Micah’s Mission graduates seven

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — Micah’s Mission graduated seven students at a ceremony last night to a packed house at Redbone Church. Dr. Emily Williams, founder and Executive Director of Micah’s Mission, hosted the event.

The seven graduates are:

• Caleb Bethany
• Forrest Couth
• Desmond Hicks
• Luci Madison
• Allyson Moore
• Ellen Spangler
• Ethan Noble

Allyson Moore was awarded the Nat McMillian Strong Award at the ceremony.

Dr. Emily Williams founded Micah’s Mission in 2017 after noticing that many homeschooled children had disabilities or learning challenges that required additional support. She set out to create a program to help them succeed.

“It is an educational mission where we work with children who are educationally at risk. It’s a K-12 micro school, but we have evolved into a learning and resource center as well. So, we work with kids who might have dyslexia. We work with those that have other learning disabilities or like I like to say, I like to say that they’re different learning abilities, so we just learn in a different way,” Williams said in an interview with WJTV earlier this year. “And so, we just we work with students that maybe we’re in a space that they they were at risk for failing in their traditional school. They were at risk for giving up on life.”

Micah’s Mission School, Inc. is a Hybrid Learning and Resource Center for at-risk children and youth K-12. Their Corporate micro-school model is founded on the principle of God’s teachings through the story of Micah and how we are expected to create social justice through social change. All students are working towards a high school diploma or certificate to be prepared for college or the workforce. Micah’s Mission provides a way for students, with or without disabilities, to learn full circle within a micro-school environment. That means their students learn life skills that will increase their preparedness for the real world after graduation with a faith-based foundation that increases character traits such as integrity, motivation, courage, and much more.

“Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8