By: Natalie Eaton Fall season is finally here! Time to pull out your warm and fuzzy clothes, turn on some football, and get your fall foods out. Looking for some places to get some fall treats? No problem! The Torch has composed a list of places to get some amazing fall items for you to [...]
By: Mara Winters Olivia Cropper, a Junior at Jenks High School and up and coming photographer, and I walk the streets of downtown Tulsa. Street by street we recognize the buildings and alleyways that have appeared in many of her photos. She carries a sense of pride with her as we walk. Finally, we sit [...]
By: Abigail Chow On August 31, Google recognized Jenks sophomore Gwenith Madhan as one of the Top 5 National Finalists in the 2020 Google for Doodle competition. Google for Doodle is an annual national contest sponsored by Google for students in grades K-12. Of the “tens of thousands” of entries Google said they received, 54 [...]
By: Audrey McGee Being a Vegetarian in Tulsa isn’t all that easy. Yes, there have been numerous establishments around the area that have come out with Vegetarian/Vegan options for those who abstain from meat or meat byproducts; however, there are always those places that only serve a meat-based entree. This has led me to develop [...]
Predicted By: Charisma Ganye It’s spooky season and the stars have aligned. For some this spooky season will be quite nice and not too scary. For others, however, things may get a little ~eerie~. Aries (Mar 21- Apr 19)- Worms! Gotta love em. One day you’re going to befriend a worm who will teach you [...]
By: Grace Abraham Ahh, the season of fall. Pumpkin spice is in the air, leaves are falling, and what’s this? Pumpkin patches all over town are beginning to open for people to come with their families, friends, and dates to spend time together, shoot photos, and create experiences. I have never been to a pumpkin [...]
By: Aaron Siebert We all want to be someone else once in a while. This isn’t a melancholy or pseudo-philosophical thing to say, more just a matter of fact. It’s fun to pretend sometimes. While this is definitely an internal urge, there’s no reason it can’t be reflected on the outside as well, and this [...]
By: Amelia Kimberling With the spooky season upon us, it’s hard to get excited when COVID is keeping most of us quarantined and indoors. However, some haunted attractions are braving the pandemic, and still putting on their scares with certain limitations. The Torch researched and visited some of these attractions in hopes that haunts are [...]
Words!! Influential and powerful tools that can make someone feel a certain way just by writing something silly or gross or happy. Words have power, and Alista Richardson, 17, loves to experiment with words. So without further adieu, here is her short story collection! JABBERJABBERJABBERWOCKThis is called a Loop Poem, where each line starts with [...]
By: Audrey McGee “It wasn’t even a full week [of college] before I got COVID” (Elise Siebert). These are the lives of 3 college freshmen during a global pandemic. School time has officially started around the world filled with COVID posters, 6 feet apart stickers, and mask galore! But for some of us, this school [...]
