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Two SCSD Students Selected for MPB Student Council
Two Simpson County School District (SCSD) students at Simpson Central School were recently named inaugural members of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s (MPB) Student Council.
Corrine Allen and Kaylen Woodard, both eighth graders at Simpson Central, have joined a group of eight middle and high school students from across the state who will gain insight from MPB on college and career readiness and serve as liaisons for their peers to MPB.
MPB’s Education Department is leading the effort to ensure the council’s success. Initial meetings and an intense orientation have been held. Goals include gaining perspectives on various state and national issues from the council; pairing students with mentors for hands-on career training; helping students create a podcast; planning projects; and increasing students’ social skills.
MPB Student Council representatives can earn community service hours for participation. Their one-year terms begin each September. However, a student can decide to stay with the council for multiple years. New students will be selected annually through an application process.
Allen said that she is excited about the opportunity and hopes to gain skills for the future such as professionalism, leadership, and recording.
“I learned that MPB is more than just a couple of television stations. Mississippi Public Broadcasting is an educational organization that has things for people of all ages from children who watch PBS KIDS to adults who want to learn about Mississippi’s history,” she said. “It is also more than education. MPB does many things for their outside community.”
For Woodard, she hopes to gain knowledge about future jobs, develop new work skills and help others.
“I learned that MPB is a very education-based agency that works hard to help children and people get the education they need, including those who were not able to get it before,” she said.
For more information about the MPB Student Council, visit education.mpbonline.org/mpb-student-council.
MPB is a state agency that also operates as a PBS and NPR affiliate broadcasting station. For more information visit mpbonline.org.
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