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Varsity and JV basketball teams develop endurance and perfect plays through dedicated practice each week in the gymnasium. On the same campus, second-graders look up to those athletes, envisioning a time when they will play basketball for Jackson Academy.
A stroller. A garment bag. A trash bag. A suitcase. A briefcase. A rolling cart. A wagon. For a fun diversion, seventh and eighth-grade students will have the opportunity to carry their school books and supplies in anything other than a backpack on Wednesday, February 2.
Jackson Academy is pleased to announce the second quarter Honor Roll and Academy Honor Roll for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Jackson Academy students attended the Mississippi Theatre Statewide Festival this past weekend. A number of JA students who were named as Individual Event finalists competed on Saturday. Congratulations to JA Theatre students named MTA Individual Event Finalists!
For the third year in a row, the Jackson Academy Lady Raider volleyball program boasts the top player in the state. Junior Lakin Laurendine was named the 2021-22 Gatorade Mississippi Volleyball Player of the Year this past week.
The feeling of being a leader is one of the unexpected aspects of Jackson Academy’s honors band class. Eight band members from sophomore to senior are taking part in an honors experience with many benefits, and not simply the extra three points the honors projects add to their average.
Memory is likely one of the most important but misunderstood functions of the brain. To understand memory and its strengths and weaknesses, you need to understand the variety of types and the influence the brain’s natural processes have on learning.
When stay-at-home orders went into effect last spring, #distractibaking quickly became a trending hashtag and a defining moment in 2021 graduate Ari Jackson’s journey as a businesswoman.
For the third time this year, Jackson Academy had a banner day for the Class of 2022 on December 15 as two more seniors signed papers that will allow them to continue their academic and athletic careers next year at Mississippi State University and MUW.
At the Jackson Academy kindergarten cottage’s deck, a plain white wall provided the canvas for a new collaborative art installation. Kindergarten-sized handprint flowers now grow there.