DR. CROOK PRESENTS AT THE MISSISSIPPI COUNSELING ASSOCIATION FALL WORKSHOP
Dr. Tylon Crook recently presented at the Northwest Region of the Mississippi Counseling Association Fall Workshop at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia. Dr. Crook’s presentation was entitled, Halting the School-to-prison Pipeline among African American Boys: Strategies for Professional Counselors, and emphasized the family, community, and school factors that contributed to the rise of this important social […]
MSMS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION IN THE ANNUAL “BEST OF MISSISSIPPI LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARDS”
Congratulations to MSMS students listed below whose poems, short stories, and nonfiction essays won seven of the fifteen writing awards presented by the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association in the “Best of Mississippi Literary Magazine Awards” category. Additionally, three MSMS students listed below won awards in the art and photography categories. All the award-winning pieces appeared […]
FALL PREVIEW DAY 2017
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science hosted its annual Fall Preview Day on Friday, October 27 in Nissan Auditorium inside Parkinson Hall on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. Designed specifically for prospective students and families, Fall Preview Day provides a wonderful opportunity to come to campus to learn more about MSMS, tour […]
EMMA RICHARDSON NAMED LITERARY ADVISOR OF THE YEAR FINALIST BY THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Mississippi School for Mathematics would like to congratulate Mrs. Emma Richardson on the incredible honor of being named a finalist for the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association’s Literary Magazine Adviser of the Year award. While this recognition is surely high praise, it does not come as a surprise to the MSMS community. Mrs. Richardson has […]
MSMS ALUMNA, ELIZABETH WAYNE, DELIVERS TED TALK
In January, Elizabeth Wayne, a 2005 graduate from MSMS, was selected as one of 14 TED fellows for 2017. According to TED, fellows are selected through a rigorous open application process. TED leadership stated, “We choose Fellows based on remarkable achievement, their strength of character and on their innovative approach to solving the world’s tough […]
MSMS HOSTS ANNUAL SCIENCE CARNIVAL FOR LOCAL 2ND & 3RD GRADERS
For well over twenty years, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) has hosted an annual Science Carnival for local second and third grade students across Lowndes, Oktibbeha, and Clay counties to encourage an early interest in science education. This year, over 1,000 elementary school students descended upon Pohl Gymnasium to partake in the […]
ENGINEERING CLUB TRAVELS TO ATLANTA TO ATTEND MAKER FAIRE
This past weekend, roughly thirty students traveled to Atlanta as part of an Engineering Club field trip to the Maker Faire. Maker Faire was originally conceived of in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area as a labor of love by the editors of Make: Magazine with the ultimate goal of providing a forum for […]
MSMS CREATIVE WRITING STUDENTS RECOGNIZED AS EPHEMERA PRIZE WINNERS
Congratulations to four MSMS students, Amber Jackson, Michelle Luo, Alex Monterde, and Helen Peng, who won the Eudora Welty Ephemera Prize for High School Creative Writing. Congratulations, also, to an additional six students from MSMS whose works were designated as Honorable Mention: Allyson Espy, Victoria Gong, Anjeli Hoskins, Indu Nandula, Jagger Riggle, and Mariat Thankachan. […]
2017 PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST
The Halloween season is upon us, and to celebrate Ms. Angie Jones’ sculpture students have been hard at work carving pumpkins for the annual pumpkin carving contest. Last week, Ms. Jones’ students took a field trip to Country Pumpkins in Caledonia, where each student selected a pumpkin to serve as their canvas. Over the past […]
MSMS STEPS INTO FRIGHT FESTIVITIES
As Halloween slowly creeps around the corner, The University for Women and The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science student bodies organized a Fright Fest competition on Saturday, Oct. 21 to celebrate their passion for dance and the upcoming Hallows’ Eve. Alongside commentary from two entertaining MUW students, the MSMS Fashion Board presented a fashion […]