Lila Nicole Bigham has been named STAR Student for the 2019-20 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council M.B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program.
This year will mark the 55th Anniversary of the STAR program. Established by the MEC in 1965, the purpose of the STAR program is to recognize outstanding students and teachers in Mississippi.
Bigham will be acknowledged among the over 330 STAR Students in Mississippi for their academic achievements. Star Students are selected on the basis of academic excellence. Both American College Test scores and scholastic averages are compared to determine the school’s STAR Student.
The STAR program encourages and promotes academic achievement among Mississippi’s high school seniors. Each STAR Student is asked to designate a STAR Teacher, the teacher who has made the greatest contribution to the student’s scholastic achievement.
Kayla Hardy was designated as STAR Teacher at EWHS.
This year, over 660 STAR Students and STAR Teachers will receive this prestigious recognition from MEC’s M.B. Swayze Foundation.
