In an effort to make the reality of starting classes again early Monday morning more fun, the Beulah Rucker Museum held a rally for the students and families preparing for the beginning of the new school year.This was the fifth year of the Back to School Rally and Education Day sponsored by The Educational Foundation and Museum of Beulah Rucker.Though only the second year the event has been held at the museum, the rally’s mission remained to help assist educators and school staffers in encouraging students to stay in school.Among the fun, prizes were given out to teachers and adults and free hot dogs and hamburgers were offered to all who attended. Students who completed a tour of the museum received a Beulah Rucker Museum bookbag filled with school supplies.LaTaria Reynolds-Bruce, a high school teacher for over 20 years in different school systems in the Southeast, attended the day’s festivities in support of the rally’s mission.“There is no more important message we need to give to our kids than to stay in school and finish school,” she said. “The benefits of education are countless, and parents and teachers need to do everything they can to talk to their kids about it.”Reynolds-Bruce has seen her fair share of students not finishing their schooling during her time teaching.“I’ve seen kids with so much potential to do some great things, even world-changers, who have left school for whatever reason,” she said.