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Simmons High School (Mississippi)
Simmons High School is a secondary school in Hollandale, Mississippi. It serves grades 7–12. History The school was originally established in 1891 as "Hollandale Colored School". The building was a one-room schoolhouse with no windows or ceiling. In 1923, the one-room schoolhouse was replaced with a larger multi-room brick building. In 1950, Hollandale Colored School was renamed "Simmons High School" in honor of educator and former slave Emory Peter "E.P." Simmons. Athletics In 1970, the football team was established. Blue Devils are the school mascot. Blue and white are the school colors. The Blue Devils won state championship titles for division 1A in 2015, 2016, and 2017. In 2021 it lost the championship to Bay Springs High School Bay Springs High School is a public high school in Bay Springs, Mississippi. It is a part of the West Jasper School District. Its attendance boundary includes Bay Springs, Louin, and Montrose. Bulldogs are the school mascot. The school col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollandale, Mississippi
Hollandale is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,323 at the 2020 census. Deer Creek flows through Hollandale, and the Leroy Percy State Park is west of the city along Mississippi Highway 12. The Hollandale Municipal Airport is northeast of the city. A 2008 study by the University of North Carolina described Hollandale as "a small community that has been mired in poverty for decades." History Hollandale was named for Dr. Holland, the original owner of the town site. Hollandale was incorporated in 1890, and almost completely destroyed by fire in 1904. A one-room school house in Hollandale was founded by Emory Peter "E.P." Simmons in 1891. One of the first schools for African-American children in the area, it was used until 1923, when financial support from the Rosenwald Fund enabled the construction of a larger brick school. Simmons worked as an educator and administrator for 52 years, and Simmons High School in Hollandale is name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollandale School District
The Hollandale School District is a public school district based in Hollandale, Mississippi (USA). In addition to Hollandale, the district also serves the town of Arcola. The superintendent for 2022 is Dr. Mario Willis. Schools * Simmons Junior-Senior High School * Sanders Elementary School Demographics 2006-07 school year There were a total of 841 students enrolled in the Hollandale School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 99.17% African American, 0.36% White, and 0.48% Hispanic. All of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. Previous school years Accountability statistics See also *List of school districts in Mississippi This is a list of school districts in Mississippi. Alcorn County *Alcorn School District *Corinth School District Attala County * Attala County School District * Kosciusko School District Bolivar County *Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Springs High School
Bay Springs High School is a public high school in Bay Springs, Mississippi. It is a part of the West Jasper School District. Its attendance boundary includes Bay Springs, Louin, and Montrose. Bulldogs are the school mascot. The school colors are blue and gold. The student body is 80 percent African American. In 2021 the school won its first state football championship. Bay Springs High School has won the 2A state basketball championship twice. History It was preceded by Jasper County Agricultural High School in Bay Springs. Alumni * Vernon Dahmer, civil rights leader murdered by the Ku Klux Klan *Jefferson High School principal James Carter References Public high schools in Mississippi Education in Jasper County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Smith (basketball, Born 1958)
Larry Smith (born January 18, 1958) is a former American professional basketball player. A 6'8" forward/center from Alcorn State University, Smith spent 13 seasons (1980–1993) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs. Smith, nicknamed "Mr. Mean", received NBA All-Rookie Team Honors in 1981, and would become one of the best rebounders of the 1980s. He had career averages of 9.2 rebounds and 25.9 minutes per game. Smith was affectionally nicknamed and known as "Mr. Mean" throughout his career, especially during his time with the Warriors, due to the stark contrast between him being nice and soft-spoken off the court but always with a serious demeanor and angry scowl on the court while grabbing a rebound. Smith's popularity in Golden State and Houston led to local fan clubs who would attend games wearing hard hats holding up a sign saying "Larry's Local 13". At the end of his career, Smith earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public High Schools In Mississippi
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin '' publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from ''populus'', to the English word 'populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
