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: 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 [...]
By: Hayden Alexander There are many firsts in High School. The first football game, first car, and your first job. Receiving that initial paycheck after applications, interviews, and many laborious hours marks your debut into adulthood. Like many things in 2020, student jobs have been impacted by the pandemic. Jenks students however have been hard [...]
By: Ben Brown Jenks High School’s beliefs statement says that “We create a safe and engaging learning environment and invest in every Trojan every day.” Despite this being a pillar of Jenk’s education beliefs, there is a large group of people who go weeks without attention and investment, students in and out of school and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
https://dad-chats.simplecast.com/episodes/luke-gray-shreds-the-squawk-box By Jordan McCown "How's the air up there?" is what we would ask tall man Luke Gray, if we were a show of hacks, WHICH WE'RE NOT! Instead, we asked sensitive, thoughtful questions about life, love, and little ones. And also, how tall are you? We start off funky with our Dad Song of [...]
By Elise Siebert Jenks High School can overwhelming — especially for new students. Imagine going to Jenks for the first time and trying to make your way around the huge campus. And then to make things worse, the buildings have confusing names like the “TAC,” “PEG,” and “The J.” Because of this, the Trojan Torch [...]
A helpful guide, by Greg Tiller As we enter a new year and a new decade, in 2020, we have entered into yet another presidential election year. Many students at Jenks High School will be able to vote in a presidential election for the first time this November. But that isn’t the only opportunity you [...]
This January and February the student body needs to raise $28,000 to grant the wishes of four local children. For the scoop on what you can do to help and who these amazing kids are, keep reading! By Drew Bethell This February you have the chance to change the lives of Kyra, Abe, and Braedon [...]
