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

FFA competes at livestock contest

FFA competes at livestock contest

Kalyssa Boyle, Staff Reporter April 23, 2019

Hays FFA placed thirteenth in the livestock judging contest on Apr. 17. The placements for team and individuals above fiftieth place are as follows. Teams: Senior team- Thirteenth Greenhand...

Folkerts holds up the Liberian flag. The flag was based off of the United States, taking the stripes and blue background and using one star to represent the one country.

Instructor Melanie Folkerts honors her father’s memory with presentation to World Geography classes

Rebekah Porter, Staff Reporter April 23, 2019

Instructor Melanie Folkerts gave a presentation about life in Liberia for social studies instructor Luke Lundmark's World Geography class on Thursday, April 18 in the library. Folkerts grandparents...

DECA students after they competed at state competition in Manhattan.

DECA students prepare for national competition

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter April 22, 2019

DECA students will compete at nationals April 27, through May 1. There are lots of steps they had to take to get where they are now. The process started all the way back at the beginning of the school...

Student circle around the prize table in the outdoor classroom. Students took the slips of paper found in each of the eggs to the table to claim their prizes.

Students participate in StuCo Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt during seminar on April 17

Alicia Feyerherm, Staff Reporter April 22, 2019

Over 50 students participated in an Easter Egg scavenger hunt in the outdoor classroom during seminar on April 17. The scavenger hunt was a fundraiser for StuCo. “We decided to do an Easter Egg hunt...

Seniors Zac Wyse, Rebecca Anderson, and sophomore Eliana Buller meet with acapella specialist Shelby Matlock to discuss scheduling and choreography. The Chamber Singers will compete against each other during the Pops Showcase concert on May 4th at 12th Street Auditorium.

Chamber Singers continue rehearsals for acapella competition

Caitlin Leiker, Staff Reporter April 22, 2019

The acapella competition is slowly approaching, and the Chamber Singers are striving to take advantage of every remaining rehearsal opportunity they have left before they go head-to-head. Vocal director...

Senior Calvin Duden looks at hats at the local thrift store The Arc.

Thrifting grows in popularity with students

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter April 21, 2019

Clothing trends come and go from things like mom jeans to Crocs, but a current trend that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon is thrifting clothes. Thrifting has recently risen in popularity...

Perryman officially signs his paper to be a collegiate swimmer at Sterling College. This is Sterling Colleges first year with a swim team.

Senior Scout Perryman signs to Sterling

Madison Weber, Online Editor-In-Chief April 19, 2019

Senior Scout Perryman signed into Sterling College on Thursday, April 18. Perryman will be swimming at Sterling. “This upcoming fall is Sterling’s first year with a swim team,” Perryman said....

Senior Kallie Leiker received a $500 scholarship from Sunflower Community Bank for being a part of the Sunflower Community Ambassadors. To do this, Leiker had to write an essay explaining what being an ambassador meant to her.

Sunflower Community Ambassador scholarship recipients announced

Isabelle Braun, Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2019

The last meeting for the Sunflower Community Ambassador's took place on April 18 in the Trails Room at Fort Hays. At this meeting, four scholarship winners were announced, one of which was from Hays High. The...

Junior Nathan Leiker performs Per la Gloria by Bonochini at the Hays Community Spring Concert. The Concert was held on April 15 at Felten-Start Theater. Four Hays High  soloists performed.

Four state-bound soloists perform at Hays Community Spring Concert on April 15

Alicia Feyerherm, Staff Reporter April 18, 2019

Six students from Johnny Matlock’s Studio 809 performed solos at the Hays Community Spring Concert held at Felten-Start Theater on April 15. Four of those students were from Hays High. Seniors Rebecca...

Styles Dance Centre members meet their dance partners from DSNWK for the recital.

Styles Dance Centre hosts recital to raise money for DSNWK

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter April 17, 2019

Styles Dance Centre hosted a recital to raise money for the Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas on Sunday, April 7. “Dancing with DSNWK is this amazing fundraiser that Styles Dance Centre gets...

The speakers were Drs. Curt and Christie Brungardt, both are professors at Fort Hays State University in the leadership department.

Jana’s Campaign assembly talks about safe relationships, etc

Nikka Vuong, Staff Reporter April 15, 2019

During seminar on April 15, students had an assembly for Jana’s Campaign. The assembly was divided between boys and girls. Doctors Curt and Christie Brungardt both are professors at Fort Hays State...

Four student athletes were selected to participate in a leadership seminar by the WAC committee. The leaaders decided to reach out to young athletes to spread their message.

Student athletes plan outreach to middle schoolers

Allison Hillebrand, Associate Editor April 14, 2019

Determined by the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), four students from each high school had the opportunity to join a program referred to as C.L.A.S.S. The students chosen from Hays High School were seniors...

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