LORI PIERCE NAMED MISSISSIPPI FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Lori LeVar Pierce who was recently named the Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Foreign Language Association. According to their website, “The Mississippi Foreign Language Association was created to encourage active interest and research in languages other than English (LOTE), as well as the advancement of the study and teaching of LOTE […]
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MSMS AND ADVANCED DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCTS
Advanced Distributor Products (ADP) of Grenada, Mississippi, has formed a partnership with the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS). In addition to providing expertise to the MSMS Engineering Program by serving on the MSMS Engineering Advisory Board with colleague, Dr. Paxton Giffin, Mr. James Pettit, ADP Production Manager and father of current MSMS student, Leah […]
MSMS SOCCER TEAM SWEEPS WEST POINT
The MSMS Lady Waves defeated West Point 2-1 Monday night at the Burns Bottom Soccer Complex in Columbus. Senior captain Hannah Houston scored both goals for the MSMS girls, and goalkeeper Anna Klae Leland had three saves to preserve the win. “The girls had a good team effort tonight,” said MSMS head coach Chuck Yarborough. “We are finally […]
DONOR MAKES BLUE NOTES’ VETERANS’ DAY PERFORMANCE POSSIBLE
For the past several years, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Blue Notes musical ensemble has been a feature of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Veterans’ Day Parade. This year, however, it nearly did not happen. With their eclectic mix of rock, blues, and jazz, the MSMS Blue Notes’ performance has been a big draw […]
MSMS GOES TO BOSTON
Six members of the MSMS administration, faculty, and staff recently returned from the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS) Professional Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) focused schools from all over the nation converged in the Back Bay district of Boston to share ideas, get to know one another, and […]
MEET MSMS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KIM PADELETTI
Kim Padeletti (formerly Thames), a 2002 graduate of MSMS, is the new president of the MSMS Alumni Association. An Ocean Springs native, Padeletti holds a BS in chemical engineering from Ole Miss and currently works as an international project engineer and project manager at the Houston, Texas oil and gas company BHP Billiton. Before taking […]
MSMS STUDENTS SWEEP EUDORA WELTY COMPETITION
Congratulations to the seven MSMS students listed below who are this year’s winners of the Ephemera Prize, a writing competition held in conjunction with the annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium at Mississippi University for Women. Braeden Foldenauer for his essay “Monster Inside Me” Emily Shy for her essay “Delta Driving” Stephanie Dauber for her story “Cheyenne […]
MSMS SERVICE DAY 2016
On October 20, 2016, the senior class participated in a Service Day event which was organized by the class officers and the class sponsors. This year, the senior class served four places: Columbus Boys and Girls club, Columbus Middle School, the Columbus Riverwalk, and the MSMS Engineering Lab. At Columbus Middle School, the students participated in teaching the middle […]
IS THERE VITALITY IN VITAMIN C?
Analytical Chemistry, a semester long course taught by MSMS alumnus Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, meets four times a week to investigate complex, higher-level chemistry. All students in the class are seniors, as it is required to have completed at least a year of MSMS chemistry before entering the class. AC is a lab-based course. Students spend at least three days a week performing […]
FIELD DAY FUN
This Wednesday, while the juniors were busy acing the PSAT, seniors were out and about across Columbus giving back to their community. Some were at the Riverwalk, cleaning and picking up trash, others were tutoring at Columbus Middle School, and still others were holding a Field Day for the local Boys and Girls club. Seniors planned […]