Starkville High School

Heads up, Jacket Band! Band Camp begins THIS WEEK! Make note of the following schedule from Mr. Sullivan and start getting hydrated. We can’t wait see the show!

Marching Band:
July 10 -12
8:30am - 11:30am and 1:00pm - 4:30pm

July 15-19
8:30am - 11:30am and 1:00pm - 4:30pm

July 19
Camp Performance
5:00pm

Wind Ensemble:
July 11
6:00pm - 8:00pm
July 16
6:00pm - 8:00pm
July 18
6:00pm - 8:00pm
July 22
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Jackets, we're excited to kick off a new year of excellence together in a few weeks! Please make note of several important upcoming Back to School dates at SHS...

🐝 IN PERSON REGISTRATION:
(9-12th grade students only)
Thursday, July 11
11:00am – 3:00pm
SHS Library

Friday, July 12
9:00am – 1:00pm
SHS Library

🐝 SENIOR PARKING SIGN-UP:
Mon, July 15
8:30am - 9:30am

🐝 SCHEDULE PICK-UP:
Mon, July 15
Seniors: 9:30am - 11:30am
Juniors: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Tue, July 16
Sophomores: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Thurs, July 18
Schedule Pick-up & Orientation
Freshmen: 1:00pm - 3:30pm

Jackets, we are excited to introduce a new 2-year CTE program at SHS this year called Digital Media Technology! With an emphasis on photography, graphic design, print design, podcasting and video production, students will learn industry standard applications and prepare for a career path in a variety of digital technology fields.

Parents of rising 10th and 11th grade students are invited to email Mr. Jeremy Brown, the new DMT instructor, for more information about how to participate in the new program... [email protected]

MONDAY! Our school lunch applications for the 2024-2025 will open on Monday, July 1. Parents are encouraged to complete a school lunch application to determine financial need for school meals, Title I funding, reduced fees for Advanced Placement testing, tuition for dual credit/dual enrollment courses, and other state and/or federal benefits.

This school year....
--- All students eat breakfast FREE
--- Students qualifying for Reduced Lunch will receive FREE lunch
--- Regular priced lunches are $2.35

For more information and to view the 2024-2025 Eligibility Income Chart, visit https://www.starkvillesd.com/departments/nutrition-meals

*This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Work with us!! Millsaps’s Career & Technology Center at Starkville High is seeking a CTE Health Sciences Teacher… check out our Jacket Job Board page for details!

TEACHER OPENING: Health Sciences Teacher
Help us prepare students for a job in health care fields! Starkville Oktibbeha School District is seeking candidates for a Health Sciences Teacher at the Millsaps Career & Technology Center at Starkville High School.

Candidates should hold a bachelor's degree in the Program area and have at least one year of verifiable work experience in the area within the past ten years. For a full job description and to APPLY, visit https://starkvillesd.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=37

Throwback Thursday... In April, SHS welcomed Mississippi's Poet Laureate, Catherine Pierce, to share her work and conduct a poetry workshop with students two English classes. The SOSD Discovery Center's Reading 2 Succeed program facilitated bringing Ms. Pierce to campus as part of National Poetry Month, and it was the last stop on the Laureate's tour of Mississippi promoting poetry.

Ms. Pierce read poems from her latest book, Danger Days, and English Comp II and AP Literature classes analyzed them. Ms. Pierce also lead students in a writing exercise to create and share their own poems.

In partnership with Friendly City Books in Columbus, Reading 2 Succeed also purchased a collection of poetry books by Mississippi authors curated by Ms. Pierce.

Thank you to Katherine Pierce, Friendly City Books and Reading 2 Succeed for providing this excellent learning experience for our Yellow Jackets!

Album 8: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Album 7: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Album 6: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Album 5: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

During their studies on corrections, Year 1 Law and Public Safety students recently participated in a self-defense session led by Doug Bedsaul, the owner of Downtown Martial Arts, along with his assistant Abbi Crump. This session was particularly significant as correctional officers often lack protective gear and must depend on self-defense tactics in their daily duties. Mr. Bedsaul generously offered his expertise to the class free of charge, enhancing their understanding and preparedness for future challenges in the field.

Thank you to Downtown Martial Arts Academy and Mr. Bedsaul for working with our high school students!

Album 4: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Album 3: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Album 2: SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

SHS Class of 2024 parents, our photographers have compiled a collection of stage photos from this year's graduation ceremony that includes photographs of each graduate. We hope you will enjoy capturing these memories of your student as he or she crossed the stage at Humphrey Coliseum. We are adding the photographs in several Facebook albums. Feel free to share or download. Congratulations again to our excellent Class of 2024!

Stay tuned for additional albums as we continue to add them.

We recognize one of these outstanding summer interns! Congratulations to SHS Class of 2024 graduate and Salutatorian John Robert Walker on his prestigious appointment with the Foundation for the Mid South. He will serve as a summer research intern before heading to Yale in the fall to study Data Science and Ethics, Politics and Economics. We’re so proud of you, John Robert!

