Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Bayou Academy, Benton Academy, Central Delta Academy, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, Copiah Academy, Delta Academy (Mississippi), Education Center School, Greenville Christian School, Heritage Academy (Mississippi), Hillcrest Christian School, Humphreys Academy, Indianola Academy, Jackson Academy (Mississippi), Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi), Lamar School (Meridian, Mississippi), Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Magnolia Heights School, Senatobia, North Sunflower Academy, Our Lady Academy (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi), Parklane Academy, Pillow Academy, Sacred Heart High School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), Saint Stanislaus College, Sharkey-Issaquena Academy, Southern Baptist Educational Center, St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mississippi), St. Joseph Catholic High School (Greenville, Mississippi), St. Joseph Catholic High School (Madison, Mississippi), St. Patrick Catholic High School (Biloxi, Mississippi), The Veritas School, Trinity Episcopal Day School, Tunica Academy, Washington School (Mississippi). Excerpt: Jackson Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson Academy was founded in 1959 on the basis of teaching children phonetic reading. Today, the campus is thriving with nearly 1450 students in grades K3 through 12. The school is a member of the prestigious Cum Laude Society Academic Honorary, one of only four charter members in Mississippi. JA is the largest independent school in Mississippi. Its mission is "to serve students who aspire to higher education and lifelong learning in a balanced and nurturing environment in which each student is valued and is challenged to become a responsible citizen who can achieve his or her intellectual, spiritual, emotional, social, and physical potential." Jackson Academy is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Southern Association of Independent Schools. Affiliations include the National Association of Independent Schools, the Cum Laude Society, the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools and the Jackson Area Association of Independent Schools. JA strives to enable young people to grow and mature in a healthy, nurturing environment from the child s earliest years to full maturation as graduating seniors. Experienced teachers, coaches, staff, and personnel take as their personal mission the appreciation of each student s intellectual, spiritual, emotional, social, and physical potential. The Mississippi State Times announced the opening of a new seg academy in Jackson, Mississippi, set to debut in early September 1959. The name of the new school was to be Jackson Academy. The idea for the new school developed during the previous year when ten parents of first grade-aged children got together and decided how their children's first grade instructor, Mr. Loyal Bearss, and his curriculum should be extended through all of elementary school. Jackson Academy, led by founder and headmaster Loyal M Bearss, was to have its foundation on the old educ