Jackson Academy, already known for its extensive use of technology in the classroom, has added even more opportunities for students to use technology in its new mobile broadcast trailer.

The Jackson Academy Raider Network, formally launched in 2015, broadcasts various athletic and extracurricular activities over the internet.  Within a very short time period, the Raider Network has become a widely recognized high school broadcast production in the Southeast.  Various organizations have solicited the Raider Network to produce their live events, such as the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, Shorter Productions, and the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.

This month the Raider Network is launching a high-tech broadcast trailer that meets the requirements for ESPN3 broadcasts.  This 18-foot production trailer houses a crew of five that produces, directs, and coordinates each event.  The trailer utilizes the latest in high-definition broadcast equipment.  This year the Raider Network will be able to produce events that require up to 10 cameras, multiple channels of replay, 32 channels of audio, and high-definition graphics packages.

Scott Pray, the lead audio engineer for ESPN Monday Night Football and NBA coverage on ESPN, recently assisted the Raider Network with setting up audio equipment.  “I’m most impressed with the technical ability and passion of the crew,” he said. “The Raider Network trailer is well equipped to do the show.”

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Click the above image to view the 2016-17 JA Summer Raider.

Academy Honor Rolls:

Twelfth Grade Makenna Adams, Madison Carroll, Kendall Cockayne, Reid Fracchia, Sarah French, Georgia Gibson, Dalton Gibson, Kathleen Giddens, Robyn Hadden, Sydney Hays, Beaty Hill, Hannah Hudson, Kyle Kantor, Parker Kennedy, Camryn Kestenbaum, Abbey Lindsay, Rose Maxwell, Tyler McClellan, Hannah McCowan, Ben McDowell, Hayley Murphy, Caroline Nall, Avenell Newman, Rebecca Nosef, Mary Ousley Owen, Annalee Purdie, Amanda Ray, Alexis Ridgeway, Davis Rippee, Abigail Tyner, Jack Virden, Lucy Waller, Clarke Wilkirson, Ford Williams

Eleventh Grade Parker Alexander, Anna Douglas Almand, Alexandra Barlow, Hope Berry, Lizzie Bowman, Mary Kathryn Brogan, Grace Cartwright, Conley Chinn, Callie Hall, Grace Herfurth, Mary Hunter Johnston, Abbie Knighton, Claire McClure, Chloe Owens, Grace Parry, Sahil Patel, Travis Rogers, Alexander Schott, Elizabeth Scott, Malon Stratton, Livvie Strickland, Nancy Usey, Caroline Watson, Kayla Young

Tenth Grade Avery Anderson, Janise Bennett, Blaine Bowman, De’ja Bradford, Hadley Brennan, Hannah Collums, Lacey Irby, Will Laird, Braden Lewis, Dolph Maxwell, Emma Ward, Anna Claire Williams

Ninth Grade Ashlyn Adair, Skylar Alexander, Shields Armstrong, Addison Avdoyan, Eeshaan Bajaj, Ashton Berry, Elliott Butler, Lucy Clement, Camille Couey, Mary Beth Dyess, Camille Felder, Charlie Gautier, Avery Hederman, Erin Hederman, Ansley Hill, Columbia Holeman, Thomas Iupe, Megan Lacey, Francie LeDuff, Lexi Lomax, Anne Marie Lundy, Nayan Malhotra, Ashley Manning, Kit McCormack, Preston McWilliams, Brandon Miller, Gabrielle Morris, Burkette Moulder, Charlotte Palmer, Tyler Pitts, Kaylan Sanders, Will Spence, Webb Strickland, Mary Lindley Tharp, Logan Thomas, Pier Thompson, Mary Parker Williams

Eighth Grade Reese Anderson, Carter Elliott, Courtney Francois, Caroline Hill, Virginia Parry, Anna Katherine Ray, Anna Roberson, Lily Grace Thigpen, Nelson Thomas

Seventh Grade Drew Antici, Thomas Arnold, Emmy Brown, Gracie Coe, Emma Collums, Ava Couey, Stuart Fullwood, Zharia Hill, Andrew Holmes, Parker Kirby, Zoe Ladner, Emory Ann Laseter, Isabelle Lee, Isabel Lehman, Miles Taylor Leverette, Pryor Mehrle, Priya Ray, Elena Roberts, Emma Roberts, Lila Robertson, Gibson Smith, Emery Thigpen, Ty Usey

