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EducationChristmas Store Potts Camp School and Mary Reid School will have their Christmas Store from December 4 through December 8. Times are from 9 a.m. - 12 noon. Students will be notified as to which school they will shop. December 5 Mary Reid School had an elementary Christmas program directed by Laurie Jones (music director). American Education Week observed at HS Intermediate By BEVERLY PHILLIPS Holly Springs Intermediate School celebrated American Education Week November 13-17. On Friday, November 17, teachers were given a duty free lunch. Parents, retired teachers, and community leaders supervised students in the cafeteria. A special thanks to the following who supervised students; Nakeria Selman, parent; Katrice Ivy Edwards, parent; Mary Hughes, parent; Deloris Plaxico, retired teacher; Joeann Moore, community representative; Van Rayford, parent; Shelia Walton, parent and community representative; Corarine Crittle, parent; Glenda Manning, community representative; Eileen Dowsing, assistant superintendent; Shirley Dillard, community representative; Russell Johnson, retired teacher; Carla Muse, parent; Turner Lester, retired teacher; Artis Walton, retired teacher; Melvin DeBerry, community representative; Charles Richmond, retired teacher; Lorra Isom, language arts coordinator; Benita Marion Ivy, parent and community representative; Natalie Carter, parent and community representative; Irene Walton, superintendent, and Sherna DeBerry Stone, parent and PTA president. The duty free lunch was coordinated by Beverly Phillips. Rust holds groundbreaking for $4.7M science building Last month, Dr. David Beckley along with a group of lead supporters broke ground on the Hamilton Science and Mathematics Annex. The monumental science project will take at least 18 months to complete, and will become the most expensive project ever in the history of the 140-year-old institution. The official groundbreaking ceremony followed the 140th Founders Convocation and the 101st Commemoration of the founding of Mississippi Industrial College which was held in the Heard Auditorium of the McCarty-Varnell Business, Computer Science and Social Science Center. “It is the largest single building project in the recent history of the college,” said Dr. David L. Beckley, president, Rust College. In keeping with its mission to “complement Rust College’s efforts to provide education higher in quality than afforded through local, state, federal, church, tuition and grant support,” the college periodically launches a major effort to raise capital to support construction or expansion of campus facilities that are identified in the college’s master facilities plan. The centerpiece of Rust College’s National Development Campaign is the construction of a new 18,000 square feet science and mathematics annex adjacent to McDonald Hall which has served as the Science and Mathematics Center since 1965. The groundbreaking to construct the $4,740,000 complex was held last month. “It will bring our science facility into a total complex,” said Dr. Beckley. The annex will adjoin the existing science building where the college has invested almost 2 million in upgrades. “Most importantly it will provide additional research and teaching space for our growing science division,” said Beckley. The college’s strong tradition of excellence in the sciences, combined with the enormous influence of science on contemporary society form the foundation for the college’s efforts to strengthen and expand science learning. Designed for both science and mathematics majors and non- majors alike, Rust’s science and mathematics education program ensure the most well prepared scientists, mathematicians and literate citizens. “The $2 million toward the science project was underestimated when it was started five years ago,” said Dr. Beckley. “Due to Hurricane Katrina the building cost has gone up at least 25 to 30 percent over the last three years.” The annex will enable Rust to widen and deepen the educational foundation it provides for a wide variety of careers in research, medicine, teaching, industry, government, law, public policy and other fields. With its strong track record in graduating scientists active in nearly every field of scientific enterprise, Rust is well positioned to provide an academically excellent science and mathematics education to increasing numbers of both traditional and underrepresented students while also addressing urgent workforce and community needs. A relevant education for the 21st century demands that every student, no matter what his or her major, actively engage in science in the context of community and society. The annex will facilitate discovery-based, research-rich learning experiences in which students tackle real world problems that address most current moral, ethical and faith considerations. Naming opportunities are available for family members as a memorial or an honorarium to a family member or loved one, to commemorate your graduating class at Rust, a gift from your church, corporation, business or other forms of philanthropic giving. For more information on giving opportunities please contact: Dr. Ishmell H. Edwards, vice president, 150 Rust Avenue, Holly Springs, MS 38635; 662-252-8000-ext. 4014 or e-mail: iedwards@rustcollege.edu. Report News:
(662) 252-4261 or south@dixie-net.com
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