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Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Student Council discusses Indian Call plans

Student Council discusses Indian Call plans

Tavia Wynn-Coffman, Asst. Sports Section Editor January 24, 2023

On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the Hays High Student Council gathered in the Lecture Hall to discuss the plans for the Indian Call dance. The goals of the meeting were deciding theme days and assigning workers...

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Annual Indian Call week set for early February

Jacob Wente, Asst. Features/Entertainment Section Editor January 24, 2023

As the annual Indian Call rolls around the corner, the Hays High Student Council has started planning for the events of the week. This year’s Spirit Week will be Monday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 10,...

Freshman Mia Schlegel gets a cup for her drink on Dec. 9 in her PRIDE Time teacher Jessica Augustines classroom. Each student brought a food or drink to share with the class, such as chips and dips, cookies and smores brownies. The PRIDE Time party put me in the Christmas spirit, Schlegel said.

PRIDE Times celebrate holiday season, semester end

Lily Butler and Delia Dixon December 21, 2022

While normally quiet, the classroom is full of sound and movement. Smells of sugary snacks fill the room as the teacher opens another container of brownies. Students crunch on chips dripping with cheese...

Sophomore Oscar Flores and senior Kiki Gonzales conduct the Chamber Singers in Room 142, as they prepared for caroling on Dec. 20.

Chamber Singers carol before Winter Break

Ry Houchen, 21st Century Journalism Staff Member December 21, 2022

Every year, the Chamber Singers have gone caroling as a tradition, and this year was no different, as they sang around Hays on Tuesday, Dec. 20. “I don’t know exactly how long it has gone on, but...

Senior Caleb Johnson and other Family Studies students work with their kids to make bells using tinsel, string and a small bell in teacher Sue Ann Tebos room during M1. The groups split into different tables with their kids to make the bells. “Our group is ‘Jingle Bells,’ and so, weve made a bunch of Bell decorations,” Johnson said.

Family Studies students lead activities for children

Justin Houchen, 21st Century Journalism Staff Member December 21, 2022

For their final project, students in the Family Studies class had to make a creative event for the young kids they work with. What the students create is entirely up to them, but they were responsible...

Seniors Jalynn Weilert and Karli Neher display their medals, as they were two of the members on the FFA senior ritual team who earned “Master.” A Master award in an FFA competition is the highest award one can earn; it means the competitor was the best out of all the teams in the contest. Hays High School FFA also had a greenhand team that placed first in par law and second in ritual. Both the greenhand and senior team will go to state over the summer from May 31 to June 4.

FFA senior parliamentary procedure, ritual teams to go to state

Kennedi Fischer and Maci Vanek December 21, 2022

On Dec. 1 in Colby, the FFA senior parliamentary procedure team competed against 18 other teams, with that par law team placing first and the ritual team also finishing first. The top two teams will...

Auditions for the school play occur in early December

McKaylla Walters, 21st Century Journalism Staff Member December 21, 2022

On Dec. 7 and 8 in the Lecture Hall from 3:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., auditions for the Spring Play took place. The play is called “Anne of Green Gables,” a children’s novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud...

Annual Cathedral Concert held in Victoria

Jessica Feyerherm, News Section Editor December 17, 2022

The annual Hays Symphony Cathedral Concert was held Dec. 11 at the Basilica of St. Fidelis Cathedral in Victoria. Admission was free. The groups that performed were the Hays Chorale, Fort Hays Chamber...

Armed Services Vocational test held at Hays High

Jessica Feyerherm, News Section Editor December 17, 2022

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) was held Wednesday, Nov. 30 in the library. The ASVAB is a multiple-aptitude test that measures differing abilities to predict success in the...

Family & Consumer Science teacher wins raffle drawing

Family & Consumer Science teacher wins raffle drawing

Jessica Feyerherm, News Section Editor December 15, 2022

Teacher Sue Ann Tebo entered a drawing and won $1,000 check to fund her classroom. Tebo has been an educator for 33 years and teaches Culinary Arts, Family Studies and Life Management at Hays High School. “I...

National Honor Society participates in Holiday Help Project

Meg Taggart December 14, 2022

From Nov. 22 to Dec. 16, the National Honor Society chapter at Hays High School is participating in the Holiday Help Project. Each NHS member was given three or more grocery lists that were requested...

Seniors Clark, Zimmerman, and Bickle pose by their first place, state winning, project based on the effects caffeine has on the body. The competition was held at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.

Seniors win state science competition in Kansas City

Meg Taggart, Editor In-Chief December 13, 2022

Hays High School, specifically science teacher Lynn Zimmerman’s Human Biology classes, participate in the University of Kansas (KU) Night @ the Lab annually. This year, one of the groups, including seniors...

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