Once upon a time there was a land of dance. In the mythical land of Goma, dance united the people. The rich and poor all danced together. Dancing made them happy. Until that fateful day when both the king and queen died in a fire and the king’s evil sister, Devorah, became the ruler. Queen [...]

It was at a fifth grade career fair that a then young Justin Turner met a physician named Dr. Marshall. “Dr. Marshall spoke of the huge need for better health care in Mississippi and challenged us to consider life as a physician,” Turner recalled. “ He said you can help a lot of people, make [...]

  A two-time Mississippi State Champion, Dupard has made two trips to Washington, DC to compete in the national recitation contest. It was her first year to advance from the Poetry Out Loud Semifinals. Dupard’s final recitation for the evening was “Invitation to Love,” a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, widely acknowledged as the first [...]

The second time Tommie Mabry was shot, he thought his life was over. He was fortunate that the bullet that struck his left foot didn’t paralyze him, but the damage was severe enough that the doctors thought that Mabry would never play basketball again. Life without basketball was unthinkable for the then 17-year old Bailey [...]

Toot toot beep beep…the sounds of learning are on the way. Andrea Jones, owner of the Toot, Teach, and Roll Mobile Learning Center, has found a creative way to teach traditional lessons to elementary-age children. Jones has always played an active role in her children’s learning, but never intended on becoming a teacher. She has [...]