{"id":1093,"date":"2019-01-23T12:29:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T12:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/site\/?page_id=1093"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:38:47","slug":"what-is-jisa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/what-is-jisa\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS JISA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-26vj2d-bc8d16663daa29471070ed8b19c8cf56\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-26vj2d-bc8d16663daa29471070ed8b19c8cf56{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-26vj2d-bc8d16663daa29471070ed8b19c8cf56 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-26vj2d-bc8d16663daa29471070ed8b19c8cf56 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-26vj2d-bc8d16663daa29471070ed8b19c8cf56 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >WHAT IS JISA?<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jr960bnr-542751812a511df20a43bf2b8afceb4a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4514 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01.png 7545w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-1030x468.png 1030w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-1536x698.png 1536w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-2048x931.png 2048w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-1500x682.png 1500w, https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/full-color_logo_JISA-01-705x321.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Our Mission:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe mission of the JISA program is to prepare students for competitive academic environments through a rigorous, interdisciplinary curriculum that encourages divergent thinking and international mindedness. JISA inspires students to challenge themselves in scholarship and thought, explore their own creativity and talents, and nurture compassion for humanity and the environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Motto: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turning potential into ability (since 2009)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>JISA is an advanced academic program for 9th and 10th graders. The program focuses on a wide range of liberal arts academic studies. This streamlined approach lays a firm foundation for students\u2019 future academic pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>The program is based on three principles:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*Community * Rigor * Globalism*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COMMUNITY<\/p>\n<p>We want our students to feel like they are part of a small group within our school where they are grouped with like-minded students who value learning and service. We also ask our students to look at their surrounding community for service opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>RIGOR<\/p>\n<p><span>Students learn how to <\/span><span>think<\/span><span> and how to <\/span><span>learn<\/span><span> at an advanced level that challenges them intellectually. We call this RIGOR.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Courses taught at a level surpassing what is expected by state testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Students prepare for more advanced studies <\/span><span>at the IB <\/span><span>level in 11th and 12th grades.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GLOBALISM<\/p>\n<p>In JISA, students are asked to be internationally mindful and think <span>outside their own experiences to consider those of others who may live, think, or act differently from them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1093","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4830,"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093\/revisions\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}