Just Among Friends

Philadelphia High School  announced the STAR Student for the 2021-2022 School Year.  Kameron Tucker is the STAR Student who was selected by the Mississippi Economic Council M.B.Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition. (STAR)  Established in 1965 the purpose of the STAR program is to recognize outstanding students and teachers in Mississippi through its Education Celebration This year's theme was Journey to the Stars.

Ann Fiskelly was chosen by Kameron as the STAR Teacher.  Both were honored on April 14 during the Mississippi Economic Council M.B. Swayze Foundation Banquet on April 14 in the Clyde Muse Hall in Pearl. Congratulations!

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The Philadelphia Rotary Club honored three of our local high school students as the April 2022 Students of the Month during the Monday meeting.

These students are Laci Bozeman, Neshoba Central High School, Elizabeth Gonzales, Philadelphia High School, and Dylan Williams, Choctaw High School.  Tammye Jones is the Student of the Month Coordinator.

The Rotary Club extended a special thank you to the parents and school counselors who attended for their support of these students.  Congratulations to each one of them!

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Please mark your calendars for the Philadelphia High School Athletic Banquet on May 176, 2022.  The Banquet will be held at Goodway Missionary Baptist Church, 255 Atkins Street, Philadelphia.  More details to follow!

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First United Methodist Church welcomed a tiny new member of the congregation during the morning worship service on April 10.  Carty Thames was baptized by her great grandfather, the Reverend Rodney Smith, a retired Methodist minister from Moselle, Mississippi. Her parents are Sam and Shelby Smith Thames. The Reverend Smith also baptized her mother, Shelby, and also performed the marriage ceremony for her parents, Shelby and Sam Thames.

Carty wore a beautiful long white gown with tucks across the bottom which made her look even more angelic.  There were several members of her family present for this very special ceremony.  Among them were Harold Carleton Smith, her great grandfather, Betty Thames, her great grandmother, grandparents, Steve and Sue Ellen Smith, grandparents, Clint and Karon Barnes, Uncle Lee Smith, and three of her daddy's brothers and their families, as well as many other family members and friends who were present.  It was a great family turnout for this special occasion.

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The First Baptist Church of Philadelphia greeted their new Pastor, Reverend Evan Humphries, who joined FBC in February, 2019 as Minister of Students, and is already considered family by the congregation.  Evan is a graduate of Louisville High School, East Central community College and MSU.  He has a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry.  Congratulations!

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Congratulations to all of these students who competed and placed at the State FBLA Convention in Natchez on April 6-8.  The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are eligible to compete at FBLA National Competition in Chicago, Illinois, June 29-July 2, 2022.

They are: Leyton Turk 1st place, Cyber Security; Lakota Coley 1st place, Intro to Business Concepts; Ben Allen Marshall 1st place, Parliamentary Procedure; Lela Marshall, 1st place, Parliamentary Procedure; Madelyn Rigdon, 1st place, Intro. to Business Procedures; Faith Shumaker, 1st place, Parliamentary Procedure; Maggie Taylor, 1st place, Intro. to Parliamentary Procedure; Zoie Herring, 1st place, Journalism; Chloe Pierce 2nd place, International Business; Emily Duran, 3rd place, Marketing; Aubrey Everett, 3rd place, Sports & Entertainment Management;

Maggie Lee Griffis, 3rd place, Sports & Entertainment Management; Elli Huffman, 3rd place, Sports & Entertainment Management; Lexie Gibson, 4th place, Intro to Event Planning; Anna Beth Kilgore, 4th place, Intro. to Financial Math; Madalyn Young, 4th place, Intro. to Business Procedures; Ashton Luke, 4th place, Agribusiness; Laykin Dixon, 5th place, Intro. to FBLA; Emily Booker, 5th place, Intro. to Business Communications; and La'tipaka Garner,5th place, Business Communications.