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 […]
TWO MSMS FACULTY MEMBERS RECEIVE “EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR” AWARD
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science’s Chuck Yarborough, history instructor, and Elizabeth Morgan, chemistry instructor, both received educator of the year in their respective areas. Morgan was named High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the Mississippi Section of the American Chemical Society and Yarborough is the recipient of the 2018 Jesse Palmer Memorial […]
CHARLES E. BROWN ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to announce the creation of the first Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) alumni award, which will be presented in March of 2019 during the MSMS Alumni Weekend. The award will be named in honor of Charles E. Brown. Mr. Brown served as the second Director for Academic Affairs from 1990 […]
SITES AND SOUNDS TOUR 2018
The MSMS Blue Notes have been busy traveling around the state spreading music and learning the history of music legends. Known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music,” Mississippi is best known as home of the blues. The annual traveling concert of the MSMS Blue Notes is called Sites and Sounds. The Blue Notes consists of […]
MSMS STUDENTS SERVE AS SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGERS
On Friday, Nov. 30, ten MSMS students—seniors Edith Marie Green, Indu Nandula, and Ashely Nguyen and juniors Ryley Fallon, David Barber, Simeon Gates, Ayden Dusek, Gina Nguyen, Kaitlyn Steil, and Catherine Boltz—volunteered at the Columbus Walmart and Kroger as bellringers to raise money for the Salvation Army. Students worked diligently from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 […]
GERMAN EMBASSY VISIT TO MSMS
Stephan Jacobi, a representative from the German Embassy in Washington, DC, visited the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science on Friday, November 9th to meet with Lori Pierce, MSMS Instructor of French, German, and Latin, and Laura Justus, German teaching intern. Pierce said, “we discussed how the German government and embassy can and do support […]
MSMS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION IN THE ANNUAL “BEST OF MISSISSIPPI LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARDS.”
Victoria Gong, Lilian Li, Michelle Luo, Helen Peng, current students at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, were recently honored at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association’s statewide high school journalism convention in Hattiesburg with Best of Mississippi Scholastic Journalism Awards for their work on the literary magazine, Southern Voices. 2018 graduates, Kamal Bhalla, Aidan […]
MSMS HOSTS ANNUAL SCIENCE CARNIVAL
For well over twenty years, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) has hosted an annual Science Carnival at Pohl Gymnasium for local second and third grade students across Lowndes, Oktibbeha, and Clay counties to encourage an early interest in science education. This year also included Pickens County. This year, over 800 elementary school students […]