• Brooke Edwards has been named a student of excellence in honor roll and leadership by the U.S. Achievement Academy. A Vicksburg Christian Home School student, her name will appear in the academy’s yearbook. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Edwards Jr. of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Waters Sr. and Deserie Edwards, all of Vicksburg, and Mr. and Mrs. V. Edwards of Memphis.

• Ann Avery Burrell is one of 141 high school seniors to be selected as a 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholar. The students are chosen based on academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, service and contribution. Those selected will be honored in Washington, D.C., in June. Burrell is a senior at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland and was named a Mississippi All-STAR scholar. She will pursue pre-med at Columbia University in the fall. She is the daughter of Jack and Virginia Burrell of Vicksburg.

• Vicksburg students who are part of the Hinds Community College Hi-Steppers precision dance team are Emily Emerson, Callie Rankin, Samantha Linzy and Chandria Murrell.