Debbie Anglin

As Communications Director, I serve as the first point of contact for the school district. My job entails spreading the message about the district's tremendous successes and accomplishments every year through local newspapers, television and radio stations, newsletters every quarter and the district's web page. To contact the Communications Department, call 228-938-6503 or email me at: danglin@psd.ms

Through photos, I capture a wide variety of innovative academic activities, athletic and artistic successes for the photo gallery on the district's web page keeping the public abreast of all the district has to offer. Our school board recognizes these successes at its regular monthly school board meetings.

I also serve as the internal facilitator for the district's five-year strategic plan which was implemented during the 2007-08 school year. I have been involved in setting up the new Excel by 5/Early Beginnings Resource Center which is open to parents of children, ages birth to 5 years of age. I am the district-wide coordinator for SOAR (Students' Outstanding Achievement Rally) every spring, district-wide coordinator for United Way and the American Heart Association Heart Walk. I worked closely on the district's drop-out prevention plan, coordinate school uniforms for needy students and work closely with Backpack Buddies in identifying families in need of assistance.

I serve on a number of community boards in keeping the school district networking with local businesses and civic/service organizations. These include United Way Board of Directors, C.A.N.D.Y. (Citizens Against Needless Death in Youth); Board of Directors, PRAM (Public Relations Association of Missississippi) Jackson County Chapter; member of Pascagoula Kiwanis Club, Leadership Jackson County, CHAMPS, and member of the Education Issue Manager Group of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Statewide, I am first vice president for Mississippi Association of Partners in Education.

The district realizes the importance of community partners and encourages local business and industries as well as civic organizations to take an active role in the district. In turn, the district is also involved in a number of service programs in teaching its students the importance of giving back to their community and the importance of helping others.

We are extremely proud of all of our district employees and our students.

Here's why: 

* Destination Graduation and Teach Mississippi campaigns

* Two National Blue Ribbon High Schools

* U.S. News & World Report Bronze Winners, Among America's Top Schools - PHS and GHS

* Family Interactive Center

* Institute of Technology

* State-the-art technology

* Highly qualified Teachers

* Low Teacher-Student Ratio

* Advanced Placement Classes

* Five-Year Strategic Plan

* Center for Teaching and Learning

* Curriculum Specialists

* More than One Million Parent Contacts made each year

* STAR (Students' Technology and Reading) Bus

* English Language Learners

* Curriculum aligned horizontally and vertically district-wide

* Applied Technology Center offering 15 programs

* SOAR celebration

*Superior performing middle and high school bands and choirs

* Summer Scholars

* Summer Explorations

* Smart Board and Mimeo Boards in all schools

* Apple Computers in all music and art classes

* After-school Tutoring

* Superior Athletic Programs

* Scholar-Athlete Teams

* Superior Special Education Program

* Superior Gifted Program

* Millions of dollars in scholars for our graduating seniors

* Mississippi Scholars

* Title I Services

* Parent Center

* Excel by 5

* Social workers and guidance counselors at every school

* Accelerated Reader

* Accelerated Math

* Riverdeep

* Head Sprout

* Shurley English

* My Reading Coach

* Larson's Algebra

* Lexia

* Skillstutor

* Easy Tracker

* Compass Learning

* Aims Web