olivebranchms/obms_r1/schools.txt

Schools & Lifelong Learning
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(Public Schools)<br>
Chickasaw Elementary 895-6664<br>
Patrica Hefley, Prinicipal<br>
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Olive Branch Elementary 895-2256<br>
Sunni Barkley, Principal<br>
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Olive Branch Intermediate 893-1221<br>
Joe C. Eoff, Principal<br>
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Olive Branch Middle 895-4610<br>
Ken Reid, Principal<br>
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Olive Branch High School 893-3344<br>
Dr. Charles Garrett, Principal<br>
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Northwest Mississippi Community College<br>
Olive Branch Campus 895-7600<br>
Southaven Campus 342-1570<br>
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(Private Schools)<br>
DeSoto Academy 895-6385<br>
Mrs. Bruce Graybel, Administrator<br>
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Sacred Heart School-Walls 781-0650<br>
Ms. Cathleen Fuccaro, Principal<br>
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SBEC 349-3096<br>
Paul Young, Administrator<br>
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The Olive Branch Schools (two elementary, one<br>
middle, one intermediate and one high school)<br>
are part of the DeSoto County School system,<br>
the second largest in the state and highly<br>
ranked academically.<br>
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Jerry Baird, Superintendent<br>
DeSoto County Schools<br>
5 East South Street<br>
Hernando, MS 38632<br>
(601)429-5271<br>
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Northwest Mississippi Community College opened<br>
its new DeSoto Center only minutes from Olive<br>
Branch in late 1995. The Center is designed to<br>
accomodate overe 1,400 students at a time, with<br>
25 classrooms, four computer labs, two science<br>
labs, one practical nursing lab, a spacious<br>
library and other facilities.<br>
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Keith Godbold, Director
DeSoto Center
Northwest Mississippi Community College
5197 W.E. Ross Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
(601)342-1570
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Northwest also offers a Skill/Tech program to,
among other things, bridge the gap between the
skills of the available labor pool and the
performance needs opf area employers.
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Joyce Brasell, Center Director
510 N. Panola Street
Senatobia, MS 38668
(601)562-3458
FAX (601)562-3951
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Allied Enterprises, part of the State
Department of Rehabilitation, located in Olive
Branch, serves disabled people training to
re-enter the work force.
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Tarea Stout, Facility Manager
Allied Enterprises of Olive Branch
P.O.Box 550
Olive Branch, MS 38654
(601)895-4363
FAX (601)893-2792
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DeSoto Students beat U.S. average
By Stephen D. Price
The Commercial Appeal (2/12/99)
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DeSoto County Schools students scored better
than state and national averages in achievement
tests taken in the fall of 1998.
District test coordinator Peggy Slaugther
credited the improvement on the Iowa Test of
Basic Skills, the Test of Achievement and
Proficiency and the Functional Literacy Exam to
"students' hard work and parents being
concerned."
In composite test scores that include reading,
language and math, DeSoto County fourth-graders
scored in the 54th percentile nationally, which
means they scored equal to or better than 54
percent of other students. In 1997,
fourth-graders scored in the 53rd percentile.
Fifth-graders scored in the 54th percentile, up
from the 52nd percentile in 1997; sixth-graders
were in the 55th percentile, dipping from the
56th; seventh-graders scored in the 57th
percentile, up from the 55th; eight-graders
scored in the 57th percentile, up from the
55th.
Ninth-graders took the Test of Achievements and
Proficency and scored in the 54th percentile,
compared with the 50th the preceeding year.
In Mississippi students must take the
Functional Literacy Exam and score at least 770
percent to graduate from high school. In DeSoto
County 96 percent of students passed in 1998,
compared with 94 percent in 1997.