Murrah High School
| Murrah High School | |
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1400 Murrah Drive Jackson, Mississippi USA |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "The Only Place to Be." |
| Established | 1954 |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Principal | Dr. Alvanette Buchanan |
| Grades | 9th - 12th |
| Enrollment | 1,502 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Silver |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Yearbook | The Resumé |
| Website | School website |
Murrah High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. The school is a part of the Jackson Public School District.
There are a total of 1,600 students enrolled at Murrah High School. The racial makeup of the school is 93.52% African American, 0.59% Asian, 0.44% Hispanic, 0.15% Native American, and 5.30% White.
William Belton Murrah (1852 - 1925) was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church South elected in 1910. Born in Pickensville, Alabama, he was educated at Southern University (now Birmingham-Southern College) in Greensboro, Alabama, and at Centenary College in Jackson, Louisiana. In 1897 Murrah received his LLD from Wofford College in South Carolina. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, he served from 1890 to 1910 as the first President of Millsaps College in Jackson. Murrah High School and Murrah Hall at Millsaps College were both named after him.
JPS is a partner with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) in the Base Pair research mentorship program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The primary focus for Base Pair is to utilize the physical resources and intellectual capital of UMC to enable the pursuit of excellence in science education within a local public school environment. The program matches high school students with UMC faculty members for in-depth experiences in the sciences.
Base Pair has consistently emphasized three objectives:
That program, funded since 1992 and continuing through 2015, has brought approximately $1.3 million for science education enhancement into the district. Base Pair-trained high school students are authors on more than five dozen published scientific papers or abstracts. Twenty-five Base Pair graduates are currently in post-baccalaureate academic programs, including 12 in M.D., M.D./Ph.D., Ph.D. (science) or master's degree in science training. Six of these are currently enrolled in a program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Visit the UMC Base Pair Web site at http://www.umc.edu/basepair/
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