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Last week, Middle and Upper School students began the new year with their first chapel of the semester. Special guest Tanner Allen, former Mississippi State baseball player, shared insights from his career in sports and encouraged students to treat others with kindness, reminding them that everyone is made in God’s image.
Twelve Jackson Academy alumni returned to campus on Monday to share what they have learned during their first semester of college. Sponsored by the JA College Counseling Office, this event helps upcoming graduates prepare for their next steps after graduation.
Jackson Academy’s Test Prep course students are experiencing notable advances in their ACT scores. From August to December 2024, all students in the class made strides in testing.
Jackson Academy will celebrate Jan Sojourner’s final season leading the Lady Raiders with a special day and evening in her honor. The head girls basketball coach is completing a stellar 45-year career as the third-winningest girls basketball coach in Mississippi history. This season will complete 40 years at JA of her 45 years of coaching.
Jackson Academy is pleased to announce the second quarter Honor Roll and Academy Honor Roll for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Both Jackson Academy varsity basketball teams finished their pre-conference schedules with 12-3 records and are looking forward to tonight as conference play begins at The Raider Dome. This is also a reminder that there are only 10 games left in the regular season to honor Head Coach Jan Sojourner with your attendance. Five home games and five away are all that remain in the stellar 45-year career of the third winningest girls basketball coach in Mississippi history. Come out and support Coach Sojourner, the Lady Raiders, and the Raiders tonight. Varsity games begin at 6:30 p.m. and JV games get started at 4 p.m.
The spring semester at JA offers a number of opportunities to enjoy the arts. Band, theatre, and show choir students will participate in competitions, clinics, and public performances.
The newest issue of “True Blue,” Jackson Academy’s award-winning magazine, is available online and in print. Published by the Marketing and Communication and Advancement departments, “True Blue” highlights stories of students, faculty, campus happenings, alumni, and donor news.
Jackson Academy not only fosters mentoring and learning across grades, but takes steps to help students maintain those mentoring relationships after graduation. This month, first graders wrote Christmas letters to someone special in their lives – the Alpha and Omega buddies they were paired with during their kindergarten year.
Jackson Academy’s Raider Network showcased its broadcasting prowess yet again on Saturday, December 14, at 3 p.m., when it produced the Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss men’s basketball game on SEC Network Plus. The production team included 18 crew members, featuring current students, eight grader, Knox Seward, and senior, Alexander Barrera, alumni Walker Lake ’23, Samuel Long ’23, and Matt Hinkle ’03, as well as staff members Josh Hinkle ’15, Eddie Wettach ’03, and Bryan Eubank. This marks the Raider Network’s fifth broadcast for an ESPN platform, further cementing its reputation as one of the premier high school broadcast programs in the nation.