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Tornado-damaged school gets fresh feel face that covered the kindergarten classrooms. Those rooms had more than an inch of standing water, TUPELO – The start of a new while other parts of the building school year will have a special feel also received water damage. at Joyner Elementary.

“From the outside the school Three months after being damlooked fine,” Foster said. “...It wasaged by a tornado, the kindern’t until you walked in the building, garten- to second-grade school will you realized the damage.” reopen with a new roof, fresh paint Crews from JBHM architects, and upgraded floors. The kinderCentury Construction, ServPro and garten wing, which had the heaviGraham Roofing, plus district emest damage, will be completely ployees and volunteers worked restored. hard in the days after the tornado “To go from that, to go from to reopen the school one week opening the back door of our later. First- and second-graders finbuilding to inches of water to seeished the school year at Joyner, ing a place where our kids can rewhile kindergartners spent the turn is overwhelming and very final three weeks at nearby Church exciting,” said Joyner Principal Kim Street School.

Foster. “We have incredible gratiThis summer, crews finished tude. their work so the building could re“That hasn’t been an easy fix. open for all students.

We’ve had to go through multiple “It has allowed us to update and stages to get the end result.” modernize a lot of the electrical The April 28 twister ripped off work, the furniture, the facilities shingles, punched a hole in the TURN TO JOYNER, 2D roof and shredded the metal surBY CHRIS KIEFFER DAILY JOURNAL

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Joyner Elementary’s media center was among the rooms in the school damaged by April’s tornado. It was renovated this summer. Above, workers move furniture back into Joyner Elementary classrooms after much work was done to repair the school this summer.

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The school continues to benefit from an outpouring of support from FROM 1D across the district and the community, as well as and everything,” said from outside of Tupelo, Andy Cantrell, executive Foster said. When Joyner director of operations for reopened in May, it rethe school district. ceived school supplies New tile has been infrom many sources. Othstalled and paint applied. ers made signs welcomThe building’s shingle ing students to both roof was completely reJoyner and Church Street, placed, and a new fireand teachers from across protection sprinkler the district provided resystem was put into sources to those at Joyner. place. Work also has in“We don’t ever want to cluded electrical upgo through being hit by a grades and some new tornado again, but in the HVAC units, doors, furni- aftermath, it really helped ture and windows. to pull our district to“In the kindergarten gether,” Tupelo Superinwing, we are redoing tendent Gearl Loden said. everything,” Cantrell said. “It was uplifting to see the “It was hit the hardest and other K-2 schools each had water standing in the adopt one of the grades hall when it first occurred. and make sure they had We had to go in and redo what they needed. The everything there.” outpouring of support When students and across the district and in teachers return to the our community for Joyner building, one of the first was great.” things they will notice is Added Foster: “It is the new lighting, Foster humbling and exciting to said. The tile floors will know we are not alone. have a lot of color, resem- That is what makes Tubling the first-grade hall- pelo strong. It is the peoway, she said. ple, where the mindset is “I think after the renoour people are important vations, we will know this and we will do what it is our place,” Foster said. takes to outshine this “There will be a lot of new storm. We can do that tothings that will be excitgether.” ing to our students and teachers.” chris.kieffer@journalinc.com

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A kindergarten classroom at Joyner Elementary School was stripped bare this summer in advance of extensive renovations.

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Joseph Johnson of Fulton, an employee of F.L Crane and Sons, applies heat to help remove rubber trim as he and other workers help repair Joyner Elementary School this summer.

John Sturdivant of Fulton, right, preps the floors in a classroom at Joyner Elementary School as repair and renovation work at the school during the summer. Nick Jones, below, of Kline Mechanical welds metal beams for support of the new roof for the kindergarten wing at Joyner Elementary School.

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Michael Cates

Christie Holly he said. “You hope and pray every decision you make is ultimately the best decision for the kids.”

McKay has spent 22 years as an educator, having also coached at Mantachie, Smithville and Amory early in his career.

“We’re fortunate to be able to work in a community like Baldwyn where so many people have a concern or passion for the school because the school is a strong nucleus of the town,” McKay said. “… The biggest thing is knowing all of our goals will be accomplished as a team. That involves the

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He began his career by teaching band at Itawamba AHS, Itawamba THREE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DISTRICTS will have Attendance Center and new superintendents this year – Jason McKay in Baldwyn, Dorsey for 21 years. He Michael Cates in Nettleton and Christie Holly in Tishomingo then moved to adminisCounty. tration and was assistant principal at Tremont for community, Board, teachin January. Brooks, the two years and principal ers, administrators, staff, former Baldwyn leader, there for three years beparents and, most of all, served as interim superin- fore arriving at Dorsey. our students. By working tendent.

