This week our fourth graders will begin a Crime Lab mission in STEM. During the next few weeks, students will rotate through five unique crime scenes which the crews will have to investigate and solve. These include “The Field Trip Forgery” (handwriting analysis), “The Vandalized Van” (footprint and tire impressions), “The Locker Room Larceny” (fingerprinting), “The Bookstore Burglary” (DNA profiling), and “The Missing Math Teacher” (facial identification and reconstruction). With each crime, the students will learn about a specific area of forensic science, perform a skills-building activity, conduct an investigation based on evidence and a list of suspects, and maintain an investigator’s notebook to find out “whodunit.” This is going to be an exciting unit for our young CSI agents!
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JA Performing Arts Department Presents Our Town
April 2nd, 2015
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life”, Love and Marriage”, and “Death and Eternity”. Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die.
Our Town, presented by the Jackson Academy Performing Arts Department, begins in April. Four different performances of the production are scheduled for April 16, 17, and 18, at 7:00 p.m. and on April 19, at 2:00 p.m.
Ticket Pricing
Premium Seating: $18
Regular Seating: $12
JA Students and Faculty: $6
Purchase Tickets
To purchase tickets to Our Town, visit japac.tixato.com/buy/our-town–3 or click one of the links below. Tickets will also be available at the door.
Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m.
Students Gather 3,000 Books for Brown Elementary
December 2nd, 2014
(From left, back) Emily Thompson, Natalie Thompson, Megan Gautier, (front); Anna Claire Seago, and Mary Grace Downs.
A group of JA sixth graders have coordinated a book drive to benefit students at Brown Elementary. Brown Elementary in Jackson offers Accelerated Reading, but needs books to make the program work well. Megan Gautier, Natalie Thompson, Emily Thompson, Anna Claire Seago, and Mary Grace Downs, with support from Librarian Suzie Adcock, organized the collection of books. Before sending books to Brown Elementary, the girls arrive to school early or stay after school to create AR labels with the book level, AR number, and other information. They also make bookmarks for the students at Brown Elementary. JA students in grades one through six participated in the book drive that is sending 3,000 books to the elementary school.
Beatrix Potter Stories Come to Life for PK and K
April 30th, 2014
Prekindergarten and Kindergarten students enjoyed a visit to a transformed music room this week where they enjoyed tea parties. The students have been reading the Peter Rabbit stories and delighted in seeing scenes from the book.
Biography Day
February 6th, 2014
From Elvis to Einstein, our third grade students came up with amazing costumes and props for Biography Day. Each student reads about a famous person, then dresses in an outfit depicting their subject. They parade throughout the Lower School so the other students can join in on the fun.
