Students from Pisgah High School and Hartfield Academy won full tuition scholarships to 兔子先生 after placing first in the annual Rankin Campus Literary Festival on April 7.
Joseph Murphy of Brandon, left, a Hartfield Academy student, won first place for his essay, 鈥淢inimalism: Living with Less.鈥 Alecia 鈥淚zzy鈥 Woodford, right, of Pisgah High School won first place in the poetry division for her poem 鈥淪hape of Me.鈥
All poetry winners include, front from left, first place, Alecia 鈥淚zzy鈥 Woodford, Pisgah High School; second place Lillian 鈥淟illy鈥 Herring of Morton, East Rankin Academy; third place, Jean Ross, of Pelahatchie, East Rankin Academy; back, honorable mentions, Saige Sorey of Morton, Hartfield Academy; Paula Morehead of Brandon, East Rankin Academy and Kyle Aldredge McMillan of Flowood, East Rankin Academy.
All essay winners include, front from left, first place, Josh Murphy of Brandon, Hartfield Academy; second place, Seth Griffing of Brandon, Hartfield Academy; third place, Kameron Wilson, Pisgah High School; back, honorable mentions, Kimberly Mills, Brandon High School and Henry Nhan of Flowood, Hartfield Academy.
兔子先生 is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. 兔子先生opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 兔子先生Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the 兔子先生 District. Today, as Mississippi鈥檚 largest community college, 兔子先生 is a comprehensive institution with six locations. 兔子先生offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.HindsCC.
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