Don't forget! Parents of rising 8th graders: We will host a Countdown to Course Selection Parent Night on Monday, February 13. Find out about course selection, scheduling, our Academic Houses pathways and other student opportunities! 🐝Monday, February 13 6:00pm at AJHS Cafe

TOMORROW! Parents of rising 8th graders: Armstrong Junior High School will host a Countdown to Course Selection Parent Night. Find out about course selection, scheduling, our Academic Houses pathways and other student opportunities! 🐝Monday, February 13 6:00pm at AJHS Cafe

Fat Tuesday came early to AJHS as we celebrated Mardi Gras fun on Friday with King Cake, beads and decorations! Thank you to the Dunn family for providing the authentic pastry straight from New Orleans for our staff and students to sample! #starkvillespark #mardigras

Parents of rising 9th graders: Starkville High School 🐝 will host a Countdown to Course Selection Parent Night on Tuesday, February 21. Find out about course selection, scheduling, our Academic Houses pathways and other student opportunities! 🐝Tuesday, February 21 6:00pm at SHS Gym

Last week, AJHS welcomed Assistant District Attorney Trina Davidson Brooks as guest speaker for our Black History Month program to share with students about her experiences. The AJHS Band, Singers & JROTC squads participated in the program. Great work, Jackets! #JacketFamily

Experimenting leads to excellence! Students in our 9th grade High Tech Video Production class have been trying out our new podcasting equipment! Students were tasked with planning out a 5-minute podcast, rehearsing it and recording their episodes. #shsCAB #ExpectExcellence

Honor Band excellence! Congratulations to Amy Choi, Ella Horan, Phoebe Jones, & Rihanna Harris, who were accepted into the Northeast Band Directors Association annual Honor Band Clinic for junior high students in February! We're so proud of you! #ExpectExcellence #StarkvilleSpark

Excellence is setting a goal and finding creative ways to achieve it! Alex Sheffield, with Learfield/MSU Bulldog Sports Properties visited our Health/Fitness Exploratory for a Q&A to talk about how students can leverage a love of athletics into a career. #ExpectExcellence

Armstrong staff started the week off with a few extra goodies after enjoying our Swarming into Spring Break scavenger hunt! Our winners: Nurse Allison, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wishert, and Ms. Jackie. Congratulations! We hope you’re enjoying some much needed down time! #JacketFamily

Last month, several AJHS Jackets participated in a Black History Month essay contest sponsored by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Congratulations to Avani Pacharne, Madison Dancy & Daylen Gardner (not pictured) who submitted winning essays! #ExpectExcellence

EXCELLENCE from this troupe!! Bringing home a host of awards from the Mississippi Middle School One Act Play Festival including: Best Ensemble Best Production Best Actress: Emily Stephens Best Actor: Kylin Ellis #ExpectExcellence #StarkvilleSpark

This week we celebrated our excellent librarians for National Librarian Appreciation Day! We love you, Ms. Russell and Ms. Johnson. Thank you for the excellent learning experiences you provide our AJHS Jackets! #ExpectExcellence #StarkvilleSpark

We are gearing up for an excellent year at AJHS! Parents, check your email for our signup genius link and choose a time for Schedule Pickup and Device Distribution on Monday, July 17 -- 8:00am - 1:00pm in the AJHS Gym. #ExpectExcellence #StarkvilleSpark

First day back for our AJHS team, and we're excited to begin a new school year! Teachers and staff were hard at work today building relationships, talking about student success and getting prepared. See you next week, Jacket! Can't wait to #ExpectExcellence together!

TONIGHT! Jacket Softball will host an Interest Meeting on July 31 at 5:30pm for 7th-12th grade students interested in trying out for the 2023-2024 roster. Location change: Greensboro Auditorium For tryout details, visit ow.ly/VPLq50PnZM6 #JacketSting

Jacket SOCCER Makeup/Transfer Tryouts (7th-12th graders) Wednesday, August 2 4:30pm - 5:30pm Starkville High School Come out if you missed tryouts or are new to the district. All forms should be complete in Dragonfly for tryouts. #JacketSting

Calling all 8th grade Baseball players… Junior High tryouts! See below.

Give a shoutout to our 2023-2024 AJHS Ambassadors! These student leaders have been selected through an application &interview process to represent AJHS at events, assist with activities & help us lead tours. Congratulations, Jackets! We love how you #ExpectExcellence every day!

Congratulations to our AJHS Volley Jackets on a win over Tupelo tonight! #JacketSting

Happy Birthday, Jackets! Each month AJHS PTO and our SafeSpace Project partner to celebrate student and staff birthdays! Last week, parent and long-time volunteer Lisa Long provided delicious stacks to celebrate birthdays from June, July and August! Thank you! #JacketFamily