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New Life Skills Classes Explore Career Choices

If all the roads turned into rivers, what would you do? That doesn’t seem like a typical career-related question. Still, students answered it and many other career assessment questions last week during Jackson Academy’s new life skills classes.

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Summer Leadership Programs Enrich Students’ Minds and Lives

Football coaching legend Vince Lombardi once said, “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” This summer, three JA students set aside opportunities to rest and play to hone their leadership skills and prepare to serve within their communities.

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Chapel Services Launch School Year with Messages of Hope

“The antidote to busyness of soul is not sloth and indifference,” Christian author Kevin DeYoung writes in his book Crazy Busy. “The antidote is rest.” At each chapel gathering in Jackson Academy’s Lower, Middle, and Upper School, students and faculty pause in prayer amid a full school day to breathe in worship and reflect on a message drawn from the Bible.

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Summers Enriched by New Experiences and Artistry

Whether the school year ends with the ring of a bell, the final period written on a paper, or the last “Submit”-button clicked on a screen, summertime offers compelling opportunities for rest and recreation. It also provides opportunities for personal development.

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Raider Network Launches New Level of Excellence

Jackson Academy’s Raider Network recently acquired a 36-foot production truck to enhance the school’s live stream and event production capabilities. Raider Network currently streams programming for athletics, performing arts, and various on and off-campus events. 

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A Dream, a Pandemic, and 15,249 Lines of Code

In first grade, Sandon Guild remembers being fascinated by how software programs worked. This year, the Jackson Academy senior has created two apps that have been granted copyrights and are in the App Store with a third app submitted for approval. 

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