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A child
in Petal, Miss., meets a
goat March 31 at the
city’s celebration of
earning Excel by Five
Community status. (Annjo
Lemons) Click on photo
for larger image.
Young children in Petal,
Miss., recite the Pledge
of Allegiance at the
celebration March 31,
2007, of the city’s
designation as an Excel
by Five Community. (Annjo
Lemons) Click on photo
for larger image.
A skydiver arrives with
the official Excel by
Five Community flag for
the city of Petal,
Miss., at a celebration
March 31, 2007. (Annjo
Lemons) Click on photo
for larger image.
Left to right: Mayor
Carl Scott of Petal,
Miss., posed with Nadine
Coleman, director of the
Petal Center for
Families and Children;
Superintendent James
Hutto of the Petal
School District; and
Stephen Renfroe of
Chevron, the lead funder
of the Excel by Five
Initiative of the
Mississippi State
University Early
Childhood Institute. (Annjo
Lemons) Click on photo
for larger image.
Mary
Cirino of the Petal
Center for Families and
Children was exultant at
the celebration of
Petal’s designation as
an Excel by Five
Community. (Annjo
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Scrapbook: Petal, Mississippi,
Celebrates Earning Excel by Five Community Status
MAY 10, 2007
| The city of Petal, Miss., celebrated its designation as the
first “Excel by Five” community in the nation with a day of
games, speeches, and even a flag-bearing skydiver.
Petal is one of four Mississippi communities participating in
the pilot phase of the
Excel by Five Initiative, a program of the Mississippi
State University Early Childhood Institute which was established
and funded by Chevron and the Phil Hardin Foundation of
Meridian, Miss.
“This is what we have been working on for the past two years,”
Nadine Coleman said before the March 31 celebration. Coleman is
executive director of Petal’s Excel by Five initiative. Annjo
Lemons of ECI has directed the pilot project since 2005.
46 Blackjack Rd. / P.O. Box 6013 /
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tel. 662-325-4836 / fax 662-325-5436
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Updated
05/21/2007
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