New Teacher Profile: Stacy Underwood
By Russ Upton, Online Managing Editor
March 20, 2019
One of the many new courses offered at Prep this school year is Drawing. Ms. Stacy Underwood, a professional artist, comes to Prep every day and teaches Drawing during the fixed carrier at the end of the day. This is not the first time Ms. Underwood has taught an art class. She has a heart for the h...
AP Government students participate in mock elections
By Ford Lange, Social Media Editor
March 7, 2019
Starting in the middle of December, the senior AP Government classes began a mock election to go along with the course study. Students in both classes got assigned a specific role and everyone had one job or duty. Some were the presidential candidates; others were media outlets and party leaders. With...
Saying “bonjour” to French Day
By Dax Murphy, Staff Writer
March 4, 2019
A whole activity-period filled with French-themed activities. What’s not to love? Accompanied by the French Club, Coach Cory Caton put on another French Day for everyone on campus to enjoy. It is an annual event, held with many different activities ranging from French trivia, a movie completely in Fre...
Prep’s Chinese sister school brings students to campus
By Tanner Gough, News Editor
March 1, 2019
From Saturday, February 9 to Thursday, February 14, Jackson Prep welcomed to campus a contingent of 17 students and 2 chaperones from its sister school, the Taizhou School in China. During their time here, they were able to experience a wide range of activities, both on and off school grounds. Prior...
Hopefuls prepare as cheerleader tryouts approach
By Henley Johnson, Photo Editor
February 28, 2019
It’s tryout time again for girls wishing to be cheerleaders for the upcoming year. The process of being selected to represent the school as a cheerleader is more involved than many people may realize. This year’s junior high cheer tryouts will be later than usual. They will be held from March 26-28th. The tryouts have been sho...
Mathletes kick, add, and take names
By Joseph Watts
February 26, 2019
In February, math students at Prep participated in the American Mathematics Competition, the Mississippi College Mathematics Tournament, and the Mississippi School for Math and Sciences Math Competition. The American Mathematics Competition or AMC has two tests, the AMC 10 and AMC 12, bot...
French Club takes on Canada
By Dax Murphy, Staff Writer
February 19, 2019
On February 7th, nine ambitious French students from Prep were accompanied by two teachers to begin their journey to the “Maple Leaf” country of Canada. Students ranging from 8th-11th grade met Coach Cory Caton and Mr. Hunter Upchurch at the airport to catch their flight at 6 a.m. From Jackson, ...
Seniors bite into the Big Apple
By Maclain Kennedy and Alex Gibbs
February 6, 2019
From January 16-20, 31 Jackson Prep seniors that either have taken or are taking the Financial Management class embarked on a trip to New York City. Accompanying the students as chaperones were Ms. Waynett Noe, who teaches the class, alongwith Ms. Kimberly Van Uden, Mr. Lee Ozier, and Mr. Donald Re...
Junior Class Garage Sale Set for March 2nd
By Preston Dubberly, Entertainment Editor
February 5, 2019
Every year, the junior class annually puts on a garage sale in order to finance their graduation night and senior prom. The class of 2020 has already begun this process. If you look in front of the senior high or in the foyer, you will find a wide variety of items from recent New Year’s cl...
“Get your shots!” say doctors as flu hits area schools hard
By Lily Flowers, Staff Writer
January 30, 2019
It’s flu season. It’s that time of the year again and people are in close quarters coughing and sneezing on each other. This year, the expected peak flu season began in December and could last as long as May. According to the Centers of Disease and Prevention, every flu season, researchers ...
Rotating schedule to expand campus-wide
By John Henry Andress, Staff Writer
January 29, 2019
“How can we help better prepare the junior high students for high school and college?” This was the question that Prep’s Head of School Mr. Lawrence Coco asked himself, which led to the new schedule changes for the upcoming school year. About a month after this school year started, Mr. Coco ...
Show Choir Masters takes center stage on campus
By Lilly Noble, Staff Writer
January 25, 2019
When show choir students return from Christmas break the air is full of anticipation for Jackson Prep’s Show Choir Masters. This will be sixth the year that Prep has hosted this competition, as it began the year after the Fortenberry Theatre was built. Every January, schools from all arou...
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Jackson Prep hosts Daughters of Job special needs pageant
February 21, 2020
On February 15, Jackson Prep hosted a special needs...
Coronavirus outbreak cancels visit from sister school
February 20, 2020
With over 70,000 people infected and no definitive...
Close call for Prep as Pearl River floods
February 19, 2020
As if the rains from this past fall were not enough,...
