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The Jackson Academy community celebrated the launch of a revised mission statement and new language to express JA’s unique strengths and qualities January 15 and 16. JA President Cliff Kling presented the revised statement of our enduring mission, developed through a careful, yearlong process of gathering input from the JA community by members of the […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’10153′] Kindergarten students enjoyed emulating their favorite Superkids characters on a special dress up day. Superkids is a reading program that focuses on the 26 letters of the alphabet. Students systematically learn to read and write letters, to associate letters with sounds, to blend letter-sounds to form words and sentences, to read and write […]
Come Support Your Raiders and Lady Raiders Tomorrow’s Jackson Academy vs. Jackson Prep Varsity Basketball Games will be live-streamed from The Raider Dome. In partnership with SuperSport 930 and the JA Athletic Booster Club, both the girls and boys games will be broadcasted on the JA Livestream Channel. Air time is at 4:30 p.m. (subject […]
Honor rolls for grades 7 through 12 for the second quarter of the 2014-15 school year are as follows: Academy Honor Roll Twelfth Grade: William Bell, Hunter Berry, Elizabeth Burford, Kristen Clower, Caroline Duncan, Maris Hardee, Hannah Jane LeDuff, Jake Manning, Suzie Raines, Tori Roberts, Thad Scott, Mary Brooks Thigpen, Will Tribble, Ann Elizabeth Walker, […]
(From left, back): John Lundy, Pat Taylor, Peter Jernberg, Cliff Kling, Matt Morgan, Steve McCartney; (front): Bill LaForge, Mark Keenum, and Lee Royce. College presidents from three Mississippi institutions spoke to faculty and staff yesterday about higher education as part of Jackson Academy’s Professional Development Day. Bill LaForge of Delta State University, Lee Royce of […]
Pictured (from left): Phillip and Audra Bowman. Jackson Academy seniors pursuing a business degree at Ole Miss have the opportunity to apply for a generous scholarship thanks to the generosity of JA Trustee and alumnus, Phillip Bowman ’86, and his wife, Audra. The Phillip and Audra Bowman Ole Miss First Scholarship in Business provides annual […]
Don’t Miss an Important JA Community Event! Join the JA community at 5:30 p.m. January 15 in the Performing Arts Center for two significant announcements. Refreshments will be served by the JAA. Everyone who attends will receive a gift item. The Student Council will provide childcare. Don’t miss this event where we’ll reveal the collective […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’9918′] Occupational Therapist Jenn Sivak of Methodist Rehabilitation Center brought Puma to visit the Lower School. Puma is a trained Facility dog that works with patients at Methodist. Dogs like Puma are raised by volunteers, then complete a six to nine month training with Canine Companion instructors. Ms. Sivak explained how Puma helps patients […]
President Kling’s first meeting with (from left): Jack White, Logan Anderson, Zach Brister, and Jacob Touchstone. During a visit last year with a head of school in another state, my colleague shared that he meets with all of his school’s seniors in small groups. I decided then that I would create a similar practice at […]
Sister Dorothea Sondgeroth, who served as president of St. Dominic’s Health Services from 1995 to 2012, spoke Tuesday, Dec. 2 to students at JA’s Lunch to Lead program, a regularly scheduled optional program that offers students insights into leadership. During Lunch to Lead, students gather in the gallery of the PAC, are provided lunch, and […]