Quitman High School

February 2009 - New info on FAFSA under Colleges/Universities, find the link to the online application, deadlines, link to the downloadabale worksheet for FAFSA ... also check out the link to the Mississippi site for Mississippi colleges ... lots of great info there.

January 2009 - Quitman High School Library was selected to receive the 2008 Picturing America series of "high quality reproductions of notable art into our classrooms

November 2008 - Melanie Herring Kemp, Library Media Specialist at QHS, achieved National Board Teacher Certification through the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.

April 2008 - All libraries in Quitman School District were selected to receive the 2008 We the People Bookshelf from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is a collection of 17 books on the "Created Equal" theme. The American Library Association along with the National Endowment for the Humanities use this program to encourage young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history. The following titles are included in the "Created Equal" Bookshelf and were provided to each library in Quitman School District including Quitman High School, Quitman Junior High, Quitman Upper Elementary, and Quitman Lower Elementary:

K-3

The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham lincoln
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Pink y Say by Patricia Polacco (translated by Alejandra Lopez Varela)

Grades 4-6

Elijah ob Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman
Lindoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (translated by Rosa Benavides)

Grades 7-8

Saturnalia by Paul Fleishman
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters edited by Harold Holzer
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
Senderos Fronterizos: Breaking Through Spanish Edition by Francisco Jimenez

Grades 9-12

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober
That All People May Be One People, Send Rain to Wash the Face of the Earth by Nez Perce Chief Joseph
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Flores para Algernon by Daniel Keyes (translated by Paz Barroso)
Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller
Amistad: A Novel by David Pesci