By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
Students at Senior High experience fishing trips, volunteer opportunities, and more through the Outdoor Adventure Club.
Renee Ekhoff, the club’s sponsor, said that they focus on activities that have to do with the environment.
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Why the phone should go down and the sun up
By Sarah Wichman
Most people believe that unplugging is the end of the world. But is it? The Journalism 1 classes of Grand Island Senior High School did just that. I was one of those students.
Large portions of the classroom struggled while I found something peaceful, a way to destress, a puzzle. For 45 minutes, the only thing my friend and I did was a puzzle.
Our youth can help too
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
Key club members work on volunteering projects to better the Grand Island community.
Key Club stands for Kiwanis Empowering Youth. It is an organization where students volunteer in their communities and learn leadership skills.
Grand Island Senior High’s wrestling team
By Xzandra Hoard
Coaches are planning for the winter sports season to start soon. Grand Island Senior High’s Coach Jeff Evans, who coaches for the female wrestling team, is bringing a positive attitude as winter is right around the corner.
Evans is coaching Grand Island Senior High’s first wrestling team that is an all-girls wrestling team. Evans coaches girls who are in the following grades: ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth.
FBLA helps prepare students for the future
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
FBLA’s (Future Business Leaders of America) mission to inspire the next generation of business leaders has just begun.
According to assistant FBLA sponsor Jessica Whitmire, FBLA is an organization that helps prepare students for careers in business through academic competitions, leadership conferences, and educational programs.
Grand Island Senior High is playing “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
By Xzandra Hoard, Reporter
Grand Island Senior High is getting ready for a play called ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.’ This play is based on a book written by Barbara Robinson which was published in 1971. The play will be held Dec. 3 at 7:30 pm, Dec. 10 at 7:30 pm, and Dec. 11 at 5 pm.
Queens, knights, and a ticking clock
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
Are you interested in joining a club that will test your knowledge on a game played with knights, queens, and a clock?
Senior High’s Chess Club might be the place for you.
Class of 1971 celebrates their 50 year anniversary
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
Class of 1971 celebrates their 50 year anniversary after COVID-19 changed their reunion plans in 2020.
According to former graduates Tom Welch and Mary Beth Harper, they were supposed to have an in-person reunion in 2020
Fall play tells the story of German soldiers going to war
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor
If you like watching heavy and heartfelt moments on stage,“All Quiet on the Western Front” might be your cup of tea.
Senior High students will be performing “All Quiet on the Western Front” on October 6, 7, and 9 in the school auditorium. Tickets will be five dollars each for adults
Grand Island Senior High changes its dress code
By Xzandra Hoard, Reporter
Most students have said that they don’t have a problem with the way students used to dress because it wasn’t distracting to them in any way. Some teachers, on the other hand, have said that they were upset at how much skin students were
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