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Alternative program speeds graduation

Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS
July 2, 2006

"These courses better prepare me for college because the tests cover seven or eight chapters rather than one or two like at a regular high school," Martin said. "By my senior year, I'll be able to enroll in dual-credit courses and most likely knock out half of my (college) freshman courses while finishing my high school courses."…"This is an ideal route for students wanting to supplement their home-school curriculum in areas of the curriculum that parents are not confident teaching," said Stephen Beebe, coordinator of the program. "In time, it will be the No. 1 route for home-school curriculum in Mississippi."
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MSMS, MUW host CHAMPS program

The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS
August 10, 2006

... The institute was funded by a Jacob K. Javits Grant for Gifted Education through the US Department of Education awarded to MSMS in 2002 to provide professional ...
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West Lowndes' gifted program booming

The Commercial Dispatch
by Garthia Elena Halbert
August 12, 2006

Whatever it is, the number of students in the gifted program - Managing the Educational Resources of the Intellectually Talented - at West Lowndes Elementary School doubled from last year to this year, an increase school officials are seeing across the county…“Enrollment (in MERIT) is up all over the county but especially at West Lowndes. We're very proud of that,” said Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Mike Halford. “We're having more referred to be tested. And I strongly believe the ability has always been there…“There's some extremely talented students who were not in gifted classes,” he noted.
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Joyner kids cut into sharks for hands-on science lesson

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS,USA
September 18, 2006

In this case, gifted students in Sherry Willis' Challenge classes learned the dogfish shark they dissected Tuesday morning had missed breakfast.

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Building better brains

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS
By Ginny Miller
November 9, 2006

In nine years as a Challenge instructor, Teresa Dill-Johnson keeps hearing the same question from students new to the program for the intellectually gifted…“The first thing they want to know is ‘how I got in here,’” Dill-Johnson said about their selection into the program. “We don’t talk about them being better or smarter, we talk about their brains being different.”
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Just one size teaching doesn't necessarily fit all children

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS
by April Cox
November 12, 2006

Differentiating the process of learning means the teacher should offer the student choices of work arrangement to reach mastery, especially for gifted students or students with special needs.
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MSMS senior advances to national competition

The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS
By Garthia Elena Halbert
November 30, 2006

When most people have a friend stricken with a debilitating illness, they offer support and a shoulder to lean on…Sixteen-year-old Madhavi Gavini of Starkville is searching for a cure....
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Starkville student's research leads to medical breakthrough

The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS,USA
By Skip Descant
August 30, 2007

The research has earned her a $50,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute, which recognizes young talent in science.
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