Education

Northeast officer reads to preschoolers in early childhood program

Campus Police Officer Jeremy Pace spent a morning reading to preschoolers in Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Early Childhood Education Program, according to a post from the college.

The college’s Early Childhood Education Technology program allows students to earn a two-year degree while gaining classroom experience.

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Graduates often work as private childcare providers, preschool teacher’s aides, public pre-K or kindergarten teacher’s assistants, child care center directors, Head Start teachers and nannies.

More information is available through the program’s webpage at https://www.nemcc.edu/…/programs/CT-Early-Childhood.html.

Source: Northeast Mississippi Community College.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."