Nine Tapped Thursday for JA Hall of Fame

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Announced each year during Upper School Awards Day, Hall of Fame recognizes seniors who exhibit superior qualities of leadership and citizenship, versatility in activities, service to Jackson Academy, and scholastic achievement. Hall of Fame is awarded to students who by their attitude and integrity exemplify honorable standards in all areas of school and community life.

Named to the Hall of Fame for 2015-16 are (back, from left): Ford Williams, Hays Rogers, Dalton Gibson, Hayley Murphy, Tyler McClellan; (front) Hannah McCowan, Rose Maxwell, Georgia Gibson, and Robyn Hadden.

2016-17 Jernberg Scholars Announced

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Jackson Academy has selected six students as Jernberg Scholars for the 2016-17 school year. The Jernberg Scholarship program, established by the JA Board of Trustees in 2014, celebrates and awards academic excellence and honors President Emeritus James Peter Jernberg Jr. who led Jackson Academy for 26 years.

Students were chosen from among a large group of highly qualified applicants who completed testing, essays, recommendations, and school and financial applications. Finalists completed on-campus interviews.

Chosen for the 2016-17 academic year are Boston Hollingsworth of Terry (fifth grade), Megan Lacey of Braxton (tenth grade), Parker Lowe of Brandon (seventh grade), Dolph Maxwell of Jackson (eleventh grade), Brandon Miller of Jackson (tenth grade), and Priya Ray of Flowood (eighth grade). Megan, Dolph, Brandon, and Priya are current JA students, and Boston and Parker will be coming to JA for the 2016-17 school year.

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Upcoming Performances in the PAC

Honk JR.

Honk

Adapted for young performers, Honk! JR. is a heartwarming celebration of being different that is sure to delight audiences with its sparkling wit, unique charm, and memorable score. Witty and hilarious, but also deeply moving, Honk! JR. will treat audiences to equal amounts of laughter and tears.

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Third Quarter Honor Rolls

Academy Honor Roll

Seventh Grade: Drew Antici, Thomas Arnold, Emmy Brown, Emma Collums, Ava Couey, Coleman Dinkins, Sophie Hays, Zharia Hill, Hallie Gray House, Parker Kirby, Zoe Ladner, Emory Ann Laseter, Isabelle Lee, Isabel Lehman, Miles Taylor Leverette, Jonathan Lucas, Priya Ray, Elena Roberts, Emma Roberts, Lila Robertson, Anna Claire Seago, Gibson Smith, Emery Thigpen, Ty Usey

Eighth Grade: Reese Anderson, Steven Chustz, Carter Elliott, Courtney Francois, Logan Hatten, Russell Hawkins, Caroline Hill, Sydney Morris, Virginia Parry, Anna Katherine Ray, Anna Roberson, Lily Grace Thigpen, Nelson Thomas, Jane Anna Vickery, Mary Gray White

Ninth Grade: Skylar Alexander, Addison Avdoyan, Eeshaan Bajaj, Ashton Berry, Elliott Butler, Lucy Clement, Camille Couey, Mary Beth Dyess, Camille Felder, Charlie Gautier, Avery Hederman, Erin Hederman, Columbia Holeman, Megan Lacey, Lexi Lomax, Anne Marie Lundy, Kit McCormack, Preston McWilliams, Brandon Miller, Gabrielle Morris, Reese Overstreet, Charlotte Palmer, Kaylan Sanders, Will Spence, Webb Strickland, Mary Lindley Tharp, Logan Thomas, Pier Thompson

Tenth Grade: Avery Anderson, Janise Bennett, Blaine Bowman, Hadley Brennan, Sam Ciaccio, Hannah Collums, Lacey Irby, Will Laird, Braden Lewis, Dolph Maxwell, Allie Perkins, Jeffery Richburg, Maggie Smith, Emma Ward, Anna Claire Williams

Eleventh Grade: Parker Alexander, Anna Douglas Almand, Alexandra Barlow, Hope Berry, Lizzie Bowman, Mary Kathryn Brogan, Grace Cartwright, Conley Chinn, Chelsea Francois, Abigail Giddens, Callie Hall, Grace Herfurth, Mary Hunter Johnston, Claire McClure, Milla McCormack, Chloe Owens, Grace Parry, Sahil Patel, Michael Payne, Alexander Schott, Elizabeth Scott, Malon Stratton, Livvie Strickland, Nancy Usey, Caroline Watson, Dray Willson, Kayla Young

