The Lowndes County School District celebrated Technology Coordinator Jeanise Andrews and her 28 years of service Wednesday during a retirement ceremony at the Central Office. Thank you Jeanise for everything you have done and how hard you have worked to support students, teachers, administrators and co-workers.

The New Hope Dance Xpress performed its Christmas show Friday for classes at New Hope Elementary School.

Congratulations to the fifth- and sixth-graders who were inducted into the West Lowndes Elementary School Chapter of the National BETA Club.

The Lowndes County School District’s Pre-Kindergarten program received a $35,000 contribution from Alliance Health Center, Inc. on Nov. 19.

Thank you to everyone involved in the LCSD’s pre-kindergarten program, and thank you to Next Stage Media for showcasing it.
The district is doing great things to help give students a head start on their education. You can watch this video to learn more about what the district is doing AND you can help the LCSD in its efforts by following the link to give a dollar-for-dollar donation to the pre-K program.
Check out the video at: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z934xbzky1oz3v6kf133u/Updated-Pre-K.mp4?rlkey=wfye3z9lxixn0a597o31i3u63&e=1&st=m74a86ir&dl=0

Thank you to Coach Calhoun for visiting West Lowndes Elementary School and getting the students and teachers up and moving with plenty of fun activities.

Career and Technology Center robotics and engineering teacher James Perkins and some of his students visited West Lowndes Elementary School on Monday morning to show students the opportunities with drones and robots that are available to them at the CTC. Perkins and his students will be at WLES for a few days this week during the Fall Intersession.

The Girl Scouts Heart of the South brought its Mobile STEM lab to West Lowndes Elementary School to inspire and challenge students with stations that featured Virtual Reality Goggles, Grava Tracks (for future engineers) and Snap Circuits (electronic kits that teach students about engineering and electronics).

Career Technology Center teachers Tyler Neal and Jordan Hawkins receive instruction from Tenstar Simulation product specialist Alex Nick on how to incorporate the new heavy equipment simulator into their lessons to help students earn valuable job training skills. The CTC acquired the simulator thanks to a $75,000 grant from EquipMS.

Location will be future home for Central Office

Honor is first in school history.

Videos for Caledonia, New Hope, West Lowndes schools and the CTC will be released in July.

Congratulations to (from left) Taylor Moore, Peter Jones, Kelly Hunnicutt, Shamyah Harris, Dasia Griffin and Jataquist Brown for graduating from Project SEARCH on Tuesday.

The New Hope High School Class of 2024 held its commencement Sunday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi State University.

The Caledonia High School Class of 2024 held its graduation ceremony Sunday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi State University.

West Lowndes High School held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 on Friday, May 17.

All LCSD schools have earned Military Star School designation.

Caledonia Middle School seventh-graders Keariah Neal (acrylic on paper, mixed media), Elizabeth Faulkner (acrylic paint), Madison McBride (mixed media), Arturo Castillo (graphite and graphite/pen and ink), Evan Woodard (graphite) and Alex Madden (acrylic on canvas) showed off their creations Thursday night at the Columbus Arts Council.

The programs made history May 6 by winning their first championships.

Move to Learn visits New Hope Elementary School

Keeping the beat with Coach Calhoun.

The Caledonia and New Hope high school bands were recently recognized for their superior performances.

Caledonia High School's Melanie Counts was recently named a finalist for MS Teacher of the Year.