Students visit Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

By Mary Patton Murphy

March 29, 2018

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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

By William Fletcher

March 28, 2018

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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

By Preston Dubberly

March 6, 2018

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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

By Avery Andress

March 4, 2018

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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

By Mary Patton Murphy

March 1, 2018

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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

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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?

By Patrick Phillips

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 ...

Prep names Lawrence Coco as next Head of School

By Alex Gibbs

February 14, 2018

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On Wednesday, February 14, the Jackson Prep Board of Trustees announced their selection of Mr. Lawrence Coco to serve as the next Head of School through an official press release. Coco was chosen following a national search from the Head of School Search Committee and Faculty Advisory Committee with...

Arrrgh! Here be yer cast list, matey!!

February 2, 2018

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Jim Hawkins Aidan Creel Long John Silver Mary Frances Dickie Jim's Father Hadley  Thompson The Civilians Dr. Livesey Thomas McBride Squire Trelawney Alex Reichle The Baliff Benjamin Burnett Captain Smollet Dakota Kraus Reverend Mainwaring ...

Speaker shares “Heartworks” journey with Big Sis/Little Sis group

By Jane Gray Barbour, Sayley Crawford, and Aubrey Scott Moak

January 30, 2018

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Each month, 7th grade and 9th grade girls meet together and listen to successful and Godly women share their experiences. On January 25, Ms. Stacy Underwood came to talk to the girls about her ministry at Stewpot, Heartworks. This organization has privileged volunteers come to Downtown Jackson and fello...

Showchoir Masters brings performance, crowds to Prep campus

By Sayley Crawford, Jane Gray Barbour, and Aubrey Scott Moak

January 29, 2018

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For the past five years, Jackson Prep has been home to the annual Showchoir Masters competition. This year, Masters fell on the weekend of January 26. With Prep’s junior high showchoir performing on Friday night and the senior high performing on Saturday, this event was definitely something yo...

Senior Financial Management students explore New York City

By Avery Andress

January 24, 2018

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Senior members of Jackson Prep’s financial management class went on a trip to New York City January 18th through the 21st. The trip at first was delayed due to weather problems, so all of the seniors took off a day later than planned. All of the seniors and chaperones took flights to Atlanta t...