Mount Olive Ministries Blog
NASA Offers Math Advancement Class
NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program is offering a mathematics advancement class for middle and high school students. The Gifted Math Program is an afterschool group that meets once a week. It offers enrichment and enhancement for students in...
2011-12 Rural Robotics In Full Swing
The new school year is in full swing. Excitement and curiosity fills the atmosphere for the children and teens enrolled in the Rural Robotics Program at Mt. Olive Ministries. Each week, the students examine scientific techniques in solar mechanics and civil...
Mount Olive Ministries hosts KIDS ZONE
Another wonderful opportunity offered by Mount Olive Ministries (MOM) is an after school tutoring program. Parents with children from grades K-6 are encouraged to take advantage of this great program. Hours are from 3:00 – 5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday....
Ole Miss Partners with Mt. Olive Ministries in First Annual Math Camp
In early July, the University of Mississippi in conjunction with Mt. Olive Ministries hosted the first annual Math Camp in Mt. Olive. Twenty-one students in fifth through eighth grades from Mt. Olive and Mendenhall enrolled for the Math Camp, which taught math and...
Robotics Program Inspire Rural Youths
Eighteen students from Covington and Simpson counties are now considering careers in engineering thanks to the Rural Robotics Program (RRP) taught through Mount Olive Ministries. There are approximately nine school -affiliated robotics clubs in Mississippi. The RRP is...
Mount Olive Ministries Hosts Mississippi Rural Education Consortium
The Mississippi Rural Education Consortium held its second meeting on November 8 at the Mount Olive Ministries’ facilities located at 302 North Main Street in Mount Olive. Bringing together representatives from the Mississippi Department of Education, the University...
Jackson State University Discusses Scholarship Opportunities
Dr. Byron Williams from Jackson State University discusses scholarship opportunities with Mount Olive Ministries Robotics student Rayshad Duckworth, an outstanding senior at Mount Olive High School. Pictured left to right: Dr. Byron Williams, Rayshad Duckworth.
How to Change the Future
By Nancy Bagwel. Doesn’t the future appears bleak and doubtful! The economy is in shambles. Jobs are hard to find. Our money doesn’t go far. Yet some expenses, like providing for our children, never stop. How can we provide for our children’s future? Where are...
Students Learn Robotics in Mt Olive
Middle-school and high school students from four cities (Mt Olive, Collins, Magee, Mendenhall) come together each Saturday to learn about robotics. Mount Olive Ministries' Rural Robotics Institute is sponsoring two 3-hour Saturday classes. The program runs through...
Basic Writing Class at MOM
Students in Mount Olive, Mississippi may have been on summer vacation, but Mount Olive Ministries did not take a break. Students had the opportunity to participate in several summer school options. One of the options was a basic writing class designed for high...