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For the fourth consecutive year, the Grenada School District has achieved an A rating in the Mississippi Department of Education’s accountability results—a monumental accomplishment that speaks volumes about the unwavering dedication, focus, and excellence of our students, educators, and leadership.

This year’s district accountability score of 707 continues to place Grenada among the highest-performing school districts in the state. Such a distinction is not easily earned—nor easily maintained. It requires relentless effort, strategic planning, and a shared vision for success, year after year.

In a rapidly changing world, artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining how people learn, work, and solve problems. For Grenada School District (GSD), this shift isn’t something happening far away, it’s a new chapter in a journey that began nearly a decade ago with Project Lead The Way (PLTW). Now, Grenada will become one of the first rural school districts in the nation to pilot PLTW’s Principles of Artificial Intelligence course, an initiative designed to bring the power of AI learning to every kind of community, not just major cities or well-funded schools.

GMS School Counselor, Kiara Williams Johnson, was named Mississippi Counseling Association's 2025 School Counselor of the Year!

Students from the Health Science program at Grenada Career & Technical Center (GCTC) took part in the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) Discovery Day in Jackson, Mississippi.

The event, held annually, provides high school students across the state with a hands-on opportunity to explore careers in health care. GCTC students toured medical facilities, interacted with health professionals, and engaged in interactive demonstrations that highlighted fields such as nursing, radiology, surgery, pharmacy, and biomedical research.

Andrew Gordon grew up in Duck Hill, and he played football and graduated from Grenada High School in 2005, working part time at Mo Suga Catfish. After his football career at Holmes was sidelined by injury he moved to Oxford and attended Northwest Community College. In Oxford, Andrew’s aspiring culinary career continued at Oby’s, he said lightheartedly. After culinary school in Oregon, his career has now come full circle as the Culinary Arts teacher at Grenada’s Career and Technical Center. Gordo to his friends, Chef Andrew to his students and employees, says his goal as a teacher is to pass on the lessons learned from years in restaurant kitchens: discipline, attention to detail, and teamwork. 

Families stepped into the woods at Grenada High School, for an evening of eerie excitement, storytelling, and family fun during the fourth annual Terrifying Tales Family Literacy Event. Organized by the Grenada High School English Language Arts Department, the celebration was a true community effort. With support from the Grenada School District, local organizations, and individual partners, the team transformed the B-Building into an enchanting world straight out of the Brothers Grimm.

Grenada Middle School’s Spooktacular STEM Night on October 27 brought students and families together for an evening of hands-on fun and learning. Each classroom featured a Halloween-themed STEM activity that turned science, technology, engineering, and math into something exciting and memorable. From mixing ingredients for a witch’s brew and testing pumpkin DNA to building catapults and creating skeleton hands, teachers transformed their rooms into interactive labs that made learning come alive. 

When Tristan Crockett walked the halls of Grenada High School in 2015, he never imagined he’d one day look out from a cockpit window 30,000 feet above the ground. Now a First Officer on a Delta Airlines Boeing 737, he returned to speak with Grenada’s Class of 2026 about hard work, focus, and finding purpose. “I love flying,” he told students. “I would never do anything else.” 

Did You Know?
• Mississippi State University offers a simulation-based construction curriculum that includes digital twin design and VR modeling.

• The University of Mississippi Medical Center uses immersive anatomy platforms like zSpace and HoloAnatomy in nursing and pre-med programs.

• Many career-tech degrees now require simulation experience to meet industry safety standards.

• Grenada’s Immersion Lab will offer these tools to students before they ever step onto a college campus or job site.

The GHS Homecoming Queen was crowned in a ceremony at Charger field. (back, l to r) GHS principal Emily Tindall, GHS 2024 Queen Naima Reed, Abbott Lee Hankins- escort, 2025 GHS Homecoming Queen Julez Moore, Superintendent Dr. David Daigneault and children of the court Caleb Rhett Chandler (front, left) and Donnavyn Ahmad Lawson (front, right) escorting Noa-Lynn Samples (front, center). 

2025 Senior Maids: Madison Woodard, Jaihla Pollard, Kathryn Cobb, Julez Moore, Olivia Lashley, Bailey Murphey, Emma Roberts, and Shawna Burt

Children of the Court: Noa-Lynn Samples (center), Caleb Rhett Chandler (left), and Donnavyn Ahmad Lawson (right)

It’s hard to put into words just how proud I am of our Grenada High School football team, both for what they accomplished last season and what they’re already working toward this year.

As Superintendent of the Grenada School District, I have the unique privilege of witnessing firsthand the dedication, teamwork, and community spirit that define our students—and nowhere is that more evident than in our football program under the leadership of Head Coach Michael Fair. 

The journey to higher education is a long one, and it starts well before you settle on the right school. If you’re dedicated to attending college, then your entire high school experience is the journey.

The peak assignment for your college bid is the application process. If you’re a high school senior, then you need to start this process right away. If you’re an underclassman or even just entering high school, you can make the process easier on yourself by keeping records and files over the next few years to document your academic performance and extracurricular activities.

The Grenada School District is making bold strides in healthcare education with the exciting addition of not one, but two state-of-the-art Anatomage Tables—a transformative investment that will elevate learning opportunities for Career and Technical Education (CTE) students across the district and surrounding communities.

These advanced virtual dissection and anatomy visualization systems—used at prestigious institutions like Vanderbilt University, Mississippi State University (MSU), and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC)—are now part of the Grenada School District’s growing healthcare education program. The Anatomage Tables are more than just impressive technology; they represent a giant leap forward in student preparation, and opportunity.