JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL T NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE H Paid Jackson, MS E SENTRY Permit #93 VOL. XLVIII, ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 2017 SEE INSIDE: •Seniors Visit New York City •So Long, Parker Uniforms •What’s Cryptocurrency? •Showchoir •#MeToo VIEWS & VOICES What is your dream spring break destination? If you had one day to live, what would you do? “Loot Lake”- Will Mann, 11th “Skydive while eating salmon croquettes”- Breelyn Davenport, 11th “George Michael’s grave”- Grace Parker, 11th “Fiji”- Madeline Phillippi, 10th “Go to Cabo with Zac Efron”- Hope Kullman, 11th “New Zealand”- Lee Hardin, 10th “To stay in bed and have my kitchen right next to my bed with every food I want”- “Hug my dog”- Homes Maley, 10th Maggie Waller, 11th “Australia”- Talbot Fletcher, 10th “I’d go to Bali with my wife”- Bennett Johnston, 10th “Carribean cruise”- Mrs. Louis “Bora Bora”- Haley Green, 10th “Steal the Constitution, like Nicolas Cage”- Landry Barnett, 11th “Antartica”- Blakely Hinchcliff, 10th “Living room couch playing Fortnite”- Andrew Purvis, 10th “Eat food”- Hartley Carroll, 10th “Skiing”- Elizabeth Herring, 11th “Greece”- Emison Geiger, 11th “Go to Greece with all my friends and family”- Mary Brooke Brown, 10th “Cancun”- Liz Heigle, 10th SENTRY PICKS Who is your celebrity Valentine? Mila Kunis - Will Fletcher Zac Efron- Kennedy Marble Natalie Portman-Russ Upton Chris Pratt- Anna Gibbs Dylan O’Brien- Ainsley O’Quinn Chace Crawford- Avery Andress Chris Hemsworth- Allie Wise Harry Styles- Caroline McIntyre Emma Watson- David Crews Matt Czuchry- Maclain Kennedy Chris Evans- Olivia Moore Taylor Lautner- Tori Newsome Carrie Underwood - Alex Gibbs Channing Tatum- Henley Johnson Mon Mothma - Mr. Hughes Happy (Late) Melissa McCarthy- Steven Wyatt Gabriella Wilde - Russell Roberts Ralph Sepe Jr. - Barron Liston Taylor Hill- Tanner McCraney Valentine’s Day! Goku - Trip Cory Michelle Rodriguez - Nevin Wells Chace Crawford - Eloise Moore Alexandra Daddario - Stewart McCullough Dave Franco - Sarah Avery Hufman John Krasinski - Mary Patton Murphy Love, The Sentry Lebron James - Emory Maxwell (young) Rob Lowe- Tynes Carroll Dylan O’Brien - Mara Liston Dwight Schrute - Preston Dubberly Chris Pratt - Sarah Cory Ralph Sepe Jr. - Barron Liston Beatrix Kiddo - Hogan Privitt Goku - Trip Cory Hugh Jackman - Elizabeth Downing Chace Crawford - Eloise Moore Chris Pratt - Sarah Cory Dave Franco - Sarah Avery Hufman Beatrix Kiddo - Hogan Privitt Lebron James - Emory Maxwell Hugh Jackman - Elizabeth Downing Dylan O’Brien - Mara Liston Matthew McConaughey - Madeline Claire Hughes 2 The Sentry FIND US ONLINE jpsentry.net The Sentry Sentry Staff Volume XLVIII TWITTER Editors-in-Chief Issue 5 Tynes Carroll • Avery Andress February 2018 Managing Editor @jpsentry Stewart McCullough Table of Contents Business Manager INSTAGRAM Patrick Phillips Views & Voices/Sentry Pics.....................2 Copy Editors @jacksonprepsentry Mary Patton Murphy • Alex Gibbs News and Features.................................4-8 Entertainment Editors FACEBOOK Tori Newsome • Tanner McCraney JH News.......................................................9 Assistant Entertainment Editor Camp Carter jacksonprepsentry Around Town......................................10-11 Graphics Editor SNAPCHAT Jake Bell Entertainment.....................................12-16 Online Editor Sports...................................................17-19 Preston Dubberly thejpsentry Opinion Editors (we won’t follow you) Opinion................................................20-23 Caroline McIntyre • Maclain Kennedy Photography Editors EMAIL Candid & Random...................................24 Henley Johnson Sarah Avery Huffman Madeline Claire Hughes [email protected] Genevieve Hurst Cover photo courtesy of Ms. Records Managers Kimberly Van Uden Anna Stack • Will Fletcher Affliated with Social Media Editor Emory Maxwell MISSISSIPPI Assistant Social Media Editor SCHOLASTIC Ford Lange PRESS ASSOCIATION Sports Editors www.mississippischolasticpress.com Bennett O’Quinn • Steven Wyatt Assistant Sports Editor The Sentry is a student publication updated throughout the year. As student writers, we try to refect the thoughts of our most important readers-- the students of Jackson Prep. Because of this, we attempt to approach many issues, some Charles Stephenson more controversial than others. Nevertheless, the Sentry staff serves the school--her students, her faculty, her family, and her community. The staff hopes to inform, to educate, to entertain, and to question for the betterment of Prep and In-Class Staff the lives of people in the Jackson community. The newspaper is produced by the Sentry staff, consisting of students both Mary Virginia Baldwin •Jane Gray Barbour in and out of the senior high journalism classes. EDITORIAL POLICY Payne Bell • Bonnie Burge • Tripp Cory The Sentry accepts outside editorial pieces under the following guidelines: Sarah Cory • Katelyn Cox •Letters to the Editor are a great way to make your voice heard. We do not print unsigned letters. Sayley Crawford • David Crews •Longer concerns may be addressed via a Guest Editorial, with a minimum of 250 words. To be considered, such Elizabeth Downing • Tanner Gough opinion pieces should not simply be rants, but should be about things that can be changed or alleviated, should suggest a solution to a problem. Pieces should not simply jab at things of which the writer does not approve. Humorous opinion Mara Liston • Barron Liston pieces are subject to the judgement of the editorial staff. Kennedy Marble •Aubrey Scott Moak •All opinion pieces are the views of the author, and the author only, with the exception of staff editorials, which are Eloise Moore • Olivia Moore unsigned and and refect the consensus view of the students in the Sentry class. Staff editorials are the only columns in Ainsley O’Quinn • Kate Oliver the paper that express the unifed view of the Sentry staff. This staff editorial process is comprised of two main steps. First, the staff talks amongst themselves about a topic and organizes a position on the issue on which all class members Hogan Privitt •Russell Roberts can agree. The editorial is then written and run past the staff members for approval. Carter Stockett • James Threadgill •Submit letters to the editor or guest editorials to [email protected]. Russ Upton • Nevin Wells • Allie Wise •Questions or comments? Our mailing address is P.O. Box 4940, Jackson, MS 39296. We would love to hear your opinions or story suggestions. February 2018 Advisor: Mr. Lain Hughes 3 News & Features Senior fnancial management students explore NYC by Avery Andress beautiful views of New York City at Senior members of Jackson night. Tat night they took the sub- Prep’s fnancial management class way back to the hotel. went on a trip to New York City Jan- Te next day the seniors visit- uary 18th through the 21st. Te trip ed the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, at frst was delayed due to weath- which had videos and exhibits that er problems, so all of the seniors showed the events that happened took of a day later than planned. on and afer 9/11. Afer this they All of the seniors and chaperones went to the One World Observatory, took fights to Atlanta then New which is the tallest building in the York City. Te seniors who were Western Hemisphere. Afer going on on the earlier fights went to Mad- an elevator ride up 102 stories, there ison Square Garden to see the New was a video that was shown of the York Rangers hockey game against city. Ipads were available for rental, the Bufalo Sabres, a game that the which would tell you the names of Rangers won.Te group who went the buildings across the New York to the hockey game then met up that City skyline when you put the ipad night in Times Square with the se- in the direction of all the buildings. niors who were on the later fight. Tese views were amazing and un- Te next day the seniors trav- obstructed. elled on a ferry to see the Statue of Students had lunch across the Liberty. Tey got to go inside of the street at Brookfeld Place which Statue. Afer seeing the Statue of has many restaurants and high-end Liberty, they went to see the bull on shopping. Te seniors then went Wall Street where there were lines to to the Oculus to take a subway to take pictures with the bull. Ten they Grand Central Station where they Seniors enjoying a fun night in New York City at Times Square. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Van Uden. went to eat lunch at Shake Shack, a had an hour of free time to see ev- chain restaurant, which has delicious erything that was in Grand Central burgers, fries, and milkshakes. Station. Te seniors then had free Afer lunch, students went to time in New York City to go shop- see the closing bell at NASDAQ and ping on Fifh Avenue. Tat night heard from Tim Seymour, the host they ate dinner at John’s Pizza which of CNBC Fast Money. Aferwards was a church building converted to they went to the Redeemer Pres- a pizzeria. Tey then walked to see byterian Church ofce building to Te Lion King on Broadway. Te ac- hear from Prep graduates who live tors and actresses were so talented and work in New York City. One of and had authentic costumes for all of them, Kate Carter, works for an ad their characters. agency. Alexandra Franklin, who is Te next day the seniors went a publishing consultant, also spoke. to LaGuardia airport to go back to Tey heard about their lives and jobs Jackson and arrived home at 7. Se- and the diferences from living in nior Jordyn Jefcoat said, “I loved Jackson, MS to New York City. seeing such a diferent culture than Rockefeller Center was the what I am used to seeing. It was also next stop. Here, they ate dinner and a great way to get to know some of ice skated. Afer ice skating, they my classmates better.” Te trip was went to the Top of the Rock to see an amazing, fun-flled experience. Seniors stand in front of the Wall Street bull.