“We all have to expect together, we can accomCates moves to Nettleton we will do our best every plish great things in Baldafter having spent the pre- day and that our students wyn.” vious year as principal of can reach any goal we set; Cates replaces Russell Dorsey Attendance Center they can meet it and exTaylor, who stepped down in Itawamba County. ceed it,” he said. “Setting high expectations is so important.”

Cates described himself as “data driven” and said he would closely study Nettleton’s test scores. He also plans to look at the scores from the past four or five years and make sure the district’s curriculum is well aligned with the new Common Core State Standards.

“I’m thrilled to be given the opportunity to work with a larger group of teachers and students and to be able to be involved in creating change at a larger level,” Cates said. “I like creating change and moving things forward and build-

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“This gives me an opportunity to do that on a larger scale than I’ve done before.”

Holly takes the place of the now retired Ben McClung. She spent the past year as Tishomingo County’s curriculum and testing coordinator after serving the previous six years as assistant principal and then principal at Iuka Middle. She’s also worked as a classroom teacher for 14 years.

“It reminds me a lot of being a principal,” she said of her new job. “You are just dealing with not only your school-level problems, but you are dealing with people on a bigger level.”

Her previous job focused on helping with the transition to the Common Core, and she said she will work to continue that momentum. Holly also is focused on safety and on the impact that the underfunding of state dollars has had on the budget.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” she said. chris.kieffer@journalinc.com

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BALDWYN – Baldwyn Superintendent Jason McKay is very familiar with the school system that he attended and where both of his parents once taught.

Now McKay – who also has spent the last 11 years as a basketball coach, athletic director and assistant superintendent in Baldwyn – will take over as the school system’s chief executive officer.

“We’ve been fortunate to spend a great portion of our lives in Baldwyn Schools,” said the 1988 BHS graduate. “It means a lot every time you get to walk the hallways.”

McKay is among three new superintendents in Northeast Mississippi districts this year, joining Nettleton’s Michael Cates and Tishomingo County’s Christie Holly.

He replaces Ronnie Hill, who retired at the end of June and has used the summer to prepare for the transition. Being proactive is important, he said, and that means understanding everything that happens in the dayto-day operations of the district. He’s been aided in that by Hill and by Hill’s predecessor, Harvey Brooks, as well as by the district’s staff, he said.

“The biggest thing about the transition here is understanding the total fabric of the school and understanding how important each decision is,”

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it. We don’t get too much appreciation, but when it comes down to it, we play While teachers and adas big a part as anybody.” ministrators get somewhat Maintenance supervisor of a break during the sum- Robbie Johansen came to mer months, the grounds the district just after Gates. and maintenance crews of The prior director actually the Tupelo Public School taught Johansen’s carpentry District are hard at work. class in high school, and JoGroundskeeper Nate hansen said he fell right Gates said he was one of six into the job. groundskeepers in the dis“The grounds crew is a trict. He said the group is all really tight group. When we over the map demographi- bring someone new onto cally, but they all love work- the job, it’s clear real fast if ing outside with their it’s going to work out or hands. not,” he said. “Lots of things “When I was a kid, I was we do are behind the the type to build stuff outscenes, things you don’t reside just to be doing some- alize until it doesn’t work, thing,” he said. “We have things you don’t even think good chemistry, always cut- about – like managing the ting up about something.” locks and alarm systems at Together, the crew has the schools.” their hands full covering 16 But Gates said he was sites around the district. lucky to have plenty of supThey mow, mulch, and port from the district. The prune, of course, but they maintenance department also help out with innuwas given a new shop off merable odd jobs.

Gloster on Shell Street to re“We do anything that place the old one behind needs done, really,” he said. Joyner Elementary.

“We help move furniture “We’re lucky to be in a for teachers, paint, handle district with the ability to carpentry work, you name keep the schools looking

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Fowler also keeps track of equipment like televisions and projectors. She also runs the labtop labs for Mooreville Middle and Mooreville High.

“I also run the book fairs to raise funds for the library. The county is very generous, but books are extremely expensive. What most people think might be a $12 or $15 book is actually usually around $25,” she said.

