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Education

Mayor speaks at Holly High

Mayor Andre DeBerry was the guest speaker at the first nine weeks honor roll assembly. He challenged the students to try harder with their education emphasized, the importance of dressing appropriately, and using this time wisely to prepare for the challenges in life after high school.

Mayor DeBerry, a Holly High graduate and a graduate of Jackson State University, promised the students that he would have his own party for them if they raise the school’s accreditation level and if more students make the honor roll.

DeBerry personally greeted each honor roll student and handed them their certificate. While principal John Chase spoke to the general student body about their motivation level and behavior, the honor roll students with their parents had breakfast with the mayor.

The school’s cafeteria prepared a delicious breakfast of eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, biscuits, and juice.

Eben initiated

DeAnna L. Eben of Red Banks is among the 155 fall 2006 initiates into Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society at the University of Mississippi. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi, chartered at UM in 1959, is one of the university’s highest honors.

Eben, a senior education major at UM, is the daughter of Bernie and Judy Bauer of Cabot, Ark., and married to Richard W. Eben. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society.

Attend MOST Conference

H. W. Byers High School seniors Corrandra Scott, Mavis Robinson, LaTasha Anderson and Victoren Hooker attend the MOST Conference at Ole Miss this weekend. These students received their invitations based on their GPAs and ACT scores and nomination by their counselor, Linda Spaulding. Spaulding drove these students to the campus for their week-end of college life. The MOST Conference was designed to encourage Afro-American high school students to attend college. The seniors will attend classes, meetings and basketball games as well as spend the night in the dorm. All four of these Byers’ students plan to attend a university in the fall of 2007. They are active in school events, clubs and atheletics.

Student ambassador

Juliet Brittain, a fifth grader at H.W. Byers Elementary School, was recently interviewed and accepted to participate as a People to People Student Ambassador. This 14-day exchange consists of meetings with government officials, visits to World War II historical sites, and home stays with host families in London and Paris. President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the program in 1956 as a cultural and political exchange. Juliet is an honor roll student and a member of the Jr. Beta Club. She also earned academic honors for achieving the highest score in her fourth grade class on the MCT last year. Juliet is seeking financial sponsorship from local businesses and the community to help with her tuition.

Inducted
Brook Hale, a senior elementary education major at Blue Mountain College, will be included in the 2007 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Hale and 11 of her fellow BMC seniors join an elite group of students from more than 2,000 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations. Brook is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Hale of Potts Camp.

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