Tupelo High School open house

For: Haven Acres neighborhood

When: 6 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Haven Acres Community Center/Boys and Girls Club

More info: Call Tracy Mallard at (662) 841-8970

TUPELO – Tupelo High will take the school to the Haven Acres neighborhood next week, the first of what could be a series of traveling open houses.

As part of a pilot program, the school is holding an open house at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Haven Acres Community Center, where the Boys and Girls Club meets.

“We just know some people can’t come to an open house at school,” said Tupelo High School math teacher Tracy Mallard, who is part of a community outreach committee.

School administrators and faculty will talk with parents about subject area tests, ACT test dates, graduation requirements and new policies, said Principal Mac Curlee.

The Tuesday event is focused on the Haven Acres neighborhood in south Tupelo.

“Depending on how things turn out at Haven Acres, we’d like to do them in other parts of the city,” Mallard said.

Harvard education professor and retired Boston Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Payzant shared the idea of community open houses as a way to engage parents and students with Tupelo educators last spring, Curlee said.

“We want to see what kind of success we can have,” Curlee said.

Contact Michaela Gibson Morris at (662) 678-1599 or michaela.morris@djournal.com.