3,500 Books Sorted and Delivered This Week
Jackson Academy student volunteers quickly tackled the task of sorting and boxing hundreds of books donated for the 60th Anniversary Book Drive.
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Jackson Academy student volunteers quickly tackled the task of sorting and boxing hundreds of books donated for the 60th Anniversary Book Drive.
Senior Max Harmon signed to play football at the University of West Alabama, a member of the Gulf South Conference in NCAA Division II. Francie LeDuff indicated her intent to play college sports, signing with Belhaven University for cross country and track.
The entire fourth grade is on the hunt for a job, and they’ve all applied to the same place: Kathy’s Candy Corner. In January, with help from Lower School Counselor Kathy Sheffield, the students built their applications for a position that recently opened at the fictional store.
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.
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.
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.
Creative Writing students Priya Ray and Wisdom Ware won honors in the Mississippi Scholastic Writing Awards competition this year.
Eighth grade student Lilly Gebhart earned third place in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s annual essay contest.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Antigone Now, who finished their competition season last weekend at the Mississippi Theatre Association’s statewide festival.
Congratulations to all the Jackson Academy students who earned recognition in the statewide, highly competitive 2019 Scholastic Art Competition.