Students at Whitley Elementary are learning about healthier food choices in the Whitley Healthy Snack Program! On Friday, Pre-K students enjoyed a Friendship salad with a variety of fruits. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A group of students with two adults
A variety of fruit in a big bowl
Cups of fruit on a table
Students at Council Traditional School had a blast at STEAM Night last week! TEAM Night was a BLAST! They explored with microscopes and created masterpieces with Mrs. Wright and Coastal Makers Art Studio. They learned about SeaPerch robots with Dauphin Island Sea Lab and learned about aquatic life with the BayMobile Touch Lab. They mastered aerodynamics with Flight Works Alabama and flying drones with ATIM. They played games with Mathnasium of Mobile and Mario Kart with MCPSS' Technology Department. They even got to see some fire trucks and an ambulance! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Two boys hold an octopus
A boy plays with a submersible ROV in a tub of water
A girl looks through a microscope
A girl holds up her artwork
A boy operates a drone while a man looks on

The Old Shell Road Magnet Choir performed in the rotunda of the Alabama State Capitol this week as part of the Capitol Tunes performance series. Alabama State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey joined them for the debut of #ALTeeShirtThursday.

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A group of elementary students in blue T-shirts with several adults
State Education Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey stands with an Old Shell Road student
Students singing, while their choir teacher directs
After three rounds of play, five MCPSS schools have made the Alabama Hi-Q playoffs. Congratulations to Davidson, Murphy, Alma Bryant, Baker and Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies. The semifinals will be held on March 19. You can watch the entire Hi-Q season on mcpssTV in April. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
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The Hi-Q logo
Mrs. Ivey's fourth-grade class at Collier Elementary is celebrating reading with March Book Madness, pitting books against each other and letting students choose their favorite. Students had their first elimination in the Mythical Matchups region after reading "The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors" and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs." After some thoughtful voting, "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs came out on top and will advance to the next round. We can't wait to see which book wins the championship! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A white board with the names of two books and a tally beside each
As Read Across America Week continues, schools around the county are inviting guest readers to share stories with their students and celebrate a love of reading. Among them were Holloway, St. Elmo and Wilmer Elementary and Callahan School for the Deaf and Blind, which got a visit from Mobile County Board of School Commissioners District 2 representative Don Stringfellow and Santa himself! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A man reading to a classroom of students
A man in a Santa suit stands with a teacher in an elf costume and several children
Two women read to a classroom full of children
An Azalea Trail Maid reads to several children
A man in a sheriff's office uniform reads to a classroom full of children
Good luck to the two teams representing Mobile County Public Schools in the AHSAA state basketball tournament this week! LeFlore's boys face Wenonah in a 5A state semifinal tonight at 7:30 p.m., while Alma Bryant's girls meet Hoover in a 7A state semifinal Thursday at noon. If you can't make it to Birmingham to cheer them on, you can watch live with a subscription to the NFHS Network: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Two basketball teams

Congratulations to Theodore High's engineering students, who earned first place in the bocce ball competition at the recent Engineering Competition hosted by the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at the University of South Alabama. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A group of high school students behind a table
As part of her community service project, Denton Magnet School of Technology Red Ribbon Leader Kaci Payne and her team of classmates raised funds to purchase dinner for the firefighters at Mobile Fire Department Station #19. They also shared notes of appreciation with the firefighters, thanking them for all they do to keep the community safe. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Four students holding bags of food, standing with three firefighters in front of a fire truck

March 2 is Dr. Seuss's birthday, which also heralds the opening of Read Across America Week, and MCPSS students are celebrating the joy of reading. At Leinkauf Elementary, Pre-K and first-grade students held a Dr. Seuss Vocabulary Parade. At Meadowlake Elementary, Pre-K students tasted green eggs and ham and created their own cat characters with colorful hats. Guest readers, including Mobile County Board of School Commissioners President Sherry Dillihay-McDade, shared stories with students at George Hall Elementary, Taylor-White Elementary and other schools. And at Hankins Middle, students explored Dr. Seuss's World War II political cartoons. More fun activities are planned throughout the week at schools around the county. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A woman in a Cat in the Hat costume reading to students
Students in Cat in the Hat hats marching in the street
A girl eating green eggs and ham
Photos of children with cat whiskers and colorful hats added
A South Alabama cheerleader reads to a classroom of elementary students
Students in a library, with a Cat in the Hat balloon
Students dressed like Dr. Seuss characters walking in the street