Most importantly, she said, the library functions as a hub for resources of all types and school life in general. When Fowler isn’t working with teachers to fix them up with the supADAM ROBISON | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM plies they need to run Mooreville High School librarian Amanda Fowler is a key player in helping the school their classroom, she’s run smoothly. She manages not only books, but laptops and other equipment. guiding a student in the right direction for a renice,” he said. “The city’s modities: books. the right book yet.” search topic or a resume. been a good base for us.”

“I’ve always loved books Fowler came to the li“All the clubs meet in and knowledge, and that’s brary in 2002, having here, staff meetings are in

BY THE BOOK what I love about the kids taught sixth grade then here sometimes, so does Mooreville High School who come to the library: passed the media special- the district reading fair,” librarian Amanda Fowler They come because they ist portion of the Praxis she said. “It’s where everyalso works behind the want to learn,” she said. that qualified her as a lithing intersects. I’m lucky scenes by being responsi- “And when kids say, ‘I don’t brarian. In addition to to be in charge of it.” ble for one of a school’s like reading,’ that just being responsible for the most important commeans they haven’t found school’s some 9,000 books, riley.manning@journalinc.com

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TUPELO – New Pierce Street Elementary Principal Art Dobbs has benefited from the support he’s been given by the district’s other elementary school principals.

Dobbs moves to the third- to fifth-grade school from Tupelo High, where he spent the past four years as an assistant principal. As he moves from a secondary school to an elementary one, he he’s been helped by the leaders of the districts three other 3-5 schools. He jokes that Lawndale’s Brock English, Lawhon’s Corlis Curry and Rankin’s Amy Barnett all are on speed dial.

“The biggest difference is the support schools,” he said. “I have three other principals I can call for help or with a question or if I just want to throw an idea off of them.”

Dobbs is one of several new Northeast Mississippi principals who have been using this summer to prepare for a new assignment.

Some, like West Union’s Russell Taylor, are veteran

educators switching to new locations. Others, like Dobbs and Rankin Elementary’s Barnett, will be leading schools for the first time.

“The biggest challenge is getting to know the every day routines and the personnel here,” Dobbs said.

“There are a lot of the same procedures from secondary to elementary but there are also some differences, and I am learning.”

Dobbs has spent time this summer meeting oneon-one with each of his teachers. He said he has learned from the three principals he has worked with as an assistant principal or administrative assistant - Tupelo Middle’s Linda Clifton and Tupelo High’s Lee Stratton and Jason Harris.

“I’ve taken several characteristics and ideas and philosophies from each administrator,” Dobbs said.

Barnett, meanwhile, moves to Rankin after having served as Pierce Street’s assistant principal. The biggest challenge, she said, came at the end of the last

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New Pierce Street Elementary School principal Art Dobbs, from left, works with assistant principal Tracey Taylor and counselor Sheila Kelly to devise student schedules this summer. school year, as she tried to get to know a new staff.

“So much of it has worked itself out as I’ve spent time in the building and worked with the staff, meeting people one-onone as staff members and parents come through during the summer,” she said.

At Pierce Street, Barnett worked with the school’s Arts Integration program, which is used as a model for others in the state. She hopes to help Rankin grow its program.

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Taylor came to West Union in April after working as the Nettleton School District’s superintendent.

He said he is enjoying working closely with students.

“I really enjoyed my time in central office, but I missed the every day interactions he students,” he said. “That is one of the things I have enjoyed most.”

Taylor had been an administrator at North Pontotoc and principal at Nettleton High before coming Nettleton’s federal programs and curriculum director and later its superintendent. He said his experience at that level helps him in his return to a principal’s job.

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tive of how difficult things are to fund and of the importance of using your resources wisely,” he said.

Other principals in new positions this year include: • Aberdeen: Cloyd Garth, Aberdeen High • Alcorn County: Brandon Quinn, Alcorn Central High; John Anderson, Alcorn Central Elementary; Rodney Hopper, Alcorn Career and Technical Center.

• Amory: Letricia Frech, West Amory Elementary; David Millender, director of Career and Technical Center and transportation; David Poss, Amory Middle; Ken Byars, Amory High.

• Baldwyn: Ricky Weaver, Baldwyn Elementary; Jeff Farmer, Baldwyn High; Raymond Craven, assistant superintendent.

• Lafayette County: Paula Gibbs, Lafayette Elementary.

• Nettleton: Billy Tacker, Nettleton High.

• Oxford: Steven Hurdle, Oxford Intermediate; LaTonya Robinson, Della Davidson Elementary; Mary Ruth Wright, Oxford Elementary.

