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1. Schools achieve high scores

   Thursday Dec 3 | Bolivar Commercial

   ... science, number two in sixth grade math and number one in sixth grade language arts. Brooks Elementary School in Duncan ranked as a successful school. "We are very excited about our success," said the Rev. Fredrick Ford, principal. "The next step ...

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2. Shelbians take a close look at the impression of their city

   Thursday Dec 3 | Bolivar Commercial

   ... was invited by Shelby leaders in collaboration with the Kellogg Foundation, the Center for Education Innovations and Duncan, Alligator and Hope or DASH, to come and assess the community. "Shelby can certainly benefit from this as we move the town ...

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3. Legislatures applaud results of school literacy program

   Nov 11, 2009 | Bolivar Commercial

   ... Coleman, Rep. David Norquist, Sen. Willie Simmons and Rep. Chuck Espy paid visits to Brooks Elementary School in Duncan and I.T. Montgomery Elementary School in Mound Bayou to see how students have benefited from Save the Children literacy programs. ...

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4. Blood drive important feature of Children's Literacy Festival

   Sep 10, 2009 | Bolivar Commercial

   ... donors came from all over the Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi Blood Services reported people from Cleveland, Drew, Duncan, Greenville, Greenwood, Itta Bena, Merigold, Mound Bayou, Ridgeland, Shaw, Vaughan, Winstonville and Harrisburg, Penn. "Our ...

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5. Students to watch Obama Tuesday

   Sep 7, 2009 | Bolivar Commercial

   ... to the U.S. Department of Education's Web site. In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said students should take more responsibility for doing well in school and called on their parents to also step up. Duncan ...

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6. Spotted: Rhonda Wright

   Aug 17, 2009 | Hattiesburg American

   ... education. I teach first grade. And you teach up in the Delta? Yes, I teach up there at Brooks Elementary in Duncan, Mississippi. It's K-through-fourth only. What got you interested in teaching? I've wanted to teach since I was, like, 7. I'm ...

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7. Mims-Jones to wed

   Jul 1, 2009 | Bolivar Commercial

   Dollean Bell of Duncan announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Tynesia Mims, to Aquadius Jones, son of Irene Jones of Duncan and Clyde Jones of Clarksdale.

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