This week we’ll visit with Melissa Spurgeon, Chief of Staff for Jackson-Madison County Schools. We will discuss several important community partnerships JMCSS has gained through her work - as well as the impact of the JMCSS Gala; it’s one of the initiatives Superintendent Dr. Marlon King created -early in his tenure with JMCSS.
This week, we’ve invited former West TN Teacher of the Year - Bob Sparks - he’s currently an English Teacher at JCM Early College High. He spent time in Nashville recently to learn more about policies impacting - teachers and students in the state of TN….he’ll tell us about that experience and the importance of civic participation from school district employees….Plus…School Board member Andre Darnell is here to recap his experience at the Student Congress on Policies in Education…Mr. Darnell served as a group leader as a group of students from Liberty Technology High School participated in SCOPE for the 2nd year in a row.
Jackson Academic STEAM Academy (JASA) Principal Dr. Josie Currie joins us on this episode to share exciting details of JASA's new partnership with Union University. She'll also explain the meaning of PRINCESS-PAL. PLUS Coach Kendall Dancy, the new head coach of the JCM boys basketball team, provides a preview of his first season with the Cougars [and a cool story about his time as a professional basketball player].
Open enrollment for PreK begins in March, but there are several things families can do now to prepare for the application process. Kristin Peachey, System Wide PreK consulting teacher and Charlotte Wilson, School Counselor at NOVA PreK join us to discuss Early Childhood Education
