Entries by NEMiss.News

City of New Albany’s 2018 Christmas Parade Date Set

New Albany, MS, October, 2018 – The City of New Albany’s Community Development office has set a date for the 2018 Christmas Parade. “This year’s parade will be on Monday after the Thanksgiving Holidays, the 26th of November,” director Billye Jean Stroud announced. “We received suggestions for other options from many of our community members. However, […]

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MPartner Business Forum Webinar: Spotlight on Local Business Owners

(New Albany, MS, October, 2018) The M Partner Initiative, in conjunction with the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement and Insight Park at the University of Mississippi, as well as the Mississippi Development Authority will be in New Albany to host an M Partner-Business Forum Webinar on Wednesday, October 17 at 12pm. The […]

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New Albany Schools’ Innovative IMPACTO stresses career readiness

IMPACTO (Industries as a Means to Prepare for Academic, Career, & Technology Opportunities) is an innovative, pilot program developed by the New Albany School District. IMPACTO provides Career Readiness classes to students and prepares them for a summer internship. Students in the program are being exposed to a variety of careers in the different career pathways as part […]

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Main Street to host M PARTNER webinar at the museum

Wednesday, October 17th, New Albany Main Street will host MPARTNER* and Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) at a business forum webinar that will take place at the Heritage Museum. The M PARTNER webinar will be centered around highlighting two business owners in New Albany and allowing them to tell their story of owning/starting a business and […]

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Rep. Trent Kelly’s Office to host Academy Day 2018, October 13th

Representative Trent Kelly’s office will host Academy Day 2018, on Saturday, October 13, from 10:00AM – 12:00PM, in Oxford, MS. The event is open to middle and high school students and their families, school officials, or interested citizens who want to learn about the five United States military academies and their admissions process. The event will […]

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Breast cancer awareness luncheon draws large audience

The free breast cancer awareness luncheon, an annual event sponsored by Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, drew near capacity attendance Wednesday, Oct. 10. Lunch was served to 150 guests in the fellowship hall of Hillcrest Baptist Church. The main speaker for the occasion was Justin Lohmeier, M.D., the chief of radiology at Baptist-Union County. Dr. Lohmeier […]

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NAHS students explore film making, farm life and space

Students in Kati Kent’s Earth & Space Science class at New Albany High School recently studied the universe, our solar system, and stars/galaxies. Students constructed a model of the solar system as part of the unit of study.   Jonathan Smith, a graduate student at the University of Mississippi, spoke to students in Journalism, English […]

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NAMS Has Video Production Class Added for 2018-2019

New Albany Middle School (NAMS) has a new course this school year that is being offered to students in the sixth grade. The instructor for the Video Production and Publishing class is Lee Allen Holt. Approximately 75 sixth graders in three classes have been learning the basics of Google Docs, Google Drive, and iMovie the […]

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Three students added to the NAHS ACT 30 Plus Club

Students who have a composite or subscore of 30 or more on their recent ACT are inducted into the ACT 30 Plus Club. Three students have recently been recognized as new members of the club.     New Albany High School presented ACT 30+ Club t-shirts to Callie Robbins and Jonathan Pegues  on August 30 for […]

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New Albany Elementary School September happenings

New Albany Elementary School students were busy honoring and learing during September. (click photos to enlarge or download) Grandparents’ Day Celebrations New Albany Elementary School hosted Grandparents Day Celebrations September 5-7. The Pre-K celebrated with grandparents on Wednesday, September 5. Kindergarten hosted their grandparents on Thursday, September 6. First graders enjoyed their grandparents’ visit on […]

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