Fourth graders at Davis Magnet School worked with Jamie Dickson, a Jackson poet, to produce original poetry for a Poetry Cafe. Students and teachers invited members of the community to attend the cafe. Dickson's residency was part of PPSJ's JumpstART project, which brings artists into classrooms to team teach traditional academic subjects with classroom teachers by infusing the arts.

Later this year, second graders at Davis will work with Sarah C. Campbell, a Jackson photographer, to document the people and places in the Davis neighborhood. This project, called Davis on the Map, originated as a JumpstART project during the 2008-2009 school year.