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New Teacher Profile: David Matthew Butts

New Teacher Profile: David Matthew Butts

By Tanner Gough October 4, 2017

Coach Matt Butts is one of the 20 new faculty and staff members here at Prep. His main responsibility is leading the Junior Varsity football program as head coach, a position that requires much time and...

New Teacher Profile: Temperance Jones

New Teacher Profile: Temperance Jones

By Katelyn Cox September 26, 2017

Ms. Temperance Jones, a new teacher to Prep this year, is the director of Jackson Prep’s Patriot Singers. Jones originally came from a very music-oriented family in her hometown of Birmingham;...

New Teacher Profile: Beth Watts

New Teacher Profile: Beth Watts

By Olivia Moore September 21, 2017

With the departure of the beloved Mr. Hogue, many Latin students were concerned about the creation of an empty teaching position in the Latin program.  However, Ms. Beth Watts has returned to Jackson...

New Teacher Profile: Richart Schug

New Teacher Profile: Richart Schug

By Ford Lange September 21, 2017

  Despite being listed as a new teacher this year, Mr. Richart Schug is not a new face on the Prep campus. Mr. Schug has been a substitute for the woodworking class for a few years, and...

New Teacher Profile: Linda Self

New Teacher Profile: Linda Self

By David Crews September 20, 2017

After teaching at Pearl High School for ten years, Ms. Linda Self is now one of many new members of the Prep family. You might see her walking around the junior high, or in her classroom teaching Geometry....

Student Profile: Grant Hughes

Student Profile: Grant Hughes

By Barron Liston September 20, 2017

Grant Hughes is not only a junior at Jackson Prep, but a sportsman, writer, history buff, and a war re-enactor. He was born in Mississippi as one of three triplets and soon after moved to Philadelphia,...

New Teacher Profile: Haley Toler

New Teacher Profile: Haley Toler

By Eloise Moore and Bonnie Burge September 19, 2017

Ms. Haley Toler is a new teacher at Jackson Prep and teaches 11th grade physics.  She is also a Jackson Prep alumni from the class of 2006.  While at Prep, she played softball and ran track....

Student Profile: Julia Zouboukos

Student Profile: Julia Zouboukos

By Ainsley O'Quinn September 13, 2017

If you go to Prep, you have probably seen Julia Zouboukos on the football field, on the basketball court, or in the candy line.  As a part of the class of 2020, she is involved in varsity basketball and...

New Teacher Profile: Mollie Blair

New Teacher Profile: Mollie Blair

By Allie Wise September 12, 2017

Ms. Mollie Blair grew up in Jackson and went to high school at Jackson Academy. There, she played basketball, volleyball, softball, and ran track. She graduated from JA in 2013 and went on to further...

Which type of Jackson Prep student are you?

Which type of Jackson Prep student are you?

By Sarah Avery Huffman June 5, 2017

Every school is made up of a unique diversity of students. However, there are are five categories in which these students fall: the brainiac, the try-hard, the average student, the slacker, and the too...

Junior Aidan Creel scores fencing victories

Junior Aidan Creel scores fencing victories

By Avery Andress May 18, 2017

Jackson Prep junior Aidan Creel first got interested in fencing when he was watching the 2012 Olympics because of how cool it looked. After watching the Olympics, he started fencing in July of 2013....

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