Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Spring Play rehearsals progress

Anniston Weber, Online News and Media Editor January 25, 2016

The 2016 Spring Play is “You Can’t Take It With You” by Moss Hart and George Kaufman. For a list of the full cast, click here. Rehearsals for Spring Play have been ongoing since the second...

Instructor Lynn Zimmerman talks about teaching Human Biology

Instructor Lynn Zimmerman talks about teaching Human Biology

Hannah Baxter, Editor January 25, 2016

Human Biology is a class offered to juniors and seniors for either one semester or a full year. The class contains material about the human body and its functions. Instructor Lynn Zimmerman has been teaching...

DECA continues community service project

DECA continues community service project

Fengxue Zhang, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2016

DECA has an ongoing community service project involving the two Ronald McDonald Houses located in Wichita. The project is headed by juniors Kristen Nease and Marissa Dinkel, but the entire DECA chapter...

Debate competes at state tournament

Debate competes at state tournament

Brianna Mathias, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2016

Five debate students traveled to Independence, Kan. last weekend to compete at state debate. Three were returners and for the other two, it was a completely new experience. Debate sponsor Zach Butte...

Guidon Lit hosts Six Word Story contest with a $10 iTunes prize

Guidon Lit hosts “Six Word Story” contest with a $10 iTunes prize

Anniston Weber, Online News and Media Editor January 19, 2016

Hays High Guidon is hosting a "six word story" contest. These stories must be submitted to the Guidon Lit. The prize for first place is a $10 iTunes gift card or a king size candy bar. Second place prize...

Senior Eathan Bizzell participates in bodybuilding competition

Senior Eathan Bizzell participates in bodybuilding competition

Anniston Weber, Online News and Media Editor January 14, 2016

Senior Eathan Bizzell is a bodybuilder who participates in a competition called the National Physique Committee (NPS). The National Physique Committee is the largest amateur bodybuilding organization...

Athletes not allowed in weight room after school (UPDATE)

Athletes not allowed in weight room after school (UPDATE)

Anniston Weber, Online News and Media Editor January 14, 2016

Competitive high school athletes are typically known for how hard they work on the field, on the court and in the gym. The average high school student practices three hours a day, six days a week. Senior...

Students find that affection is a necessity

Students find that affection is a necessity

Amiyah Gonzalez, Staff Reporter January 12, 2016

Affection can mean a number of things. It can be seen as a way to show romantic love or to show friendship. The dictionary meaning, according to “Merriam-Webster”, is a feeling of liking and caring...

A panel of judges choose a winner to move onto the next competition. The competitor with the highest score gets a chance to advance to the district competition in Quinter.

Three compete in poetry recitation contest

January 11, 2016

Three students competed at the local Poetry Out Loud competition on Jan. 11. Senior Elizabeth Emerson claimed first place, and will thus advance to the district competition on Feb. 5 in Quinter. Students...

Concurrent credit enrollment to take place next week

Concurrent credit enrollment to take place next week

Kenny Mathias, Staff reporter January 8, 2016

Enrollment for concurrent credit is taking place at Hays High from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 in the library. Concurrent credit is a program designed to help high school students earn college credit...

Senior Aaron Jeffus wears one of his favorite hats. He believes hats are a good way for people to express themselves.

Opinions on hat rule differ among student body

Brianna Mathias, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 8, 2016

Whether it be unique haircuts, makeup, clothes or glasses, students have nearly endless possibilities to express themselves. Hats, unlike the before mentioned things, is one self-expression device that...

Mighty Milers receive recognition

Mighty Milers receive recognition

Fengxue Zhang, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 8, 2016

Assistant Principal Chris Michaelis presented the Mighty Miler student participants with incentive t-shirts on Jan. 8. A total of 19 students from instructors Andrea Zody and Jeana Dinkel’s class...

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