If you walk into The Education Center on Old Canton Road in Fondren, chances are you’ll find what you find at any other high school in the country this time of year. Seniors, anxious – ready to graduate.  What you won’t find is a run of the mill, cookie cutter educational experience. Much like the neighborhood itself, The Ed Center – as it’s often called – is a unique approach to addressing individual needs.  The school for the ‘bad’ kids? Hardly.

Jackson Academy track coach Jason Williams found his calling in life at Mississippi College.

A 1994 MC graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in business communications, Williams wasn’t exactly sure what would do for a career.

A Magee native who lettered in track and field for four years on the Clinton campus, Williams was advised by Choctaws track coach Billy Lamb and others to simply “do the thing you’re good at doing.”

And that solid piece of advice led Williams, who holds MC’s indoor and outdoor pole vault records, to enter track’s coaching ranks. The 40-year-old head boys and girls track coach at Jackson Academy and offensive coordinator of the JA football team, Williams is among eight new inductees into Mississippi College’s Sports Hall of Fame... Read More

Airan Chase Baker, a 2010 graduate of Callaway High School performed in a Tyler Perry play entitled The Haves and Have Nots. The play ran from April 5-8, 2012, at the Beacon Teheater in New York City.

Baker shared the stage with a more recognizable and more experienced cast, including Palmer Williams and Cassie Davis from the Perry sitcom House of Payne... Read More