Your School, Your Story
By: Ben Brown Are you bursting at the seams with restless energy as summer is just a few weeks away and looking to hit the ground running as soon as the last bell rings? A great way to let out all that energy is a road trip. The road trip. The ultimate 12 hour road... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown The endless free time and warm weather of summer is just around the corner, and any Jenks High School students that haven’t started working already, will surely be looking to make some money over the three month reprieve from school. If you’re stressing over your search for a summer job you may... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown The endless free time and warm weather of summer is just around the corner, and any Jenks High School students that haven’t started working already, will surely be looking to make some money over the three month reprieve from school. If you’re stressing over your search for a summer job you may... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown Burgers. The crown jewel of western culture. Made from cows, loved by man, and unavailable to vegetarians… until now. More and more restaurants have begun introducing their own veggie burgers and impossible burgers leaving many vegetarians wondering “Are they good? Who’s is best?” The Torch is here to answer all these questions. ... Continue Reading →
By Ben Brown If you’re a student who’s only attended Jenks, then you probably only have one idea of what in-house suspension looks like: no talking, no sleeping, and no contact with students outside of in-house. You probably think in-house is a place for bad kids to get punished, but what if I told you... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown Due to the distancing requirements of COVID-19, many people aren’t able to work out their competitive muscles playing pick up basketball at a park, playing football with their friends, or engaging in club sports. For some people, this means they simply lost the will to push themselves in a competitive setting, but... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown Jenks High School’s beliefs statement says that “We create a safe and engaging learning environment and invest in every Trojan every day.” Despite this being a pillar of Jenk’s education beliefs, there is a large group of people who go weeks without attention and investment, students in and out of school and... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown In 2001, The Strokes’ debut album, Is This It, set the rock world on fire with many critics saying it revitalized rock and roll. The strokes continued to make 4 more albums until 2013, when suddenly the band seemed to fizzle out. For many Strokes fans, it seemed that after the 2013... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown The Jenks Northwest STEM lab is bustling with activity. In every corner of the room you can find discoveries being made and light bulbs going off in student’s heads. In one corner, there are students building interactive guitars from cardboard, coins, and circuits. At the opposite end of the room there are... Continue Reading →
By: Ben Brown The field of STEM (Science, Technology, Electronics, and Mathematics) is growing rapidly and is becoming one of the most sought after career paths in the country. A group of past and present Jenks High School students have started a non-profit called Kamen STEM that has a goal of teaching STEM to the... Continue Reading →
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