News & Features
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JPS Releases the District Calendar for the 2025-2026 School Year
March 21, 2025 – Jackson Public Schools will introduce a modified calendar in the 2025-2026 school year, meaning an earlier start and additional break time for scholars.
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REGISTER NOW: How You Can Access the PowerSchool Parent Portal?
March 18, 2025 - JPS encourages parents to register today for the PowerSchool Parent Portal! This new tool allows you to register online for the 2025-2026 school year, monitor your child’s grades, assignments, and attendance.
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Callaway JROTC Cadet Selected as the JPS JROTC 2025-26 Cadet of the Year
March 5, 2025 - Cadet Captain Ashanti Odom of Callaway High School was selected as the JPS 2025-2026 Cadet of the Year. After a lengthy application process by a committee of education professionals, she was chosen on February 26 at an award ceremony at the Mississippi eCenter.
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Jackson Public Schools Celebrates Black History Month
February 1-March 1, 2025 – As we pay tribute to the generations of Americans who overcame adversity to achieve freedom, we celebrate our history by highlighting local history makers.
McWillie Headlines & Features
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Robotics Team Wins 1st Place
McWillie scholars take home top honors from the Computer Science Wonder Coding Robotics Competition!
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McWillie Celebrates Read Across America
Teachers, families, and community members all came together to help us promote lifelong literacy and learning during Read Across America Week.
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Move To Learn Comes to McWillie
Move To Learn's Coach Calhoun stopped by McWillie to remind students and teachers about the importance of taking care of their mind and bodies.
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Ribbon Cutting of New Accessible Playground
McWillie Pre-K students are excited to play together on new play equipment that is accessible to a wide variety of student abilities.
Bell Schedule
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7:00 a.m: Morning drop-off begins
7:30 a.m: Breakfast closes for car riders
2:30 p.m. School dismissedNo dismissals after 2:00 p.m.
Early Dismissal Schedule:
60% Day dismisses at 12:00 p.m.
80% Day dismisses at 1:15 p.m.
Elementary Schedule
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School Event Time School Opens 7 a.m. Homeroom Block 7:30-7:45 a.m. Instructional Begins 7:30 a.m. Instruction Ends/Dismissal Time 2:45 p.m.
Superintendent's Monthly Minute March 2025
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In the March 2025 edition of the Superintendent’s Monthly Minute, Dr. Errick L. Greene challenges each of us to be mindful of the choices we make.
You can also watch more videos like the Superintendent's Monthly Minute on our YouTube Channel. Subscribe to @JPSITV for more JPS videos.