What’s Happening

Senior High’s Gardening Club continues to grow

By Jase Jones, Reporter This year a brand new club was formed at Senior HIgh, The Gardening Club.  The Gardening Club is a nature-focused club. The club and its members have big aspirations for the future of their organization.  This year they have spent lots of time brainstorming how to…

LGBTQ-Club provides a safe space for all students

By Kadence Davidson, Reporter LGBTQSA is the name of an after-school club at Grand Island Senior High School (GISH).  LGBTQSA means Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Straight Alliance. The LGBTQSA Club meets every Wednesday across from the East Office at 3:30. In addition to that, there are…

Girls Soccer Team gets ready to go to Districts

By Jackie Ruiz, Editor Getting one percent better each day is the Girls Soccer Team’s ultimate goal for the rest of this semester and next school year. “Our team motto is “ganas” which means the desire and urge to want to win and grow. We definitely want to establish more…

Unified Track helps students connect with one another

By Jase Jones, Reporter The Senior High Track program has a place for everyone on its teams. Most schools have a boys and girls team, GISH also has a unified team.  A Unified sports team is one that aims to include students with disabilities and students without. Unified Sports include…

HOSA members learn how to become future health professionals

By Kadence Davidson, Reporter Grand Island Senior High supports and hosts many clubs and activities that bring students together and give them a lot of opportunities in life. One of those clubs is HOSA. HOSA is sponsored by Megan Stone. Stone teaches English 10 and Capstone for the Academy of…

Insight on GISH’s After School Program

By Kadence Davidson, Reporter There are many opportunities available for students at Grand Island Senior High. ASP is one of them. ASP stands for After School Program. ASP is a program after school that helps students with their homework or even understand what they are learning about in class. ASP…

Senior High’s cheer team does more than just cheer

By Jackie Ruiz, Editor Senior High’s cheerleading team offers their support at athletic events and activities throughout the year of 2022-2023. Cheerleading coach Tristen Gardner said that cheer is a great way to learn life skills, specifically communication skills and teamwork.

Guest Speaker’s talk to Medical Academy every Monday

By Trevor Andrews, Reporter The Academy of Medical Sciences has invited students to come to room 306 on Mondays to learn about diverse career paths.  Gregory Schlegal, the principal of the Medical Academy, said “It started out when Lincoln Fire and Rescue reached out to us; this put a spark…

GISH hosts its first robotics competition, Feb. 4

By Jase Jones, Reporter The robotics club at GISH has three competitive teams. These teams work on their robots after school during the week to prepare for competitions. There are different objectives the robots, built by students, have to complete. First, the robots have to fit into parameters set by…

Behind the scenes of Senior High’s trap team

By Xzandra Hoard, Reporter Grand Island Senior High has a trap team which is coached by Jeff Schochenmaier and his wife.  “The most important rule is always safety, making sure guns are unloaded when they are not in use and making sure you watch out for yourself and others while…