Congratulate your favorite award winners! We're catching up on excellence in a look back at Senior Awards Night with the SHS Class of 2024! From scholarships and top ten to community awards and hall of fame, this class of Yellow Jackets is outstanding! We can't wait to see them shine at the !

Oh the places they’ll go! We are still celebrating our Class of 2024 graduates and are excited to share an album of Academic Signing Day, when students declared their acceptance to college. Congratulations, Jackets! Can’t wait to see your excellence at the

Last Sunday, the SHS Gospel Choir hosted it's inaugural Spring Concert and brought down the house with an amazing selection of music along with several guest artists, including Venora Brown and Benjamin Cone of the Mississippi Mass Choir. The program also included recognition of our senior members of the choir and a special presentation honoring Coach Wilson for her leadership as she prepares to take her next steps.

We are incredibly proud of these excellent musicians and their leaders for the powerful performances they created in their first year. Take a peek at the photo captures from last week's concert and our musicians in action!

As we prepare to celebrate Memorial Day tomorrow, we are proud to highlight a few of our graduates who will soon be beginning their military careers. SHS held a signing day ceremony for our JROTC members who plan to enlist in branches of the military as their . There is no greater service than those who are willing to sacrifice for their neighbors. We're proud of you and honored by your future service, Jackets!

Jacket Families, our security team has made a game time decision NOT to allow balloons in Humphrey Coliseum for tonight’s Graduation ceremony. Please leave balloons in your vehicle.

Thank you for your cooperation, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

As we prepare to celebrate the SHS Class of 2024 during commencement exercises tonight, we are proud to share some of our graduates who have taken an alternate route to receiving their diplomas. Earlier this month, we held our Grade Results Graduation Ceremony, and we are so proud of these students for pushing through adversity to achieve their goal of graduation from high school.

Congratulations, Jackets! 🖤💛

Happy GRADUATION Day, Jackets! Please remember that tonight's event will enforce a CLEAR BAG POLICY. All guests will be screened upon entry.

Starkville High Graduation
7:00pm
Humphrey Coliseum
Doors open at 5:30pm

Sharing their talent at the ... earlier this month, we celebrated Senior Recital with these excellent SHS Singers who are graduating and those who have signed to perform with college ensembles next year. Our seniors shared their award-winning audition pieces. So proud of you, Jackets... and we'll expect to be on the invitation list for your collegiate performances!! 🖤💛

We celebrated Senior Awards Night this evening at Starkville High, and what a class! We’re excited to announce a couple of award highlights and can’t wait to share the full photo album honoring this excellent group of graduating Yellow Jackets!

It's almost here! Please join us in celebrating commencement ceremonies for the Starkville High School Class of 2024 this Friday.

SHS Graduation
7:00pm
Humphrey Coliseum
Doors open at 5:30pm

Our clear bag policy will be observed. Please be prepared for security scans upon entrance. For handicapped drop-off, please see the starred location on the map in the comments below.

We can't wait to celebrate our newest Yellow Jacket graduates!

First day until last... As we celebrate Senior Walk Through across the district today and the last day of school for the , take a look back at the first day of Senior Year! We're so proud of you, Jackets! One week until Graduation!
🎓🐝🖤💛

SUNDAY! Don't miss the inaugural SHS Gospel Choir Spring Concert on May 19 at 5:00pm at Greensboro Center! We got a preview of some of their repertoire last weekend at the choir's rehearsal clinic, and we are all in for a treat!

Last Saturday, special guest and Starkville native Tito Lanier joined the group for rehearsal and time setting the foundation for the "why" of gospel music. Mr. Lanier is an educator, musician and speaker, and we were delighted to welcome him as a guest clinician. Choir members worked in small groups to explore how unity and harmony impact their craft, and then broke into sections to prepare for this Sunday's concert.

Check out a few glimpses of the clinic and be sure to join us SUNDAY for the concert! You'll be blessed!

These kiddos! We kicked off Senior Week with a skate party at Skate Odyssey hosted by Dr. Spann, and it was so fun! We can’t believe we’re almost at the end of the journey with these outstanding students. Can’t wait to see their sparks fly high!!

Jacket SOFTBALL TRYOUT information below! Heads up, Lady Jackets!

Heads up, Lady Jackets! SOFTBALL TRYOUTS for the 2024-2025 season will be held Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 at the Yellow Jacket Softball Field. Check out the schedule below and visit the link to get important details and sign up using our Google Form!

Middle School (rising 7th-8th):
May 17
4:30pm - 6:30pm
May 18
10:00am - 11:30am
Yellow Jacket Softball Field

JV and High School (rising 9th-12th)
May 18
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Yellow Jacket Softball Field

SIGN UP and get all the details at https://www.starkvillesd.com/athletics/news/1789334/jacket-softball-high-school-and-jr-high-tryouts-announced-for-2024-2025