This is your school, your story, and could be your class next year! Whether you like Mr.McCown, enjoy food and friends, or are interested in journalism and photography, Newswriting is the class for you! This class is open to all grade levels. The first step of the admission […]
BY: Elise Siebert Students at Jenks High School are involved in many different clubs and activities. FFA (Future Farmers of America) is a club that involves welding, farming, and botany. JHS even has a farm with goats, sheep, and pigs. Some members participate in raising and showing animals; […]
By: Jett Millican The United States of America is in the middle of the longest government shutdown in history, but what does that even mean? How did all this come to be? What does this mean for the millions of Government workers in America, and for Tulsans? I […]
By Camille Jones On November 26th, 2018, the first gene-edited human beings were born. This may sound like the tagline of a new dystopian novel, but it’s all too real. Using a gene editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9 (a technology that allows scientists to edit parts of the genome […]
By: Emily Polston Mock Trial is one of the three academic clubs at Jenks High School. It’s simply a competition in which students stimulate a real trial. It teaches things like public speaking, critical thinking, and the art of forming a persuasive, cohesive argument. I joined Mock Trial […]
BY: Jett Millican Halle Frieden (12) and Grace Mills (11) have both been members of the Jenks Film Class for two years. It wasn’t until this year when both girls continued into advanced film class, did they decide to partner up to tackle their greatest cinematographic challenge yet. […]
Compiled by Charlotte Suttee Thank you to everyone who submitted to December Torch Art and Writing. Submit your work to jhstrojantorch@gmail.com by the end of January to be featured in the next issue. More guidelines found on Torch Art and Writing. sometimes i think thati never would have […]
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 […]
