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Transformers: The Last Knight debuted on June 21, 2017 as the fifth Transformers movie. This movie made twice its budget at $430 million dollars with the reviews being mostly negative. For example, it has received a 5/3/10 on IMDb, 15% on Rotten Tomatoes and, 28% on Metacritic. Reviews say that this movie is unnecessary and remains hollow. It is also called overlong (3 hours and 9 minutes long), overstuffed, and soulless. The plot is confusing and uninteresting. One described

Strange boxes appearing in the conference room, signs being hung all over the school, this can only mean one thing. This week, from Monday, June 26 to Thursday, June 29, the Scholastic Buy One Get One Free Book Fair has come to JPEC. This book fair includes, posters, pencils, and of course books, which are all buy one get one free. The items must only be of lesser or equal value. The book buying hours are from 8:30-9:00 in the morning before school, and after school until 4:4

Dancing is so important because it boosts moods and lets people express their feelings. Over the years dancing has become a bigger part of our society, especially amongst teens and young adults. Popular dances include the “dab” the “milly rock” the “rolex challenge ”, and more. “The dab is definitely a popular dance, I do it a lot” says Noah Ortell. Why are these dances so popular nowadays? Years ago people started to make popular music for people to dance to. People all aro

(Picture Source: JTV) The JPEC robotics team, better known as Jaxon Falcon Works, participated in the 2017 Rose Parade in Jackson, MI on June 4th. They drove their robot with pride down the parade route as people ooh-ed and ahh-ed at the machine the whole way. Many times during the parade Doc B, one of the robotics mentors, shouted at the crowd, “You like it? These kids built that!”. Everyone was thrilled to see a robot parading down the street, and some even asked to drive.

Last Friday on June 2nd, JPEC had it’s very last softball game of its very first season at Concord High School. Positions were Maya Bender as third baseman, Jordyn DuPuis as second basemen, Bianca Fulara rotating as first baseman, third baseman and right fielder, Rosey Gedert as catcher, Keirsten Husted as first baseman, and third baseman, Madison Meyerhofer as an outfielder, Hailey Nelson, Isabel Ostrowski as pitcher, Kathryn Smetana as middle infielder, and Jayda Stephenson

This term, many students, who have not already, are taking the Communications course at JPEC. In this course you are expected to give several speeches, which can make many people nervous. Since this course is difficult for many people, here is a guide to help you feel better about speeches and keeping that Communications grade up. 1- Note Cards Note cards for speeches are definitely a must when allowed. Keep your note cards to simple notes, so that you aren’t standing in fron

One of JPEC’s main draws and most unique system is its dual enrollment system. This allows its early college students, (9-13th grade), to earn their Associate's degree while still taking high school classes and at no cost to the student. Term 3 has officially started for both Jackson College and JPEC, and the Early College students have gone back to having their college classes. The classes seem to have been helping the students as well. Vianney Medina wants to be dual enroll

In the new hit movie, Wonder Woman, there are many references to the DC Universe both cinematic and comic. The movie has very subtle easter eggs and they aren’t very noticeable. The few easter eggs aren’t important to other movies and won’t really influence your viewing experience if you don’t notice them. This movie has received a 7.9/10 on IMDb, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 76% on Metacritic. One of the easter eggs is when Diana (Wonder Woman) is eating an ice cream cone an

There is a strong possibility that a 51st star could be added to the U.S. flag sometime soon in the future, meaning that a there may be a new state added to the Union. Puerto Rico is currently a United States territory, and it has been since 1898. Being a U.S. territory means that the U.S. government is in control of it and occupies it, but it is not an official state yet. It is almost like being “a state in training,” as many U.S. territories have later become states. Accord

Capstone is something diverse to JPEC, we face real life problems and try to find a way we could solve them. So why do we do it? We do Capstone to use our knowledge from all of our classes to work together with other leveled students to solve a world problem. Capstone has had multiple problems and change is needed. On May 17th, the Capstone teachers spoke to their groups and figured out what exactly had to change. One problem is that some students don’t want to do it. It can