During the summer, Earthwinds, Prep’s award-winning literary magazine, was able to go to press with their newest edition. During the remote fourth term of the 2019-2020 school year, the staff finished...
Mr. Ryan Upshaw is the new Director of Diversity and Outreach at Jackson Prep. Mr.Upshaw was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and received his education at the University of Mississippi. He has a Master's...
Ms. Abby Crumpler is teaching Chemistry I, Chemistry II, and Algebra II this year at Prep. Ms. Crumpler grew up in Monroe, Louisiana with her two younger brothers. She went to The University of Mississippi...
Ms. Bethany Lane is one of the new staff members at Jackson Preparatory this year and serves as the welcoming receptionist in the McRae Center.
Looking for a new opportunity and wanting to...
Coach Jay Powell began his acclaimed baseball career at five years old in the long gravel driveway of his home in Collinsville, Mississippi. He recounted hitting rocks with a little, yellow Wiffle...
Ms. Mary Mills Ritchie grew up in Jackson. She went to First Presbyterian Day School, and she switched over to Prep for junior high and high school. At Prep, she played basketball, ran track and...
Coach Keavy Noblin grew up in Mississippi and went to Prep starting in the 7th grade. She has returned back to her old school, but this time as a teacher. Ms. Noblin coaches basketball, track,...
Born and raised in Mississippi, Tara McDaniel is one of the new smiling faces at Prep. Her office is in the Senior High Counseling Office which is where she assists the counselors. She loves to watch her...
Ms. Amanda McKeown is the new geometry teacher for the tenth grade at Jackson Preparatory School. She grew up in Clinton, where she attended Clinton High School and strived to achieve in all of...
Mr. Chris Sweatt is the new show choir director at Jackson Prep. Mr. Sweatt was born and raised in Homewood, Alabama which is in the center of what some might call the “show choir belt.” He...
This summer, the presence of Covid-19 put a dent in the plans of virtually everyone . However, resilient and ambitious Jackson Prep students set out to keep the learning opportunities (and fun) created...
