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 […]
AFTERNOON WITH MSMS ALUMNA YIELD ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISCUSSIONS
On the journey of discovering passions and life aspirations, numerous MSMS students find themselves interested in the prospect of creating their own business. Questions on how they should take the risky leap and what processes they should follow down the path of entrepreneurship circle the young, creative minds. An informative seminar featuring MSMS Class of […]
The Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) is a professional organization for mathematics instructors across the state of Mississippi. They held their annual conference October 13 and 14 at Germantown High School in Madison. The conference theme was, “Math Instruction: Make it Count!” All four mathematics faculty members from the Mississippi School for Mathematics […]
MSMS HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL MATH SUPERSTARS COMPETITION
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) hosted the third annual Math Superstars Competition on Wednesday, October 11. Math Superstars is one of MSMS’s most important outreach activities and was created specifically for elementary aged students. MSMS math instructor and Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching winner, Lauren Zarandona developed the concept based on […]