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Teachers beat their students again, but only at basketball

Teachers beat their students again, but only at basketball

By Avery Andress March 4, 2018

For the second year in a row, the students and faculty played a full-court basketball game. Students paid $2 to watch the game, and all of the money raised went to the Goodwill Art Show. Current senior...

Photo by Will Fletcher.

Juniors prepare for annual class garage sale

By Mary Patton Murphy March 1, 2018

In mid January, the current junior class began preparing for the annual Jackson Prep Garage Sale. The sale, which has been going on for several years now, has become a popular event among those in the...

Photo by Beverly Oden.

Boys’ soccer breaks MS high school record with 8th straight title

By Stewart McCullough February 28, 2018

Flowood, MS --- Jackson Prep’s boys' soccer program has been on an elite level for almost 10 years, and their State title victory on Saturday, February 24th cemented their legacy in Mississippi high...

Trump talk: Reviewing his first year in office

By Stewart McCullough February 20, 2018

Saturday, January 20th marked the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Donald Trump won the Republican Party presidential nominee race in the summer of 2016, and at the beginning...

Mr. Lawrence Coco. Photo courtesy of McCraney, Coco & Lee

Prep names Lawrence Coco as next Head of School

By Alex Gibbs February 14, 2018

On Wednesday, February 14, the Jackson Prep Board of Trustees announced their selection of Mr. Lawrence Coco to serve as the next Head of School through an official press release. Coco was chosen following...

12 Strong honors bravery, pays tribute to the American horse soldiers

“12 Strong” honors bravery, pays tribute to the American horse soldiers

By Stewart McCullough February 6, 2018

Anyone over the age of 20 knows where they were on September 11th, 2001. No one could even imagine that three hours on a routine September morning would write a chapter in American history. Those horrifying...

Football players awarded after incredible season

By Henley Johnson January 10, 2018

The annual football season ending football banquet took place on November 29th. The night started off with all of the football players and cheerleaders walking in the Fortenberry Theatre to the fight song...

Football finishes historic season with another championship

Football finishes historic season with another championship

By Steven Wyatt and Stewart McCullough January 10, 2018

The 2017 Jackson Prep football team put on a spectacular season. They ended 13-0, capped it off with winning the MAIS AAAA D-1 Championship crown and re-wrote a chapter of Mississippi high school football...

Prep star Jerrion Ealy commits to Ole Miss for football, baseball

Prep star Jerrion Ealy commits to Ole Miss for football, baseball

By Stewart McCullough and Steven Wyatt December 17, 2017

Flowood, MS -- The Jackson Prep Patriots football team had quite the success this season, and much of that success came due to the efforts of their junior four-star running back Jerrion Ealy. In November,...

Staff members of all four publications. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Stephenson.

Prep lit mags score at 2017 MSPA fall convention

By Stewart McCullough October 30, 2017

On Monday, October 30th, staff members from Earthwinds, Prep’s senior high literary magazine, Mindprints, the junior high literary magazine, Précis, Prep’s yearbook, and The Sentry all headed...

The Traveling Lady could appeal to new performers as tryouts approach

“The Traveling Lady” could appeal to new performers as tryouts approach

By Stewart McCullough October 26, 2017

On February 23 and 24, Jackson Prep students will present Horton Foote’s The Traveling Lady, but this is no ordinary overall production. This production is a cross-curricular effort that spans across...

The crowd from the back of the sanctuary. Photo courtesy of Beth Ann Young.

Speaker encourages students to “live fearless” at Live Original event

By Mary Patton Murphy October 24, 2017

Last year, the 20 year old Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson organized a 16 city tour throughout the United States encouraging students “to live uniquely and to be the person God made you to be.” On...

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