Student-teacher program brings teacher from Germany to US
Nearly 5,000 miles from her hometown in Germany, Laura Justus found her way across the world to Columbus.
MSMS juniors prepare 29th ‘Tales from the Crypt’ event
When Auriel Quiroz researched Cornelius Hardy, it was the lack of information on his second wife that fueled her theatrical performance idea for “Tales from the Crypt.”
Player of Week: Williams gives leadership, offense to MSMS soccer team
Erin Williams is more than a goal scorer for the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science girls soccer team.
MSMS senior shines in role as state’s Distinguished Young Woman
When Lori Feng was an elementary school student, her father took her to a Distinguished Young Women event where they were living in Washington.
MSMS Science Carnival to welcome hundreds of children
For well over 20 years, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) in Columbus has hosted an annual Science Carnival for second- and third-grade students across Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay Counties.
MSMS faculty ranked top in nation for 2nd year in a row
This year, as it does each year, the Mississippi School for Math and Science appears prominently on the list of the top high schools in the nation.
Photos: Eighth of May Emancipation Celebration
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science junior Samantha Anderson of Terry sings “Feeling Good” during the annual Eighth of May Emancipation Celebration at Sandfield Cemetery Tuesday. The production of the MSMS African-American History class and MSMS Voices in Harmony choir performed historical stories and songs that explored 19th- and early-20th-century African-American leaders in Columbus and the surrounding area.
MSMS students to bring local history to life for Eighth of May
For about an hour on Tuesday at Sandfield Cemetery, Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science senior Tija Johnson will become Luisa Boulden.
Tales from the Crypt: Spirits from the past return for a visit during Columbus Spring Pilgrimage
Wind swirls through Friendship Cemetery on a cool March afternoon, carrying with it fragments of the past.
Slimantics: MSMS is model that can be followed
Thirty years ago, the Mississippi Legislature, in a rare spasm of visionary leadership, created the Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science on the campus of Mississippi University for Women.
MSMS again ranks among top 10 public high schools
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science has again been ranked among the top 10 public high schools in the nation.
MSMS student wins contest in international competition
A Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science student is a contest winner in an international competition among high school students of Russian.
MSMS students deliver 3D-printed toys to local kids
Just six days before Christmas, children at the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus received a special delivery of handmade toys Tuesday.
MSMS students seek input on Mississippi Fallen Heroes of WWII
Jesse Lynn Dodson, William (Willa) Jones, Thomas Ferguson Critz, Lee R. Jerry. These four men born in the Golden Triangle are among the estimated 4,187 Mississippians who lost their lives in World War II. Many of their stories are unknown.
MSMS student life recorded in social media project
Gary Nugyen’s “What I Did Last Summer” essay involved climbing Black Virgin Mountain — what his mother referred to as his “spiritual home” — biking through the town market and eating street foods with his cousins in Sa Dec, Vietnam, and, best of all, learning to ride a scooter.
Having their voices heard
Reagan Poston said reading her prose pieces aloud for Mississippi Public Broadcasting was like being published in a “verbal publication.”
Area students check out college options
Judd Williams has been all over eastern Mississippi talking to high school seniors at college fairs about admission at Mississippi State University.
Thousands take in eclipse in Golden Triangle
Stubborn clouds lingered over Mississippi State University’s Drill Field for nearly 45 minutes leading to the Great American Eclipse’s peak in Starkville.
MSMS ranks eighth among public high schools in US
The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science ranked eighth in the nation and first in Mississippi on the niche.com Best Public High Schools list for 2018.
MSMS reserve fund reaching critical point
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science could be only a year away from drastically shrinking its operations, according to the school’s executive director Germain McConnell.