Baker Elementary School - Pandemic Partnership Response

For the last 20 years, Jackson lawyer Mike Dawkins has mentored scholars at Baker Elementary School in Jackson. During the past school year, he, along with a team from Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, &Berkowitz Law Firm have visited the school 2 days a week, every week to help 2nd Graders enhance their reading skills with a program called Arise to Read. This program has helped the scholars to work harder and feel good about themselves. The Law firm has been serving as a school adopter for Baker Elementary since August 10, 2000.

Rowan Elementary School - Pandemic Partnership Response

Rowan Elementary School along with Cross Point Community Church set out to establish a partnership that would address the basic needs of the students. This ministry began in 2013. When the would-be, assistant principal met with the members of the CrossPoint Community Church they established a ministry called the backpack buddies.

Spann Elementary School - Pandemic Partnership Response

A contemporary song, Burn the Ships, topped the charts in Dec., 2019. Little did we know that it’d become an anthem for our 2020 educational endurance at Spann Elementary. “Step into a new day. We can rise up from the dust and walk away. We can dance upon the heartache.”

Chastain Middle School - Pandemic Partnership Response

We must develop relevant relationships with stakeholders so that excellence become the positive culture of our schools, our districts, and our communities. The core values of Jackson Public Schools are relevant to the partnerships that Chastain Middle School has developed with Christ United Methodist Church, Redeemer Church, and Eaton Aerospace. These partnerships have afforded Chastain’s teachers and scholars opportunities designed to promote literacy to both virtual and hybrid learners during this COVID pandemic.

Florence High School TEAM Academy - Pandemic Partnership...

The TEAM Business Academy at Florence High School has been financially supported by Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) since October 2019. Youth Entrepreneurs provides hands-on business curriculum and resource support but the most important element of partnering with YE is the encouragement to be innovative in the classroom and to model and teach students the importance of moving from a “deficit” mindset to an “opportunity” mindset.

Madison County Schools - Pandemic Partnership Response

When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, closing our school buildings, we knew that students would need not only new means of academic sustenance but also access to nutritious food. Roughly 5,200 students in Madison County Schools rely on daytime m...

Madison County School

The goals of this partnership align with the overall strategic plan goals for our district, including collaboration with the community and strengthening school culture. Through improved social and emotional wellness, students should also see an increase in academic achievement, which is another key strategic goal of the district. Assisting children and families with managing the social and emotional difficulties of the pandemic served to fulfill the goal of this specific project and the wider goals of the Madison County School District.