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The student news site of Grand Junction High School

The Orange and Black Newspaper

Students eating in the cafeteria during lunch. It is a very crammed space, even with students leaving campus or eating in the halls.

GJHS commons packed like sardines

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter September 4, 2024

The Grand Junction High School Commons are consistently full of students, using chairs and booths or standing in line. The new $144.5 million school has about 1,780 attending students, many of which...

Tickets for the color dance will be $14 at the door, $12 during presale, and $10 for freshmen who show up with their ALT leader.

Color dance preview

Lila Mottram, Co-Managing Editor September 4, 2024

Who doesn’t love throwing colorful chalk at your friends? For many years, the color dance has been a part of Grand Junction High School’s tradition. At the old building, the dance was held in the...

GJHS sophomore Eziah Morales dives for extra yardage during the season-opening victory over Rifle. The Tigers dominated on offense and defense in the 48-0 victory.

Tigers dominate opening football game

Ramona Ripple, Reporter September 3, 2024

Grand Junction High School got their first shutout in four years to open the season with a dominating 48-0 victory against Rifle High School. Having only won four games in the past three years, GJHS...

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...

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...

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