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The student news site of Grand Junction High School

The Orange and Black Newspaper

The 2024 winter sports pep assembly in the Main gym held Tuesday February 6.

Assembly Mania

Rhys Martinez, Reporter February 8, 2024

The month of February is full of assemblies organized by GJHS’ Student Council and by the school district. Tuesday Feb. 6, the winter sports pep assembly was held to celebrate the achievements of...

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...

 GJHS senior Brady Page jumps to block a shot in a past game against Grand Valley High school.

GJ boys outshine Central in rivalry basketball game

Olivia Kimmel January 26, 2024

The GJHS boys basketball team has won back-to-back games heading into a home rematch with rival Fruita Monument on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The Tigers recorded an exciting win over rival Central High School...

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...

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...

The GJHS choir holiday extravaganza is celebrating the event’s 25th anniversary.

GJ choir set for 25th anniversary holiday event

Serenity Schmidt and Paiten Brown December 13, 2023

Grand Junction High School’s choir department is hosting their 25th annual holiday extravaganza. They will be holding four performances over the weekend of Dec. 14-16. It will be at the First Church...

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...

The Jazz Band sets up for practice in room 127 on December 5. Isaac Lavadie is the director of the GJHS jazz band. “He is amazing at caring about the students,” GJHS sophomore and jazz band member Keid Medrano said about Lavadie.

GJHS Jazz Band swings some sweets

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter December 5, 2023

Swingin’ Sweets 2023, a Grand Junction High School Jazz Band performance, is set to take place Friday, Dec. 8. The event will last from 6 to 9 p.m. inside of the commons and cafeteria. Admission is...

GJHS W for charity

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief November 2, 2023

The Grand Junction Tigers beat the Fruita Wildcats in a competitive teacher fund-raiser basketball game 46-39.  Organized by both Fruitas and Junctions student councils the game was held on Nov....

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...

GJHS sophomores Parker Davis and Zach Ridpath running at a home meet at Connected Lakes.

GJHS boys cross country qualified for state

Miah Hines and Ramona Ripple October 26, 2023

The GJHS boys cross country team qualified for state for the first time in 11 years. The Tigers finished fourth in the Class 4A regional field on Thursday, Oct. 19, at Lincoln Park. Battle Mountain...

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