January 17, 2006

PREP JUNIOR RECEIVES NATIONAL CALCULUS AWARD

Jackson Prep junior Sam Beck was recently honored as the 2005 winner of the fifth annual $1000 National High School Calculus Student Award. The prestigious award was presented to Beck by Dr. Frank Morgan, Mathematics Department Chair at Williams College, during an honors math assembly held in Prep’s Guyton Science Center Lyceum. Prep calculus instructor Barbara Tompkins nominated Sam for the award and called him “the most passionate student of mathematics that I have encountered in my seventeen years of teaching.” On the AMC-12 (American Mathematics Competition for high school students), he scored highest in the state of Mississippi for three consecutive years, beginning as a seventh grader. In the 2005 state Mu Alpha Theta competition, Sam placed first on the calculus written exam and in advanced ciphering. At the 2005 Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science tournament, he again placed first on the written calculus exam and in advanced ciphering. In academic competition sponsored by the Mississippi Private School Education Association, Sam won first place in algebra II (2002-03), first place in calculus (2003-04), and first place in history (2004-05). Beck was a freshman in Tompkins’ BC Calculus advanced placement class of high school seniors. Tompkins stated that her seniors “loved their ninth grade underclassman. His love for calculus and his natural talent meant that he frequently helped his older classmates.” Pictured (l to r) after the ceremony are: Tompkins, Beck’s calculus teacher; Susan Mitchell, Beck’s mother; Beck; Dr. Frank Morgan of Williams College; and Dr. Jim Roberts, Jackson Prep’s Head of Senior High.

January 9, 2006

PREP GIRLS’ SERVICE CLUB OFFICERS AND SPONSOR

The Jackson Prep 2005 Girls’ Service Club recently held a meeting to discus community service opportunities for the remainder of the school year. Pictured (l to r) after the meeting are the officers and the club sponsor: Miranda Jordan, Events Coordinator; Bonney Spaulding, Big Sis Lil’ Sis Coordinator; Sarah Pope, Secretary; Charlotte McMinn, Sponsor; Katie Henley, President; Kelly Hamill, Assistant Secretary; Jane Armstrong, Vice President; and Joy Richardson, Big Sis Lil’ Sis Coordinator.

January 5, 2006

PREP ENGLISH 7 PROJECT PREP

The Jackson Prep seventh graders in Mrs. Laurie McClintock’s classes used laptops to create stories collaboratively. The objectives were to vary sentence lengths, use dependent clauses punctuated correctly, and to avoid run-on sentences. Pictured with Mrs. McClintock is Kyle Jones.

December 12, 2005

PREP 2005 STRING QUARTET PREP

Jackson Prep’s string quartet performed recently in the high school foyer before school. Pictured (l to r) are three members of the quartet: Jane Armstrong, David Zhang, and Jason Faulkner.

November 29, 2005

PREP 2005 GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY 2ND IN STATE

Jackson Prep’s 2005 girls’ cross-country team ended their season with a second place finish at the MPSA AAA state championship meet. Pictured are the girls after the meet. Row 1 (l to r): Callie Bratcher, Hayley McDaniel, Katie Henley, Jane Armstrong, Ginny Fly, Katie Wasson, and Sommer Richesin. Row 2 (l to r): Ann Hamilton Dogan, Miriam Taylor, Anne Elizabeth Flowers, Mary Mikell Lampton, Katelyn Dewey, Catherine Jameson, and Elizabeth Wade.

November 15, 2005

PREP 2005 SEVENTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM

Members of Jackson Prep’s 2005 seventh grade football team are pictured. Row 1 (l to r): Benjamin Thomas, Daniel Phyfer, Louis Lampton, Gary Dye, Luke Love, Carter Lindsay, Clay Hubbard, Stuart Angle, John Frey, and Marshall Scruggs. Row 2 (l to r): William Brand, Hunter Harrison, Andrew Smith, James Coggin, Kyle Jones, Miles Miskelly, Jack Griffith, William McCord, Myers Carpenter, and William Boyles. Row 3 (l to r): Walker Bullock, Walker Culver, Hunter Friday, Sam Cox, Ford Franklin, Hunter Thomas, John Thomas Couch, Carson Lyon, Jack Taylor, and Cody Myers. Row 4 (l to r): Jack Culbertson, Chase Goodman, Will Boone, Wilson Dallas, William Moore, Dalton Welch, Jon Michael Arnold, Parker Dunaway, Alex Thiel, Winston Bell, Reece Robertson, Carey McLeod, Ryan Cook, Andrew Neyland, and Hunter Wilkerson. Row 4 (l to r) managers and coaches: Joseph Creel, Carter Barnett, Assistant Coach Jay Jones, Head Coach Trey Bayliss, Assistant Coach Joey Hydrick, Assistant Coach John Blalack, Elliott Gufffin, and Dylan Troung. Not pictured: Jeremy Zerkle, Mike Everitt, and Ken Esco.

November 8, 2005

PREP 2005-06 SEVENTH GRADE CLASS OFFICERS

Jackson Prep’s seventh graders recently held elections for class officers. Pictured (l to r) are the new officers: William Brand, vice president and Eleanor Anthony, president.

October 24, 2005

PREP SEVENTH GRADERS QUALIFY FOR TIP PROGRAM

Ninety seventh graders at Jackson Prep qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIPS). This program identifies academically talented students in the seventh grade. Pictured are those who qualified. Row 1 (l to r): John Thomas Couch, Ford Franklin, Chase Goodman, Ryan Cook, William Boyles, Scott Blackwell, C.J. Mangum, Will Boone, Cody Myers, Claire Mosley, Britt Buchanan, and Erin Ball. Row 2 (l to r): Brooke Holloway, Kyle Jones, Gary Dye, Karthik Reddy, Ellie Roberts, Murray Miller, Kat Bertaut, Hillary Simmons, Meredith Moyers, Lucy McEuen, and Sarah Burrow. Row 3 (l to r): Cassie Freundt, Peyton Reves, Zoe Freundt, Frances Biedenharn, Eleanor Anthony, Olivia McKinley, Carly Herm, Lorianna Baker, Mike Everitt, Claire Hacskaylo, Erin, Cox, and William Brand. Row 4 (l to r ): Elizabeth Wade, Winston Bell, William Moore, Jack Culbertson, Alex Thiel, Jay Fuller, Carter Barnett, Parker Dunaway, Andrew Smith, Hunter Harrison, and Joseph Creel. Row 5 (l to r): Jason Huang, Carson Lyon, Will Heidelberg, Austin Terry, Jack Taylor, Reece Robertson, Carey McLeod, Jack Griffith, Mary Alex Nail, Gates Wooley, and Clay Hubbard. Row 6 (l to r): Elizabeth Murphy, Ellen Ross Kerce, Riley Rodgers, Wyeth Silber, John Frey, Emily Russell, Olivia Bratcher, Mary Stewart Thompson, Savanna Farris, Elizabeth Germany, Brittany Coleman, and Elise Tinney. Not pictured: James Coggin, Carly Edwards, Claire Ellison, Hunter Friday, Rachel Geissler, Dawson Graves, Elliott Guffin, Catherine Jameson, Catherine Joyner, Carter Lindsay, Anna Malouf, Nathan McNair, Molly Milner, Robert Palmer, Marshall Scruggs, Aakash Sham, Laura Lee Smith, Dalton Welch, Hunter Wilkerson, Christina Windom, and Jeremy Zerkle.

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