Former state Sen. Nancy Collins has been selected to serve on the Mississippi State Board of Education, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Friday.
North Mississippi student Graden Jarrell recently learned that he earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT.
The Hosemann Family Autism Foundation awarded scholarships to 27 Mississippi teachers for enrollment in a community college course to learn skills needed to instruct children with developmental disorders.
