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The Orange and Black Newspaper

The 2023-24 All-State Orchestra includes two cellists from Grand Junction High School, senior Nicholas Berry and junior Emily Larsen. The All-State Orchestra performance will be Feb. 1-3 at the amphitheater at the Fort Collins University Center for the Arts.

GJHS music students honored

Rhys Martinez, Reporter January 30, 2024

The 2023-24 Colorado All-State Orchestra is here, and this year two Junction cellists have made it. Nicholas Berry is a senior cellist from Grand Junction High School who was accepted into the All-State...

The busiest two streets around GJHS, Fifth Street and Tiger Way, are getting new crosswalks in order to help with student, staff and visitor safety.

New year, new crosswalks for GJHS

Alexia Bailey, Reporter January 24, 2024

Tiger Avenue and North Fifth Street are both about to become a little safer for Grand Junction High School students by adding crosswalks. Some people have been struck by cars when trying to cross these...

The schedule for finals week consists of odd exams on Wednesday and even exams on Thursday. Exam days end at 2:30 on these days.

GJHS finals week

Lincoln, McQuade December 19, 2023

The first semester of the 2023-2024 school year will end with “finals week,” a four-day week from Dec.18-21 designed for classes to hold final exams. Grand Junction High School finals week will...

GJHS senior Jacob Carmicheal takes the lead.

The Grand Valley’s first hockey team takes the ice

Connor Kinser and Spencer Penkaty December 14, 2023

For the first time ever students from all across the valley can participate on an official ice hockey team. “Grand Valley has never had a high school hockey team before,” said GJHS special education...

Gender neutral bathrooms out of order due to backed up sewage.

Papers belong in classrooms, not in the sewage

Maddy Parkhurst and Alexia Bailey December 14, 2023

Students flushing paper down toilets has been a very unexpected and expensive problem for GJHS custodians.  Maintenance has found that sewage has been backing up in the school’s only two gender neutral...

GJHS Cheer throws a stunt on the state mat during class 4A competition.

GJHS Cheer finishes 13th at state

Miah Hines and Marie Calkins December 12, 2023

Out of 26 class 4A teams, GJHS Cheer placed 13th at state. The 2023 CHSAA State Spirit competition took place in Denver in the Denver Coliseum. The Colorado High School State Spirit Championships were...

Pictured above is the new main gym filled with teachers and interested community members observing the construction.

UPDATE: New GJHS building continues to grow

Olivia Kimmel December 8, 2023

The completion of the new GJHS building is widely anticipated, as it will be a huge amelioration in comparison to the current one. The new 265,000 sq. foot high school, scheduled to be ready for students...

Grand Junction High School athletes and fine arts students that have lettered in an activity are invited to attend the new Letterman’s Banquet on Nov. 7 at Colorado Mesa University.

GJHS holding first annual letterman’s banquet

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief November 6, 2023

GJHS is holding the first annual Letterman's Banquet for students who have earned a letter in athletics or fine arts. The event will be held 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the CMU Ballroom. “A lot...

One of the many posters advertising the Fruita-Junction teacher Cat Fight on Nov. 1.

Cat Fight for charity

Alexia Bailey and Spencer Penkaty October 30, 2023

Grand Junction High School and Fruita Monument High School are going up against one another in a basketball game in order to raise money for charity.  This event is organized by both school’s student...

A screenshot of the online apparel website displaying jackets, T-shirts, and sweatpants with new logos. The link to the website is: https://gjhs-apparel-23.itemorder.com/shop/home/

New GJHS apparel

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief October 27, 2023

Grand Junction High School has announced a new limited time online store that sells GJ apparel with the new tiger logo.  The store features jackets, T-shirts, and sweatpants with both the new tiger...

Charging ports are available and guidelines are posted on the new Solar Charging Station, which is located under the shaded pergola near the south lawn. Students can charge computers and phones.

GJHS gets a student solar charging station

Matthew Chacon, Reporter October 27, 2023

The Solar Charging Station was a passion project that was started by a former Grand Junction High School student named Kaia Gehl.  The first Solar Charging Station was built in August, but the official...

A note posted Thursday on GJHS teacher Rosemary Jennings' door, Room 305, states that classes will be conducted in the library.

BREAKING NEWS: This stinks!

Miah Hines and Marie Calkins October 26, 2023

The 300 Building has been hit with an unexplainable smell, evacuating GJHS classrooms to the library.   “At least one fourth of classes were evacuated to the library, [Rosemary] Jennings, [Christine]...

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