Mississippi Book Festival

August 19, more than 250 authors will spend the day at the State Capitol celebrating the Mississippi Book Festival! 155 of those authors will participate on 38 official theme-based panels, discussing and reading from their books.

JPS BACK-TO-SCHOOL GUIDE

What's new for 2017-2018 and other information families need to prepare for the upcoming school year.

SHARE YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PHOTOS

Is this your scholar's first bus ride? Please share it with us using the #WelcomeBackJPS on Facebook and Twitter.

OVER 90 PERCENT OF JPS THIRD GRADERS PASS STATE EXAM FOR PROMOTION

In JPS, 93.5 percent of third-graders have passed the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment after the first two administrations of the test.

JPS SCHOLARS SEEING THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS THANKS TO NEW PARTNERSHIP

Vision To Learn and Jackson Public Schools have partnered to provide free eye care to K-12 students in Jackson Public Schools.

Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) item samples

The Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) is designed to measure student achievement on the Mississippi College-and Career-Readiness Standards (MS CCRS) for English Language Arts and Mathematics and to provide valid and reliable results to guide instruction through data driven instruction. The MAP will assess students in grades 3-8 in English Language Arts and Mathematics, Algebra I, and English II.

Why We Strive for Less Than 5

Did you know that poor school attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade and that chronic absence becomes a factor in a student’s decision to drop out of school as early as the sixth grade?

School and Classroom Visits

All visitors (including volunteers) must sign in at the front office and receive a visitor sticker. Be prepared to present photo ID .

Scholar Independence Day

Parents and guardians may walk scholars to classrooms during the first week of school. Effective August 15, scholars will walk to class on their own.

JPS Uniform Policy

American Heart Association thanks Timberlawn

Timberlawn Elementary receives $10,000 grant from the Junior League

SchoolWay Mobile App

SPOTLIGHT: PARENTS HAVE A CHOICE WITH JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

High-Stakes Testing