TWO MSMS FACULTY MEMBERS RECEIVE “EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR” AWARD
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science’s Chuck Yarborough, history instructor, and Elizabeth Morgan, chemistry instructor, both received educator of the year in their respective areas. Morgan was named High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Section of the American Chemical Society and Yarborough is the recipient of the 2018 Jesse Palmer Memorial […]
CHARLES E. BROWN ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to announce the creation of the first Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) alumni award, which will be presented in March of 2019 during the MSMS Alumni Weekend. The award will be named in honor of Charles E. Brown. Mr. Brown served as the second Director for Academic Affairs from 1990 […]
SITES AND SOUNDS TOUR 2018
The MSMS Blue Notes have been busy traveling around the state spreading music and learning the history of music legends. Known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” Mississippi is best known as home of the blues. The annual traveling concert of the MSMS Blue Notes is called Sites and Sounds. The Blue Notes consists of […]
MSMS STUDENTS SERVE AS SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGERS
On Friday, Nov. 30, ten MSMS students—seniors Edith Marie Green, Indu Nandula, and Ashely Nguyen and juniors Ryley Fallon, David Barber, Simeon Gates, Ayden Dusek, Gina Nguyen, Kaitlyn Steil, and Catherine Boltz—volunteered at the Columbus Walmart and Kroger as bellringers to raise money for the Salvation Army. Students worked diligently from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 […]
GERMAN EMBASSY VISIT TO MSMS
Stephan Jacobi, a representative from the German Embassy in Washington, DC, visited the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science on Friday, November 9th to meet with Lori Pierce, MSMS Instructor of French, German, and Latin, and Laura Justus, German teaching intern. Pierce said, “we discussed how the German government and embassy can and do support […]
MSMS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION IN THE ANNUAL “BEST OF MISSISSIPPI LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARDS.”
Victoria Gong, Lilian Li, Michelle Luo, Helen Peng, current students at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, were recently honored at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association’s statewide high school journalism convention in Hattiesburg with Best of Mississippi Scholastic Journalism Awards for their work on the literary magazine, Southern Voices. 2018 graduates, Kamal Bhalla, Aidan […]
MSMS HOSTS ANNUAL SCIENCE CARNIVAL
For well over twenty years, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) has hosted an annual Science Carnival at Pohl Gymnasium for local second and third grade students across Lowndes, Oktibbeha, and Clay counties to encourage an early interest in science education. This year also included Pickens County. This year, over 800 elementary school students […]
SEARCHING FOR LOST HEROES
On Friday, October 12th, Julie Heintz’s University US History, University Western Civilization, and World War II students learned about remote sensing technologies and viewed the field work on a project to attempt to locate unmarked graves of Union soldiers buried in Columbus, Mississippi’s’, Friendship Cemetery during the Civil War. The Center for Archaeological Research at the University […]
MSMS STUDENTS VOLUNTEER DURING ENERGY AWARENESS DAY
Last Thursday, October 4th, a group of 20 MSMS physics students traveled to Flowood, Mississippi to present for Energy Awareness Day. About 1,000 elementary and middle school students attended, and even though the Mississippi Development Authority hosted the event, other companies and schools also gave presentations about energy usage and concepts. MSMS Physics Instructor Dr. […]
MSMS MOVES UP IN NATIONAL RANKING
For the second year in a row, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) has been ranked among the top public high schools in the nation by Niche. MSMS was ranked the sixth Best Public School in the United States out of 18,841 public schools and faculty were ranked No. 1 for the second […]