• Pontotoc City: Christy Suggs, D.T. Cox Elementary; Phil Webb, Pontotoc Junior High.

• South Tippah: George Buchanan, Ripley High.

• Starkville: David Baggett, Starkville High • Tishomingo County: Josh McClung, Iuka Middle.

• Tupelo: Dobbs, Pierce Street Elementary; Barnett, Rankin Elementary; Paul Moton, Milam Elementary; Eddie Peasant, assistant superintendent • Union County: Taylor, West Union; Windy Faulkner, assistant superintendent. chris.kieffer@journalinc.com

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Back-to-school shoppers can claim one more holiday before classes start.

From 12:01 a.m. today (July 25) to midnight Saturday, the state of Mississippi has granted its third sales tax holiday.

The sales tax exemption will give shoppers a break on clothing and shoes that are priced less than $100 each. School supplies and computers aren’t included in the annual sales holiday. In Tupelo, that amounts to a 7.5 percent discount.

Shoppers can spend as much as they would like, but individual items can’t cost more than $100.

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A COMPLETE LIST of eligible and ineligible items is available at www.dor.ms.gov/docs/2014SalesTaxHoliday.pdf Stores can offer discounts to make items that are normally $100 qualify for the sales tax holiday.

However, buy one, get one free offers can’t be averaged together to make items qualify.

The sales have to be made during the tax holiday to qualify, but that doesn’t keep shoppers from doing any scouting today.

For the most part, the sales tax holiday covers clothes, coats and shoes that aren’t for special activities.

Accessories like bar-

rettes, and backpacks are not eligible for the sales tax holiday. However, ties, tights, belts and veils do qualify. Rain coats and rain hats are covered under the holidays, but overshoes and galoshes are not.

Most sport-specific equipment – such as pads, cleats, gloves, goggles, swim fins and helmets that are used only on the field – are not eligible for the tax holiday. However some items like baseball and football jerseys, caps, tennis skirts, swimsuits and work uniforms are covered.

Dancers will have to pay tax on their shoes, but leotards and leg warmers are

on the list for the sales tax holiday.

Costumes are covered under the tax holiday, so little pranksters who have school plays or just want to get a jump on Halloween, can get a break on

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Students and families start the year off right with first-day-of-school traditions

BY RILEY MANNING

TUPELO – There’s no denying it. The first day of school is an exciting occasion, whether the first day of school ever for a kindergarten student, or the ‘last first day’ of a high schooler’s senior year.

Many families and students find their own ways to make sure the year starts off on the right foot, students like Kalyse McGaha and Chanston Foster, Tupelo junior and eighth-grader, respectively.

For them, it’s an opportunity to “show people what they got.” McGaha always makes a point to get her hair done for the big day, and can remember doing so since she started school.

“You don’t want to show up looking just any kind of way,” she said. “You’re going to meet new people and see old people you haven’t seen all summer.You have to switch it up and keep it fresh.”

Foster debuts a new pair of basketball sneakers on the first day of school. Last year, the Tupelo Middle School basketball player chose a pair of Nikes crafted by Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul.

“On the first day of school, you feel like you’re growing up,” Foster said. “You want to look different because you’re going up to the next level.”

Shannon High School ninthgrader Keondra Lockridge makes a point to introduce himself to his teachers right off the bat.

“I started doing that in fifth grade. My math teacher said it was a good idea to go around and get cool with your teachers early,” he said. “It just helps things go a little smoother and makes class a little more fun.”

Also, he said, making a good first impression makes it easier to turn to a teacher for help and the occasional perk, like being asked to run an errand.

“Hey, it works,” he said.

Tupelo resident Emily Burleson and her family enact their tradition – a household scavenger hunt for new school supplies – the night before school starts.

“Even when we home schooled, the kids enjoyed getting new school supplies,” she said. “It’s like a rite of passage.”

The mother of four got the idea six years ago from a friend. She purchases the supplies – pencils, supply boxes, binders, paper, the whole nine yards – and hides them in bunches of four around the house. The hints will read something like, “You’ll find me behind the spaghetti sauce.” The search even extends beyond the house, into the yard and garage.

The culminating gift is a brand new backpack.

“The goal is for them to look for their supplies together, and help each other with the clues,” she said. “It’s nothing huge, but it’s a tradition, and traditions are fun.” riley.manning@journalinc.com

Kalyse McGaha, 16, above, has her hair straightened by Hettie Barron at Barron’s hair shop.

