Striking the Sparks to Ignite the Learning

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After listening to the words of encouragement during the PACES Project sponsored

Pep Rally delivered PACES Scholar, Kemper County High School Class of 2012 and Meridian

Top 20 under 40 Business Professional selectee of 2018,Trent Steele; the KCHS Seniors

Class of 2022 enthusiasti­cally took on this year’s PACES Teamwork Chal­lenge.

The task confronting them: how well they could work with a randomly cho­sen leader from a group

of 10 classmates without talking, to assemble the nine letters held by the 9 other members

of each of their 10 person teams to form a phrase that most of them had heard many times

before at KCHS.

Each of the 9 members held only one letter. The letters that the 9 team

members held were “KISSACOPE”. Students jostled about silently in the gym stands as the KCHS

Band’s Drumline set the throbbing beat, and a music remix of Harold Melvin and

Bluenotes intertwined with rappers Missy Elliot, Wyclef Jean and Mary J. Blige loudly jammed

“Wake Up Everybody”, while delivering the mes­sage, Education is the key to a better

quality of life.

The letters held by each group were “KISSACOPE”. One team quickly and qui­etly shifted their bodies about while holding the let­ters to be reformed to read: “PACES IS OK”.

That was just the begin­ning of the members of Class 2022 joining forces to help the community and themselves. Over the next 3 weeks, members of their class begin the effort of performing a minimum of 4 hours of community service while maintaining their focus on the primary goals of doing well academically and conducting themselves as expected.

As of result of their en­deavors 22 seniors became eligible to apply for mem­bership in PACES, and will be able to go on the col­lege campus and Business and Industry visits that PACES Project sponsors. The first campus visits were to the University of West Alabama and East Missis­sippi Community College on Nov. 3 Additionally, the PACES members poten­tially may be eligible to at­tend the end of the year Scholars Banquet held by PACES Project.

Kemper County Eco­nomic Development Au­thority’s, PACES Project, is a non-profit, all volunteer,

Community Service Or­ganization that is in its 13th year of operation.






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