Congratulations to Mary G. Montgomery's Academy of Engineering students, who took first place overall and first place in the concrete canoe competition at the annual Engineering Competition, hosted recently by the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at the University of South Alabama. Students competing in the event also had the opportunity to hear from Civil Engineering faculty at USA about its engineering program and learn more about future pathways in the field. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A group of high school students standing with their principal, who is holding a trophy
Donate your Mardi Gras beads to a great cause: The bead program at Augusta Evans Special School. The students repackage the beads and sell them to mystic societies. Proceeds support programs at the school. The drop-off dates are this Saturday and Sunday (March 7 and 8) at 6301 Biloxi Avenue from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 7 and from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 8. Those who donate at least 12 pounds of beads (about the size of a grocery bag) will receive a voucher for one dozen regular glazed doughnuts at Krispy Kreme! #LearningLeading
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Beads for Doughnuts at Evans Special School
Here's another great Red Ribbon community service project: Albert Pavalescu, Council Traditional School's Red Ribbon Leader, collected donations of food to deliver to Dwell Mobile, a dry pantry for those in need. Great job, Albert! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A boy and two adults with several boxes full of food

The Royal Closet opens this week! This annual initiative is designed to help local high school students with free prom attire and accessories, which has been donated by the public. Located at 2576 Pleasant Valley Road, the Royal Closet will be open March 2-6 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and March 7 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Field trips are available during school hours -- call social services 251-221-4275 or your school’s school worker. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Graphic promoting The Royal Closet on March 2-6 and 7
MCPSS Red Ribbon representatives are busy with community service projects! On Friday, Pearl Haskew Elementary's Red Ribbon representative, Echo Littlejohn, delivered donated supplies and money she collected to the Mobile County Animal Shelter. #LearningLeading #PerserverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A girl and a woman in yellow T-shirts, standing behind a pickup truck
A woman and a girl hold a dog
A girl stands in the bed of a pickup truck, pointing at bags of dog food in it
A girl petting a dog
Allentown Elementary celebrated Read Across America last week with a fun Masked Reader activity! Guest masked readers digitally visited classrooms to read aloud their favorite books, and students voted on who they thought was behind each mask. Then on Friday, students dressed as their favorite book characters and the teachers who served as the mystery readers revealed themselves. It was a fun way to celebrate a love for reading and build excitement around books! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A group of teachers holding books
A teacher holding a book in front of a screen that shows her dressed in an inflatable costume
A teacher stands on a stage with her arms raised, in front of others in inflatable costumes
Congratulations to Murphy's Collin Bendolph, Davidson's Sariah Hossain and Owen Farmer, and Baker's Kennedy Lee, who have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists! This honor is awarded to high school seniors who score in the top 16,000 out of roughly 1.5 million PSAT test-takers and subsequently complete a comprehensive application process. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
Photos of a student with his teachers, two students in a library, and a senior portrait of a high school girl
Earlier this week, Mary B. Austin Elementary student Laila Fikes was invited by Mobile City Council President C.J. Small to read Amanda Gorman's exceptional poem, "The Hill We Climb" at a City Council meeting, commemorating Black History Month. She also met Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis, who described her as "a remarkable young lady." Great job, Laila! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A girl speaking at a podium
Stephanie Bondora, a science teacher at Davidson High School, recently received the Alabama State Science Fannie Mae Teacher of Promise Award. This award recognizes an outstanding early-career science educator in Alabama with less than three years of teaching experience. She was honored last week at the Alabama Science Teacher Association (ASTA) Conference in Tuscaloosa. Congratulations! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A photo of Stephanie Bondora

Lexi Jayy, the Alma Bryant alumnae who performed at the Grammys, is now on NBC's "The Voice" and she's already turning heads -- and chairs! Contestants on the show perform blind auditions for a panel of celebrity coaches, who have their backs turned. Lexi earned a three-chair turn, impressing all the judges with her rendition of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" before choosing Adam Levine as her coach.

Watch her on "The Voice: Battle of Champions" on Peacock, and check out her audition here: https://youtu.be/Be4hpYzgipA?si=PEvvmVJ0lhqrta70. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress

about 1 month ago, Mobile County Public Schools
A woman singing