Getting her hair done is something Kalyse does every year before the first day of school. At right, Chanston Foster, left, and Keondra Lockridge have rituals of their own. Foster always sports a new pair of shoes on the first day. While Lockridge makes a point to introduce himself to his teachers.

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Alcorn County School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Staff development Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Staff development Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Good Monday May 25: Memorial Day May 27: Last day for students Amory School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 10: Railroad Festival May 19: AHS graduation May 21: Last day for students Baldwyn School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Teacher work day Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Easter Monday May 22: Last day for students; graduation Benton County School District Aug. 4: First day for students Aug. 29: Teacher work day Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 10: Teacher work day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Teacher work day Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day March 9-13: Spring break March 15: Teacher work day April 3: Good Friday May 15: Last day for seniors May 20: Last day for other students May 22: HFAC graduation May 23: AHS graduation Booneville School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Easter Monday May 21: Graduation May 22: Last day for students

April 3: Good Friday May 21: Last day for students May 22: Graduation Houston School District Aug. 6: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Staff development Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Staff development Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3-6: Easter May 21: Last day for students; graduation Lafayette County School District Aug. 8: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Staff development Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Staff development Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Easter Monday May 22: Last day for students; graduation Lee County School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Professional development Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: IE Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Easter Monday May 22: Last day for students May 23: Graduation Marshall County School District Aug. 11: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Fall break Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving

Dec. 22-Jan. 5: Christmas Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 16-20: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Good Monday May 25: Memorial Day May 28: Last day for students May 30: Graduation Monroe County School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Professional development Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 4: Christmas Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 10: Railroad Festival May 21: Last day for students Nettleton School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Columbus Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 5: Staff development Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Easter Monday May 21: Graduation May 22: Last day for students New Albany School District Aug. 11: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Fall break Nov. 22-30: Thanksgiving Dec. 20-Jan. 4: Christmas Jan. 5: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: President’s Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday May 22: Last day for students; graduation North Tippah School District Aug. 6: First day for students

Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 13: Staff development Nov. 4: Staff development Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 22-Jan. 2: Christmas Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 9: Staff development March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Staff development May 21: Last day for students; Falkner graduation May 22: Walnut graduation Okolona School District Aug. 11: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Sept. 12: Professional development Oct. 23: Student holiday Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 3: Christmas Jan. 5: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Feb. 16: Professional development March 16-20: Spring break April 3: Good Friday April 6: Good Monday May 15: Last day for seniors; graduation May 25: Memorial Day May 27: Last day for students Oxford School District Aug. 18: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 22-Jan. 1: Christmas Jan. 2: Staff development Jan. 5: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day March 9-13: Spring break April 3: Easter May 25: Memorial Day May 28: Last day for students May 29: Graduation Pontotoc City School District Aug. 7: First day for students Sept. 1: Labor Day Oct. 3-6: Fall break Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Dec. 19: Early dismissal day Dec. 19-Jan. 5: Christmas Jan. 6: Students return Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Immunizations need to be up to date for school

Reed foundation offers physicals Area students in grade 6 or above are encouraged to take advantage of free physicals offered by the Weston Reed Foundation from 8 a.m. until noon Aug. 9, at the Tupelo Police Athletic League, 204 Douglas St. Parking is available behind the Police Athletic League building or next door at the Link Centre.

No appointment is necessary.

The Weston Reed Foundation will also provide a free electrocardiogram (EKG). The EKG is optional, and students who elect to have one will receive a free Weston Reed Foundation T-shirt.

If warranted, an echocardiogram will also be performed free of charge.

The foundation, named in honor of the late Tupelo soccer player, also provides automated defibrillators and CPR training throughout the community.

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Along with shopping for school supplies and new clothes, parents may need to add immunizations to their lists of errands.

Most vaccines are due before children start kindergarten. However, rising seventh-graders need to roll up their sleeves for a Tdap booster, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.

These students and those entering new schools will need to make sure they have a 121 form to show schools they have completed the required shots.

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• Several county health departments have set conferred by the immuaside special days in their schedules for imnizations in early child- • Low-cost immunizations, $10 an injection for children 18 and under who qualify through munizations hood wanes. Whooping county health departments and Vaccine for • Alcorn County: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 29cough outbreaks, in parChildren providers. Call (866) 458-4948 or Aug. 1 ticular, have been recounty health departments for more informa• Lee County: July 25 and 31; walk-in appointported across the country tion. ments for immunizations are planned Mondays that are connected to • Immunization registry. Not sure what you need? and Wednesday through August. By appointwaning immunity levels.

