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Gov. Jared Polis (D-Boulder) and state Rep. Matt Soper (R-Delta) interact with students in the woodworking classroom at GJHS, asking about their individual projects. Polis spent 45 minutes at the new school and visited multiple programs.

Gov. Polis tours GJHS

Lila Mottram, Co-Managing Editor October 29, 2024

Governor Jared Polis visited Grand Junction High School to see the flashy new building on Oct. 28.  Outside the school, Polis was greeted by District 51 Schools Superintendent Dr. Brian Hill, GJHS...

GJHS student Cameron Kirkegaard produced a documentary called "Our Time." It will debut in the GJHS auditorium on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. 
Photo submitted by Cameron Kirkegaard.

GJHS student-made documentary set to debut

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief October 25, 2024

Students and community members will have the opportunity to see a Grand Junction High School student’s documentary film on the big screen.  Junior Cameron Kirkegaard has created a documentary called...

GJHS sophomore Camron Rogers sits on a new chair in the hallway. These new chairs are common in the new school building.

New school, new furniture

Mason Strippel and Lincoln McQuade October 21, 2024

The well-publicized new $144.5 million Grand Junction High School opened with all-new furniture that has drawn some mixed feelings.  The building has certain chairs that are the most common in classrooms:...

Members of the Grand Junction High School boys golf team hold the runner-up trophy after finishing second in the Class 4A state tournament on Tuesday at Tiara Rado Golf Course in Grand Junction. From left are junior Hunter Simmons, senior Jack Kaul, senior Ky Korte and freshman Will Simpson. The Tigers finished with a two-day team score of 447.

GJHS boys golf second in state – again

Rhys Martinez and Lincoln McQuade October 9, 2024

The boys golf team doubled down as the top athletic team at Grand Junction High School by finishing second at the Class 4A State Tournament for the second year in a row. The tournament was held Monday...

Student Council presented on Homecoming and its surrounding events and surprised many by announcing breathalyzers will be at the dance. Students will be removed from the dance and banned from the rest of the year's dances if they test positive on the breathalyzer.

GJHS HoCo blows! (literally)

Taylor Dickey and Lincoln McQuade October 3, 2024

  The upcoming homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 5 will feature a new device - the breathalyzer.  Student Council revealed in their Sept. 24 presentation about Homecoming activities that Grand...

Students dance and mingle at GJHS' 2023 homecoming, themed Night in the Cosmos, the last in the old building. This years homecoming theme is Aladdin.

GJHS Homecoming 2024

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief September 10, 2024

This year’s Homecoming theme, Aladdin, mirrors the Arabian theme used in the 1950s for one of Grand Junction High School’s first themed homecomings.  This is GJHS’ first homecoming in the new...

Students eating in the cafeteria during lunch. It is a very crammed space, even with students leaving campus or eating in the halls.

GJHS commons packed like sardines

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter September 4, 2024

The Grand Junction High School Commons are consistently full of students, using chairs and booths or standing in line. The new $144.5 million school has about 1,780 attending students, many of which...

Sticky note on French teacher Jodee Cronk’s classroom at GJHS telling students to relocate to classroom 230 due to air conditioning issues. Teachers are encouraged to relocate to other rooms in the school if their classroom reaches temperatures of over 88 degrees.

GJHS third floor heating up

Eli Schultz and Lincoln McQuade September 4, 2024

Some of the new Grand Junction High School classrooms have been experiencing hot temperatures due to air conditioning issues.  Jory Sorensen, the principal at GJHS, shared in an email to GJHS staff...

New elevator located in the commons. This elevator allows students to access the health and fitness wing of the second floor.

Elevating the new GJHS

Landon Ward, Promotion's Editor August 27, 2024

With the new Grand Junction High School building comes many floors that are hard to access for some students. Three elevators located throughout the school help students who can’t access upper floors...

The Tiger Wellness Center logo in the entrance to the GJHS Marillac health clinic.

Who runs the GJHS health clinic?

Rhys Martinez, Reporter August 23, 2024

Most Grand Junction High School students know about the new health center, but few know who runs it. Students can go and seek physical, oral, and mental help services provided by Marillac’s Mesa County...

Students during passing period heading up the stairs. Many have trouble getting up the main staircase because of the large number of people trying to go up at once.

Traffic jams new GJHS hallways

Serenity Schmidt, Co-Managing Editor August 23, 2024

The new Grand Junction High School’s hallways have been incredibly chaotic during passing periods. While during class hours the hallways are seemingly quiet, passing periods is a completely different...

GJHS freshman Brayden Allen stands by a row of lockers on the second floor. As a freshman, Allen is one of the students allowed to have a locker in the new school building.

GJHS lockers all locked up

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter August 22, 2024

Grand Junction High School only has enough lockers for the freshman class. The newly opened $144.5 million school building — which has 600 lockers — has a reported 1,780 attending students, according...

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