Students and staff across HPSD enjoyed celebrating Dr. Seuss' 109th birthday with reading and Seuss-themed activities! Thank you to all of our volunteer readers for making this day such a great…

Hattiesburg High had character day on Wednesday, Nov 28. Teachers, staff and principals dressed as favorite book characters to inspire conversations with students about reading and favorite books. Many of the characters were familiar to students who had seen them in films that were based on the books. "Even when we see a great story as a movie, we still miss out on a lot of that experience, so we want to encourage our students to pick up a book and meet these…

HPSD District-Wide Report Card Pick-up Day is Thursday, April 5 from 10am until 6pm. All HPSD schools will be open for parents to pick up their child's report card. There will be no school for students.

Students will be out on April 6 - 9 for Easter Break and will return to school on Tuesday, April 10.

For Arbor Day this year, Hawkins Elementary welcomed guests from the city of Hattiesburg. The city planted trees on the Hawkins playground area, and John Brown presented a plaque to Hawkins administration on behalf of the Mayor's Office.…

Burger Middle School student D’Anorez Pams had the honor of presenting essays compiled by 7^th grade Forensics Students at NR Burger Middle School to Colonel George Hall. Colonel Hall graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1953. He was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after…

Happy Veteran's Day to all of those who have served our country, especially to our fellow HPSD teachers and staff! We thank you for your service!

  An interesting bit of HPSD 11-11-11 trivia today: our very own Joyce Berry (HPSD Business Office) was born on 11-11, and she's visiting her sister today (11-11-11) who was also born on 11-11 and just happens to be 11 years older than Joyce! Happy birthday to the both of…

The 2011-2012 School Year is off to a great start! We saw lots of parents bringing their students to school all across the district. Lots of fresh faces, excited to start a new year! We hope that you have an excellent and successful school year. Be sure to follow @HPSD on Twitter.com and "like" us on Facebook.com/HattiesburgPSD to keep up with the latest school information throughout the year. And you can always check back in here on the HPSD website. Here are a few pictures from the first…