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Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

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Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

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National Junior Honor Society
Fri,03/27/26-11:00PM , 441 Reads
Jackson Academy seventh and eighth grade students were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society this spring. Established in 1929 as an expansion of the National Honor Society into middle school grades, the organization upholds the same ideals of scholarship, character, leadership, and service.
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Ninth Grade Baseball
Fri,03/27/26-10:00PM , 2,187 Reads
Members of Jackson Prep’s 2026 ninth grade baseball team include: (from left, back) Silas Warf, Zeke Childress, Ty Vincent, Bowen Jones, Will Allen Skinner, Knox Hassell, Jackson Page; (front) Jace Canoy, Daulton Lynskey, Hastings Boyd, Walker Smith, Tyler McCain, Andrew Cross, and Beau Bufkin.

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Fri,03/27/26-9:00PM , 374 Reads
Henry McPhillip (middle) served as a page for the Mississippi Senate. Pages generally run errands for officials and senate staff. He is shown with Lieutenant Governor C. Delbert Hosemann Jr., (right) who sponsored his visit and Senator David Blount (left).
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Alpha and Omega
Fri,03/27/26-8:00PM , 373 Reads
Jackson Academy Alpha and Omega buddies celebrated the holiday season together with a special gathering in the Performing Arts Center. Seniors and kindergarteners enjoyed milk and cookies in the lobby before watching a movie. Joining other seniors and kindergartners for the event were (from left) Evelyn Fulton and Sanders Reeves.

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"An Easter Tale" by John Maxwell gets standing ovation at Wells Methodist Church.

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"An Easter Tale" by John Maxwell gets standing ovation at Wells Methodist Church.

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Jackson Playwright John Maxwell's "An Easter Tale" received a standing ovation Thursday night at Wells Methodist Church on Bailey Avenue in Jackson.

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