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 […]
13 MSMS STUDENTS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS
Congratulations to our 13 National Merit Finalists! National Merit Finalists have been selected from 16,000 Semifinalists across the US. These students are now in the running for 7,500 National Merit scholarships. Starting in March and ending in June, National Merit will begin to notify finalists if they have won a scholarship. Samantha AndersonCade BurtonConnor ChitmonLori […]
21 MSMS STUDENTS TAKE HOME 47 ART & WRITING AWARDS
Twenty-one current Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students won forty-seven Scholastic Art & Writing awards for their literary works. All regional winners have been invited to the Regional Awards Ceremony on April 14 to receive their awards at the Eudora Welty House and Gardens in Jackson. The works of the eleven Gold Key Award […]
MSMS STUDENTS VISIT THE CAPITOL TO MEET STATE LEGISLATORS
The Mississippi Capitol was host to 24 current MSMS students on Wednesday, February 6. The students were able to meet and converse with state representatives and senators while the legislature was in session on Capitol Day. Students were there to raise awareness about the significance of the school to the state and to represent the […]