Browse past news stories for Purvis Middle School in Purvis, MS.

• Area schools begin new year (Hattiesburg American)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 11:33:30 am
  At the sound of buzzing alarm clocks Thursday morning, thousands of Lamar and Forrest County students said goodbye to summer vacation and hello to a brand-new school year.
• New USM program seeks to ensure school districts teach reading comprehension well (Hattiesburg American)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 11:40:01 am
  You could call reading comprehension a cross-disciplinary skill, as important in reading a science text book as reading Harry Potter.
• New superintendents reflect on experiences (INO News)
  posted on May 31, 2009 at 01:02:07 pm
  (AP:HATTIESBURG, Miss.) First-year superintendents Ben Burnett, Debbie Burt and Elizabeth Yankay have had a lot on their plates this year in Lamar and Forrest county schools.
• New superintendents reflect on experiences (Hattiesburg American)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 11:36:21 am
  First-year superintendents Ben Burnett, Debbie Burt and Elizabeth Yankay have had a lot on their plates this year in Lamar and Forrest county schools.
• Purvis substitute teacher arrested (WDAM-TV Hattiesburg)
  posted on February 17, 2009 at 10:39:32 pm
  PURVIS, MISS (WDAM) - A Lamar County substitute teacher is in jail on charges of child exploitation. George Fries, 29, appeared before Municipal Judge Tony Mozingo today (Tuesday) one day after his arrest by Purvis Police. He was placed on $50,000 bond and now awaits trail in Lamar County Jail.