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The Orange and Black Newspaper

The student news site of Grand Junction High School

The Orange and Black Newspaper

The student news site of Grand Junction High School

The Orange and Black Newspaper

Mock Trial Team Qualifies for State Tournament

Makayla Moran, Reporter March 7, 2018

  On the weekend of February 24, the Grand Junction High School Mock Trial Team competed at the regional tournament placing second. Team members Alexia Thompson and Zeron Lawson were also awarded...

Mardi Gras at GJHS

Taevon Ramos February 19, 2018

French Club did a great job bringing Mardi Gras to GJ this year. For the first time in three years, Mrs. Cronk was able to plan out a great celebrations here at the school in the cafeteria. French Club...

Playing in the Spot Light

Annika Sisac, Reporter February 14, 2018

Melody Jacobsen a senior at GJHS will weld her musical talent on the violin under the golden stage lights and the 83 foot vaulted ceilings of Carnegie Hall in the Stern Auditorium. Jacobsen, with her prodigious...

How to Heat Up a Holiday

Aspen Leman, Guest Reporter December 6, 2017

In Grand Junction, not everyone is lucky enough to spend a winter around the fireplace with hot cocoa. In an attempt to make everyone's holiday a little bit cozier, here's a heart warming idea. A new...

The Experience Arcade

Madi Martinez, Editor in Chief December 4, 2017

  James Van Pelt is a teacher here at GJHS and teaches literacy to ninth graders. Mr. Van Pelt is also an author of many short stories. He has written a total of 52 stories and 38 of them have...

Dreamers Take a Stand

Riley Lovato, Reporter September 22, 2017

In 2012 the Obama Administration announced a new policy called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). It was created so that certain immigrants could avoid deportation with the help of a work...

Senior Gift Serves a Greater Purpose for GJHS

Jailen Manzanares, Reporter April 7, 2017

Every year our seniors donate a gift to the new classes who attend GJHS. This year, our seniors built a canopy in front of the ā€œUā€ building. The purpose for this gift is so students can go here,...

Your New Head Girl

Shannon Clark, Online Editor in Chief March 31, 2017

When you walked through the halls of GJHS recently, it was pretty hard not to notice the posters and free treats being passed out from the campaigners for Head Girl and Head Boy. Each campaigner worked...

All Academic Team GJHS

Sal Capritta, Reporter March 17, 2017

The All Academic Team at GJHS is the new 2017 Colorado History Bowl Champions. The team has put in countless hour of training since they first started in July through the end of the school year. The team...

Kindness is Contagious Week

Shannon Clark, Online Editor in Chief February 11, 2017

During the week of 2/13/17-2/17-17, high schools around the Grand Valley including GJHS, will be presenting the 2nd annual, Kindness is Contagious week. This week will be based on stomping out the stigma...

GJHS Student Athletes Sign to Colleges

Makayla Moran, Reporter February 2, 2017

On February 1st, Grand Junction High School was honored to have three student athletes sign to three colleges. Drew Derrieux will play basketball for William Woods University in Missouri, Camryn Sanchez...

New SRO Brings New Challenges

Aaron King, Reporter February 1, 2017

Grand Junction High School Resource Officer David Godwin, has had a lot to deal with this year, especially with it being his first year alone at Grand Junction High. Last year Godwin came to Grand Junction...

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