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First Year Blue Jays: New Junction City High School Students

First Year Blue Jays: New Junction City High School Students

Joshua Allen, Staff Writer September 11, 2019

Along with the new school year comes brand new faces. For many students, this is their first year at Junction City High School. Whether they moved across state lines or simply just high schools, they are...

Senior Jacob Lindsey is excited to complete his final semester at JCHS and go on to film school.

Birds of the Nest: Jacob Lindsey

Olivia Knerr, Staff Editor August 21, 2019

“What college means to me is a very important step because it’s one of the many routes that you can take as a [graduating] high schooler to determine your next step in life. Whether it be a big one...

Senior Imahnie Perez and her para Candace Cooper discuss their relationship and how they have grown together.

How a Friendship is Made: The Story of Imahnie and Candace

Morgan Deering and Lexe West April 24, 2019

It’s 8:20 A.M. and Candace Cooper is waiting outside of the high school. As the van pulls up to the curb, she walks around to the back, pulling out a wheelchair before helping Imahnie Perez out of the...

Paloma Picazo discusses being a first generation student.

Birds of the Nest: Paloma Picazo

Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay April 8, 2019

"My biggest accomplishment has to be being able to become a first-generation college student. My entire family, on both sides, has a total of over 80 cousins, yet there have only been 4 that have actually...

Senior Nicholas (Nico) Paradas and junior Payton Tabb  perform On the Right Track during rehearsal of Pippin, the spring musical production.

Pippin 2019: Nicholas Paradas and Payton Tabb Cast for Leading Roles

Elyse Nguyen, Staff Writer February 27, 2019

There seems to be a misconception that being cast for a leading role is every musical theater kid's dream but it's actually very difficult and a lot more goes on behind the scenes than people think. Hours...

Birds of The Nest: Grace Kroeger

Birds of The Nest: Grace Kroeger

Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay February 25, 2019

"I started playing volleyball when I was in 3rd grade, and I've played all the way up to my senior year. I was going to attend some college, I just didn't know yet. I had some prospects, but none of them...

Junior Kenzie Kohunsky is one of the many students who are impacted by the recent deployment of Fort Riley Soldiers.

JCHS Students Deal With the Deployment of Family Members

Lexe West, Editor in Chief February 22, 2019

At the beginning of the year, through the end of January, Fort Riley deployed three brigades to Poland to aid with Operation Atlantic Resolve and to rotate with the troops currently stationed there. The service...

Scott Franz describes his journey through his career.

Birds of the Nest: Scott Franz

Taryn Tanguay and Morgan Deering February 1, 2019

“I went to high school at Free State High School in Lawrence Kansas. I currently play football for Kansas State University, I am going to be a red shirt senior. So I will be going on my fifth and final...

Saudi Arabian teaching scholar Amnah Madkhali discusses her journey to self-discovery.

Birds of the Nest: Amnah Madkhali

Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay January 14, 2019

"As women I am expected to get married and have children. This is like an expectation and a dream at the same time. I have been so fond of children ever since I have known myself. I raised all of my sisters...

Swedish exchange student Maja Bellika adjusts to life in Junction City after starting with her original family in North Carolina.

Exchange Student Maja Bellika Adjusts to Life In Junction City

Kamma Damsgaard December 18, 2018

Leaving your home country to live a year abroad can be scary, but not for senior Maja Bellika who is now spending her exchange year attending Junction City High School. Students at Junction City High...

Social studies teacher Jean Garvey recalls her chance meetings with Presidential candidates Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.

Social Studies Teacher Jean Garvey Recalls Brush with History

Timothy Davis, 21st Century Journalist December 18, 2018

Every afternoon at Junction City High School, Ms. Jean Garvey can be found in a classroom doing what she does best and loves most, teaching history. Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, Ms. Garvey always...

Senior Jared Benton plays the trumpet at a Jazz Band concert on September 26, 2018.

Wearing the Black and Blue Uniform: Jared Benton

Melissa Drella, 21st Century Journalism Writer December 12, 2018

In the mess of astray instruments and music, the hangers in the band room seem to be the center of attention as they hold the marching band uniforms. To the seniors, it may not be uniforms that they’ll...

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