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By Sophia Stunkard 2020: the year of a global pandemic, a historic presidential election, the fight for social change, and the year where everyone lost the concept of time. With everything that occured during 2020, we look into 2021 with many questions, in need of answers. In this article, I will dive into what this [...]
By: Natalie Eaton Here at Jenks, we have a special group of high school students who dedicate their year to helping a great initiative. By volunteering, leading, and hosting fun events and fundraisers at the high school like the first annual Sadies dance last year, all of these actions and activities are meant to help [...]
By: Abigail Chow Jenks Alumni Joe Cappa’s animated short film, “Ghost Dogs,” is a specially selected film that will be screening at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, January 30th. Cappa graduated from the class of 2003 at Jenks High School and was the senior class president. After working for a couple of advertising [...]
By Aaron Siebert What word comes to mind when you think of downtown Jenks? Some would say quaint, others would say photogenic; I, for one, would say Vintage. And what fits that criteria more than a local coffee shop? Vintage Key is a young craft coffee place located on Main Street Jenks. It first opened [...]
By: Matty Mooney As students return to school and we step into the new year, saying goodbye to past members of Jenks can be hard. However, being welcoming and optimistic is something we are known for. Welcoming new faces to our school is what we do best! Transitions to new teachers can bring new changes [...]
By: Natalie Eaton (Photos and visit were done prior to the COVID Pandemic) Right as you cross the Arkansas River and make your way over the bridge to enter Jenks, Riverwalk is the one of the first things you can see. All the businesses lined up in a row, aligning the river. With many things [...]
By: Grace Abraham Who knew what 2020 was going to be like? What started out as a normalish year turned into a full blown pandemic. But through the challenges, there was growth, and that’s a word that Randy Williams would use to describe this year. “This year has been hard, but there are lots of [...]
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 [...]
By: Izzy Pankey Every year the Torch captures photos at events throughout the year that we post on our social media and use throughout our stories. One constant set of photos we have are our sports photos. This year we have compiled our best Fall sports photos and put together this fall sports photo journal. [...]
By: Emma Zeller Each day as students are getting ready for school, something is running through their minds: the dress code. Dress codes ensure that students stay modest in class, updating frequently to better mandate the styles. Recently, Jenks updated its dress code. The school consulted different groups of students at JHS that made up [...]
