LAUREN WOOD / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Fourth grader Kennadi Johnson, 9, beams up at her teacher, Loran Scott, during a parent conference with Kennadi’s mother, Dina, during open house Wednesday night at Frazier Elementary School.

Fourth grader Jasmine Jackson high-fives her math and science teacher Eric Smith, left, Wednesday night after he told Jasmine and her grandmother Daisy Ware, right, about her good test scores.