{"id":3636,"date":"2025-08-11T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:39:34","slug":"mde-names-seven-mississippi-emerging-science-of-reading-schools-for-2025-26-one-school-named-mississippi-science-of-reading-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/2025\/08\/11\/mde-names-seven-mississippi-emerging-science-of-reading-schools-for-2025-26-one-school-named-mississippi-science-of-reading-school\/","title":{"rendered":"MDE names seven Mississippi Emerging Science\u00a0of\u00a0Reading\u00a0Schools\u00a0for 2025-26; one school named Mississippi Science of Reading School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>\n<\/strong>For Immediate Release: \u00a0August 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>MDE names seven Mississippi Emerging Science\u00a0of\u00a0Reading\u00a0Schools\u00a0<\/strong><strong>for 2025-26; one school named Mississippi Science of Reading School<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department\u00a0of\u00a0Education (MDE) has designated seven \u00a0elementary\u00a0schools\u00a0as Mississippi Emerging\u00a0Science\u00a0of\u00a0Reading\u00a0(SOR) Schools\u00a0and one school as a Mississippi Science of Reading School for the 2025-26 school year.<\/p>\n<p>The seven 2025-26 Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools are Lewisburg Primary, Lake Cormorant Elementary, Luther Branson Elementary, McLaurin Elementary, Pelahatchie Elementary, North Bay Elementary and Waveland Elementary. The 2025-26 Mississippi Science of Reading School is Senatobia Elementary in the Senatobia Municipal School District.<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi Emerging SOR designation is for\u202fschools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional practices, and embodied a school culture that focuses on building skillful, strong readers in kindergarten through third grade. The Mississippi SOR designation may be awarded to a school that has been an Emerging SOR school for two consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>All Mississippi K-5\u00a0schools\u00a0are invited annually each spring to apply for science of reading recognition. Since the 2021-22 school year when MDE began offering this recognition, 26 schools have received the designation. Schools\u00a0must reapply annually.<\/p>\n<p>MDE\u2019s Literacy Leadership Team will travel to the Mississippi Emerging SOR Schools beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, to celebrate this accomplishment.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025-26 Mississippi Emerging\u00a0Science\u00a0of\u00a0Reading\u00a0Schools\u00a0Celebration Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, Aug. 12<\/strong> \u2013 9 a.m. &#8211; Lewisburg Primary, DeSoto County School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, Aug. 12<\/strong> \u2013 1 p.m. &#8211; Lake Cormorant Elementary, DeSoto County School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, Aug. 13<\/strong> \u2013 1 p.m.- Luther Branson Elementary, Madison County School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Aug. 14<\/strong> \u2013 9 a.m. &#8211; McLaurin Elementary, Rankin County School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Aug. 14<\/strong> \u2013 1 p.m. &#8211; Pelahatchie Elementary, Rankin County School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, Aug. 19<\/strong> \u2013 Noon &#8211; North Bay Elementary, Bay-Waveland School District<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, Aug. 19<\/strong> \u2013 1 p.m. &#8211; Waveland Elementary, Bay-Waveland School District<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find all MDE news releases at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdek12.org\/news\">mdek12.org\/news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean Cook, APR<br \/>\nChief of Communication<br \/>\n601-359-3515<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jcook@mdek12.org\">jcook@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shanderia Minor<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\n601-359-3515<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sminor@mdek12.org\">sminor@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department\u00a0of\u00a0Education (MDE) has designated seven \u00a0elementary\u00a0schools\u00a0as Mississippi Emerging\u00a0Science\u00a0of\u00a0Reading\u00a0(SOR) Schools\u00a0and one school as a Mississippi Science of Reading School for the 2025-26 school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3637,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/3637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}