Twelfth Grade: Makenna Adams, Madison Carroll, Kendall Cockayne, Sarah French, Dalton Gibson, Georgia Gibson, Kathleen Giddens, Ford Gordon, Robyn Hadden, Sydney Hays, Hannah Hudson, Kyle Kantor, Parker Kennedy, Rose Maxwell, Tyler McClellan, Hannah McCowan, Glennis McWilliams, Hayley Murphy, Caroline Nall, Mary Ousley Owen, Annalee Purdie, Amanda Ray, Alexis Ridgeway, Davis Rippee, Abigail Tyner, Jack Virden, Lucy Waller, Clarke Wilkirson, Ford Williams

Honor Roll

Seventh Grade: Kaylee Ashford, Simms Baker, Parker Bracken, Mackenzie Coburn, Gracie Coe, Julianna Copeland, Ava Crawford, Jenna Daly, McNeill Dinkins, Mary Grace Downs, Julia Eidt, Isabelle Eiland, Meredith Fielder, Krislyn Gibson, Gus Gordon, Caroline Graven, Avery Hendrick, John Henson, Michael Hogue, Andrew Holmes, Ari Jackson, Nicole Lawrence, Michael Lowe, Lachlan McLendon, Pryor Mehrle, Jesse Montgomery, Thomas Nance, Elizabeth Pedigo, Anna Blake Reed, Jude Reeves, Elise Robinson, Bryant Seago, Ally Sessums, James Smith, Lauren Anne Smith, Rett Stanley, Wes Thomas, Natalie Thompson, Jack Varner, Alice Williams, Samia Wilson

Eighth Grade: Walker Barnes, Nicholas Brown, Kelsey Burke, Emily Burks, Kellum Clark, Gracie Eubank, Ashlie Henderson, Trey Herrington, Alayla Jackson, William Janous, Henry Lee, Christian Luckett, P.J. Martin, Kennedy Nations, Douglas Noble, Nora Pickering, Kayla Shepherd, Will Travelstead, Reed White

Ninth Grade: Ashlyn Adair, Shields Armstrong, Samantha Brown, Ellie Brent Cartwright, Maggie Eidt, Owen Fracchia, Ansley Hill, Ramey Hogue, Thomas Iupe, Celeste Knighton, Sean Lackey, Francie LeDuff, Nayan Malhotra, Ashley Manning, Burkette Moulder, Annie Parkes, Tyler Pitts, Tafarri Pleas, McKinna Powell, Carneilus Powers, Emory Rhodes, Walker Rippee, Mary Parker Williams

Tenth Grade: De’ja Bradford, Caroline Childress, Kennedy Collins, Ilana Dallaire, Frances Anne Fortner, Jack Gnam, Cailynn Gregory, Hannah Hardin, Katie Johnson, Tre Lewis, Emma Lucas, Meredith McClellan, Elizabeth McCubbins, James McLemore, Gracie Meck, Blake Mills, Kennedy Neal, Lindsey Nosef, Walker Pedigo, Luke Pitts, Olivia Stringer, Brehan Whitehead

Eleventh Grade: Catherine Burford, Kathryn Butler, Emily Earle, Natalie Ford, Jackson Golden, Alexander Kellett, Abbie Knighton, Molly McIntire, Emily McNair, Micah Morgan, Kassidy Neal, Elizabeth Payne, Cole Phillips, Jackson Plunkett, Austin Ramey, Travis Rogers, Olivia Rule, Price Sessums, Phillip Talley, Mitchell Tyner, Win Varner

Twelfth Grade: Nick Beddingfield, Allie Brown, Sarah Buchanan, Mary Chosen Caples, Robert Crisler, Maggie Cross, Aaron Dallaire, Matthew Faulkner, Candice Fielder, Daisy Ford, Reid Fracchia, Cash Heath, Beaty Hill, Chris Howie, Camryn Kestenbaum, Abbey Lindsay, Ben McDowell, Austin Melton, Avenell Newman, Bryn Noble, Chase Oswalt, Allan Thomas Pickle, Sam Rhodes, Bettye-Grace Sirven, Avery Smith, Cory Tirman, Delaney Wallace, Steven Winford, Hannah Wootton, William Youngblood

Researchers Unlock Fascinating Secrets of the Gulf for 93 Students

It’s hard to say what moment of the seventh grade trip was most captivating. For students, many of whom had only passed through the Mississippi Gulf Coast while traveling, the March 8-9 overnight trip was eye-opening. Thanks to staff from the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab and the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies, the trip was educational, too.

New encounters for JA students generated many questions for USM Research Lab Director Ben Weldon and 20 staff and research students. During a three-mile hike from Ship Island’s Gulf side to the west side, students found live crabs, shark teeth, vegetation, animal remains, numerous shells, a molted horseshoe crab, a moon jelly fish, black sediment on the beach that comes from the Rocky Mountains, and a coconut with coral and barnacles attached.

“It was cool to see animals I had not seen before,” said Michael Hogue. He was especially interested in the horseshoe crab and how arthropods molt.

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