Congratulations to the 90 MCPSS Teachers of the Year, who were honored at a luncheon on Friday at Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza. The luncheon began with a welcome from MCPSS Superintendent Chresal D. Threadgill. Members of the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners recognized the teachers of the year in each district. 

Each teacher received a gift card, courtesy of Mobile Coca-Cola Bottling Company, which sponsored the luncheon. Cherish Lombard, anchor at WKRG News 5, was the emcee. The event was filmed by the mcpssTV Studio crew and will soon be available on the MCPSS YouTube channel. The Baker High School Jazz Band performed as the guests arrived, and the Theodore JROTC Cadets escorted the teachers on stage. The table arrangements were from the MGM Horticulture Department.

Read more about the Teachers of the Year Luncheon here on mcpss.com.

Congratulations to Davidson High students Sariah Hossain and Brayden Sadler. Hossain has been named as a candidate for the 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students. The selection is based on outstanding performances on the ACT or College Board/SAT assessments. She was also recently named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Here is an interview with Hossain, courtesy of mcpssTV.

Sadler scored a perfect 36 on the ACT college entrance exam, via superscore. Superscoring is calculated by combining a student’s highest subject scores in multiple testing attempts. Sadler, who is the third Davidson student in three years to earn a 36 superscore, is a National Honor Society member and a member of the 2025 Capstone Leadership Academy. 

Congratulations to the 19 Outstanding Eighth Graders of MCPSS, who were honored by the Sunrise Rotary Club on March 11 at a breakfast at the Country Club of Mobile. During the breakfast, school representatives introduced each student to the audience, listing their accomplishments. Here is a video about the event, courtesy of mcpssTV. 

Congratulations to Ava Austin of Alma Bryant High School (right), who took first place in the Mobile Optimist Club Oratorical Contest this month, and Kimora Davis of Booker T. Washington Middle School (left), who placed third.

Bryant Career Technical Center received grants of more than $83,000 from the Alabama Construction Industry Craft Training Board. These funds will support Bryant's Electrical, Construction, HVAC, and Pipefitting/Plumbing programs by providing new equipment for their simulated workplaces and hands-on training environments. 

The Scholars Bowl team from Barton Academy for Advanced World Studies earned a bid to the NAQT National Championship Tournament in Chicago. The team completed a 15-1 season and placed third at the state competition. Team members are Aiva Agato, Benjamin Bui, Teagan Evans, Seth Lovelace, and Carson Rice. 

Congratulations to the Hi-Q teams from Davidson (top) and Murphy (below), which won their respective semifinal matches this week. They both advanced to the Mobile County Hi-Q championship, where they'll square off against each other and McGill-Toolen on March 31 at 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel. These teams were among five MCPSS schools to make the Alabama HiQ playoffs, along with Bryant, Baker and Barton. You can watch the entire HiQ season on mcpssTV in April.

March is Arts in Education Month, a time to celebrate the importance of arts programs in our schools. MCPSS offers instruction in music, visual arts, theater and dance at schools throughout the district at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

Did you know? In 2025, the district’s fine arts programs were collectively awarded more than $165,000 in grants, and the 2025 graduating senior class earned approximately $2.7 million in fine arts scholarships. MCPSS employs more than 120 teachers in our fine arts programs, which include more than 43,350 students.

Congratulations to Aiva Agato on her First Place award in the Alabama Art Educators Virtual Art Competition. Aiva is an eighth-grader at Barton Acvademy for Advanced World Studies. Because of her award, her piece (left) was also selected to be displayed in Chicago at the National Art Educators Convention.  

The Old Shell Road Magnet Choir performed in the rotunda of the Alabama State Capitol as part of the Capitol Tunes performance series. They were greeted by Alabama State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey (at left on front row).

Red Ribbon Leaders: As part of her community service project, Denton Magnet School of Technology Red Ribbon Leader Kaci Payne (left) and her team of classmates raised funds to purchase dinner for the firefighters at Mobile Fire Department Station #19. They also shared notes of appreciation with the firefighters, thanking them for all they do to keep the community safe.

Fifth-grader Aubrey Washington (center), the Red Ribbon Leader at Eichold-Mertz School of Math, Science & Technology, honored the doctors and staff of Franklin Primary Health Center/ H. E. Savage Memorial Center as her Hometown Heroes for the care they provide to the homeless. For her community service project, she organized an appreciation lunch for the staff and led a class effort to assemble 50 care bags filled with essential items for people experiencing homelessness.

Wilmer Elementary fifth-grader Cameron Hearn (right) led his Red Ribbon Week project, “Adopt an Officer.” Each grade level at the school was paired with an officer who serves the school and community. Students learned about the important work they do and showed their appreciation by writing letters, making cards, and creating posters. Some officers visited with classes to personally thank the students. 

Spring Plant Sales are open at Bryant Career Technical Center and at the Academy of Agribusiness at Mary G. Montgomery. Students have been busy in the greenhouses planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, and getting everything ready.

Bryant CTC is also selling durable picnic tables for $175. To place an order, email William Clark.

Greenhouse hours at Bryant CTC are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a special Teacher Afternoon Sale on April 3 from 3 to 6 p.m., and the Big Saturday Sale is planned on April 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit Bryant CTC's Horticulture Program's Facebook page.

Hours at MGM are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. The greenhouses are also open this weekend, on March 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on March 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional Saturday sales are planned on April 4 and April 11. For more information, visit MGM's Academy of Agribusiness Facebook page

Board meetings: The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners held its work session on Wednesday and will hold its regular board meeting on March 23 at 10 a.m. 

The board's work sessions are recorded and uploaded to the mcpssTV YouTube channel. The board meetings are live-streamed on mcpssTV. All meetings are held in the Board Room at MCPSS Central Office, located at 1 Magnum Pass in west Mobile. The schedule is here on the mcpss.com website.

Learning Leading magazine: The latest issue features the Teachers of the Year from all 90 schools, along with details about the State Report Card and our top ranked schools, our new National Board Certified Teachers, and more! Read it on the mcpsstv.com website.

New on the mcpssTV Network: The MCPSS YouTube channel includes a new episode of "Homeroom," featuring school spotights of Gilliard, Hollinger's Island, Collier and Spencer-Westlawn Elementary Schools. Watch it here.

Career Fair: #TeamMCPSS welcomed more than 500 attendees and hired more than 75 people at the fifth annual Career Fair on Tuesday at Mobile Convention Center. Thank you to the administrators and personnel who coordinated this event.

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