With the new GJHS building roaring in came a new GJHS logo roaring in, one that was representative of the new school.
Honestly, I prefer the older, “boring” interlocked “GJ” logo.
Now,...
A new big change to Grand Junction High School this year is that now every student has an early release.
Every Monday, all classes are only 40 minutes long instead of the regular 45 minutes. Lunch...
Academies have changed the way we see advisory, and it’s for the better.
Advisory was always classified as the most pointless class in my eyes. It was a pass/fail class whose grading system was...
Scooters are now a permanent part of Grand Junction and its culture.
E-scooters, like the ones many of us have seen in bigger cities with brand names Lime and Bird, have been added to the city of Grand...
A legendary event happened in April that would change the fate of the universe.
There was a fourth grade student who sent a simple poetry Powerpoint. Little did he know he would change everything.
He...
There has been Homework, and then there has been “Homework.”
The first one refers to work assigned by the teacher to do at home; the other is that extra work at home because you didn't finish at...
All sophomores of Grand Junction High School were taken away against their will for a day at WCCC and CMU.
The Sophomore Career day occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The main goal of the event was to...
Microsoft is attempting to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68 billion and this could be big for gamers at GJHS and around the world.
Activision Blizzard is a gaming company that makes games such...
There are some new school rules that were put in place this school year at Grand Junction High School, and I personally don’t mind them.
At the start of this school year, principal Meghan Roenicke...
The first ever Workforce Development Day was held at Grand Junction High School on Tuesday, Sept. 21.
I thought it was an interesting event but there were some gaping issues with the whole thing. The...
Title IX is a governmental act that has been in place since 1972. Despite this, it is still a highly controversial subject. It states that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex,...
The Orange and Black's 4th period decided to do a taste test of Starbucks Holiday Seasonal drinks. Each drink is ranked in terms of presentation, flavor, and overall out of the 5 drinks we reviewed; Peppermint...