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Newborns can’t be vaccinated against the disease, but they are at the most risk of a life-threatening whooping cough infection.

“Childhood vaccinations protect your child and those around them,” said State Epidemiologist Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

Rising kindergartners usually need several immunizations to be ready to enter public school including a chicken pox booster.

They can receive the shots any time after their fourth birthday.

The chickenpox vaccine has been effective in cutting the number of kids who catch the childhood disease, but between 15 and 20 percent of kids don’t get full immunity from the first shot. michaela.morris@journalinc.com

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REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS

THESE IMMUNIZATIONS are required of all students entering public or private schools in Mississippi unless they receive an approved medical exemption.

• Tdap: Protects against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. Recommended schedule: five doses between ages 2 months and 6 years.

Booster required for rising seventh-graders; recommended for all children 11 and older.

• Polio: Recommended schedule: four doses between 2 months and 6 years.

• Hepatitis B: Recommended schedule: 3 doses between birth and 18 months.

• MMR: Protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

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• Varicella: Protects against chickenpox. Recommended schedule: two doses between 1 and 5 years.

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• Pneumococcal: Protects against invasive Pneumococcal disease, including meningitis. Recommended schedule: four doses between 2 and 18 months.

• Hib: Protects against Haemophilus influenzae, bacteria which causes meningitis. Recommended schedule: four doses between 2 months and 15 months.

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isting cafeteria will then be torn down and replaced by a two-story TUPELO – When school classroom building, opens next month, the scheduled to be ready in Lee County School DisJuly 2016. trict will boast several “What I hope people new buildings and classwill see is Lee County rooms.

Schools is being proacCrews throughout the tive,” Weeks said. “We county have worked on continue to grow, and seven different construcwhen a district grows, sittion projects this summer, uations arise. I hope peofunded by last summer’s ple will see we are being $13.5 million bond approactive and not reactive proval and about $4 milso we can continue to lion in district funds set serve students and give aside for the work. Two them a quality educaadditional projects curtion.” rently are in the planning Plans for projects at stages.

Mooreville Elementary “It will mean better, and Guntown Middle are more up-to-date facilities still being developed. Disfor our kids to go to trict workers have built a school in,” said Lee facility at Mooreville that County Superintendent will feature a concession Jimmy Weeks. “By the stand used by band, basetime we finish, we want ball and softball, as well the students and parents as a dressing room for and taxpayers to ride by baseball. and say this is a nice facil“These are long-term ity, they did a good job buildings, and I think they spending our tax dollars.” will be good projects,” The projects in Lee said Rud Robison of Pryor County were among the & Morrow, who is serving biggest school construcas the architect for the tion jobs this summer, al- work. though several other The Tupelo School Disschool districts also used trict, meanwhile, also had the time without students several projects in addito complete various reno- tion to the restoration of vations.

Joyner Elementary from Those included the inlast April’s tornado. stallation of a turf football The Early Childhood field at Tupelo High Education Center reSchool, the replacement ceived a new entrance of a storm damaged roof placed on the building’s at Hatley School and the front, instead of its side, completion of two classawnings were added to rooms at Belmont School, Thomas Street Elemenamong others. tary and the parking lot at The first project to be Pierce Street Elementary completed in Lee County was repaired. using the funds from the Crews replaced some bond approval was the lighting in the Tupelo addition of a five-classHigh gym, repainted the room building at concession area and renPlantersville Middle. The ovated the rest rooms. district also renovated the They also painted various hallways and rest rooms sections at Thomas Street, at Shannon Elementary, Parkway, Lawhon, Milam Saltillo Elementary and and Tupelo High School Verona Elementary. and removed a partition The second-grade wing in the Lawndale media at Saltillo Elementary was center. A team has been extended to add six class- pressure washing various rooms. Workers built a schools. new P.E. building, exWorkers at the high panded dining space into school will install a new the area once occupied by track and turf field at the P.E. and added rest rooms football stadium and to the end of the firstbuild a field house that grade hallway. will be used by cross At Saltillo High School, county, soccer and track. they will add dining space Other projects across for the cafeteria and add a the region include: two-story classroom • Benton County: New building. The dining ceilings and lights in the spaces will be ready for hallways at Ashland High the upcoming school School. Crews also are in year, with the classroom the process of redoing the building scheduled to lockers at Ashland High completed next July. and the auditorium at Work is just beginning Hickory Flat. They are reat Shannon High, where a painting the hallways and new classroom building classrooms in the vo-tech and cafeteria will be con- center. structed. The $5.2 million • Booneville: Regular project includes two painting and some carphases. The new cafeteria is scheduled to be completed next to the football stadium next July. The exBY CHRIS KIEFFER

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Afton Gable, 8, right, a third-grade student at Rankin Elementary, is comfortable and cute in a colorful, lightweight Vintage Havana top paired with Kensie Girl jeans.

