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].

This week, we’re visiting with Jordan Taylor, a 2016 graduate of South Side High School who’s involved in marketing and sports broadcasting for Forever Communications. We’ll discuss his experience as a student in the Jackson-Madison County School System, and his efforts now to assist JMCSS in promoting academics, athletics and the arts in Jackson-Madison County Schools.

This week, we’ll provide an update on the Malesus STEM Innovation Center - which is scheduled to open for middle school students in August. Our Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Teresa McSweeney will join us to provide renovation details, information about the STEM classes that will be offered, and exciting info about the Toyota Engineering, Manufacturing & Mechatronics Institute.