Jackson Academy Breaks Ground on Middle School Expansion
December 13, 2022 /
Middle School/All News
Members of the Jackson Academy Board of Trustees, administrators, and capital campaign chairs were on campus today for the official groundbreaking of the new Middle School expansion. Second grader Ford Clark, (center) and his class joined the dignitaries for the groundbreaking photo. Ford was serving as honorary Head of School for the Day with JA’s Head of School Palmer Kennedy.
This morning Jackson Academy trustees, faculty, staff, and students gathered for a celebration. The groundbreaking for expanding the Middle School is part of JA’s multi-phase facilities master plan that launched in August 2022 with infrastructure improvements. The infrastructure phase, which included reworking on-campus parking and all underground utilities, was completed in November. The next phase, which includes adding six new classrooms for Middle School grades, will begin immediately.
Fourth through twelfth grades gathered with Jackson Academy trustees, administrators, and faculty to celebrate the Middle School expansion groundbreaking Tuesday morning. (Drone photo by JA student Samuel Long)
Preschool through first-grade students were the first to visit the site for the groundbreaking of Jackson Academy’s Middle School expansion this morning, all decked out in hard hats and safety vests.
Jackson Academy announced last week several changes for the 2026-2027 school year designed to build on our school’s existing strengths, taking what is already strong and making it even better.
For one magical week, JA students from K2 through Kindergarten stepped into the world of Beatrix Potter, and into the lush, enchanting rows of Mr. McGregor’s Garden.
New Stage Theatre presented a performance of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical” as part of the theatre’s Arts-in-Education statewide touring program. Kindergarten through second graders were entertained with catchy tunes and wild antics on the JA PAC stage Friday morning.