She’s wearing her own Chaco sandals, which were purchased from Reed’s. Chance Blanchard, 9, a fourthgrader at D.T. Cox Elementary School in Pontotoc, is in head-to-toe Under Armour, which offers a sporty look for boys. Both outfits are from Reed’s Department store.

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Rachel Poppelreiter of Starkville sports a bold blue and earthy mustard, two must-have colors for fall, in this outfit from Kat’s Majestic Boutique in Saltillo. Both the top and skinny jeans are by Entro, and the shoes are by Cupid.

Find new ways to wear summer staples, even in the high school hallways. New Albany High School sophomore Lauren Paige Hamilton has paired an Others Follow tank top with a lightweight, dress code-friendly cardigan by Blu Pepper. Her skinny jeans are by DL1961, and her sandals are by Naughty Monkey. Her outfit is from Runway Boutique in New Albany.

Comfortable styles reign for back-to-school fashion

BY SHEENA BARNETT DAILY JOURNAL

TUPELO – It’ll still be hot as a firecracker when students return to the classrooms in a few weeks, so don’t pull out the sweaters just yet.

Mississippi’s heat allows students to transition slowly into fall fashion, so think comfortable, lightweight options for the classroom, football games or college campuses.

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For those kids who still

have recess, think easy-towear outfits in pretty shades for fall.

“We try to find clothes that are durable and let kids comfortably play in the dirt,” said Jill Hart of Reed’s children’s department.

Clothes for elementary school-aged girls have been a mix of patterns and colors in the past few years, but this year the look is a bit more clean.

Dresses in the Tea collection at Reed’s offer bold fall colors like plum, blue and magenta, and there’s just one pattern, like geometric

or florals, per outfit, she said. The fabrics in the Vintage Havana line are light and allow for easy layering.

Kensie Girl and Pop jeans are popular, and come either with embellished or non-embellished pockets. Both looks are cool, Hart said.

Boys like the sporty, comfortable styles offered by the Under Armour brand, which Reed’s just started carrying.

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To complete the look, Chaco’s and TOMS shoes are hits for boys and girls.

Both brands come in a variety of colors and styles for the fall.

Reed’s will also get in more Ole Miss and Mississippi State-colored clothes for kids who will be attending football games this fall.

Vera Bradley backpacks and lunchboxes are at Reed’s for students who want colorful accessories.

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For girls who have to

deal with a dress code, think about lightweight layers, said Keri Stout, owner of Runway Boutique in New Albany.

“You can throw on a three quarter-length cardigan and still wear your tanks from summer,” she said.

The hottest colors for fall are jewel tones, said Stout and Katherine Calcote, who owns Kat’s Majestic Boutique in Saltillo.

Sapphire blue is especially popular, as well as emerald green. Magenta, mustard yellow and eggplant are pretty for fall,

and brown is making a comeback.

Skinny jeans are still must-haves.

Flare jeans are making a comeback, Stout said, because the rises are getting higher.

“Mid-rise and high-rise are getting popular, but that may not be for everybody,” she said.

Jeggings, leggings and capris are popular at Kat’s.

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Back-to-school breakfasts

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You know you’ve heard your mother say it a thousand times: “Eat your breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day.”

It turns out Mama was right, especially when it comes to children.

“Children who eat breakfast perform better in school and create less discipline problems,” said Peggy Walker, a registered dietitian at Baptist Cancer Center in Oxford. “A Walker kid who is hungry is irritable and harder to control. They create more disruptions in the classroom.”

With the new school year just around the corner, Walker also noted that hungry students have low blood sugar levels and don’t think as clearly as those who are satiated.

They also make more trips to the school nurse complaining of headaches.

“Everybody needs to start out with breakfast, even adults,” she said.

“You need to feed your brain in the morning.

Studies show people who eat breakfast tend to weigh less. People want to skip breakfast to save the calories, but then they end up eating more calories during the day.”

