Highland Elementary in Ridgeland and Salvation Army, Mississippi...

Duration of partnership: 1 yearVolunteers: 644 students, 40 staff, and numerous parentsImpacts 644 students Highland Elementary in Ridgeland, Miss., is constantly striving to enhance our students’ future. At Highland we understand the importance...

Spann Elementary (Jackson) and Wisdom Foundation, Raising Cane's

Duration of partnership: 2 years50+ volunteersImpacts 475 students In many Muppet productions, Kermit and his gang sing, “If just one person believes in you, deep enough and strong enough, maybe even you can believe in you too.”   One of Span...

Watkins Elementary (Jackson) and Blue Cross Blue Shield...

Duration of partnerships: 40+ years100+ volunteersImpacts 403 students The Watkins Playground project has won multiple partnership awards, culminating this year with an Award of Distinction for the most recent project phases.  In addition to exp...

Sale Elementary International Studies Magnet (Columbus) and Mississippi...

Duration of partnership: 3 years564 volunteersImpacts 400 studentsPrincipal Nancy Bragg and International Baccalaureate Coordinator Kay Ellis have long had ideas about what learning should involve for the elementary students under their charge. In...

Tupelo School District and City of Tupelo

Duration of partnership: 3.5 yearsImpacts 7,500 students   “The Tupelo Spirit” is a phrase used to describe the passionate homegrown community development of Tupelo, and in recent years the city has taken bold steps to redefine this distinctive...

N. R. Burger Middle School and Southeast Mississippi...

Duration of partnership: 2 years15 volunteersImpacts 117 studentsData collected from a youth risk behavior survey supported the need for a teen pregnancy curriculum at N. R. Middle School in Hattiesburg. In January 2011, N. R. Burger started colla...

Magee High School and Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute, First...

Duration of partnership: 3 years9 volunteersImpacts 235 studentsMoving teachers toward participation within a Professional Learning Community can be difficult for any principal, particularly in a small rural school where, historically, teachers ha...