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3-04-08

Our Career Fair was a huge success! Thank you to Mrs. Beth Tatman and her committee. Thank you to our students for their excellent behavior and for their enthusiastic participation. Hats off to all our participants for donating their time and expertise. Thank you to the faculty and staff for supporting this event and for preparing our students! Check out excellent pictures of this event online at The Jackson Sun.

netTrekker d.i. The Tennessee Department of Education purchased netTrekker d.i. for use by every K-12 educator and student in Tennessee. netTrekker d.i. is an educational search engine that makes searching the Internet safe for students. netTrekker

Check out the weather with JCT's weather station. WeatherBug For great student activities and fun, just enter our zip code, 38301, and select your grade!

Thank you to Josh Jerrold's grandmother, Mrs. Pat Swift, for donating a new American flag to our school!

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4-25-2008
West Tennessee RegionalScience Fair Winners
Hunter Alphin First Place Elementary Biological Division and Delta Faucet Green Award
Jacob Gross, Max Kephart, and Hayden Phillips First Place Life Science Group Division
Congratulations to our winners and to parents for their support! Thank you to Mrs. Stewart for mentoring the students in the process of refining their projects for the regional science fair.

Career Essay Contest Winners
6th Grade
First Place: Malick Gaye
Second Place: Asia Murphy
Third Place: Zach Douglas
5th Grade
First Place: Kelsey Hulsey
Second Place: Lindsay Davis
Third Place: Claire Clark
Awards will be given at the Oscars. Thank you to all our participants!

 :: Academies!
At Jackson Careers and Technology, we strive to expose students to various career opportunities available in their futures. Therefore, students have the opportunity to explore the following careers in our daily academies. These not only open students' awareness of career options but they peak student interest in learning the core curriculum.

  •   Agriscience (Sixth Grade)

  •   Biologists (Sixth Grade)

  •   Biomedical Engineering (Fifth Grade)

  •   Biotechnology (Sixth Grade)

  •   Electrical Engineering (Fifth and Sixth Grade)

  •   Foundations of Engineering (Sixth Grade)

  •   Health/Medical (Fifth and Sixth Grade)

  •   Horticulture (Fifth Grade)

  •   Hydroponics (Fifth Grade)

  •   Mass Communication (Fifth Grade)

  •   Mechanical Engineering (Fifth and Sixth Grade)

  •   Meteorology (Fifth and Sixth Grade)

  •   Research and Design (Sixth Grade)

  •   Structural Engineering (Fifth Grade)

  •   Tapping into Technology (Fifth Grade)



All the academies are written by our teachers and address many of our core curriculum standards. Students will rotate through each academy every two weeks.