Walker said a healthful breakfast is made up of three things: fresh fruit or fruit juice for instant en-

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• A piece of cheese toast on whole-wheat bread and a glass of apple juice • A banana, a granola bar and a glass of low-fat milk • A piece of leftover pizza and a glass of orange juice • A bowl of high-fiber cereal and a banana • A turkey sandwich on whole-wheat bread and some grapes your kids eggs and bacon and grits. In fact, it’s probably best you don’t cook that way.”

and Canadian bacon.

“Any breakfast beats no breakfast,” she said.

Walker also recommends the breakfasts prepared in public school cafeterias, which are nutritionally balanced and inexpensive.

“With the new healthy school policies and the emphasis on healthy school lunches and breakfasts, this is a great thing to take advantage of,” she said. ginna.parsons@journalinc.com

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If time is a problem in the mornings, perhaps a little pre-prep work at night could help, she said. You might get out the box of cereal and put it on the breakfast table along with bowls and spoons. If you’re planning on serving grapes, wash them the night before and have them in a bowl ready to eat.

Pre-packaged foods are more expensive to serve, but they are good to have in a pinch, she said. Low-fat cereal bars, low-fat granola bars, peanut butter crackers, Pop-tarts – any of these paired with a glass of milk or juice are not bad options FILE and certainly better than Breakfast, like whole grain cereal with fruit, is the most nothing. important meal of the day.

“At least get a bottle of water down,” she said. “You ergy; a little protein, like toast would work, too, she need to get rehydrated in milk, yogurt, eggs or lean said, as would a piece of the mornings. Dehydration meat; and high-quality cheese toast on whole can cause headaches, facarbohydrates, such as wheat bread and a glass of tigue and dizziness.” high-fiber, whole-grain ce- apple juice.

If fast-food is your only real or bread.

“There’s nothing wrong option, stay away from bisAn ideal breakfast might with leftovers from the cuits, sausage and croisbe whole grain cereal with night before,” Walker said. sants, which are all loaded milk and a banana or a “Have a piece of pizza with saturated fat, Walker sandwich made with made with Canadian said. She noted that even whole-wheat bread and bacon and Mozzarella fast food restaurants offer lean turkey and a glass of cheese and a cup of milk oatmeal, yogurt, low-fat juice. A fruit smoothie and or juice. Don’t think you milk and fruit, and if you a piece of whole-grain have to get up and cook have to, biscuits with egg

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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Fashion

For accessories, headbands are big sellers at both boutiques, as are scarves.

FROM 12D “Scarves are a great way to play up your wardrobe,” colors. They’re oversized, Stout said. which makes them comScarves come in all fortable and stylish. weights, colors and styles “You don’t have to worry at both stores. about eating too much at Messenger bags will lunch,” Calcote said with a help tote everything from laugh. “You can still feel school to ballgames, Calpretty.” cote said, while still lookPlaid is a big seller at ing cute.

Runway and will be availFlats are an easy-toable in both tops and wear style that will carry dresses, Stout said, and it’s over into fall, but wedges time to retire the chevron are still popular, too. pattern.

Oxfords and booties are For a more feminine popular shoe choices at look, try lace, which is still Runway. stylish after several seasons.

The look for this fall, Calcote is selling a lot of Stout said, has a 1960s, bolace-bottomed camisoles, hemian vibe. which can be layered with “It’s a comfortable, shorter tops to add both pretty and stylish fall,” Callength and style to the cote said. “There are some shorter shirt. good colors and it’s very “There’s a lot going on in coordinated.” the fall,” Calcote said. “You can do a lot of layering.” sheena.barnett@journalinc.com

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roof at Hatley and completing parking renovations at Hamilton and Smithville.

• Okolona: Replacing several heating and air conditioning units at Okolona Elementary, Okolona High and Okolona vocational center.

• Oxford: The former Oxford High School campus is presently undergoing renovations, as it will be converted to Oxford Middle School. Renovations include new floors, ceiling and roof, as well as updated technology infrastructure and interior space design.

• Starkville: Renovations at the football field.

• Tishomingo County: Finishing two classrooms at Belmont. They also will need new tennis courts at

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• Union County: Work has been ongoing at the

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Cross the street at crosswalks.

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IF you miss the bus, call a parent or guardian to drive you to school.

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GET to your bus stop five minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive.

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PRACTICE good behavior on and off the bus. Don’t get talked into breaking the rules!

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YOUNG children should be walked to the bus stop by their parents or an older sibling.

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QUICKLY go to your seat when you enter the bus, and keep your feet and belongings out of the aisle.

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Zzzz. Get a good night of sleep, so you can start each school day feeling refreshed.

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