Honor Rolls:

Twelfth Grade Nick Beddingfield, Allie Brown, Sarah Buchanan, Mary Chosen Caples, Gipson Clark, Robert Crisler, Maggie Cross, David Crystal, Aaron Dallaire, Matthew Faulkner, Candice Fielder, Daisy Ford, Ford Gordon, Cash Heath, Chris Howie, Glennis McWilliams, Austin Melton, Bryn Noble, Sam Rhodes, Ashley Sanders, Bettye-Grace Sirven, Avery Smith, Delaney Wallace, Steven Winford, Hannah Wootton, William Youngblood

Eleventh Grade Catherine Burford, Kathryn Butler, Emily Earle, Natalie Ford, Chelsea Francois, Abigail Giddens, Milla McCormack, Elizabeth Payne, Michael Payne, Cole Phillips, Austin Ramey, Price Sessums, Phillip Talley, Mitchell Tyner, Dray Willson

Tenth Grade Charles Arnold, Caroline Childress, Sam Ciaccio, Kennedy Collins, Sophie Creath, Ilana Dallaire, Frances Anne Fortner, Reginald Fullwood, Cailynn Gregory, Katherine Hudson, Katie Johnson, Tre Lewis, Emma Lucas, Meredith McClellan, Elizabeth McCubbins, Gracie Meck, Blake Mills, Mary Mitchell, Kassidy Neal, Lindsey Nosef, Walker Pedigo, Allie Perkins, Jeffery Richburg, Maggie Smith, Olivia Stringer, Drake Warman, Brehan Whitehead

Ninth Grade Hayden Allen, Lailaa Bashir, Ashley Brown, Samantha Brown, Destiny Burns, Ellie Brent Cartwright, Daniel Courtney, Lily Crawford, Peyton DePriest, Maggie Eidt, Sara Wilson Fielder, Owen Fracchia, Hartwell Furr, Hannah Hardin, Ramey Hogue, Celeste Knighton, Sean Lackey, Latham Nance, Kennedy Neal, Liv Noble, Reese Overstreet, Annie Parkes, Isabelle Partain, Tafarri Pleas, McKinna Powell, Carneilus Powers, Emory Rhodes, Walker Rippee, Lauren Sutton, Will Thomas, Will Whitfield, Venice Williams

Eighth Grade Walker Barnes, Kelsey Burke, Elizabeth Childress, Steven Chustz, Kellum Clark, Gracie Eubank, Tanner Golden, Hannah Hardee, Russell Hawkins, Zipporah Hawkins, Trey Herrington, William Janous, Henry Lee, Christian Luckett, Sydney Morris, Kennedy Nations, Douglas Noble, Nora Pickering, Kayla Shepherd, Mary Gray White, Reed White

Seventh Grade Kaylee Ashford, Simms Baker, Parker Bracken, Mackenzie Coburn, Julianna Copeland, Ava Crawford, Jenna Daly, Natalie DeRusso, Mary Grace Downs, Isabelle Eiland, Gus Gordon, Caroline Graven, Sophie Hays, Avery Hendrick, John Henson, Michael Hogue, Hallie Gray House, Ari Jackson, Nicole Lawrence, Jonathan Lucas, Lachlan McLendon, Jesse Montgomery, Thomas Nance, Anna Blake Reed, Jude Reeves, Elise Robinson, Anna Claire Seago, Bryant Seago, Ally Sessums, James Smith, Lauren Anne Smith, Wes Thomas, McKenna Thompson, Natalie Thompson, Jack Varner, Alice Williams, Delaney Williams, Samia Wilson

Jackson Academy is pleased to announce that Todd L. Taylor will join the faculty as band director beginning June 1. Taylor has nearly 30 years experience developing musicians and leading bands in both Mississippi and Iowa.

Taylor comes to JA from Hillcrest Christian where he has served as band director for the last nine years. Taylor’s tenure at Hillcrest has been noted for growth of programs and nurture of young musicians. The band program grew from 33 students to a 96-member ensemble. His bands also earned superior ratings at MSAIS marching and concert festivals.

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