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