MS SC589

Recognizes Pisgah High School Senior English Teacher Lillian Sims and school administration for establishing Mississippi's first Academic College Signing Day on May 6, 2016

Pisgah High School is a Class 2A public school in Brandon, Mississippi serving 400 students in Grades 7-12 and has been designated a "high-performing" school for four consecutive years

Pisgah High School seniors earned a record $3 million in scholarship offers, with the 2016 senior class of nearly 60 students being the largest in school history

The College Signing Day event recognizes students who earned academic scholarships by providing laundry baskets filled with college supplies and featuring college representatives at tables similar to athletic recruiting ceremonies

Resolution directs that this recognition be presented to Lillian Sims and Principal Craig Yates, forwarded to the Rankin County Board of Education and State Board of Education