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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

New American citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time. Juniors and seniors at GJHS had the opportunity to watch their naturalization ceremony in the GJHS auditorium.

OPINION: A unique experience for GJHS students

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief October 25, 2024

GJHS students got the unique and impactful experience of watching people from many walks of life become U.S. citizens.  On Oct. 23, an official Naturalization ceremony featuring a federal judge with...

The district phone policy states that students should lock up their phones at the beginning of a class period and keep it there for the duration of class. Some students opt to keep their phones in their backpacks, or even in their pocket.

OPINION: More control, less media

Lila Mottram, Co-Managing Editor August 23, 2024

Grand Junction High School focuses on “workforce readiness” and preparing students for professional environments, yet implements policies that treat us like children. The new phone policy ignores professional...

Signed bricks in Grand Junction High Schools Theater Workshop depict the rich history of the department.

OPINION: GJHS theater brick history

Lance Herald May 9, 2024

The signed bricks in the theater workshop hold loads of history and I found a way to remember them. Grand Junction High School has been around for a long time and naturally is full of history, despite...

The science book section of our GJHS library includes books on space and physics. New School Board member, Barbra Evanson pushes to include the Bible with these books.

OPINION: Creationism does not belong in public schools

Alexia Bailey, Reporter December 5, 2023

Creationism is at the heart of the controversial school board elections that happened in November.  Barbara Evanson and Jose Luis Chavez won the Nov. 7 election to fill two vacant spots in the Mesa...

Upper U bathrooms, while maintaining significantly less vandalism, are also accustom to loitering.

OPINION: The male and female bathrooms are having a major sanitation issue

Matthew Chacon and Elizabeth Wasnik October 9, 2023

Grand Junction High School is facing a major sanitation issue in the bathrooms. Every student alike, from males to females, are all to blame for this disgusting smell and look in these bathrooms.  The...

A full student parking lot is common as the construction on the new school progresses.

OPINION: The SAT is hard but parking is harder

Alexia Bailey, Reporter October 2, 2023

Whether you park across Fifth Street or in our very own GJHS lots, parking has undoubtedly been harder this year.  With construction continuing on with the new school, the student parking lot has continued...

The new logo chosen to represent GJHS.
Lincoln McQuade is a student in Reporting class B and is a guest writer for this opinion piece.

OPINION: New GJHS LOGO

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter September 1, 2023

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,...

Students wait for the bus on a hot day after school. Students wait for 30 minutes after early release on Mondays for the buses.

OPINION: Mondays are wack now

Connor Kinser, Reporter August 28, 2023

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...

GJHS Students gather outside to play Sock Ball as a team building activity during Academy Time on Thursday, Aug. 24, on the south lawn.

OPINION: GJHS advisory evolves

Alexia Bailey, Reporter August 25, 2023

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...

In the morning when students arrive at school they can see a line of scooters placed on the corner of 5th street and the entrance to the parking lot. Throughout the day students will pay to use them and ride them near campus.

OPINION: We have scooters now

Connor Kinser, Reporter May 18, 2023

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 single button that changed everything for School District 51 teachers one day in April. The reply all button went on to drive multiple teachers crazy.

OPINION: Reply All

Connor Kinser, Reporter May 9, 2023

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...

Orange and Black staff member Eli Schultz sits at his computer. Students who do school at home often rely on Chromebooks to get their work done.

OPINION: Home work at home?

Connor Kinser, Reporter April 3, 2023

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...

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