http://www.gjhsnews.com The School Newspaper of Grand Junction High School Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:29:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are many good things about Grand Junction High School. Advisory class is not one of them. It is ridiculous that we have to have it. When we have advisory, the classes are shorter so we lose class time, valuable time that we could ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/opinion/2010/03/05/advisory-is-an-immense-waste-of-time/ 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 ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/news/2010/03/05/cottonball-a-success/ On Saturday, February 27 2010, the Grand Junction High School girls varsity basketball team played the Aurora Central Trojans in the second round of the class 5A state playoffs. The girls took a 37-20 halftime lead. ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/top-stories/2010/03/03/gjhs-lady-tigers-enter-sweet-16/ On Feb. 26, the GJHS Speech and Debate team went to Moffat County High School in Craig for the district competition. The Tigers sent 10 team members to the district meet and seven of them qualified for ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/uncategorized/2010/03/02/speech-and-debate-prepare-to-travel-to-state/ The first practice for the Grand Junction High School girls tennis team was Feb 22. Practices began with challenge matches to determine which spot the players will be on either the junior varsity or varsity team. ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/uncategorized/2010/03/02/girls-tennis-begins/ The Olympics of 2010 are taking place in Vancouver, Canada. Due to lack of snow and temperature rising, people are strongly disagreeing on the location of the 2010 Olympics. Experts say that the Vancouver 2010 games are the warmest Winter Olympic Games yet. ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/uncategorized/2010/02/26/winter-olympics/ 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 ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/news/2010/02/26/cottonball-is-under-the-sea/ Spending at an administrative level is a widespread problem. Locally, School District 51 recently overhauled its math curriculum, changing math from K-12. However, ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/opinion/2010/02/26/too-much-waste-at-schools/ The Grand Junction High School girls basketball team won its first game in the Class 5A state tournament on Feb. 24 when sophomore Jamie Derrieux scored a basket with 27 seconds left to beat Boulder 45-44. The Tiger girls will ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/sports/2010/02/26/basketball-playoff-season/ Necklaces from Suubi (Hope) are beautiful, colorful pieces of jewelry hand-crafted by the women of Uganda. Featuring a new necklace every month, as well as a consistent catalog of jewelry, the company provides a way for earth-conscious teens to support a worthy cause, and still express personal style. Their newly created ... http://www.gjhsnews.com/lip-service/2010/02/24/suubi-necklaces-spread-hope/