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Students: your responses to the previous blog entry garnered the attention of Mr. Daniel Wise, who is a candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives, District 106, and the father of our very own Savannah Wise, Class of 2017. Here’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we are approaching the end of the first quarter, I will shut the blog down on Tuesday of next week so I can assess levels of participation. Continue reading →

So. . .we’ve gotten to the end of the semester–and the end of the 2016 legislative session in Mississippi, though there’s a chance the governor will call a special session if finances continue to dwindle. Here’s Geoff Pender’s summary of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This may amount to idle gossip. However, I’ve heard that the SGA is considering a resolution that would require faculty to post grades on assignments within a week of their submission date. If that’s the case, I hope they’ll reconsider: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

MSMS Parents: Welcome back to Columbus! By now, your students are comfortably ensconced in their MSMS routines–or perhaps not so comfortably. My junior classes have just submitted essays; my senior classes will soon; readings for my courses pile up just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Vickie Slater must feel like a politician without a party. After running hard to win the Democratic primary for governor—making stump speeches in every pocket of Mississippi, and raising and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the campaign—she lost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As you’re well aware, MSMS offers a limited number of interscholastic sports. From time to time, school leaders ponder the efficacy of offering intramural sports instead. Articles like this one from The Atlantic would seem to support that idea. However, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Welcome, once again, to MSMS. I hope you’re making it through your summer reading list. I also hope you’ll find the time to take part in a national conversation about the future of women in the working world by reading … Continue reading → Continue reading →