Excel By 5 Executive Director Bob Clay congratulated Alcorn School District Superintendent Gina Rogers Smith, Corinth School District Superintendent Lee Childress, Sandy Williams, Mona Lisa Grady, Susan O’Connell and Bobby Caps with the Commission on the Future of Alcorn County and Kenneth Williams with the C.A.R.E. Community Foundation on becoming Mississippi’s newest Excel By 5 Certified Community. Corinth and Alcorn County become the 18th community in the state to complete the process to become certified. The program will guarantee children up to age 5 are more prepared when they enter school. The announcement was made in front of more than 800 teachers, school administrators and community supporters at the Celebration of Excellence in Education held at the Crossroads Arena earlier this week.