Features – Page 4 – The Sentry

The Mississippi State Fair returns again

October 13, 2017

Filed under Around Town, Entertainment, Features

The 158th Mississippi State Fair in Jackson started on October 4th and ends on October 15th. Mississippians, as well as visitors from other states, attended the fair yet again to enjoy good food and fun rides and to win as many prizes as possible. This year, some of the regular rides changed. The Mega Drop, ver...

Cookin’ With The Boys, Episode 1: Ribs

By Alex Gibbs

October 13, 2017

Filed under Entertainment, Features, Video

I should probably start out by saying that I and my fellow Sentry staff members participating in this feature--Will Fletcher, Emory Maxwell, and Stewart McCullough--are not good cooks. Not even just that, we have little to no experience in cooking. Yet, we, inspired by one who came before us, the gr...

Cross Country looks to finish their season strong

By Maclain Kennedy

October 13, 2017

Filed under Features, Sports

At 6am when most people are still asleep, you can hear the quiet footsteps of the Jackson Prep cross country team. Since this past summer, the team has been building towards the season, working hard in the summer both in the morning and evening. Meredith Lange has been helping with...

Movie Preview: Justice League to fly to theaters in November

By Tynes Carroll

October 13, 2017

Filed under Entertainment, Features

Directed by Zack Snyder and written by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, DC Comics’ newest installment, Justice League, will hit theaters on November 17th. The cast includes Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as the Flash, and ...

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New Staff Profile: Alyssa Finneyfrock

By Elizabeth Downing

October 12, 2017

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Ms. Alyssa Finneyfrock is the director of student life at Jackson Prep, and the first person to hold this new position. In this capacity, Ms. Finneyfrock is in charge of the strategic organizing of non-curricular activities for students at Prep, such as club and student trips. Before work...

You’ve probably seen the versatile Julia Zouboukos

By Ainsley O'Quinn

October 10, 2017

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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 volleyball, student council, pacer, patriot league, and a travel volleyball team outside of school. She w...

Freshman International student: Brittany Jiang

By Tynes Carroll, Editor

October 10, 2017

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Brittany Jiang is one of Prep’s newest foreign exchange students this year. She is a ninth grader from Southwestern China and loves art. Brittany traveled to Prep during the summer and attended the Jackson Prep International Summer Camp in July of this year. She visited Los Angeles, San Francisc...

High schoolers are not catching their Zs

By Mary Patton Murphy

October 10, 2017

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These days, almost everyone appears to be sleep deprived. It takes minimal effort to spot the differences between a well-rested, energetic person and his drowsy, droopy-eyed other. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the causes of sleep deprivation are innumerable, though the causes for high scho...

Around Town: Rainbow Kitten Surprise rocks it out at Duling Hall

By Madeline Claire Hughes

October 6, 2017

Filed under Around Town, Entertainment, Features

Rainbow Kitten Surprise, an alternative rock band from Boone, North Carolina, stole the show Monday night at Duling Hall. Tickets went on sale June 12 and were sold out a few days before the concert. Opening for RKS was the band Elliot Root from Nashville, Tennessee. Their music set the atmosphere for ...

New Teacher Profile: Matt Butts

By Tanner Gough

October 4, 2017

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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 effort. Coach Butts also supervises a study hall period and a weightlifting period during the school da...

New Teacher Profile: Temperance Jones

By Katelyn Cox

September 26, 2017

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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; her mother was a music major at Spelman College in Atlanta, and she also taught the arts at Sardis Christian School and Master’s Academy of Fine Arts. Ms. ...

New Teacher Profile: Beth Watts

By Olivia Moore

September 21, 2017

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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 Prep in order to teach the language, taking on the challenge of instructing students from Latin I though AP Latin about the language of ...