Jackson Academy celebrated its annual Winterfest with a full day of festivities. Students first met the Winterfest Court during a morning pep rally, then cheered on varsity basketball teams throughout the day. Between games, JA honored basketball seniors, and following the boys’ game, the school crowned Baird Kennedy and Chappell Lang as JA’s 2026 Winterfest King and Queen. Members of the Winter Court are (from left, back) Anderson Lay, Reid Miller, Peyton Smith, Vaiden Taylor, Aaric Beasley, Conner Hillman, Kennedy, Dereon Albert, Fletcher Cox, Luke New, Carter Wier, Walter Towery, Haley Barbour, Tanner Ueltschey; (front) Ava Haywood, Stella Blair Sims, Stella Cate McLemore, Lucy Kate Cross, Carson Caraway, Ella King, Dallys Alexander, Kate Wyndham Boyll, Lang, Shelby Olier, Julia Thompson, Anna Holladay Craft, Simmons Harrell, Claudette Bronzi, Asia Lindsay.
