Students, Parents, Teachers to Celebrate “Mississippi School Choice Week” with Celebration at State Capitol

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mississippi loves faculty selection, and subsequent week, greater than 750 college students, dad and mom, and educators will collect on the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson for an inspiring, excitement-filled celebration designed to highlight the state’s rising portfolio of faculty selection choices.

The occasion shall be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol (400 Excessive Road in Jackson). Greater than 750 members are anticipated to attend.

Hosted by Empower Mississippi, organizers are trying ahead to returning to the steps of the state capitol for the primary for the reason that COVID pandemic. The celebration will embody college students representing faculties throughout the state, in addition to a cheerleader efficiency by Ambition Prep and a musical efficiency by Clinton Christian Academy present choir. The celebration is open to the press and the general public.

Organizers hope that on account of the occasion, extra dad and mom from throughout the Magnolia State will uncover and discover the schooling choices accessible for his or her youngsters.

“When Mississippi dad and mom are empowered to actively select how and the place their youngsters be taught –– and impressed to pick faculties that finest meet their youngsters’s wants –– college students are higher positioned to reach faculty and in life,” stated Grant Callen, founder and CEO of Empower Mississippi. “This celebration will carry the thrill, power, and enthusiasm of faculty option to life, in order that extra households throughout the state can uncover new faculties and studying environments that meet their youngsters’s wants.”

Empower Mississippi is a 501c3 nonprofit group centered on educating residents about points together with Ok–12 schooling, work and job creation, and guaranteeing an equitable justice system. Taking part faculties embody Obama Magnet Faculty, First Presbyterian Day Faculty, Midtown Constitution Faculty, Ambition Prep Constitution Faculty, and Clinton Christian Academy Present Choir.

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For extra info, go to empowerms.org or schoolchoiceweek.com.

Nationwide Faculty Selection Week (NSCW) informs, conjures up, and empowers dad and mom to find the Ok-12 schooling choices accessible for his or her youngsters, together with conventional public, public constitution, public magnet, on-line, non-public, and residential education. Each January, tens of 1000’s of faculties, organizations, and people plan distinctive occasions and actions to shine a optimistic highlight on efficient schooling choices of their communities. The Week is a mission of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical Nationwide Faculty Selection Consciousness Basis.

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