Education

Special To The Mississippi Link Canton, Mississippi, Like schools across Mississippi, Canton Elementary School is enjoying more physical activity designed to ensure all students are fit, healthy, and ready to succeed this year. The Mississippi […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Canton, Mississippi, As any parent knows, children love to watch and copy the behaviors of the adults around them. By learning to make healthier choices themselves, the employees at Canton […]

The Jackson-Hinds Chapter of Mississippi Valley State University’s National Alumni Association recently held its 18th Annual Business Scholarship Luncheon in Jackson. The alumni gathered at the Clarion Hotel and Suites and had the honor of […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Jackson Public Schools will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, for a baseball/softball diamond at Callaway High School. Garrett Construction, owned by Jackson businessman Socrates Garrett, […]

Special To The Mississippi Link Youth training can make a difference. Demetrius Brown, a parent, said she’s interested in the New Horizon Ministries Next Level Center for Excellence after school program because it helps build […]

In a 4-0 vote Tuesday night, Nov. 17, members of the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees reinstated its contract with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO). The item was placed on the agenda by […]

“It’s a sin and a shame to take away the JPS Strings program,” expressed former Jackson Public School District Board of Trustee member Maggie Benson White. White, a product of the JPS Strings in the […]

In a 2-2 split, the Jackson Public School Board of Trustees failed to renew the contract of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to implement the Strings in the School Program in its schools. According to […]

Special to The Mississippi Link WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Econo-mic Development Administration (EDA) recently announced a $142,880 grant to Jackson State University, to support the operation of the University Center economic development technical […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Four Jackson Public Schools teachers are participating in the Mississippi State University Writing/Thinking Project program, Middle School Institute, which began this summer and continues throughout the 2009-10 school year. Alfred […]