BLUE WAVES CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FACES DIFFICULT MEET IN SALTILLO
The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science cross country team raced with over 1000 other runners at the Saltillo XC Invitational on Sept. 21. The team set a number of records but took home no awards. Luke Bowles placed 9th and set a personal record with 18:18. The following students also set a personal record: […]
MSMS STUDENTS TEST HOMEMADE EGG LAUNCHERS
Applying concepts they learned in the classroom, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students worked in groups to design and build their very own egg launchers. As part of the rubric, students were not only required to create an egg launcher that would effectively shoot an egg high enough in the air but also ensure […]
MSMS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WINS FIRST MEET OF THE SEASON
Mississippi School of Math and Science cross country team won first place at the Mooreville XC Invitational on Sept. 7. Eighteen teams gathered in the cool, quiet morning at the Hussey Sod Farm, but by race time, the sun burned away the dew and reddened the necks of hundreds of runners and spectators. The Girls […]
14 MSMS STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOLASTIC REGIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY
Fourteen MSMS Creative Writing students traveled to Jackson recently to receive regional awards from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program in a ceremony held on the front lawn of the Eudora Welty House on Pinehurst Street. Before the ceremony students were treated to a picnic lunch at Millsaps College, then toured the Eudora Welty […]
MSMS STUDENTS WIN COLUMBUS EXCHANGE CLUB AWARDS
Congratulations to Madison Wypyski and Dev Jaiswal! Dev was selected as the MSMS ACE Award recipient (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence). Madison was selected as the MSMS Youth of the Year recipient. These awards are given annually by the Columbus Exchange Club. Students are nominated by the entire MSMS staff and the recipients selected by […]
12 STAR STUDENTS AND SIX STAR TEACHERS RECOGNIZED AT EDUCATION CELEBRATION
Congratulations to MSMS students Grace Ann Beech, Cade Burton, Connor Chitmon, Caleb Colley, Austin Cosby, Alan Elgin, Victoria Gong, Lane Hughes, Maria Kaltchenko, Timothy Lewis, Kaelon McNeece, and Hamilton Wan on being recognized as STAR Students (Student-Teacher-Achievement Recognition Program). These STAR students were recognized for their academic achievement among the state’s high school students at […]
MSMS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY COLUMBUS-LOWNDES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
On April 4th the Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2018-2019 Education Awards Program. Five MSMS students were recognized for their academic excellence this year. Hamilton Wan, from Starkville, received the award for Outstanding Senior and also received the Chamber Scholarship for being Overall Senior. The Highest GPA Awards went to MSMS junior, Dennis Lee, and MSMS […]
STUDENTS PREPARE FOR 29TH ANNUAL TALES FROM THE CRYPT
A cemetery tour by candlelight among historic grave-sites may seem like the setting for a Hollywood horror movie, but one such tour takes place far from California and involves history rather than horror. The setting for this performance is Friendship Cemetery, located in Columbus, Mississippi. This year, students from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and […]
MSMS STUDENTS WIN AWARDS AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
National History Day is a competition for high-school students who conduct original primary document research projects on historical topics of interest. Students in August started researching and writing on their topics. Discarding some topics along the way, defining their topics and ultimately putting together with research paper, a documentary, a website, or a performance along […]
MSMS, ONLY HIGH SCHOOL TO WIN COLLEGE MATH COMPETITION
For the first time, the Mississippi School for Mathematics participated in the Team Mathematics Competition at the Louisiana/Mississippi section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. The team competition took place at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS on Friday, February 22. The three-hour competition attracts top math majors at colleges and universities across Louisiana and Mississippi and tests […]