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Dallas Jordan Returns After Cancer Battle

Dallas Jordan Returns After Cancer Battle

By Preston Dubberly and Chatham Kennedy November 9, 2015

The Jackson Prep family is thrilled that Dallas Jordan, a current 9th grader at Prep, has returned to school after battling cancer. Dallas was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma in October of...

Issue 3 "Find the Gnome" Winners

Issue 3 “Find the Gnome” Winners

November 9, 2015

Find the Gnome is a game from the Fun and Games section where students search the campus to find two gnomes hidden by Sentry staff members. On November 9th, both gnomes were found. Issue 3 was...

Double the Queens, Double the Fun

Double the Queens, Double the Fun

By Gracie McCraney and Brittany Wilkinson November 6, 2015

Homecoming was a huge success this year. It took place on Friday, October 9. The theme of this year’s dance, voted on by student council, was Old Hollywood. At the beginning of the week, student council...

Back row, from left:  Jay Pounds-Vaughn, Aden Powers, Aubrey Scott Moak, Ramsay Jeffreys, Tori Johnston, Lauren Noe, Belle Grace Wilkinson, Julia Sumrall, Laura Katherine Clair, Seth Cook, Mason Nichols, Hawthorne Cleveland, Mara Liston, Graham Speed;  third row: Chloe Tew, Kimberly Blount, Victoria Chough, Rebecca Burrow, Elise Jones, Camp Carter, Elizabeth Clarke, Peyton Elam, Emma Grace Dillard, Dylan Freeman, Emma Liddell, Saylor Fortner, Ann Parker Baldwin, Tatum Robinson, Embry Hollowell, Dabney Flynt; second row: Sayley Crawford, Sarah Cory, Kitty Friday, Rosy Ruffin, Brady Winscott, Owen Lundberg, Will Davis, Mills Murphy, Will Evans, Lilly Noble, Liddy Hurst, Aubrey Taylor, Jane Gray Barbour, John Henry Andress; front:  Jake Head, Andrew Banks, Thaxton Berch, Ethan Aldridge, Grant Simpson, Carlie Gleason, Abbie Mask, Preston Speed, Tanner Gough, Bradley Stafford, Charles Stephenson, Selby Ireland, Alex Roberson.Not pictured:  Carson Butler, Michael Causey, Miller Gleason, Eliza Mazzaferro, Sydney Ray.

Prep 7th Graders Qualify for Talent Identification Program

November 4, 2015

Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) began in 1980 and identifies academically talented seventh graders.  Eligible students must have scored at the 95th percentile or higher on a...

Literary Haunted House Spooks Prep

By Lee Meena October 30, 2015

On October 30, The 11th grade college prep English classes held a school-wide Literary Haunted House exhibit organized by Mr. Scott Rogers, an English teacher in his first year at Prep. The exhibit...

Fall Fest 2015

October 29, 2015

"Life is much bigger than your cell phone."

“Life is much bigger than your cell phone.”

By Gracie McCraney October 22, 2015

On Thursday, October 22, Jacob Eckeberger spoke to the Jackson Prep student body about the power and pitfalls of technology, particularly social media. Earlier in the year, students took a survey asking...

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Nenon

Acclaimed Journalist Tells Students His Story

By Paul Andress and Matthew Clay October 13, 2015

On October 13, 2015, prizewinning reporter Jerry Mitchell addressed the student body as part of the annual visiting writers series. Jerry Mitchell is an investigative journalist for The Clarion-Ledger....

Homecoming Festivities Start on Patriot Avenue

Homecoming Festivities Start on Patriot Avenue

By John Keeler October 8, 2015

On Thursday, October 8th, the Jackson Prep Student Council put on an opening Homecoming event on Patriot Avenue for the Senior High.  Ice Cream, Popcorn, and Sweet Tea were all served by Student Council...

Prep Uses 3-D Printing to Make Prosthetic Hand

September 30, 2015

Since the beginning of the school year physics teacher Ms. Marsha Hobbs and Prep senior Matthew Clay have been diligently working to design and produce a prosthetic hand - and not just a toy one. The...

Students at the Oak Grove tournament (left to right): Stewart McCullough, Jack Zhu, Jacob Beard, David Banks, Reed Peets, Mitch Boulanger, George B Fike, Seth Lenoir, Lily Garretson, Chloe Fortner, Lauren Williams, Marina Joel. Not Pictured: Hunter Bryson and Anna Kat Ireland. Photo courtesy of Richard Younce.

Debate Team Takes to the Road

By Holman Buchanan September 28, 2015

The 2015-16 Prep Speech and Debate Team is deep into their competition season. The debate team has one period of their schedule a day for practicing debate and related events, and team members also...

Meet the Arts: 2015

Meet the Arts: 2015

By Chatham Kennedy and Michael Wilson September 23, 2015

The 6th Annual Jackson Prep Meet the Arts took place on September 23rd, 2015. Hundreds of students, faculty, parents, and alums gathered together in Fortenberry Theatre to see the many talents of Prep’s...

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