There are many life-altering, monumental events during your senior year of high school, or at least that’s how it is in the movies. Prom is typically the one that takes the cake for most seniors, serving as the end of year party solidifying your impending adulthood.

One student's passion for birding is actively changing the city's nightlife and saving local avian lives in the Tulsa community. Senior Tej Beniwal, who founded the Jenks Birding Club in 2023, promotes bird observation and conservation at Jenks High School and within the Tulsa area as a whole.