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

Mr. Gilbreth, played by senior Calvin Duden, lectures his children.

First Spring Play practice takes place

Caitlin Leiker, Staff Reporter January 12, 2019

This year’s first Spring Play practice took place after school on Jan. 9 at 12th Street Auditorium, and the performances will take place there March 7-9. While there have been a few obstacles regarding...

Representatives from Fort Hays State University and Barton County Community College will be enrolling students in concurrent credit courses in the Hays High Lecture Hall will take place on Jan. 15 from noon to 5:30.

Concurrent credit enrollment begins for students

Allison Hillebrand, Associate Editor January 11, 2019

Concurrent credit enrollment for Fort Hays State University (FHSU) and Barton County Community College takes place in the Lecture Hall at Hays High on Jan. 15 from noon to 5:30 p.m. Fall semester of...

Juniors Brooke Denning, Cassidy Prough and Madelyn Waddel have organized 
an Entrepreneurship Promotion Week throughout the community. It is set to take place from Jan. 21 to Jan 25.

DECA hosts Entrepreneurship Promotion Week

Posted by Isabelle Braun, Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2019

Hays High DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Currently, there are 215,000 members...

Chelsea Powell graduated in 2006 and moved on to KU for eight years where she received a degree in Human Biology before attending medical school. Powell now works at Hays Medical Center as a General Pediatrician.

2006 graduate works as General Pediatrician

Isabelle Braun, Editor-in-Chief January 10, 2019

Graduate Chelsea Powell finished high school in 2006, and during her time in high school, she participated in Spirit Club, Student Council, yearbook and journalism. "I was more actively involved in...

The Guidon new site has been recognized as a 2019 Pacemaker Finalist for their excellence in journalism. Pacemaker winners will be announced April 27.

The Guidon online announced as 2019 Online Pacemaker finalist

Isabelle Braun, Editor-in-Chief January 9, 2019

The National Scholastic Press Association has honored 44 news sites for journalism excellence with the 2019 Pacemaker finalists. The state with the most sites named as finalists is California with 14...

Seniors raise awareness for Ronald McDonald charity, complete pull tab competition between schools

Seniors raise awareness for Ronald McDonald charity, complete pull tab competition between schools

Allison Hillebrand and McKena McBride December 21, 2018

To raise awareness for the Ronald McDonald charity, seniors Isabelle Braun and Kallie Leiker created a pull tab collection competition between regional high schools. “We wanted to create something...

Senior Keaton Markley throws a dodgeball at the opposing.

StuCo hosts Dodge For a Cause

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter December 21, 2018

Ellis High School principal Corey Burton is battling leukemia. Student Council hosted Dodge For a Cause as a way to help him. “We wanted to host Dodge For a Cause because we thought it was important...

Several girls sit in Gym B while the dance team coach gives information about the new dance team. The meeting was held on Dec. 18.

Dance team to come in January

Madison Weber, Online Editor-In-Chief December 21, 2018

Just recently it was announced that beginning in the middle of January, there will be a dance team that will perform at the half times of the girls basketball games. A meeting was held on Dec. 18 for...

Seniors Isabelle Braun and Kallie Leiker have been working on the Ronald McDonald House DECA project for the past two years.

Seniors pass off DECA project

Allison Brooks, Staff Reporter December 20, 2018

DECA has been working with the Ronald McDonald House for many years now and for the past two years the project has been headed by seniors Isabelle Braun and Kallie Leiker. They started the search for...

Several students from Hays High and other schools that participated help fill the balloons with helium. After they filled up the balloon, they carefully let it up into the air.

Physics students launch experiments with high altitude balloon

Rebekah Porter, Staff Reporter December 20, 2018

Instructor Cheryl Shepherd-Adams' Physics class launched two packages on a high altitude balloon on Dec. 14 at Gross Coliseum on Fort Hays State University's campus. The two packages were designed by the...

Instructor Codi Fenwick helps junior Joanna Carillo prepare for a debate tournament. Carillo competed at the 5A Regional Debate Tournament.

Four debaters compete at 5A KSHAA Regional 4-Speaker debate tournament

Anna Brull, Staff Reporter December 20, 2018

The 2018-2019 debate season came to a close when four debaters competed at the 5A KSHAA Regional 4-Speaker debate tournament that was held on Dec. 15 at Salina South High School. Representing Hays High...

Principal Martin Straub discusses changes in the curriculum for the 2019-2020 school year. Some of these revisions include renaming Project Management and having Concert Choir be an audition choir.

Straub discusses changes to curriculum for 2019-2020 school year at Board of Education meeting on Dec. 17

Alicia Feyerherm, Staff Reporter December 18, 2018

The Board of Education met on Dec. 18 and discussed a wide range of topics including revisions to the 2019-2020 Hays High School curriculum. Principal Martin Straub talked to the board about changes...

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