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Beginning with the 2023-24 school year, Jackson Academy added a K2 program and realigned its four academic divisions slightly. Middle School now comprises sixth through eighth grades. The construction of a 8,000 square foot Middle School building provided six new classrooms, allowing for reallocation and renovation of existing space to meet the growing needs of each division. Fifth grade is now part of the Lower School division.
Parents, faculty, staff, and students gathered in the PAC Friday for an unforgettable performance by talented third grade students. With heartwarming tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder, students took the audience on a journey through key moments of her life. From the chores and square dances to the joy of Christmas at the Ingalls home, this performance transported audiences back in time to the 19th century when families churned butter and stored food for the long winter.
Here are some check-in questions to ask yourself each day during this busy season to keep you happy and healthy during what can be a stressful time for students and families.
Unique traditions for each grade leading up to Christmas give students special memories of their school year. Teachers and parents put creativity and love into the events that celebrate the season and teach important lessons.
Thursday began JA’s school-wide Food Drive with We Will Go Ministries. Food collected will help those in the community who are in need this holiday season. Donation collection ends on Tuesday.
All dressed in holiday pajamas, current and prospective preschoolers hopped, twirled, sang, posed for photos as they waited outside the entrance to the magical Preschool Christmas Open House on Thursday evening. Snow billowed above, and holiday music brought out excited dances and wiggles.
Warm smiles are everywhere at JA, even on a cold carpool morning. Faculty and students wore holiday attire, such as Christmas sweaters and accessories, as they helped preschoolers to their classes. All across campus, holiday music created positive energy to begin the school day.
JA art students studied the work of Pablo Picasso and Romare Bearden at the Mississippi Museum of Art on November 16. Art teacher Susan Ingram gave each student an assortment of images to locate and identify by recording the title and artist. Students emailed four images to Ingram: three selfies with a great work of art and one selfie with a work of art that did not appeal to them.
A faculty member and two seniors recently participated in a professional vocal project that used skills taught at JA. Director of Performing Arts Kerri Sanders and students Boston Hollingsworth and Sydney Thaxton served as voice talent for an audiobook project released on Audible in November.
Around the beginning of November, senior Hiser Funderburg went to Head of Upper School Brandi Richardson’s office. The senior proposed the idea of allowing Upper School males to grow out their facial hair. Richardson talked with Hiser about how there should be a purpose or something of substance to go along with it.