Because of the efforts of its administration and staff in the development and implementation of a distance learning system, Copiah County Schools has been selected as a Microsoft Showcase District by the Mississippi Department of Education.  As a result, the schools will receive additional support by vendors in implementing the 1:1 rollout of devices for the three-year Mississippi Connects project.  Mississippi Connects is a program that seeks to provide every public-school student in Mississippi with the technology to learn at school and at home.  Other districts selected as showcase districts include: 

Microsoft Districts:  Desoto, Harrison, Columbus, Copiah, Marion 

Google Districts:  Vicksburg-Warren, Lamar County, Rankin, Ocean Springs, Clarksdale Municipal 

Apple Districts:  Clinton, Corinth, Madison, New Albany, Oxford