The Memphis Ambassadors Program is a year-round enrichment program that engages up to 400 youth from the seven city council districts in grades 9-12 each year. The program integrates curriculum centered on the community, local businesses, and neighborhood alliances. Memphis Ambassadors participate in community service projects throughout the year as a result of a partnership with area non-profits. Click here to apply and learn more.

Way to represent MSE!

Hometown?

• Henning, Tn/ Sana’a, Yemen
  

When did you start teaching?

• I started teaching in 2011 in 7th grade English.
  

Why do you love teaching your subject?

• I am obsessed with books and what better life is there to share my love of books and stories with my students!
  

Why do you love teaching at MSE?

• My kids make me happy! I love being around them and watching them become adults right before my eyes. It’s all about them.
  

Do you have a favorite book you teach to 9th grade?

• The Hate You Give! This one is a favorite of everyone!
  

Who is your biggest inspiration?

• If we’re speaking in a “life” sense, it will be Rob and Dana Linn Bailey. If we’re speaking in an “education” sense it would have to be Ron Clark.
  

Do you have a teaching motto?

• ”Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.”

What is something you most like to tell yourself at age 13?

• I would tell my 13 year-old-self to put more effort into things than I did. I can’t imagine the opportunities I would have had if I had just tried harder at the things that I was doing at the time!

Tell us something that might surprise us about you!

• I’m a dual citizen and I only have one kidney!
  

One of the newest members of REACH Memphis is our very own Aneth F! REACH Memphis is one of the most prestigious college-prep programs in Memphis. Helping students for over fifty years, REACH's mission is to offer academic support and personal growth experiences to broaden each student’s understanding of self, leadership and community. They offer services to help high-achieving Shelby County students in high school, college and beyond.

In high school, REACH works with students to improve ACT scores, write college application essays, and partners with colleges outside of Memphis to send students to differentiated summer programs to receive an immersive experience of living and studying on a college campus.

Aneth is most interested in a summer engineering program at Smith's College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The camp is a four week residential program for exceptional young women with strong interests in science, engineering and medicine. Smith College is among the top-rated liberal arts colleges in the United States and one of the nation's largest colleges dedicated solely to the education of women.

When asked if there was a specific teacher at MSE who sparked her interest in science, she immediately answers, "Mr. Shirley!" Aneth says it was sitting in Mr. Shirley's seventh grade class where he, "encouraged us to ask questions in class showed us videos to spark our interest" when her own interest was sparked.

She remembered watching a particular video about prosthetics when she first heard about the field of biomedical engineering. "It was so cool to watch scientists to build something new. Especially when it was made for people who thought they had lost something forever," Aneth said.

Aneth aspires to major in biomedical engineering in college with hopes on maybe one day entering the medical field. As a sophomore who has already scored a 19 on her practice ACTs, we have no doubt Aneth has a bright future ahead of her as a leader in the STEM community.

At MSE High School, our students are working hard to put their programming skills to the test. Our club is lead by Mr. Dibi, our 11th grade math teacher.

Mr. Dibi started in robotics as the assistant coach for for First Lego League, a competition where students design, build and program LEGO robots. He then mentored our middle school robotics team for three years. After we moved to our new high school campus, Mr. Dibi decided to take our robotics club to the next level for high school students.

Our high school robotics club consists of six students interested in pursuing careers in the STEM fields. The team is a part of First Tech Challenge (FTC), the high school counterpart to the First Lego League. After school, the team works on building a robot that accomplishes given tasks. Once students build the main body and attachments, they will program the robot and control it by using cell phones.

The MSE Robotics Team is new to FTC and they still have a lot to learn! For the 2018-2019 school year, our students are getting the experience they need to be ready for the regional competition held every January in Memphis. They're learning engineering, programming, and metalworking and they must also learn collaboration and team work along the way! We are proud of their hard work so far and can't wait to see where they will go in the regional competition in 2020.

2.22 - Father Daughter Dance at the ES/MS

2.23 - Mock ACT #4

2.28 - MS Black History Month Program

3.8 - Last Day of 3rd Quarter

3.11 - Week of Spring Break

3.19 - MSE Open House Day at 5:00 pm on both campuses

3.23 - MSE Open House Day at 10:00 am on both campuses

3.27 - MSE Open House Day at 5:00 pm on both campuses

3.30 - Mock ACT #5

4.25 - MSE Open House Day at 5:00 pm on both campuses

4.27 - MSE Open House Day at 10:00 am on both campuses

5.15 - Kindergarten Graduation at 9am at MSE Elementary

5.15 - 5th Grade Promotion at 10:15am at MSE Elementary

5.16 - 8th Grade Graduation at 9am at MSE Middle

5.17 - High School Graduation at 6pm at New Sardis Baptist Church (ticket required)