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May 14, 2011
With the help of a new academic program, Zominique Williams, 18, is a 2011 high school graduate. She and 13 other students on Friday became the first group of graduates from Bridge Academy, a program by Ombudsman Education Services that is aligned with Tennessee educational standards. The program partnered with Jackson-Madison County Schools this school year to help nontraditional students finish high school with the rest of their class.
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February 10, 2011
Jackson-Madison County School System invites the public to an open house at The Bridge Academy, its new program to help nontraditional learners graduate from high school from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24.
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January 19, 2011
Hannah Scott has been out of school for six months.
At 17, she's supposed to be a senior in high school, but instead she's starting over at the Bridge Academy where she will work to complete her diploma.
"This is my second chance," said Scott, who has moved around a lot and added that her life was derailed when her father and grandfather died. "I got into a lot of trouble as a freshman at South Side High School. I was written up 23 times and suspended five times. I'm not proud of that at all and I've learned from my mistakes."
Scott was one of 27 students on Tuesday to begin classes at the Bridge Academy, an alternative school implemented through a partnership with Jackson-Madison County Schools and the Ombudsman.
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January 18, 2011
The Jackson-Madison County School System has established urgent goals to improve the achievement gap, increase graduation rates and lower dropout rates at Jackson Central-Merry and Liberty Technology Magnet high schools.
Federal "Race to the Top" monies have been earmarked to provide selected students a graduation option designed to achieve these goals.
The Bridge Academy will offer an alternative graduation option program for over-age students and those short of credits in grades nine through 12. Students will have the opportunity to recover credits due to truancy and academic failure in core subjects. The academy also will address students who are unmotivated and socially disengaged.
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