Senior Chapel Highlights Special Alpha & Omega Bond
The admissions team celebrated and honored Jackson Academy’s Senior Student Ambassadors as they bid them farewell and thanked them for a wonderful time of serving.
First Graders Dream About Growing Up
Recently, first graders learned a vast amount of knowledge about potential careers. On Friday morning, parents and students gathered in the Performing Arts Center to see how hard these first-grade Raiders had been working.
Students Exceed $10k Raised for Heifer International
This year, Jackson Academy’s Lower School raised $10,859.72 and purchased 85 animals ranging from water buffalo to honeybees. This is the Lower School’s sixteenth year to raise money to benefit Heifer International.
Perfect Weather Boosts Spirits at Field Day
This year’s Lower School Field Day was a great success. The event was hosted on Friday, April 14. Kindergarten through fourth grade students met on the football field for activities that challenged their strength, speed, balance, mind, and endurance.
Passing On the Tradition of the Easter Hat Parade
First grade’s Easter Hat Parade is a tradition dating back more than 20 years. It’s always a fun, creative way for students to begin celebrating Easter, said Head of Lower School Sarah Love. This sweet tradition was virtual for the spring of 2020, but students and teachers kept the tradition alive.
Sarah Love Honored at Retirement Reception
On Wednesday, April 5, many friends and family met in the Performing Arts Center to celebrate the retirement of Head of Lower School Sarah Love. Love’s three children traveled to the event to show their support for the dedication their mother demonstrated through her 21 years at Jackson Academy.
Dental Awareness Month Motivates Students
Jackson Academy first and second graders learned lifelong lessons last week from the School of Dentistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. To make the lessons more meaningful, among those delivering the information about good dental health were recent JA alumni.
First Grade Grandparents Go Back to School
There’s just something special about grandparents. Grandparents of first-graders were able to experience a day in the life of their grandchildren at JA on Friday.
Accelerated Reader Top Performers
The Jackson Academy Accelerated Reader Program consists of second to fourth-grade students. This program encourages a love of reading in students in order to help them become life-long readers. This program provides a guide for selecting literature that students will read to get a variety of materials.
Lower School Chapel
Lower School Chapel continued their Hands of God series, learning to be Hands of Compassion last week. So far, the Lower School has focused on being the hands of prayer, work, gratitude, healing, welcome, and now compassion.