| Jackson Preparatory School | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Scholarship, Service, Character, Leadership |
| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Independent |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Affiliations | National Association of Independent Schools, Southern Association of Independent Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, The College Board, National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors, Cum Laude Society and the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. |
| Grades | 6 through 12 |
| Location | 3100 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi, United States |
| Colors | Blue and Red |
| Mascot | Patriots |
| Yearbook | Precis |
| Newspaper | The Sentry The Revolution |
| Literary Magazine | Earthwinds |
| Tuition | Approximately $9,600 per year (before book costs) |
| Website | Homepage |
Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson Prep), is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school enrolling 820 students in grades six through twelve. Located in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, Prep sits on a 74-acre (299,467.38 m2) campus east of Jackson. Prep currently offers one of only two Classical Heritage Programs in the state. Prep offers a wide variety of courses, including East Asian Studies, and is one of four schools to be selected locally for a Cum Laude Society chapter.
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The Jackson Preparatory School faculty/staff comprises 85 people, including 43 (50.58823529411764%) who have earned post-graduate degrees. 15 faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees.
The school has a student council, debate team, quiz bowl team, intramural quidditch teams, student publications, service clubs, academic honorary societies, band, showchoir, drill team, cheerleading, visual arts classes and exhibits, drama and musical theater productions, and special interest clubs.
Jackson Preparatory School's High School literary magazine is named Earthwinds. Earthwinds is ranked as one of the best student literary magazines in the nation, earning a fourth consecutive Gold Medal in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Critique of Student Literary Magazines as of the 2007-2008 school year. Earthwinds has also earned an All-Southern Rating, the highest commendation awarded by the Southern Interscholastic Press Association, judged by the journalism and communications faculty at the University of South Carolina this year.
The Sentry is Jackson Prep's periodically released high school news publication. It is a forum for students in grades ten through twelve to both to express their opinions and learn about the process of journalism. The Revolution is The Sentry's junior high counterpart.
Jackson Preparatory School's football team has been one of the state's most elite programs since the school's founding in 1970. The school's teams are known as the Patriots. The team has enjoyed a winning record in all but one season in its history. Prep is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools(MAIS), and currently competes in that league's AAA-I division. The team has won 12 Mississippi Association of Independent Schools(MAIS) football titles since 1970 (1972, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990 and 1991 in Class AAA, 1998 and 2000 in Class AAAA and 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2008 AAA-I).
The Patriots became the first Mississippi Association of Independent Schools(MAIS) team ever to defeat a team from the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA)[1], when the Patriots defeated Newton County High School by a score of 24-0. Newton County finished the season with an 11-2 record, their only other loss coming from 2006 MHSAA Class 3A Champion/2007 Class 3A Runner-up Franklin County High School in the Quarterfinal Round of the 2007 MHSAA Class 3A Playoffs. Prep's victory over Newton County put to rest speculation that the smaller schools of the MAIS could not compete with their larger MHSAA counterparts. One week after beating Newton County, the Patriots cruised to a 50-0 victory over MHSAA Class 4A member Pearl High School, who finished 2007 with a 3-7 record. Prep's 2-0 mark against MHSAA teams in 2007 gave the MPSA a 3-1 record all-time against the MHSAA. The MAIS's only loss came in 2000, when Prep was defeated by George County High School, then an MHSAA Class 4A team, by a score of 27-14. The Patriots beat the Raiders in the '07 MAIS Class 3-A title game. Among the most notable players to come through Prep's program are former All-SEC, Ole Miss, and NFL New England Patriots wide receiver Ken Toler; former All-SEC Mississippi State and Canadian Football League standout linebacker Paul V. Lacoste; former Tennessee Vols standout and NFL player Will Overstreet; former Ole Miss and NFL offensive lineman Todd Wade and his younger brother, Justin Wade, a former standout linebacker for the Ole Miss Rebels.
Jackson Prep's most-participated-in and best sport is cross country. A race is held on campus every season known as the "Jackson Prep Invitational." Head Coach Malcolm Saxon (Bre) leads Prep's cross country team.
Jackson Preparatory School is housed on a 74-acre (299,467.38 m2) campus. The Junior High and Senior High buildings each include academic classrooms and science labs. Each has a computer center with high-speed internet connections. Division administrators and counselors are located in both buildings, and the Senior High building houses a student publications center. At the heart of the campus is the 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) McRae Fine Arts and Media Center, which houses three art studios, a ceramics studio, band hall, choral music room, and art gallery. The McRae Center is also home to the Jesse Howell Library, with holdings that include nearly 20,000 volumes, 60 periodical subscriptions, 24 desktop and 48 laptop computers, databases, and other services. The Guyton Science Center houses six state-of-the-art science classrooms with laboratories and the Lyceum, a two-hundred-seat lecture/meeting facility. A new Dining Commons was constructed in 2008.
The Fortenberry Auditorium and Gymnasium, along with the J.O. Manning Patriot Center, provide athletic venues, a performing arts complex, dressing rooms, weight rooms, coaches’ offices, and laundry facilities. Prep's outdoor athletic complex includes a lighted baseball field, a lighted football stadium with 400-meter track, a soccer field, a girls' fast-pitch softball field, eight wheelchair-accessible tennis courts, a cross-country course, and multiple practice fields.