Our mission
Mission Statement
The E. E. Rogers S.D.A School family exists to show children Jesus, nurture their love for Him and others, strive for academic excellence, and empower them to serve.
Accreditation
E. E. Rogers Seventh-day Adventist School is a K-8th grade school accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSACS), Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities, the National Council for Private School Accreditation, and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation.
History
Originally named, The Jackson, MS Church School dates back to, according to written records, 1904, when Joseph Hermannas Laurence and his wife, Bela left Oakwood Manual Training School on the day of their marriage to preach and teach in Jackson in a building used by Edson White. The couple taught at the school from 1904-1906. In 1918, the school opened in the Berean Church on the corner of Rose and Pascagoula Streets. The school also included one other name.
In 1946 Elder B. W. Abney, Sr. and his wife, Celia, came to serve at Berean and it was then that the school was officially named in his honor, The B. W. Abney Seventh-day Adventist Church School. During the mid-1950’s, the church school closed after several years of financial strain. It was in 1980 that the church school was reestablished to include students from the local churches (Canton SDA Church, Jackson, New Heights SDA Church and Yazoo City, Lintonia Chapel SDA Church). The classes were held in the Berean SDA Church building located on Woodrow Wilson Blvd. On April 1, 1989, ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held to celebrate the school moving into its property on Livingston Road, formerly a YMCA facility. The building was renovated and thus the school moved from the church to its own independent facility. It was during this time the school was named after a former Pastor (E. E. Rogers) of the Berean SDA Church; it was named E. E. Rogers S.D.A. School. Around 1997 the school again relocated to the 1284 Forest Avenue location. In 2013 under the leadership of Pastor
Marshall Johnson and School Board Chair, Dr. Temika Simmons, the E. E. Rogers S.D.A. School for the first time became a constituency school operated by the Berean SDA Church, New Heights SDA Church and South Jackson SDA Church. The school relocated to the beautiful campus at 5125B Robinson Road in Jackson, MS, where the South Jackson SDA Church shares an approximate 4-acre campus. Today, E.E. Rogers SDA Constituent School Board and South Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventist govern the school.