Monday morning, Jackson Academy families awoke to snow on the ground and enjoyed the day off from school to play in the snow. The school’s administration announced Sunday that school would be closed Monday as a winter storm blanketed parts of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and, most importantly, Mississippi, in snow. Raiders returned to school today as the sunshine melted remnants of yesterday’s snow off of buildings and cars. JA families were invited to share their snow day photos using the school hashtag #WeAreJA to be entered in a drawing for gift cards to the school coffee shop. Congratulations to the Koonce and Conwill families, winners of $25 Common Grounds gift certificates! Thank you to those who participated. We’re so glad that everyone had a wonderful day in the snow!
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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.