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Mayor Yarber Tours JA

[slideshow_deploy id=’8836′] Mayor Tony Yarber, his Chief of Staff Jackie Anderson-Woods, Office Coordinator Charity Clark and Executive Assistant Kimberly Bracey joined members of the JA administrative team and board for lunch and a tour of Jackson Academy Wednesday, September 17. They visited the Tech Center where he was given a description of the Apple one-to-one […]

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A Student for a Day at Jackson Academy

[slideshow_deploy id=’8771′] Click here to view all of the photos from Cliff’s experience as a student on Facebook. This past Thursday, I experienced one of the best days I have ever had at Jackson Academy in the 14-plus years I have served the school. I had the wonderful privilege of being a student for the […]

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A Student for a Day at Jackson Academy

[slideshow_deploy id=’8771′] Click here to view all of the photos from President Kling’s experience as a student on Facebook. This past Thursday, I experienced one of the best days I have ever had at Jackson Academy in the 14-plus years I have served the school.  I had the wonderful privilege of being a student for […]

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Third Thursdays Schedule for 2014-15

Please join us for informal parent workshops offered to help with a variety of “hot topics” faced by parents and students today. Feel free to come listen and learn. Each session will last one hour and will be held in the PAC (Black Box Theatre). The Third Thursday workshops are free of charge.

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STEM & Technology featured on Education Talk Radio

Interested in hearing more about how STEM and other educational innovations are impacting teaching and learning at JA? Headmaster Pat Taylor and STEM teacher Katie Chustz discussed these developments on Education Talk Radio last week. Listen to the discussion on blogtalkradio.com by clicking here.

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JA Tennis Tryouts Coming Soon

All interested boys and girls in grades six through twelve are invited to come and tryout for the JA team!  The team practices and competes in the spring from February to early May.  It is  comprised of 14 boys and 14 girls with a few alternates for each.  Since JA is a busy campus with […]

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JA Fast Pitch Softball vs Pillow Recap

Pillow Academy (16-4), ranked #5, visited Raider Park to take on Jackson Academy in conference play on Tuesday.  Pillow’s senior pitcher held the Lady Raiders to just one hit (Tyler Pitts) and removed JA from the plate seven times via strike out while only putting a Lady Raider on base on balls just once. JA […]

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JA Fast Pitch Softball vs Hartfield Academy Recap

Lady Raider Softball visited Hartfield Academy in their second meeting of the 2014 season. It was a quiet, somber win for the Lady Raiders as news of the passing of Jackson Prep’s Walker Wilbanks reached players right before game time just after the players had circled up to pray for Walker. The Lady Raiders donned […]

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Raiders Begin Season with Win in Meridian

Jackson Academy defeated Northeast Lauderdale 16-12 last night in Meridian. In a rather sloppy contest, the Raiders were able to overcome three turnovers and a huge gap in the Time of Possession battle as the JA Defense rose to the occasion in the fourth quarter to stop the Trojans from reclaiming the lead in a […]

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