Clay, Trap & Skeet Club
April 23, 2018
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One of the newer clubs at Prep is the Clay, Trap, & Skeet team. For those unfamiliar with these terms, it is a type of shooting team. Known previously as the Gun & Bow club, the name was changed this year and various different activities and events were added. The Clay, Trap, & Skeet team...
Prep students set sail on a new voyage
April 13, 2018
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Prep added an outdoors activity this past winter for students to enjoy - sailing. The Sailing Club is focused on giving students the chance to sail, something that most kids would never be able to do. Over the past three months, students have learned many skills necessary for sailing, some include: hois...
Emerald Isle delights Prep students, faculty
April 13, 2018
photos by Mary Virginia Baldwin A group from Jackson Prep chose to take a trip all around Ireland for Spring Break. 14 students along with a number of parents accompanied by English teacher Ms. Jessica Wilkinson, choir teacher Mr. Mitchell McGinnis, and drama teacher Mr. Kenneth McDade. The trip lasted...
8th graders prep for Washington D.C. trip
By Mara Liston and Sarah Cory
April 11, 2018
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Spring Break might be over, but the eighth graders still have a trip to look forward to. Mr. Kevin Robichaux, eighth grade history teacher, is taking his annual trip to Washington D.C. with a group of students. They will leave for D.C. on April 26 and return on the 30th. A total of 47 students ar...
Extended Reality Learning Lab debuts in Prep library
By Russ Upton
April 5, 2018
Jackson Prep is poised to become a leading school in preparing students for the technology-filled world they are bound to encounter. On Thursday, April 5, the school inaugurated its new Extended Reality (XR) Learning Lab in the Jesse L. Howell library. With an initial installation of 24 virtual-real...
Students visit Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
March 29, 2018
Since its opening in December of 2017, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum has drawn both Mississippi and non-Mississippi residents, including the president himself, to its doors. With eight diverse and interactive galleries, the museum transports its visitors to the past in order to spur a desire for s...
Sentry brings home awards from MSPA convention
March 28, 2018
On Tuesday, March 27th, a group of students involved in different publications traveled to The University of Mississippi to represent Prep at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association day. High Schools from all around the state came to learn and receive awards for their work and range of publica...
Seniors showcase artwork in Prep’s art gallery
March 6, 2018
The senior art show was held on Monday, March 5 in the Mary Katherine Loyacono McCravey Art Gallery. Seniors who displayed their own work are either in Advanced Placement Art, Advanced Art, Photography, or Art I. Some seniors have been building their portfolios since eleventh grade, but the artwork...
Teachers beat their students again, but only at basketball
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 cheerleaders Neil Stewart, Sara Thomas Easley, Emme Aldridge, and Mary Rogers Merrell were in charge o...
Juniors prepare for annual class garage sale
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 Jackson area, and it has even become popular among some from as far as Gulfport, MS due to the wide...
“The Traveling Lady” stops at Prep
By Preston Dubberly, Maclain Kennedy
March 1, 2018
All photos by Hubert Worley Since January, Prep students were hard at work to put together “The Traveling Lady”. With a cast of ten, the play was performed February 23 and 24, and the cast added an additional performance on the February 26 in Lindsay Hall due to high demand. The small stage gave...
You’ve heard of cryptocurrency…but what is it?
February 20, 2018
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Unless you live under a rock you have surely heard the word cryptocurrency, but I doubt you really understand what they are. In short a cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to control its creation and management, rather than relying on central ...
April 23, 2018
One of the newer clubs at Prep is the Clay, Trap, &a...
Prep students set sail on a new voyage
April 13, 2018
Prep added an outdoors activity this past winter for ...
Emerald Isle delights Prep students, faculty
April 13, 2018
photos by Mary Virginia Baldwin A group from Jackson Prep...
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