Fiesta Day

January 30th, 2014

Sixth grade students enjoyed a Mexican Fiesta Day where they experienced a taste of Mexican culture. The students made colorful paper flowers, ate chips and salsa, and did the Mexican hat dance.  This was a fun way to reinforce some of the things they are studying in Social Studies.

Quarter Two Honor Roll

January 17th, 2014

Honor Roll

Seventh Grade  Ashlyn Adair, Addison Avdoyan, Eeshaan Bajaj, Samantha Brown, Ellie Brent, Cartwright, Rebecca McRee Costas, Daniel Courtney, Peyton DePriest, Camille Felder, Sarah Fisher, Owen Fracchia, Jarvon Gaines, Charlie Gautier, Jack Gideon, Ansley Hill, Ramey Hogue, Celeste Knighton, Francie LeDuff, Nayan Malhotra, Ashley Manning, Latham Nance, Reese Overstreet, John Porch, Emory Rhodes, Walker Rippee, Webb Strickland, Mary Lindley Tharp, Will Thomas, Will Whitfield, Mary Parker Williams,Venice Williams

Eighth Grade Bryan Barksdale, Janise Bennett, Caroline Childress, Hannah Collums, Sophie Creath, Jack Gnam, Cailynn Gregory, Hannah Hardin, Meredith Anne Hornsby, Katherine Hudson, Emma Lucas, Meredith McClellan, Elizabeth McCubbins, James McLemore, Gracie Meck, Blake Mills, Mary Mitchell, Gage Morgan, Kennedy Neal, Lindsey Nosef, Walker Pedigo, Maggie Smith, Sarah Grea Walker, Brehan Whitehead, Anna Claire Williams, Cassidy Wray

Ninth Grade  Conner Beth Ball, Hope Berry, Gabrielle Bradford, Catherine Burford, Kathryn Butler, Emily Earle, Wilson Furr, Abigail Giddens, Callie Hall, Emily Iupe, Mary Hunter Johnston, Abbie Knighton, Claire McClure, Emily McNair, William Mitchell, Kassidy Neal, Elizabeth Payne, Michael Payne, Meredith Roberts, Olivia Rule, Malon Stratton, Phillip Talley, Mitchell Tyner, Caroline Watson, Swayze Williams, Dray Willson

Tenth Grade Makenna Adams, Allie Brown, Brennan Canton, Mary Chosen Caples, Madison Carroll, Kendall Cockayne, David Crystal, Matthew Faulkner, Candice Fielder, Reid Fracchia, Rob Hall, Kyle Kantor, Camryn Kestenbaum, Ben McDowell, Avenell Newman, Rebecca Nosef, Mary Ousley Owen, Blaine Tierney, Cory Tirman, Abigail Tyner, Jack Virden, Delaney Wallace, Steven Winford

Eleventh Grade  Matthew Aiken, Hunter Berry, Sarah Allen Bowman, Blake Brennan, Caroline Burford, Elizabeth Burford, Gordon Campbell, Matthew Campbell, Beatty Carpenter, Zach DePriest, Caroline Duncan, Annie Edgecombe, Gavin Funderburg, Dex Hewes, Haley Hodges, Maggie Hubbard, Steven Irby, Allie King, John Sharp Kirk, Mary Morgan Pryor, Suzie Raines, Tori Roberts, Chandler Sessums, Bryan Sumner, Chrisshawn Turner, Lauren Williams, Martha Rose Wright

Twelfth Grade  Peyton Adams, Palmer Barefield, Alexis Brantley, Alex Brown, Will Brown, Mary-Morgan Coburn, William Crasto, Katie French, Meg Gordon, Daniel Kennedy, Allison Douglas Manning, Hannah McCrory, Zack McWilliams, Felicia Payne, Morgan Scott, Sarah Martin Tucker, Dannie Waller, Denver Wilson, Alexa Zouboukos

