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Prep, JA to face off for top-seeded spot in soccer playoffs

Prep, JA to face off for top-seeded spot in soccer playoffs

By Tanner McCraney February 15, 2017

On Thursday, February 16, at 6:30 the varsity soccer team will play against Jackson Academy at the Belhaven Bowl Stadium. Although this may be confusing, it is not a playoff game but a game that decides...

The Malones house following early morning fire.

A Prep family feels blessed, even after house fire

By Henley Johnson February 15, 2017

On January 12th, 2017 at around 5:25 in the Wendover neighborhood in Ridgeland, MS, a fire started in home of Prep students Dylan and Adam Malone. This fire started because their refrigerator, that was...

Bon Appétit! We love food day

Bon Appétit! We love food day

By Avery Andress and Genevieve Hurst February 14, 2017

This Valentine’s Day, Prep hosted a World Food Day. Students from French, Spanish, Chinese, and Greek classes were able to bring and sample food from around the world during their class period. The...

Movie filmed at Prep nears release

February 2, 2017

Speech & Debate,  a movie filmed largely on the Prep campus and produced by Prep alumnus Tom Rice ('92), has released a full trailer and will hit screens in April. See the trailer above and check...

Teachers beat their students…but only at basketball

By Stewart McCullough, Tori Newsome January 31, 2017

On Tuesday, January 31, around 400 students gathered in the gymnasium to watch students from different grades play the faculty in the annual student-faculty basketball showdown. In years past,...

Financial Management takes stock of NYC

Financial Management takes stock of NYC

By Paul Andress January 30, 2017

From Wednesday, January 25 to Sunday, January 29, Prep’s financial management class, led by Ms. Waynette Noe, went to New York City. Additional chaperones were Mr. Lee Ozier, Mr. Nathan Devine, and...

Weather curtails but doesnt derail Showchoir Masters

Weather curtails but doesn’t derail Showchoir Masters

By Tynes Carroll January 24, 2017

Jackson Prep hosted the fourth annual Showchoir Masters competition on January 20 and 21, 2017. Over 35 choirs from Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee competed in the Fortenberry Theatre on the Jackson...

Photo by Paul Andress

Flu strikes Prep with a vengeance

By Avery Andress and Holman Buchanan January 24, 2017

For the past few days, Jackson Prep classrooms have been decorated with Lysol and hand sanitizer, in an attempt to avoid the flu. There has been a huge outbreak of flu across the United States in week...

Jr. Class Garage Sale approaches with changes

Jr. Class Garage Sale approaches with changes

By Avery Andress January 20, 2017

The garage sale this year is on March 4 in the Manning Center. This is the first year that the garage sale is completely student-led. The leaders this year are: Nelson Ramsey, Lawson Yelverton, Camille...

Ewing Milam wins Prep round of Geography Bee

Ewing Milam wins Prep round of Geography Bee

By Preston Dubberly January 19, 2017

On Wednesday, January 18th, the seventh and eighth graders went to watch their fellow classmates participate in the 27th annual National Geographic Bee.  The National Geographic Bee is a competition...

Prep welcomes prizewinning playwright with Firecracker

Prep welcomes prizewinning playwright with “Firecracker”

By Chatham Kennedy January 13, 2017

Lights up on cotton candy truck, scattered dressing room, and red upon red upon red for Beth Henley’s The Miss Firecracker Contest. Fortenberry Theatre shook with laughter on January 12th as students...

Précis Pageant highlights class of 2017

Précis Pageant highlights class of 2017

By Preston Dubberly and Stewart McCullough January 12, 2017

is On Monday, January 9th, yearbook held the annual Précis Pageant. This pageant recognizes the senior superlatives in addition to Mr. and Miss Sophomore and Mr. and Miss Junior class. In between...

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