Honor Code

Jackson Academy’s first headmaster, Loyal Bearss, encouraged students to take responsibility. Six decades later, students are still stepping up.

The Honor Code System is an important initiative that seeks to further strengthen students’ moral character as they move into adult life. The student-governed Honor Code at JA expresses the values of the school community, helping students and adults strive toward personal honor and integrity in all dimensions of school life.

During the 2017-18 school year, a committee of students and faculty came together with the sole purpose of establishing a school-wide Honor Code. This Honor Code states, “As members of the Jackson Academy community, we will maintain the highest standards of integrity and respect while striving to achieve excellence in and out of the classroom. As such, on my honor, I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”

The primary reason for the establishment of the Honor Code was to develop and maintain a sense of personal honor and integrity as an integral part of all dimensions of school life, whether in the classroom or in the broad array of activities that occupy our daily lives.

In order to truly implement the Honor Code within Jackson Academy, an Honor Council composed of selected students guided by a faculty advisor was established with a goal of affirming the aspirations of the Jackson Academy community with regard to personal integrity and individual responsibility for one’s actions.