The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners recognized the Davidson High RobotEx team for placing first overall at the South's BEST Regional Robotics Tournament, held in December at Alabama A&M University. The students were challenged to design a robot that could maneuver around an obstacle course, where they sorted factual information from incorrect information on the internet to train AI models. The team is led by Mike Fletcher. The students brought along RoseAIIn, their prize-winning robot, to the school board meeting. Congratulations to all! #PerseverancePropelsProgress #LearningLeading
Congratulations to Vigor High School's Sammy Dunn and Jabarrius Garror, who have been named Alabama's 5A Back and Lineman of the Year, respectively, by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. Both Dunn and Garror, who led Vigor to the 5A state championship game last season, were also named to the ASWA's Super 12 team, which recognizes the top 12 high school football players in the state, regardless of classification. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners was honored during School Board Recognition Month with a proclamation to recognize their service. From left are Dr. Reginald Crenshaw, District 3 Commissioner; Don Stringfellow, District 2 Commissioner; Sherry Dillihay-McDade, President and District 4 Commissioner; Lonnie Parsons, Vice President and District 1 Commissioner; Johnny Hatcher, District 5 Commissioner; and Superintendent Chresal D. Threadgill. Learn more about the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners here: https://www.mcpss.com/page/school-board #PerseverancePropelsProgress #LearningLeading
Scarborough Model Middle School held its annual Career Fair today. Students in all grade levels got a chance to meet with about 30 different vendors representing local business and industry, governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations and more, learning about the jobs and careers available to them in the future. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Players participating in this week's Panini Senior Bowl visited with students at several Mobile County Public Schools on Monday, including Florence Howard, Calloway-Smith, Mobile County Training School, Whitley and the ClassAct School at USA Children's & Women's Hospital. They took time out from their preparations for the game and the upcoming NFL Draft to share encouragement and advice with the students, including that #PerseverancePropelsProgress!
Blount High School celebrated one of its own Monday with Lee Hunter Day on campus. Hunter is a Blount alum who is now a defensive lineman at Texas Tech University and is participating in this week's Panini Senior Bowl in preparation for the NFL Draft. Congratulations, Lee! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Twenty-nine robotics teams from 16 MPCSS elementary schools participated in the MCPSS VEX IQ Elementary Challenge on Saturday at Clark-Shaw School of Math, Science & Technology. Teams from Dawes Intermediate, Dodge, Taylor-White, and Old Shell Road Magnet won awards and received invitations to the Alabama State Championship VEX IQ Robotics Competition at Wallace State Community College. In addition, Ella Grant's team won the Judges' Award and Tanner Williams' Big Creek Lakers finished second in two categories. Congratulations to all! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Four choir students from Old Shell Road School of Creative & Performing Arts recently performed with the Alabama Elementary All-State Choir. Murphy Dean, Daisy Pierce, Bly Phares and Evie McElderry joined over 100 choir students from across Alabama, singing at the Alabama Music Educators Association conference in Birmingham last week. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Congratulations to the Scholars Bowl teams from Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies and Causey Middle School, which won their respective classifications at the Alabama Scholastic Challenge Association's Middle School District Tournament at Alma Bryant High. Both will now move onto the state tournament on February 28. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Harleigh Van Atta, a senior at Alma Bryant High School, recently won a poetry competition hosted by the University of South Alabama. On January 28, Harleigh will be recognized for her accomplishment at a ceremony at USA, where she will be reading her poem alongside critically acclaimed poet Karisma Price. Congratulations, Harleigh! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropels Progress
The fun didn't stop at 100! Some schools, like Fonde and Dodge Elementary, also celebrated Day 101 of the 2025-26 school year with a "101 Dalmations" theme on Friday . #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies celebrated the 100th day of school and its perfect 100 score on the Alabama state report card Thursday with the “Barton Battleship Bash” at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. Congratulations, Explorers! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Students around the county, like these at Eichold-Mertz School of Math, Science & Technology, celebrated the 100th day of school this week in some creative ways. Happy 100th! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Mary G. Montgomery football player Brayden Turner was honored Thursday by NBC 15 as the Friday Night Rivals Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Turner carries a 4.5 GPA at MGM and volunteers with several organizations in his community. NBC 15 and award sponsor Andrew's Diesel and Automotive Repair presented Turner with a $5,000 scholarship, and his family was on hand for the surprise announcement. Turner plans to study mechanical engineering at Auburn University. Watch the broadcast: https://mynbc15.com/sports/friday-night-rivals/friday-night-rivals-brayden-turner-honored-as-scholar-athlete-of-the-year. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Jennifer Asberry, the 2026 MCPSS Elementary Teacher of the Year, introduces students at Council Traditional School to the wonders of science in the school's STEAM Lab. She's created an annual Family STEAM Night at the school and leads after-school clubs focusing on engineering, math & science. She's served as an Elementary Science Curriculum Writer and a mentor teacher. She believes in hands-on, experimental learning, using real-world applications that help students relate to the science behind everything around them. "I empower my students to see that they are not just observers of the world," she said, "but active, scientific contributors to it." #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Daniela Yunker, the 2026 MCPSS Middle School Teacher of the Year, makes learning German fun and meaningful for her students at Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies. She initiated the German Honor Society, with a focus on volunteering at local events including Christmas caroling at Cathedral Square. She created a partnership with Gymnasium Veitshöchheim, a school in Bavaria who students are now pen pals with her students at Barton. She co-sponsors Barton's running club and helped lead an educational trip to Europe in 2024. She is also pursuing a Ph.D. in global Leadership at Troy University. When she was surprised with the news of her Teacher of the Year honor this week, she was able to share the moment with her parents in Germany via Facetime. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Dr. Chelsea Tanous of Davidson High, the 2026 MCPSS High School Teacher of the Year, has her students excited about learning French. She's created unique learning experiences for her students, teaching them about the culture as well as the language, connecting them through video with French-speaking students in Senegal, helping to organize a mini-international festival at the school, and even taking a group of them for an educational tour through Europe. She’s taught world language for 14 years, joining the staff at Davidson in 2021 and serving as the school’s World Language Department Chair since 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Tanous! #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
The Mobile County Public Schools Social Services Department is again accepting donations of formalwear for the Royal Closet, a program to help students attend prom without the financial burden of purchasing expensive attire. Items needed include formal dresses, shoes and jewelry for young women and suits, dress shirts and ties for young men. Bring your donations to Building A at MCPSS Central Office before March 9, or call MCPSS Social Services as 251-221-4275. The Royal Closet will be open for students March 2-7. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Students and teachers from several MCPSS schools were in attendance at the Mobile City Council meeting this week as Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis signed a proclamation officially naming January 29 as “Gifted Education Day” in the City of Mobile. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a similar proclamation earlier this month, marking January as Gifted Education Month in the state of Alabama. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
Today's the last day to get your student a spot at an MCPSS magnet middle or high school! Clark-Shaw, Denton, Dunbar, Phillips Preparatory and LeFlore Magnet High School still have spots available, but you have to apply before 5 p.m. today. Apply at: https://www.mcpss.com/o/mcps/page/magnet-schools-information. #LearningLeading #PerseverancePropelsProgress
