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Terminally ill Coast student can't make it to graduation. So the ceremony came to her. Anita Lee, The Sun Herald Apr. 29—Pass Christian High staff members searched for the right words to share with students bereft over the terminal illness of classmate Abby Bosarge, but the 18-year-old whose life is ebbing comforted them instead. They all gathered Tuesday evening on the beach in Galveston, Texas, for Abby's high school graduation ceremony. Graduation was on her bucket list. She and a community who loves her were determined to make it happen. "While she was battling cancer, s...

WATCH: Pass Christian teen with cancer surprised with graduation ceremony in Texas Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn GALVESTON, Texas (WLOX) - For Abby Bosarge and her family, every moment of each day is precious. The teenager should be enjoying the final weeks of her senior year with her friends and classmates on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Instead, the Pass Christian girl is in Texas, where she has been undergoing treatment for an aggressive cancer. But that doesn’t mean her friends and classmates are not with her every step of the way. This week, 28 students from Pass Christian High ho...

Black Greek-lettered organizations carry on the legacy to uplift their communities Black Greek-lettered organizations carry on the legacy to uplift their communities By Brandy McGill | February 24, 2021 at 5:36 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 7:01 PM BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - More than 100 years ago, young African American women strived to uplift their community in a positive way. Black Greek-lettered organizations known as the ‘Divine Nine’ allowed them to do that. Here on the Gulf Coast, there are many people involved in those organizations that serve their community and carryin...

The Mississippi State Board of Education voted today to suspend three policies in regards to grading and assessments due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the 2020-2021 school year. All required state and federal assessments will be administered as usual. However, schools and districts will not receive an ‘A’ through ‘F’ grading for testing […]

A rule under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the law used to determine public school funding, provides a complicated formula to determine whether a district has experienced an “inordinately large number of absences.” If it has, the district can receive funds based on the prior year’s average daily attendance figure. Specific figures are unclear, but many districts would stand to lose a substantial amount of money if numbers from this year are used — one reason why Wright is asking the Legislature to consider an alternative approach to calculating average daily attendance. ...