Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

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Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

BOE president Mandy Fox raises her hand to vote against the iPads.

Board of Education chooses iPads as new device for upcoming school year at Hays Middle School

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter March 30, 2019

The Board of Education met on Monday, Mar. 26 to discuss a number of topics from the Best of the Best Awards to what kind of technology is best to use in schools. The BOE was tasked with deciding what...

Hays High hosted the annual Special Olympics Kansas basketball tournament on March 22.

Hays hosts annual Special Olympics basketball tournament

Allison Hillebrand, Associate Editor March 28, 2019

The Hays High Special Olympics basketball and cheer-leading team competed at the annual Hays tournament on March 22. The Special Olympics Kansas is dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual...

Looking back 10, 25, 50 years ago

Looking back 10, 25, 50 years ago

Rebekah Porter, Staff Reporter March 27, 2019

The Guidon staff has decided to include a monthly feature in which it will look through past editions of the newspaper to see the news events that were being reported 10, 25, and 50 years ago during each...

The Cheaper by the Dozen cast  rehearses for the plays opening night, March 7.

Spring Play cast reflects on show

Rebekah Porter, Staff Reporter March 25, 2019

This year's Spring Play "Cheaper by the Dozen" featured 17 students and performed for 410 audience members over the course of a three day run, 278 adults and 132 students. Director Bill Gasper said...

The prom candidates for the 2018-19 school year are as follows: Josh Norris, Connor Teget, Braiden Meyers, Mason Ibarra, Kreighton Meyers, Creighton Newell, Kallie Leiker, Savannah Schneider, Shyann Schumacher, Cordelia Isbell, Alex Hagerman and Mattie Hutchison.

Prom candidates announced for the 2018-19 school year

Isabelle Braun, Editor-in-Chief March 25, 2019

The 2018-19 school year Prom candidates have been announced: Prom queen candidates: Alex Hagerman Mattie Hutchison Cordelia Isbell Kallie Leiker Savannah Schneider Shyann Schumacher Prom king...

Tribe Broadcasting students won nine awards with five first place awards, two second place awards and two third place awards.

Tribe Broadcasting places second overall at Kansas Association of Broadcasters student competition

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter March 25, 2019

Tribe Broadcasting competed in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters student competition and placed second overall with nine projects placing. “I was very pleased with how we did at the KAB’s this...

Chess club takes seventh at state competition

Chess club takes seventh at state competition

Kalyssa Boyle, Staff Reporter March 25, 2019

The chess club took seventh place out of 35 teams at a state tournament last week. Individually, sophomore Sheena Zeng placed fourth and sophomore Japheth Briney took fifteenth out of 154 competitors. “It...

Spring Sports Assembly postponed to following week

Allison Hillebrand, Associate Editor March 24, 2019

The Spring Sports Assembly, previously scheduled to take place during seminar on March 21, has been rescheduled to occur on March 28. “I truly wanted to have one, I don’t want people to think that...

During last seasons senior night, senior Payton Selby waves to the crowd. Dance team auditions for the 2019-2020 school year took place on Thursday, Mar. 21.

Dance team tryouts come to end

Madison Weber, Online Editor-In-Chief March 23, 2019

Dance team tryouts for the 2019-2020 school year took place on Thursday, Mar. 21. After learning a short dance routine, the dancers were judged on facials, flexibility and memorizing counts and cuts were...

Freshman Samantha Vesper runs through her vocal solos during her lesson after school with accompanist Lexie Robinson.

First event of Spring for Music Festival set for last week of April

Caitlin Leiker, Staff Reporter March 22, 2019

The music department and its parent volunteers will host a vocal and instrumental recital 3 p.m. on April 28 at the Hays Public Library. This recital will be the first of four events that make up the Spring...

FFA students stand in front of the crowd waiting to be bought.

FFA holds labor auction

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter March 19, 2019

FFA held a labor auction on Saturday, Mar. 2 to help raise scholarship money for seniors Connor Olson, Payton Selby, Alex Miller and Tanner Haselhorst. At the labor auction students in FFA have their...

The four members of Community Ambassadors are seniors Isabelle Braun, Ryan Hernandez, Kallie Leiker and Shyann Schumacher. Along with 10 others from different high schools, the four are given different opportunities to learn skills needed after graduation as well as apply for a scholarship open specifically for students in the program.

Seniors attend second to last Community Ambassador’s meeting

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

Seniors Ryan Hernandez, Shyann Schumacher and Isabelle Braun attended the Community Ambassadors session with Nex-Generation at Sunflower Bank on March 18. In this session, the Economic Development/Networking...

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