Ashlyn Baker, Reporter
May 15, 2025
The finalized list for the 2025 Track and Field State Championships was posted May 12 with six athletes from Grand Junction High School. Senior Mason Anderson qualified...
Orange and black writes their way to awards
Mason Strippel, Reporter
May 12, 2025
The Colorado Student Media Association awards were given out to schools throughout Colorado. 19 of the awards went to members of the GJHS Orange and Black Newspaper. Seniors...
April 25, 2025
The famous basketball team, the Harlem Wizards, are making a trip to Grand Junction High School for a fundraising event. The Wizards are a basketball team that uses intricate...
Tiger Community Gymnasium is open to the public
Ashlyn Baker, Reporter
April 18, 2025
The D51 Foundation welcomed the community to Grand Junction High School for the grand opening of the new Tiger Community Gymnasium. On April 10, a ribbon cutting ceremony...
Ashlyn Baker, Reporter
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,...
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, Reporter
May 19, 2025
Graduation class size: 335 walking Graduating class population: 375 Class song: Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield Class flower: Snapdragon Senior Motto: “How lucky...
D51 prepares for the return of measles
Rhys Martinez, Reporter
May 15, 2025
Five cases of measles have been confirmed throughout Colorado as of Friday, May 2, and 1001 so far throughout the United States. Measles is a highly contagious disease...
Find inner “peas” at the new school garden
Kyra Finney, Reporter
May 14, 2025
The Grand Junction High School special education program is growing a new school garden on campus. The garden will have a variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, which...
The finals of the school year are approaching
Taylor Dickey and Mason Strippel
May 14, 2025
The school year has been exhilarating, but now Grand Junction High School students face their final hardship before summer. Finals week will be the last week before students...
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...