June 22, 2009

PREP SENIORS ACCEPT SCHOLARSHIPS

These recent graduates are among the members of the Class of 2009 at Jackson Prep who received scholarships to colleges and universities.  Row 1 (l to r): Mitch McCoy, Mississippi College; Katie Welch, Mississippi College; Emma Freundt, University of Southern Mississippi; Becca Steen, Hinds Community College; and Nedah Nemati, Millsaps, College. Row 2 (l to r): Andrew Forester, Belhaven College; Kendall Hood, Mississippi College; Nathan Barclay, Millsaps College; Briana Pearson, Mississippi College; and Kaitlyn Renfrow, Mississippi College. Not pictured: Michael Porter, Hinds Community College

PREP SENIORS RECEIVE MSU SCHOLARSHIPS

Eighteen members of the Class of 2009 at Jackson Prep received scholarships from Mississippi State University. Row 1 (l to r): Aren Atkinson, Hailey Daniels, Salena Tew, Laura Dye and Ann Hamilton Dogan. Row 2 (l to r): Anna Bess Ridgway, Davis House, Robert Marchetti, Sarah Tramel and Cate Rodgers. Row 3 (l to r): Neil Pope, Burt Banks, Steven Randolph, Tyler Fuller and Luke Maddox. Not pictured: Nathan Buckels, Taylor Harris, Louise Lamb

PREP SENIORS RECEIVE OLE MISS SCHOLARSHIPS

Twenty-nine members of the Class of 2009 at Jackson Prep received scholarships from the University of Mississippi. Row 1 (l to r): Allen Parsons, Jonathan Peters, Jonathan Ray, Laura Alice Freeman, Mary Love Fair, Ramsey Frey, Miriam Taylor, Bennett Milner and Cody Wilkins. Row 2 (l to r): Joel Reeves, Wil Yerger, Miriam Randolph, Mary Buchanan Sellers, Daniel Harden, Victoria Mitchell, Mary Katherine Kerce and Elizabeth O’Connell. Row 3 (l to r): James Wesley Ingram, Matthew Valentine, Lee Ellison, Melissa Gunn, Nettie Hines, Kelli Dulaney, Jasmine Kolb, Marsdon Scarbrough and Byron Burkhalter. Not pictured: Pepper Cossar, Mac McAllister, Wyatt Mounger

PREP CLASS OF 2009 RECEIVES OUT- OF- STATE SCHOLARSHIPS

These members of the Jackson Prep Class of 2009 are among the students who received scholarships to attend out-of-state colleges and universities. Row 1 (l to r): Laurel Lackey, University of Texas at Austin; Catherine Mounger, Northwestern University; Alex Lebl, University of Dallas; and Martin Antoon, Loyola University. Row 2 (l to r): Katherine Lindell, Vanderbilt University; Anne Elizabeth Flowers, Auburn University; Jared Moffat, Brown University; Farris Antoon, Loyola University; and David Zhang, Harvard University. Row 3 (l to r): Robbie Aru, Furman University; Casey Edwards, Pepperdine University; Braeden Smith, Samford University; Allison Hubbard, Samford University; and Ann O’Connell, Southern Methodist University. Not pictured: Molly Nicholas, Samford University

May 20, 2009

PREP SENIORS NAMED TO 2009 HALL OF FAME

On Senior High Class Day, six members of the Class of 2009 at Jackson Prep were named to the Jackson Preparatory School Hall of Fame.  This honor is reserved for seniors who have distinguished themselves in the academic and co-curricular activities covering the wide spectrum of life at Prep.  Exemplary character, sound scholarship, quality leadership, and unselfish service to the school and community truly describe this group of young people.  Pictured are the 2009 members of the Hall of Fame. Pictured (l to r): Byron Burkhalter, Allison Hubbard, Katherine Lindell, David Zhang, Mary Love Fair and Catherine Mounger.

May 11, 2009

PREP 2009 VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN

Jackson Preparatory School recently named David Zhang (left) as Valedictorian of the Class of 2009.  Katherine Lindell was named Salutatorian.  In the fall, David will attend Harvard University. Katherine will attend Vanderbilt University.

May 5, 2009

PREP 9TH GRADERS AWARDED DANFORTH AND AMERICAN LEGION MEDALS

Among the leadership awards presented at the Jackson Prep Junior High Class Day were the Danforth Award and the American Legion Award.  The Danforth Award is given to two ninth grade students who excelled academically, as well as exhibited a quiet strength of character, leadership by example and spiritual development. The American Legion award is given to two ninth grade students who have exhibited good school citizenship, service along with leadership, and who have the respect of their fellow students. Pictured (l to r) with Trudy Powers, Head of the Junior High, are the recipients of the 2009 Danforth and the American Legion Awards: Kyle Kennedy and Jamie Aron, Danforth Award; Powers; Ann Walton Stringer and Zack Watson, American Legion Award.

April 27, 2009

PREP’S FRANKLIN RECEIVES TOP HONOR

Alexandra Franklin, a Jackson Prep junior, received a prestigious national award for her outstanding writing through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the 86 year-old national program that recognizes outstanding creative teenagers and offers scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. Franklin was awarded the American Voices Medal/Gold Medal for her short short story, “The Rite of Spring.” The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the national nonprofit organization that presents The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, will honor the National Award winners on June 4, 2009, at a gala celebration at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
In July 2008, the Eudora Welty House in conjunction with the Eudora Welty Foundation became an affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, whose mission is to identify, motivate, and validate the next generation of artists and writers.  The Alliance invites students in grades 7 -12 to participate in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009, the nation's longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts.  This was the pilot year for the writing program in Mississippi, and it was offered to students in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties. Pictured with Franklin (l to r) are Mrs. Mary Alice White, Director of Eudora Welty House, Franklin and Dr. Paul Smith, AP English Literature teacher and “Earthwinds” sponsor.

April 15, 2009

 

PREP SCHOLARS INDUCTED INTO CUM LAUDE

On April 6, the Jackson Prep chapter of Cum Laude Society inducted twenty-one members of the Classes of 2009 and 2010.  Cum Laude Society is an honorary society modeled on Phi Beta Kappa, which encourages and recognizes true scholarship while striving to encourage qualities of excellence, justice and honor. Pictured are the inductees. Row 1 (l to r): Miriam Taylor, Katie Welch, Mary Ball Markow, Hannah Killebrew, Anna Russell, Rachel Wehr, Mary Mikell Lampton, Kelli Dulaney, Ann Hamilton Dogan and Allison Hubbard. Row 2 (l to r): Byron Burkhalter, Lee Ellison, Peter Liddell, Jonathan Peters, Steven Randolph, Bennett Milner, Jack Strahan, Andrew Li, Amir Khadivi, Elliott Browning and Landen Tharp.

 

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