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1/23/23: Tek2Go Advanced Manufacturing Summer Camp at ICC Belden is open for registration for current 8th -12th graders. There is no cost to attend this camp. Registration is the responsibility of the parent and student. A teacher recommendation is required. A flyer and registration form is included with this article. Any questions may be directed to Gina Black at 662-842-4521 or [email protected]

1/20/23: Mark your calendar for the PHS Varsity Cheer tryouts. Clinic Days will be Thursday, Feb. 23 and Friday, Feb. 24 from 3:30-5:30 at DT Cox. Tryouts will be Feb. 25 from 10:00am-Noon. More information to come!

1/19/22: Congratulations to our PHS Spring 2023 Spain Foundation interns. This week, these interns started their 100 hour paid internship with a job skill class at ICC and will follow that up with work experience in a business or industry. The students will be interning at the following sites. (l-r) Ellis - ICM Construction, Emilie - Pontotoc Veterans Service Office, Jeremy - Pontotoc Electric Power Association, Morgan - Pontotoc Flowers and Gifts by Redele, Alasha - NMMC Pontotoc, Amare - Albany Industries' Industrial Maintenance Department, and Davion - Flagstar Construction.

1/19/23: This week's Workforce Wednesday speakers in College and Career Readiness classes were Ben Black, the onsite manager for Three Rivers Landfill and Allison Weatherly Jones, a recruiter for Waste Connections. Students learned the importance of resumes, phone interview skills, in person interview skills, and soft skills. Students also learned about the available jobs in the field of waste management like drivers, engineers, customer service reps, recruiters, diesel mechanics, and heavy equipment operators.

We greatly appreciate Mr. Black and Mrs. Jones for visiting and speaking with our students.