Your School, Your Story
By: Lily Heritage Whenever you think of dance, a picturesque ballerina may come to mind. They twirl with an elegance that seems almost effortless. However, effortless it is not. Behind the curtains lies a world of blisters, bandaids, and muscle rollers. Annarose Atamian is a senior here at JHS, and she knows this world all... Continue Reading →
By: Lily Heritage Karen Workun is one of the teachers who helped organize and continues to be a major contributor to the new reading program, Trojans Read the Way, here at Jenks. You’ve probably heard about this program already, but what really is it? Trojans Read the Way started with the idea that during the... Continue Reading →
By: Lily Heritage After two years of buying $200+ formal dresses that I never wore again, I thought “there’s got to be a better way to do Homecoming”. Come to find out, students here at Jenks already cracked the code! Homecoming doesn’t have to break the bank, you just have to know where to look!... Continue Reading →
By: Lily Heritage Depression and anxiety are things that plague our generation. The uprising of social media has acted as a catalyst for discussion on mental health, particularly by the generation that uses it the most, ours. The discussion of mental health on social media is something that rides a thin line, that line being... Continue Reading →
By Camille Jones and Lily Heritage Hundreds of animals squeezed inside a small enclosure, daylight escapes them. The smell of feces so overwhelming that there isn’t anything else to focus on. Animals groan and squeal at the conditions. If you’re in Workun’s AP Lang class, you may have heard about these practices. That is not... Continue Reading →
By: Jett Millican Concussions are everywhere. You hear about them happening to you friends and peers, but to a person who has never experienced a concussion it can be hard to understand that they are more than just a big headache. Jenks Athletic Trainer, Michael Catterson sees over 70 concussion cases involving Jenks students and... Continue Reading →
By Lily Heritage As students, we all know the struggles of waking up early for school, sitting through 7 hours of classes, and then finally getting home, only to have homework waiting for us. It can be exhausting. It’s easy to blame the teachers for assigning so much work, but have we ever considered the... Continue Reading →
By Lily Heritage Lunch ladies and gentlemen: as someone who has bought school lunch everyday since middle school, I feel like I have a personal connection with the men and women who feed me. We students only really see the finished product and not what actually goes into it. I can handle the heat, so... Continue Reading →
BY: Lily Heritage I hate working out. Running on a treadmill surrounded by a bunch of sweaty strangers is not fun. But you know what is fun? Rock climbing. It’s a sport! There’s also a gym just for rock climbing in Tulsa! Don’t be embarrassed if you didn’t know that; I didn’t either. Climb Tulsa... Continue Reading →
BY Lily Heritage The Jenks Alternative Center, also known as the Sooner Building, is west of the Allan Trimble Stadium and east of the bus oval. Due to its isolated location, there are many misconceptions about how it differs from the high school, how people get to go there, and what a normal day... Continue Reading →
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