Alcorn Career & Technology Center

Recently Instructor Lee Busby’s students revved up for a little friendly competition. The competition began with a demonstration by Mr. Busby on how to safely and correct...

Eighty-four students at the Alcorn Career and Technology Center were celebrated for Perfect Attendance for the Second Nine Weeks. Each of these students was recognized through a ...

Mrs. Erica Melvin was on-hand in the Teacher Academy classes to speak with students about her experience teaching English as a second language through the Chinese company VIPKid. ...

The FFA Chapter at ACTC kicked off their yearly competitions at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ten students went to the competition and showcased their talents in Sr. C...

The Alcorn Career and Technology Center is pleased to announce that Destiny Ozbirn was named the ACTC Rotary Student for November. Destiny is a senior at Kossuth High School....

As part of HOSA Week, ACTC Health Science Students brainstormed to choose a community service project. They decided to serve some community members who have spent the last severa...

Oil-Dri of Ripley, one of ACTC’s industry partners, recently donated a pallet of Oil-Dri product to the center. The Oil-Dri product donated will be utilized in each of the shop a...

Recently Mr. Russ Elam, Director of ACTC and Mrs. Nan Nethery, Teacher Academy Instructor, along with two Teacher Academy Students, Destiny Ozbirn and Annie Stewart spoke to the A...

Mrs. Tila Johnson's Health Sciences classes have been busy second quarter. Students recently studied about emergency services and took a tour to visit two vital services in our c...

Recently the Business and Marketing classes at ACTC went on an industry tour of the Kimberly Clark manufacturing plant in Corinth. Students were given a history of how the compan...

Kossuth Senior Elijah Hodum was recently nominated by his Metal Fabrication instructor Jesse Potts to be considered as the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF) Stu...

During the month of October, classes at ACTC compete to see who can collect the most cans and money to donate to the AMEN Food Pantry. The pantry located on Lindon Street in Cori...

Recently Mark Jacobs of Oil-Dri in Ripley inquired about the possibility of Oil-Dri partnering with ACTC to give up to three students a chance to apply for an internship with thei...

As the workforce changes, there has been more buzz in industry to focus on a mixture of both hard and soft skills in the workforce. Two ACTC classes teamed up this week to practi...

Current Health Science students were recently visited by former Health Science students in Mrs. Tila Johnson's class at ACTC. Instructor Tila Johnson thought it would be exciting...

On August 23, 2019 Instructor Jesse Potts, Student Services Coordinator Robert Suitor and students enrolled in the Metal Fabrication program at Alcorn Career and Technology Center...

Pvt. Shea Downs, a senior from Alcorn Central and a second year Automotive Services student, recently came and spoke with the Law and Public Safety and Automotive Services student...

School is off to a great start here at ACTC, and our first two weeks have been packed with excitement and learning! As our students settled into their courses, many teachers bega...

Eleven students from the Alcorn Career and Technology Center participated in Signing Day for the Gateway Program last week. Gateway is a program funded by The Three Rivers Planni...

Recently Mrs. Skylar Mincey's class went to learn about the business side of healthcare at MRHC. They heard speakers from multiple departments including IT, Medical Records, Mark...