Mason Strippel, Reporter
August 19, 2025
With the start of the 2025-26 school year, GJHS has danced its way to a new cheer team. The poms team is a separate, reinstated team from the cheerleading team the school...
Mason Strippel, Reporter
August 26, 2025
Mesa County Valley School District 51 has enhanced security and safety rules for students and staff for the new school year. D51 has installed new scanners at every entrance...
Lincoln McQuade, Managing Editor
August 25, 2025
University of Colorado (CU) visitors attended a Grand Junction High School-hosted tour of the new building on August 20. The tour began at 11:45 a.m. when GJHS Principal...
Several GJHS world trips to take place
Lincoln McQuade, Managing Editor
August 19, 2025
Grand Junction High School takes more summer trips than a swimmer in high heels. The school plans long-distance trips during spring break and over the summer. The soonest...
Ashlyn Baker, Promotions Manager
April 30, 2025
As the first year in the new Grand Junction High School building comes to a close, its reputation has already made a strong impression. Funded by a $144.5 million budget,...
What is the deal with parking permits?
Rhys Martinez, Reporter
August 28, 2025
Parking at Grand Junction High School may come with a price, but the price for not paying is even more. Students may go to the front office at any time to purchase a permit...
PHOTO GALLERY: GJHS gets down and get dyeing
Mason Strippel, Reporter
August 26, 2025
Ramona Ripple, Reporter
August 18, 2025
Finding a parking spot at Grand Junction High School has become the toughest part of the school day, as more cars than spaces leave students scrambling. The GJHS student...
GJHS enrollment numbers skyrocket
Ashlyn Baker, Promotions Manager
August 18, 2025
Grand Junction High School has experienced a substantial increase in enrollment in the past five years. Being forced to accommodate over 2,000 total students has taken...
New bell schedule on the way to GJHS
May 20, 2025
Grand Junction High School students will now be getting out at 1:15 p.m. on Fridays. “I would say it’s good. This will make me want to come to school,” said GJHS...
Lincoln McQuade, Managing Editor
May 19, 2025
Graduation class size: 335 walking Graduating class population: 375 Class song: Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield Class flower: Snapdragon Senior Motto: “How lucky...
May 14, 2025
Click hear to listen to the latest episode of The OAB on Spotify. Graduating Orange & Black editors Marie Calkins, Lila Mottram and Serenity Schmidt introduce the newspaper's...
March 14, 2025
This is the third episode of the Orange & Black student newspaper podcast, called The OAB (Orange and Black) and linked here. In this episode, Landon Ward and Rhys Martinez...
March 14, 2025
This is the second episode of the Orange & Black student newspaper podcast, called The OAB (Orange and Black) and linked here. In this episode, the three senior editors...