The Senatobia Municipal School District held its monthly board meeting Thursday, Nov. 5 at the facility on Gilmore Street.
First on the agenda was the induction of new Board Member Kegan Armstrong. Armstrong was inducted by Senatobia Alderman at Large Adam Moore.
Armstrong has three children in SMSD schools.
Jeff Underwood, Director of Operations for the school district spoke of Armstrong.
“He’s got three children in our schools and that’s important. He’s excited to be involved.” said Underwood.
The Board also took the opportunity to recognize all the students from the district who scored perfect scores in at least one subject on the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) for 2020-21.
District-wide there were 27 students who scored a perfect score on at least one portion of the exam, and one student who scored a perfect score in two subjects.
From Senatobia Elementary school eight students were honored: Micah McClure, Finley Oakley, Ethan Red, Adilynn Sawyer, Preston Hill, Karley Jenkins, Coulter King and Jaxon McDonold.
Senatobia Middle School boasted 14 students making a perfect score: Carmen Garcia-Escamilla, Carrington Luther, Aiden Brunetti, Jakob Caldwell, Ella Covington, Anna Faulkner, Omarion Geter, Ahdia Kimble, Mika Meredith, Jacob Waller, Ayden Ward, Nathaniel Willhite, Christopher Wooten and Dylan Zheng.
Five students from Senatobia High School were honored at the meeting: Blake Hendrix, Samantha Thomas, Riley Turner, Drake Estep and Logan Sinquefield. Hendrix is the sole student in the district who earned a perfect score in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.
The Board also recognized the November Employee of the Month sponsored by Zaxby’s.
November is National Bus Safety Month and fittingly, the Employee of the Month for the district is bus driver Mark Bates.
Don Williams director of the bus department for the district, spoke highly of Bates.
“He does anything we ask of him. He helps in the shop, and will even give up his new bus to a different driver and drive an old bus. He’s very deserving.” said Williams.
The Board also recognized the Students of the Month sponsored by Mac and Charlie’s Soda Shoppe. November is only the second month the school has decided to recognize a student from all three schools- the elementary, middle and high.
From SES, the Student of the month is Paxton Walker.
Shayla Hardrick was named Student of the Month from SMS.
The Board recognized Maggie Lentz from SHS as the Student of the Month. Lentz also opened the board meeting in prayer at the beginning of the night.
