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.

Remembering the 1994 Boys’ Basketball Champions

January 16th, 2014

Scott Branning Family and Friends

(Back, from left): Derek Charles, Tory Johnson, Adam Jones, Hastings Puckett, Andy Cunningham, Richard Lee, Clayton Kellum, Wesley Hartlein, Cliff Booth, Wes Ingram, McKie Edmonson, and Coach Stan Jones

(Middle): Matt Allen, Ham Bates, Locke Phillips, Jeremy Rowan, Spears and Sarah Margaret Branning Rowan, Mary Kelly Branning, Jason Branning, Keith Branning, Carol Branning, Walker Jones, Jamey Burrow, and Philip Chustz

(Front): Meg Branning, Charlie Branning, and Benjamin Branning

The 1994 Varsity Basketball Team returned to JA’s campus on January 11 to celebrate their overall basketball boys’ team championship at the JA Classic. At halftime of the boys’ game, they named Scott Branning their permanent team captain and presented a check in the amount of $10,000 for the Scott Branning scholarship.

Scott was a beloved part of the JA family for most of his life, first as a JA student and Class of 1994 graduate and then as a teacher and coach.

 

National Geographic Society Bee Competition

January 16th, 2014

National Geographic Bee Competition
(Back, from left):  Mary Gray White, Will Whitfield, Gabrielle Morris, James McLemore, Reese Anderson
 
(Front): Ethan Hill, Ty Usey, Regan Felder, Jon Burns, Garner Cheney

Ty Usey, a JA fifth grader, won the school level National Geographic Society Geography Bee on January 10 at the PAC. Runners up were sixth grader Reese Anderson, first runner up, and eighth grader James McLemore, second runner up.

Jackson Academy students have participated in the National Geographic Society Geography Bee since 2005. The bee is designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography. This year, students in fourth through eighth grades participated. This is the first year for seventh and eighth graders. Fourth through sixth grade students participated in classroom competition first. Faculty members asked for volunteers from the seventh and eighth grades. The two students in each grade who scored the highest in the classroom, and from the seventh and eighth grade volunteers, moved on to the school level competition.

There are three levels of competition: school, state, and national. The JA school level winner takes a written, multiple-choice test to quality for the state bee. Our winner must score in the top 100 students in the state to advance to the state bee, which is usually held in April. The state winner moves on to the national competition in May. The national competition is usually televised. Every year since JA began participating in the National Geography Bee, our winner has qualified for and participated in the state bee.

 

Mississippi Blues Marathon

January 16th, 2014

MS Blues Marathon
(Back, from left): Bronwyn Burford, Audrey Wilkirson, Bill Bunch, Catherine Burford, Ford Williams, Hunter Wilkirson, Dr. Pat Taylor

(Front): Mary Kathryn Brogan, Mary Brooks Thigpen, Clarke Wilkirson, Georgia Gibson, Ally Thigpen, Sarah Allen Bowman, Elizabeth Burford, Mary-Morgan Coburn

Members of JA’s Service Club and several staff members volunteered to man an aid station for the 7th annual Mississippi Blues Marathon. The students distributed water and Gatorade to the race participants. JA students have done this since the inception of this event that benefits the Mississippi Blues Commission’s Musicians Benevolent Fund.