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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...

GJHS main stairway, students travel up and down these staircases multiple times throughout the day and deal with the mob of students in order to get to their classes.

New school, new problems

Taylor Dickey, Reporter August 22, 2024

Grand Junction High School may not be as prepared as once thought while entering the new building in the 2024-2025 school year.  GJHS has an extra 68,000 square feet in the $144.5 newly opened building...

GJHS lined up to grab their lunches. Students are able to get breakfast in the morning during 7:30-10 a.m. and during lunch from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

GJHS eating from scratch

Eli Schultz, Reporter August 22, 2024

Grand Junction High School welcomed new lunch staff and a unique cafeteria setup as students returned to school for their first year in the new building.  Ted Riley, a former chef for Outdoor Wilderness...

GJHS students parking both in the parking lot and on the street due to parking restrictions.

GJHS parking strikes again

Ramona Ripple, Reporter August 21, 2024

Student parking at Grand Junction High School has continued to plague both students and parents on the new campus. The issue of student parking was supposed to be resolved as of the 2024-2025 school...

GJHS School Security Officer Penny Harris chatting with students during 5th hour. Harris, along with GJHS SROs, are often found engaging with students in the halls and commons throughout the school day.

Smile! You’re on camera

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief August 20, 2024

Pretty much wherever you are, in and around Grand Junction High School, you’re being watched. GJHS now has 100 more cameras at the newly opened $144.5 million building than the last, with 144 in total....

Staff from Marillac Health are putting the finishing touches on a school-based health clinic that will open in the new Grand Junction High School building. The clinic will provide services such as dental screenings, cold and flu visits, immunizations, counseling, and many more.

Health center inside GJHS is a medical game changer

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief July 29, 2024

GJHS students and staff of the new building can now look forward to a school-based health clinic to be at their disposal going into the 2024-25 school year. The Tiger Wellness Center is a much anticipated...

GJHS 2024 Graduation

GJHS 2024 Graduation

O&B Staff May 21, 2024

Graduation Class Size: 278 (258 walking) Class Song: “Good Old Days” by Macklemore featuring Kesha Class Flower: Orchid Senior Motto: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and...

Republican Congressional candidate Jeff Hurd is a 1997 graduate of Grand Junction High School.

GJHS alumni running for congress

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief May 21, 2024

Grand Junction High School graduate Jeff Hurd is running to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in Washington D.C. Multiple people relayed a sense that Hurd, a newcomer to politics, is...

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