March 24, 2009

PREP STUDENTS COMPETE AT MPSEA SPELLING BEE        

Two Jackson Prep junior high students competed and placed in the MPSEA District III Spelling Bee that was held on Tuesday, March 10 at Pinelake Elementary School.  Taylor Zhang placed first in the seventh grade division, and Mary Morgan Haire placed third in eighth grade division. Both students will advance to the overall competition in April at First Presbyterian Day School. Mary Morgan Haire was also first runner-up at the Rankin County Spelling Bee. The students are pictured (l to r) with the spelling bee coordinator, Mrs. Gayle Ford: Haire, Ford and Zhang.

March 10, 2009

JACKSON PREP INITIATES NJHS MEMBERS

The Jackson Prep chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) held its annual initiation ceremony on February 26. NJHS is an active academic honorary and service organization open to eighth and ninth graders.  New members are pictured. Row 1 (l to r): Claire Hubacek, Nirja Gajjar, Evelyn Field, Sydney Crawley, Kate Culbertson, Avery Burns, Grace Baird, Olivia Dulaney, Mary Ellen Deaton, Mary Morgan Haire, Rachel Carlton, Katie Wegener, Darden Veazey and Macy Price. Row 2 (l to r): Austin Rayner, Rachel Wilkinson, Madeline Porter, Taylor Patterson, Maggie Leech, Mary Stewart Hurst, Ashleigh Harrison, Margaret Horsley, Allie Hobby, Caroline Garraway, Sarah Santucci, Kelsey Jones, Emily Evans and Tilak Patel. Row 3 (l to r): Hayden Guynes, Wirt Dunbar, Reed Clay, Hollis Burrow, Michael Lewis, Charles McEuen, Sam Ozier, Chandler Pride, Robert Tramel, Porter Walters, Nick Weaver, Chuck Wehr and Thomas Dunbar. Not pictured: Landon Barraza, Allen Holiman, Jamey McDowell, Allen Spencer, Clay Wooley, Jackson Gunn, Sidney Lampton, William Mounger, Jake Muse, Peyton Swanson and Carter Thigpen

February 23, 2009

PREP AWARD-WINNING DRAMA ONE ACT TEAM

Prep’s Drama One Act Team competed at the Mississippi Theater Association Regional Festival in the One Act Competition in November at MSU. The team performed Three by Ives and won the Festival Spirit Award for Tech Crew and the Distinguished Play Award for the whole team. They advanced to the State Festival in January in Natchez. Emma Freundt received the All Star Cast Award at Natchez, and Alex Thiel won the All Star Cast Award at Starkville. Pictured are the team members. Row 1 (l to r): Anna Russell and Cassie Freundt. Row 2 (l to r): Steven Randolph, Sarah Flynt, Emma Freundt, Lyndsay Simpson and Zoe Freundt. Row 3 (l to r): Davis Cannada, Robert Stringer, Alex Thiel, Blake Scott, Cody Myers, Cody Wilkins, Mrs. Anna Freundt and Devyn Jones.

 

February 16, 2009

PREP 2008-09 SIXTH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM UNDEFEATED

Jackson Prep’s sixth grade boys’ basketball team, coached by Bruce Warf, ended its season with a record of 13-0. They competed against teams in the metro area. Pictured are the players on the undefeated team. Row 1 (l to r): Trevor Doster, Rivers McGraw, Stewart Eaton, Nick Elrod and Matthew Drennen. Row 2 (l to r): Joey Deaton, Taddy Cochrane, Kristian Crotwell, Chadwick Word, Trey Box and Adam Field.

February 9, 2009

PREP SENIORS NAMED STAR STUDENTS

Jackson Prep seniors Katherine Lindell and David Zhang have been named STAR students by the Mississippi Economic Council’s M.B. Swayze Educational Foundation, sponsor of the STAR program. STAR Students are selected on the basis of academic excellence. Both American College Test scores and scholastic averages are compared to determine the school’s STAR Student. Each STAR Student is asked to designate a STAR Teacher, the classroom teacher who has made the greatest contribution to the student’s scholastic achievement.  Katherine designated Mrs. Lou Ann McKibben as her STAR Teacher, and David designated Dr. Lisa Whitney as his STAR Teacher. Pictured (l to r):  McKibben, Lindell, Whitney and Zhang.

January 30, 2009

PREP SENIORS ELECTED "MR. AND MISS" SENIOR CLASS

The Jackson Prep senior class selected Candace Whitlow and Pepper Cossar as Mr. and Miss Senior Class for 2009. 

 

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