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Jag Journal

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What College Board Gets Wrong About English Education

AP Courses Fail To Teach Students How to Write
Hazel Barksdale, Assistant Editor in Chief March 10, 2026

The College Board offers two AP courses for English: AP English Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition. Both AP English exams require students to answer multiple choice questions (MCQs)...

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Senior Jette Silva doing yearbook work on his phone.

Technological Difficulties

New Texas Education Board mandated No-Phone law shows negative effects
Jada Delgado, Staff Writer January 28, 2026

The no-phone law has become a major issue in Texas schools, and since then, it has had a big impact on students’ daily lives on campus. Adults across Texas have raised multiple complaints about phones...

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Students boarding their bus after school.

No Badge, No Ride

Students may not board their school bus without an ID
Desirae Smith, Staff Writer January 28, 2026

Student IDs have been mandated to be worn inside schools all over the district to ensure the safety of students in notable instances like school shootings. With JHS, this policy has been consistently enforced...

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Wicked: For Good is Not Very Good

Wicked: For Good is Not Very Good

Hazel Barksdale, Assistant Editor in Chief December 18, 2025

Directed by Jon M. Chu, the sequel to Wicked: Part One was released in theaters Nov. 21.  Wicked: For Good is much darker than the bubbly Wicked: Part One. The film begins with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo)...

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Theater's informational flyer for the Haunted House nights.

Theater Frights

JHS Haunted House Is Worth the Scare
Hazel Barksdale, Assistant Editor in Chief October 27, 2025

JHS theater hosted a haunted house in the Black Box Theater for three evenings on Oct. 22, 23 and 25. Admission cost $10, and all proceeds went towards the theater program. The haunted house was an opportunity...

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Junior Nicci LeRoy looks at book in the library.

Testing in Library Closes More Books

Daniella Moreno, Editor-In-Chief March 24, 2025

As a result of testing, the library was closed from Feb. 24 to March 7.  The JHS Library should not be consistently closed to cater to students testing.  By utilizing the library for testing throughout...

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Sophomore Julianna Benevides posing as a student on their phone while work needs to be done.

Current Attention Span Crisis

Students have lost the means to focus on education
Chloe Youngkin, Copy Editor October 18, 2024

Unbothered eyes glue themselves to the bright screen of their device, loading their increasingly rotting brain with overwhelming dopamine. Ears are always plugged in with music beats to avoid distractions...

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Junior Mariah Castellanos holding up a recycling bag while collecting bins from classrooms on Sept. 12.

Recycling for Change

Avery Humphries, Assistant Editor-In-Chief September 30, 2024

Within the school lies the cemetery of an entire forest of trees. Fallen, shredded and bleached, they are crumpled into the remains of an old algebra assignment or a discarded hall pass. But they have...

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Back of the Line: Cars line up for pickup in the Johnson band and main pickup loops on Aug 21, 2024

Pickup in Waves

Athena Metzger, Staff Writer August 26, 2024

The current pickup method at JHS involves all grades being released at the same time and trying to exit the parking lot and correspondent route home simultaneously. With our growing student body, this...

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Rapper 21 Savage on stage at his May 14 Germania Insurance Amphitheater Austin, Texas concert.

21 Savage Performs in Austin

Rapper Features New Album in American Dream Tour
Daniella Moreno, Editor May 23, 2024

The British rapper, 21 Savage, made his stop in Austin, Texas on Tuesday May 14. His tour featuring songs from his new album, American Dream, reached its peak at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater near...

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