JA Welcomes Wheelcats to the Court
The Upper School gymnasium filled with students from grades three through twelve as the varsity Raiders basketball team warmed up to take on an opponent that has beaten them three years in a row.
Sixth Grade Uses Augmented Reality to Dissect Frogs
Dissection just got a lot cleaner. Instead of pinning a formaldehyde-soaked frog to a dissection pan, students in Cara Pridmore’s sixth grade science classes simply downloaded an application to their iPad.
Bring Books to Donate This Week
Student volunteers will greet families at morning carpool this week to collect books for the 60th Anniversary Book Drive, which kicked off Monday and runs through Friday.
Upper School Students Author Winning Writ
Creative Writing students Priya Ray and Wisdom Ware won honors in the Mississippi Scholastic Writing Awards competition this year.
Lilly Gebhart Places in DAR Essay Contest
Eighth grade student Lilly Gebhart earned third place in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s annual essay contest.
Students Shine at MTA
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Antigone Now, who finished their competition season last weekend at the Mississippi Theatre Association’s statewide festival.
Artists Win in Scholastic Art’s Statewide Competition
Congratulations to all the Jackson Academy students who earned recognition in the statewide, highly competitive 2019 Scholastic Art Competition.
National Geography Bee
Ten contestants took to the platform to compete in the school’s National Geographic Geography Bee last Friday.
Kinkead Dent Signs with Ole Miss
Senior Kinkead Dent signed to play football at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, December 19 at 11 a.m.
Kinkead Dent Signs with Ole Miss
Senior Kinkead Dent signed to play football at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, December 19 at 11 a.m. Joining Dent for the event were his family, coaches, teammates, faculty, fellow students, and friends. With 6,740 total career yards, 62 touchdowns, and a 23-16 record, Dent’s leadership and tenacity as a player have been proven […]