Media Days
May 13, 2010
Filed under News, Staff, Top Stories
By Spencer Pendry The Orange and Black newspaper staff left the Grand Junction High School campus to walk to the Mesa State College Media Days annual two day workshop, they took home titles in five categories. The Mesa State Media Days took place March first and second and several high schools... Read more »
PSA-Driving
May 12, 2010
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, News, Video
Administration Deals with Budget Cuts
March 17, 2010 • Paul Harmon, Journalism II
Filed under News
With the budget status uncertain for the next academic year, School District 51 is bracing for cuts from the state. Imminent budget cuts are nothing new to the school. GJHS was affected by a number of cuts earlier in the year; however, they were not substantial enough to... Read more »
Cottonball a “Success”
March 5, 2010 • Claire Cooper
Filed under News
On Saturday, February 27 Grand Junction High School Executive Student Council held the Cottonball Dance. Unlike in previous years, the dance was held at Bananas Fun Park Special Event Pavilion. “I thought that overall the ticket system and hosting the dance in the pavilion was awesome,”... Read more »
Cottonball is “Under the Sea”
February 26, 2010 • Claire Cooper
Filed under News
The time to dress up, find a date, and go out for an enjoyable dinner and dance has come again. Grand Junction High School’s next formal dance is coming up on Saturday, February 27. With an “under the sea” theme and a fresh and original location of Bananas event center, many students... Read more »
FBLA Leadership Conference
February 18, 2010 • Claire Cooper
Filed under News
The high school group Future Business Leaders of America, was designed to help prepare students for a successful career in business. On February 1, Grand Junction High School FBLA members joined other FBLA groups for a conference. The groups present were all “District 9″ groups,... Read more »
School to Career
February 2, 2010 • Nicky Arja and Holly Meer
Filed under News
Grand Junction High School recently acquired Cathy Larsen, the new School-to-Career coordinator. Her job is to help students explore what career they wish to have. “I help students, create presentations for classes and bring in people from the community to talk to kids about their careers,”... Read more »
Grand Junction High School Student Under Investigation
January 26, 2010 • Gillian McLean and Claire Cooper
Filed under News
During fifth hour Jan. 26 four police cars and an ambulance arrived across the street of the math building. “We are still in the middle of an investigation, and cannot give you the details at this time,” Grand Junction Police Officer Jeff Grady said. “The cop said he smelled marijuana... Read more »
Dance in the Dark
January 25, 2010 • Sara Harrison
Filed under News
The Blackout dance will be held this Saturday, January 30 from 7 to 11 pm in the new gym. Pictures will be taken outside of the new gym starting at 5:30. It is $10 per person at the door and students must bring their student IDs to get into the dance or provide guest approval forms for people... Read more »
Grand Junction High School Helps Haiti
January 25, 2010 • Gina Papas
Filed under News, Top Stories
On Tuesday, January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Across the nation, organizations are gathering supplies and money in effort to help the country’s people who continue to feel the aftermath of the earthquake. Steve Brown, composition teacher and... Read more »



