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Avis Thomas-Lester

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Principal Shimelle Mayers gave high marks to the two retired teachers who are among her staff this school year at Brinkley Middle School in Jackson.
Posted inElementary to High School

Former educators answer call to return to school

by Avis Thomas-Lester April 19, 2018October 21, 2020

Hymethia W. Thompson was happily retired after 46 years as an educator when she saw a television news conference last summer that changed her life. This story also appeared in HuffPost The interim school superintendent of Jackson, Mississippi, where Thompson lives, issued a plea to retired teachers to come back. The Jackson Public School District […]

Posted inElementary to High School

Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

by Avis Thomas-Lester January 15, 2018March 30, 2020
Trevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at the Haley Farm lake gazebo.
Posted inElementary to High School

A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning in school

by Avis Thomas-Lester October 2, 2017October 21, 2020
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