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Students, families, and friends from across the Jackson community filled Raider Field last Tuesday for the 2026 Jackson Academy Carnival, a fall festival tradition that brings our whole community together. It was an evening full of laughter, games, amazing costumes, and great memories.
The Activities Building was full of smiles and creativity as JA’s Class of 2039 welcomed their fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and special father figures to campus for the annual Pumpkins with Pops event. Pumpkins with Pops has been a Preschool tradition since 2012, and it was created to give kindergartners meaningful one-on-one time with the important men in their lives. Hundreds of JA families have shared in this tradition, and some of the first kindergartners to decorate pumpkins with their pops are now in high school!
The Raiders open the postseason this Friday, November 6, when they travel to Flowood to take on Jackson Prep in the MAIS Class 4A Division I semifinals. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The winner advances to the state championship game on Friday, November 13, in Clinton.
For more than a decade, JA sixth graders have traded their classroom desks for canoe paddles on one of the largest rivers in the world. The tradition continued as boys and girls each spent a weekend on the Lower Mississippi River near Clarksdale, Miss., through JA’s SOAR outdoor program.
Jackson Academy alumna Avery Anderson ‘18, valedictorian of her graduating class, is sharing American culture with students in Austria as a Fulbright English teaching assistant. Through the program, she is helping students strengthen their English skills while learning about life and culture in a new country.
Alpha & Omega buddies celebrated Halloween with a morning of trick-or-treating around campus. Kindergarten students and their senior buddies wore matching masks as they visited offices and stops across campus, collecting treats and enjoying time together.
Jackson Academy is pleased to announce the first quarter Honor Roll and Academy Honor Roll for the 2026–2027 academic year.
All JA families, K2 through 12th grade, are invited to come out for an evening of games, prizes, delicious treats, and sweet memories. As one of Jackson’s longest-running outdoor festivals, the Carnival is a JA tradition that brings our whole community together, and the carousel makes this year’s celebration especially magical.
Jackson Academy’s volleyball team punched its ticket to the MAIS Division I State Championship with a commanding sweep of Jackson Prep in the state semifinals, winning three straight sets at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the campus of Mississippi Christian University in Clinton. The Lady Raiders took control early and never let up, winning 25-23, 25-12, and 25-8 to send a clear message heading into Tuesday night’s title game.
Two JA After School programs earned airtime this fall on WJTV-12’s “Cool Schools” segment.
Beaker Buddies, led by Middle School science teacher Beth Williamson, and Mahjong Club, led by Kindergarten assistant teacher Meredith Culpepper, are among the options that let students pick up new skills, unwind after classwork, and make friends across grade levels.