Academy Honor Roll

Seventh Grade Skylar Alexander, Ashton Berry, Elliott Butler, Jasmyne Cleaver, Lucy Clement, Camille Couey, Mary Beth Dyess, Avery Hederman, Erin Hederman, Megan Lacey, Sean Lackey, Lexi Lomax, Anne Marie Lundy, Kit McCormack, Preston McWilliams, Brandon Miller, Gabrielle Morris, Charlotte Palmer, Will Spence

Eighth Grade Avery Anderson, Blaine Bowman, Hadley Brennan, Sam Ciaccio, Grayson Hewes, Lacey Irby, Will Laird, Braden Lewis, Dolph Maxwell, Jeffery Richburg, Olivia Stringer, Emma Ward, Morgan Williams

Ninth Grade Alexandra Barlow, Lizzie Bowman, Mary Kathryn Brogan, Mary Kate Brown, Grace Cartwright, Conley Chinn, Taylor Hawks, Milla McCormack, Ambie McCoy, Grace Parry, Travis Rogers, Elizabeth Scott, Livvie Strickland, Nancy Usey, Brynnen Yoste

Tenth Grade Sarah French, Georgia Gibson, Dalton Gibson, Robyn Hadden, Sydney Hays, Parker Kennedy, Abbey Lindsay, Rose Maxwell, Tyler McClellan, Hannah McCowan, Glennis McWilliams, Hayley Murphy, Caroline Nall, Annalee Purdie, Amanda Ray, Sam Rhodes, Alexis Ridgeway, Davis Rippee, Avery Smith, Clarke Wilkirson, Ford Williams, Hannah Wootton

Eleventh Grade William Bell, Kristen Clower, Grady Fisher, Maris Hardee, Danielle Hodges, Hannah Jane LeDuff, Jake Manning, Thad Scott, Mary Brooks Thigpen, Will Tribble, Will Varner, Ann Elizabeth Walker, Leighton Whitehead, Matt Whitfield

Twelfth Grade Reagan Bartley, Blair Bush, Austin Carroll, Robert Cragon, Ashley Gnam, Grace Golden, Meliah Grant, Andrew Hanebuth, Rebecca Hardee, William Hontzas, Duncan Maxwell, Kelsey Oswalt, Lucy Paige Rogers, Ally Thigpen, Ben Tribble, Alison Turbeville, Hayes Walker

Inuit Soap Carvings

January 16th, 2014

JA sixth graders are studying Canada and recently finished a section on Inuit Indians.   These Native Canadians survived their harsh environment by hunting seal, whales, and walruses.  This part of their culture is captured in sculptures they carve of these animals from soapstone.  Our students tried their hands at carving the animals using soap rather than soap stone.

Middle and Upper School Christmas Project

December 10th, 2013

The Middle School has adopted several families, including approximately a dozen children, through the Good Samaritan Center. Faculty member Anne Keenan, the Middle School Student Council sponsor, is coordinating this annual service project and will help Middle School volunteers sort, organize, and wrap gifts for these children. The Upper School Student Council has offered to help with this project and is also collecting items for the families. To create a special Christmas for these families, the student councils are asking Middle and Upper School students to send any of the following:
  • New, unwrapped items with receipt attached (to exchange, if duplicated). If you prefer to buy a specific item from the child’s wish list, please contact Anne Keena atakeenan@jacksonacademy.org and she will be happy to let you pick something from the listings.
  • Gift cards to Walmart, Target, Kroger, or fast-food restaurants such as Chick-Fil-A, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s.
  • Cash or checks (made payable to Jackson Academy) to help buy items such as bicycles, clothes, and coats.

The students will be collecting items until December 18!

Finale Program

December 6th, 2013

Finale groupsmallerOur Finale musical group presented their Christmas program, Arrest These Merry Gentlemen, in the PAC to a full house.  The story line involves a police detective called to find out why a bunch of shepherds are disturbing the peace in his town of Bethlehem!