What’s new around Jenks?
By: Natasha Perez I saw an endless sea of trinkets and jewelry decorating the room. They hang off porcelain hands, guitars, camouflaging with handcrafted Oklahoma magnets and wristbands. Soft lighting bounces off multicolored blankets, colorful shirts, and vivid paintings. Creating a mood. A blond woman stands behind the paint covered register, in a tranquil state, [...]
By: Audrey McGee Going to donut shops on the weekend mornings has been a common tradition for many families in the US. It especially has been for me and my dad. Ever since my Pater started a carb cycling diet, every Sunday morning for the last year we got up around 7:30 to go share [...]
By: Mikyla Khan Watch Our Geocaching Experience! “There it is!” We started cheering. We actually found our first geocache! Using the clues we ended up behind a Gaetano’s by a lamppost. I lifted up the base of the post to reveal a mint box filled with toys and prizes. Geocaching is the world’s largest treasure [...]
By: Natalie Eaton For homeschooled students, joining a big campus and school can be very daunting. The constant worry about making friends, getting adjusted to grades and schedules, and overall handling stress and confidence is a lot. Homeschooled individuals have the luxury of working at home, and going at their own pace. Leaving home and [...]
By: Elise Siebert Though it’s largely unknown, those on the Jenks High School bowling team are invested. The bowling season started in November and the team has been working hard to gain their skills for the upcoming competitions. Many Jenks students are not aware of the High School bowling team because it is actually not [...]
By: Greg Tiller As seniors begin to make the transition from high school to the real world, there are many skills they will need to be familiar with in order to be financially successful in life. Jenks does teach a class to inform students of these needed skills. However, the class is taught for only [...]
By: Audrey McGee Hello, readers of the Trojan Torch! I am here to reach out to all of the art kids of Oklahoma. If your hobbies include anything artistic, you should audition for Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute’s (OSAI) Quartz Mountain! Annarose Atamian, Dance 2018 Every summer, for 2 weeks in June, Oklahoma Arts Institute hosts [...]
By: Natasha Perez Who is able to celebrate Black History Month? Why do we have it? It is a month that comes and goes, leaving people with questions on how to celebrate it. According to asalh (Association for the Study of African American Life and History and history), Black History Month started out as “Negro [...]
By: Bella Skinner College is expensive. It’s as simple as that. Unless you're a sports prodigy or have at least a 34 on that ACT, there’s a good chance you will have to drop a good amount of money on furthering your education. For many, 80,000+ dollars on college fees and tuition is not feasible, [...]
By: Jett Millican A beloved Main Street Jenks business has been replaced. Sip Coffee Bar closed its doors, and underwent renovation late last year. Vintage Key Coffee opened its doors on October 9th of 2019, and since then they have been pumping out made from scratch pastries and Mountain Bird brand coffee to the people [...]
