Waynesboro Elementary recently hosted the annual Wayne County School District Reading Fair.  Winners in the individual fiction categories (grades K-8) included Michael Jordan, Lily Cooley, Brylee Dumas, Jacob Singleton, Karolina Heathcock, and Brody Hebert.  Winners of the nonfiction categories (grades 3-8) were Kendorean Russell and Dalyn Stevens.  Winners of the Group and Family divisions (grades K-8) were Caleb Matthews, Hayden Hudson, Savannah Griffin and Laken Hancock.  Each of these winners will advance to the Regional Competition to be held at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg

 The Wayne County School District has received an environmental stewardship award from Cenergistic, Inc., for saving enough energy in 13 months to effectively plant more then 24,730 trees and to take 135 cars off the road.  This Award recognizes our District's efforts, under the leadership of Mr. Prince Staten, the Energy Specialist for our district, to implement an innovative organizational behavior-based energy conservation and management program.  Mr. Staten works hard to motivate everyone in our district to use energy wisely, keep classrooms comfortable, and practice smart energy strategies.  Congratulations to Mr. Prince Staten and to the Wayne County School District on this award.

The WCHS band represented Wayne County High School and Wayne County with an outstanding performance at the MHSAA State Marching Contest at East Mississippi Community College in Scoob on Saturday, October 12^th.

The Band received the highest rating of All-Superior and was one of only 12 5A Bands in the state to do so.  This was also the 8^th year in a row for the Band to earn All-Superior Rating.

The Band is scheduled to complete at the West Harrison Classic in Gulfport on Saturday the 19^th and the Deep South Marching Championship on October 26^th at Theodore High School in Theodore, Ala.

The new War Eagle Stadium PressBox gets lifted and placed.

Progress continues on the new War Eagle Stadium! Metal supports have arrived and are going up!

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 Local schools report many accomplishments from the current school year as school closes out.  Click on the title to read more.

 On Monday, April 29, at 6:00 P.M. in the Clara School Cafeteria there will be a Community Meeting concerning the new construction that will begin soon.  Joey Henderson of the JPHM Architectural Firm will be at the meeting to discuss plans for the rebuilding of Clara School.  Clara community members are encouraged to attend this meeting to give their input and to ask questions and to hear the latest information about the status of the new construction.  Donna Hopkins, principal at Clara School, will conduct this meeting.

The Wayne County School District is partnering with the Mississippi Head Start Program to begin a Head Start Pre-K Blended Program at Waynesboro Elementary School and Buckatunna Elementary School.  These classes will be held on those campuses for Head Start eligible children age 4.  The certified teachers will be Wayne County School District employees and will adhere to both Wayne County School District policies and Mississippi Head Start guidelines and procedures including the Head Start curriculum.  The applications and position announcements may be found under Quick Links>Employment Opportunities on the Wayne County School District homepage.

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Monday, April 1, 2013 will be the makeup day for the day missed due to flooding in Wayne County. This is the scheduled bad weather makeup day on the 2012-2013 school calendar.

At the school board meeting on Monday, March 4, Donna Hopkins, supervising principal at Clara School, was recognized as Administrator of the Year in the Wayne County School District.  Miss Hopkins' name has also been submitted for consideration as State Administrator of the Year.

At the school board meeting on Thursday, February 28, each school board member and the school board attorney were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for his or her service to the Wayne County School District. These certificates were presented in conjunction with School Board Member Recognition Week.

JBHM Architectural Firm (the firm that will be doing the Clara School Reconstruction) is currently in consultation with the insurance company that represents our school district to consider all necessary codes and regulations and upgrades in order to arrive at an acceptable dollar amount for this reconstruction project.  Once all necessary information has been submitted and evaluated and a dollar amount agreed upon then JBHM Architects will proceed with formulating a specific plan for reconstruction based upon recommendations and involvement from school leaders, the school board, and the community.  I appreciate the patience of all concerned as this project moves forward.

The Wayne County School District is working diligently to be frugal with taxpayer dollars. We have made a conscience effort to conserve energy. The Energy Savings report for the Wayne County School District from May 2012 through December 2012 can be viewed here. Energy Savings include electricity, natural gas, propane and water savings.

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School Board Member Recognition Week is set in Mississippi for February 17-23.  During this week and this month different activities have been planned to recognize our school board members and all that they do in their service in the Wayne County School District.  We do appreciate very much District 5 Board Member and President Terry Graham, District 4 Board Member Al Smith, District 3 Board Member George Alsworth, District 2 Board Member Fred Andrews,  District 1 Board Member Leah Parson, Board Attorney Marcus Evans, and Board Clerk Sheila Brewer.

At the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, students in  grades K-12 language and K-6 math in schools across the Wayne county School District were tested with a baseline test through Success Net, the district computer-based testing program for the textbook programs being used in all schools for the teaching of language arts (K-12) and math (K-6).                                                                                           Click on the link to continue reading.

Because of anticipated severe weather conditions on Wednesday, January 30th, the school bus pickup time for students in Wayne County School District will be delayed one hour. The start time at each school will be delayed one hour. School personnel will report to their school at the normal scheduled time. If students are unable to get to school because of severe weather conditions, they will be excused.

The first state champions in school history, the 2002 football team and the 2003 football team will both be honored. The 2002 team is the only team in school history to be ranked first in the final high school football polls. The 2002 team knocked off South Panola in the championship game to become the Class 5-A state champs. The first Class 4-A state champs, the 2003 squad was also ranked second in the final high school football polls. An informal dinner will be hosted on Thursday night at 6:30 in the school cafeteria for all former players and coaches of the 2002 and 2003 squads. All former players on these teams are asked to report to the cafeteria at 6:15. Both teams will be honored before the War Eagles take on the Tigers at7 p.m. on Friday night.