(This article highlighting a Henderson County High School graduate is one of five included in the June graduation edition of the Hendersonian.)
One of the biggest moments of Jack Logan’s time in high school was when then Henderson County High School principal Tommy Ransom called his name over the loudspeaker as the freshman class president.
Jack said that was a huge moment for him and a time when his impact started. It also was the beginning of a string of four straight years in which he was voted his class president.
That would lead one to believe politics might be in his future. And the self-described extrovert who has “never been a stranger to anyone” said he’s not ruling that out, a likelihood that seems a strong possibility considering his plans to study public policy leadership and as part of the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at Ole Miss next year.
But Jack says he’s unsure of his career path except to say he wants to “do things for the greater good.” With that in mind, he said he tries to “help one person every day.”
It was Jack’s idea to put together a day to help the Henderson community, which was called “Spring Into Service” and when numerous County High students volunteered to help at local nonprofits on a Saturday in May.
“I really want to give back to communities,” Jack said.
Jack participated in HCHS Student Ambassadors as well as the city of Henderson’s Junior Ambassadors. He was also a starter on the football team, named honorary co-captain, was voted Most Likely to Succeed and Mr. Senior, and was the fall football homecoming king. He was also a part of the regional champ swim team, which hadn’t been done in two decades, he said.
Jack also got his academic career off to a start as a pre-K student at the Thelma B. Johnson Early Learning Center and is part of the first class from there to graduate from HCHS.
Jack’s advice for those coming behind him are to get involved, be a leader and remember that there are much bigger things than yourself. And he repeated about making a positive impact on one person every day.
“It goes further than you think it would,” he said.
