Voices from the Past: Manship Black History Program
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Manship House Museum will present - "Voices from the Past: Manship Black History Program." The program runs each Thursday and Friday, February 4th - 26th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Students grades 3 through 5 can experience the history of their African American ancestors through hands-on activities and a special tour of the Manship House Museum as they examine what the lives of house servants would have been like in the late nineteenth century. There is no cost to attend the program.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History presents Black Mississippians: Road to the Vote each Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. February 2-25, 2010 at the Old Capitol Museum. Students will learn the 19th century political history of black Mississippians, which paved the way for the modern civil rights movement. An introductory overview and tour of the Old Capitol Museum will cover such topics as Slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and the 1868 and 1890 Constitutions. For reservations and information call 601-576-6920.
Stock Market Game
The Stock Market Game has been shown to significantly raise math and financial literacy scores of students who participate. The program is a simulation where teachers place their students in teams and the teams invest $100,000 in hypothetical cash in the real market.
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is looking for National Board Certified Teachers to serve as adjunct faculty for its 2010 Summer Teacher Quality and Retention Institute, a week-long training program designed to equip pre-service teachers with the additional support and training they will need to meet the challenges of teaching in high-need urban and rural schools. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010.
Pregnancy Resources of Mississippi, PROMISS, is launching a public service announcement (PSA) contest entitled, “Wake Up Mississippi!” Mississippi currently ranks number one in the nation for teen pregnancy. We hope to receive entries from Mississippi 's youth that address this problem and encourage people in Mississippi to Wake Up and respond to this epidemic. The entries must be received no later than March 1, 2010. Winning entries will be aired throughout Mississippi and winners will have their photo taken for an article to be published in local newspapers.
MS Ranks 13th Nationally in 2009 NBCTs and 8th in Total Number
Mississippi continues its progress in advancing the National Board Certification education reform movement with the announcement of 222 new NBCTs in 2009. The state ranked 13th nationwide in the number of teachers achieving board certification this year and ranks eighth in the total number of NBCTs over time (3,103).
MS to Apply for Competitive Race to the Top Funds in June
As a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA), the federal government has created Race To The Top (RTTT), a
new program that will allow eligible states to compete for $4.35
billion in competitive grants to help lead education reform and
innovation in classrooms. Mississippi has a competitive chance to be
awarded between $60 million and $175 million over a four-year period
for schools and districts.
2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools
Mississippi Board of Education Chair Bill Jones and Interim State
Superintendent of Education Dr. John W. Jordan congratulate the
administrators, teachers and students of DeSoto County's Center Hill
Elementary School, Harrison County's D'Iberville Elementary School,
Tupelo's Rankin Elementary School,and Long Beach Middle School for
being named a 2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon
Schools.
CHS Senior is State’s First Student to Score 36 on ACT This Year
CLINTON — When incoming senior Stephen Leavelle took the ACT test over the summer, he scored 34 — two points shy of perfect. “I hoped to improve on that,” he said. And he did; Stephen learned recently that he scored a perfect 36 on the test administered in September, making him the first student in the state and one of only 91 nationwide to do so this year. Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a 36 varies from test to test, less than one-tenth of 1 percent achieve the top score.
MSPRA Announced the winners of the 2009 Awards of Excellence
“The MSPRA awards program recognizes outstanding school public relations efforts. The winning entries represent the diversity of education in Mississippi and epitomize the creativity and unique approaches to problem solving,” MSPRA President and Public Relations Director for McComb School District, Monique Gilmore said. “By honoring the best practices in school communications, MSPRA seeks to encourage the highest standard of school public relations.”
The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies will host the Day of Sharing for Teachers of the Gifted on March 5, 2010, from 8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. at the R.C. Cook University Union on the Hattiesburg campus of the University of Southern. Registration will take place from 8-8:45 a.m. at the R.C. Cook University Union rooms A/B. 0.5 CEU will be offered for $20. Please complete and return applications by February 26, 2010. Contact The Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies at 601-266-5236 or visit our Website at www.usm.edu/gifted.
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Road to the Vote
Stock Market Game
Wake Up Mississippi
MS to Apply for Competitive Race to the Top Funds in June
2009 United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools
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