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The Orange and Black Newspaper

The student news site of Grand Junction High School

The Orange and Black Newspaper

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...

Students participate in an assembly game run by StuCo. Next year, Addie Boss and Maycie Sinicki will be in charge of running these assemblies.

GJHS 2024-25 StuCo election results

Maddy Parkhurst and Ramona Ripple May 21, 2024

Grand Junction High School Student Council decided to shake things up during the 2024 student elections by using a Google form for students to vote The StuCo election was held on April 4 during an all-school...

GJHS academic team received a check from Dinosaur Ridge for a college scholarship after the Science Quiz Bowl. The academic team competed in nationals last year and will be competing again this year.

GJHS academic team heads to nationals once again

Serenity Schmidt and Lila Mottram May 16, 2024

After a year of multiple successes, the Grand Junction High School Academic Team is finally headed back to Nationals. A couple weeks ago the academic team competed in an online national tournament and...

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...

Jazz I practicing for the Spring Fest during fourth hour, conducted by Issac Lavidi. The Spring Fest will take place in the commons area on May 10, from 7-10pm.

GJHS jazz band swings into spring!

Taylor Dickey, Reporter May 9, 2024

Grand Junction High School’s Jazz band is celebrating the end of the school year with their upcoming Spring Swing. With the 2023-2024 school year coming to a close, many fun events are being planned...

This will be the location of the legacy bricks in the new GJHS.

Tiger Walk bricks for sale at GJHS

Connor Kinser, Reporter May 8, 2024

Grand Junction High School has confirmed a new tiger walk will be added to the front of the new building. This walk will consist of bricks that all together will spell out ‘Junction Tigers’. However,...

One of the mud pits on the south lawn.

GJHS hits the pits

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief May 7, 2024

This year's Springfest is right around the corner for Grand Junction High School students. The senior celebration, yearbook distribution, and mud pit volleyball will be held Friday afternoon, May 10,...

This piece of art was named Joyful Idea and was made by Oscar Chamberlain. It was placed as best in show.

GJHS students earn ribbons at Altrusa Art Fair

Paiten Brown, Reporter April 30, 2024

Many pieces of art from the Art Center are students from Grand Junction High School. The art show was at the Art Center of Western Colorado. The address is 1083 7th St. It was the 61st art fair held...

GJHS senior Atahlia Mills runs the 100-meter hurdles at track meet held on March 8 at Stocker Stadium.

GJHS spring sports superstars

Rhys Martinez, Reporter April 3, 2024

Two Junction athletes are preparing to perform for their college scholarships as spring sports are arriving. Senior track participant Atahlia Mills received a Colorado Mesa University scholarship for...

Seniors gather for a photo during their “Senior Sunrise” event where they met at Canyon View Park on August 21, 2023. Now the seniors are preparing for graduation and their futures ahead of them.

GJ senior spring events

Serenity Schmidt, Co-Managing Editor March 13, 2024

The 2023-24 school year is coming close to an end for current Grand Junction High School seniors, and there are a few upcoming events for them. Currently, the seniors are playing a game called Tiger...

Upward Bound students enjoying the summer at the University of Wyoming. They got to meet new people, make new friends, and new memories.

Upward Bound helps students pursue college

Paiten Brown, Reporter March 12, 2024

Upward Bound, also known as Trio, is a program that helps GJHS students learn what going to college would be like that includes visiting campuses. Students that are in Upward Bound get to do fun activities...

The last day of school was changed due to the construction of the new GJHS building.

Extended summer for GJHS students

Lila Mottram, Co-Managing Editor March 8, 2024

Originally, the 2024 school year was set to end for students on May 23. However, the construction of the new building—and deconstruction of the old one—has caused the district to re-evaluate that date...

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