The Memory Project is a unique initiative in which art students create portraits for children and teens around the world who have been neglected, orphaned, or disadvantaged. Assuming that children in such situations tend to have few personal keepsakes, one purpose of the portraits is to provide them with special mementos that capture a piece of their childhood. To do this, art students receive photos of children on the Memory Project’s waiting list and then work in any medium to create the portraits (drawing, painting, digital art, collage, etc). Next, Memory Project team members deliver the portraits to the children as gifts, and take photos of the children holding the portraits so the art students can see the delivery in action.
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One of the anticipated evenings each year at JA is Senior Awards Night, held this past Tuesday. At this event, JA announces members of the Hall of Fame, Most Beautiful, Most Handsome, Beauties and Beaus, Mr. and Miss JA, and Class Favorites, among other academic, service, and student life awards.
Winner of Distinguished Alumni Award Outlines Nine Decisions for Seniors
"Life is full of decisions. Often, they come fast, and you cannot hesitate or delay. The real power in life comes when you are confident in your decision making before you ever come to the fork in the road," said John Scarbrough (1992) to the Class of 2024 last Tuesday evening during the Senior Night Banquet at the Country Club of Jackson.
STEM in the Gym
JA fifth grade spent Friday morning at “STEM in the Gym!” With the help of parents and faculty members, six hands-on stations were set up in the Lower School gym for the energetic fifth graders to rotate through. The six stations were the Marble Run Design, Coding with Dash, Rocket Launch, Imagination Playground, Barefoot Frogger, and the Rigamajig. Each station included elements of science, technology, engineering, and math, which students learned about all year through the Lower School STEM program.