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Juniors celebrate The Princess Bride with festival

Juniors celebrate “The Princess Bride” with festival

By Preston Dubberly, Entertainment Editor November 30, 2018

Ms. Anna Griffin’s eleventh grade AP English class put on a film festival on Wednesday, November 28, to showcase their summer reading book, The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Last year, Ms....

Varsity basketball girls spread joy at childrens hospital

Varsity basketball girls spread joy at children’s hospital

By Tori Newsome, Entertainment Editor November 27, 2018

On Monday, November 19th, the Jackson Prep varsity girls' basketball team went to Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital to make hand turkeys with the children who were well enough to go to the play area....

Lord Farquaad and his crew. Photo by Stewart McCullough

Shrek takes center stage

October 17, 2018

Prep students will perform Shrek:  The Musical, an original Broadway production, on October 20, 22, and 23. Showtimes for October 20 are 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and on October 22 and 23, students will perform...

The senior highs new schedule for 2018-2019.

Students adapt to new schedule

By Alex Gibbs, Copy Editor September 25, 2018

This past spring, Jackson Prep announced that it would be introducing new schedules for both the junior and senior high in the upcoming school year. The junior high schedule’s structure is mostly similar...

One School, Many Books brings students and adults together through reading

“One School, Many Books” brings students and adults together through reading

By Camp Carter and August 28, 2018

One School, Many Books is an annual program at Prep in which students choose a book from a list, similar to summer reading. The books were all chosen by faculty and staff. The books aren’t reviewed...

Mindprints 2018 released

Mindprints 2018 released

By Victoria Chough August 22, 2018

Today the junior high’s literary magazine Mindprints released its 10th volume to the public on Patriot Avenue, pairing each book with a Shipley’s donut. This year’s theme is “perspectives,”...

Ricky Black named high school coach of the year

Ricky Black named high school coach of the year

By Stewart McCullough August 10, 2018

On Wednesday, June 27th, long time Jackson Prep head football coach Ricky Black was named Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association. Coach Black was selected from eight other...

New faculty and staff, 2018-2019

New faculty and staff, 2018-2019

August 10, 2018

BACK ROW, L to R: Chance Theriot (Science/Mathematics) - CLICK TO READ PROFILE Don Regan (Business/Technology) - CLICK TO READ PROFILE Mariclaire Nix (Athletics) - CLICK TO READ PROFILE Meagan...

Externships coming to Prep curriculum

By Eloise Moore June 8, 2018

Next year’s new senior high schedule is going to bring many new changes to the daily school life. Of course, class times will be different and students will go to different classes on different days.  With...

Junior Seminar to debut for Class of 2020

By Olivia Moore June 8, 2018

Junior Seminar will be a new required class for eleventh grade students next year.  The class will take one semester to complete, and there will be about sixty students enrolled in the class per semester....

Graduation Day comes for Class of 2018

Graduation Day comes for Class of 2018

By Stewart McCullough May 26, 2018

The Jackson Prep class of 2018 graduated on Thursday, March 24th at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, Mississippi. Friends and family packed the venue to capacity as they watched seniors become Jackson Prep...

Prep students recognized with Scholastic Art Awards

Prep students recognized with Scholastic Art Awards

By Carter Stockett May 25, 2018

The Scholastic Art Awards has recognized youths for their creativity and talents in the field of Art since 1923. Each year the program continues to grow and more teenagers become involved and participate...

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