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Six Jackson Academy students have been selected to serve on the 2026–2027 City of Ridgeland Mayor’s Youth Council: Bess Borne, Porter Meeks, Emma Pollack, Peyton Smith, Gus Summers, and Slates Veazey.
The stage is turning, the lights are swinging, and the floor might just open beneath your feet. This weekend, Jackson Academy Performing Arts brings the Tony Award-winning musical “Hadestown: Teen Edition” to life with stagecraft JA audiences have never seen before, all designed and built in-house by the Performing Arts team.
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.
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.
Homecoming Week was a storybook from start to finish. Students from K2 through twelfth grade celebrated with dress days, pep rallies, and class competitions. The week ended with a 34-0 Raider win and the community celebrating Homecoming Queen Liza Benner and her court.
Homecoming festivities are Friday, October 9. JA will present its court at the pep rally that morning and again Friday evening during the formal halftime presentation, where JA will honor members of the court and crown the Homecoming queen. The game with Magnolia Heights begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Brickyard. Join your friends and fellow alumni at JA’s Homecoming!
Jackson Academy’s Alpha and Omega program held its first meeting of the 2026–2027 school year, and true to tradition, it started with socks. Kindergartners received their own pair of fun and colorful socks before making their way to the amphitheatre, where they searched the crowd of seniors until they found the one wearing the exact same pair. That matching moment marks the beginning of a friendship that will carry both students through the rest of the school year, built on the simple but meaningful idea that the oldest and youngest Raiders belong together.
Jackson Academy senior Sarah Yung has been named a Commended Student in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the recognition this month.
Jackson Academy English teacher Sara Bannerman had her scholarship on one of Mississippi’s most celebrated authors published this year in a national academic journal.
