Exchange Student Maja Bellika Adjusts to Life In Junction City
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 School are diverse- some play basketball, while others might be into football or fashion- and Maja...
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 knew that she wanted to become a history teacher. But what most students don’t know is that she doe...
Wearing the Black and Blue Uniform: Jared Benton
Melissa Drella, 21st Century Journalism Writer
December 12, 2018
Filed under Feature, Showcase, Uncategorized
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 miss, but instead the memories they’ve had. With the season’s recent end, Jared Benton, a...
Superindendant Candidate Profile: Dr. David McGehee
Morgan Deering, Managing Editor
December 10, 2018
Biography & Experience Dr. David McGehee has over 30 years of education experience, working as a superintendent for 18 of those 30 years. Dr. McGehee places a strong emphasis on the needs of individual students, and says that he will not settle for the success of the majority. McGehee has a bachel...
Birds of the Nest: Andrew Khoury
Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay
November 30, 2018
"One of my biggest dreams is to be a college quarterback at a Division I school. It's been my dream since I was little, I've just always wanted to do it. I started playing football when I was in fifth grade, and I played quarterback. I've always played quarterback. I've always thought it would...
Birds of the Nest: Axel Ocasio
Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay
November 9, 2018
Filed under Feature, Local, Showcase
"The last person that made me laugh, I was at work last night [November 4] and we were short people. We got really busy, I work at McDonald's so we have a lot of people coming in. I took this girl's order, but then I went back to the front to bag food because the screen was really full. Another guy...
Scholars Bowl Team Looks To Build Success
Elyse Nguyen, Staff Writer
October 31, 2018
Finger on the buzzer and mind clear of anything other than what’s coming out of the question readers mouth, the Scholars bowl player prepares to buzz in. “This man successfully fires an arrow through twelve axes”- they wrack their brain for the familiar tale, but they cannot quite remember the ...
Birds of the Nest: Subin Chun
Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay
October 29, 2018
"Probably my biggest fear is failing, because I don't like to let people down, especially my family. This is the biggest fear I currently have because not only do I come from a culture where failing is like dishonoring your family, but I am also the first born, the oldest, so that also means that...
Birds of the Nest: Trevor Provost
Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay
October 17, 2018
"Recently, a friend of mine and I went to see President Trump and his campaign for Kris Kobach in Topeka, and it was honestly one of the scarier things I've done. People frequently attribute things like xenophobia, nativism, and racism to our president, and it's something that I have always cast aside...
Corbin Sanner Receives West Point Nomination
Morgan Deering, Managing Editor
October 16, 2018
Junction City High School Senior Corbin Sanner has been interested in the military since he was a kid. He used to check out library books exclusively about the World Wars and got involved in JROTC his freshman year of high school--though he took an interest in the program while still in middle school. Originally,...
Social Studies Teacher Named Horizon Award Nominee
Jake Hermanson, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Government and World History teacher Katelyn Meek was recently nominated for the Horizon Award, a state-wide award for first-year teachers. Teachers are nominated across Kansas' four congressional districts, where a total of 4 elementary and 4 secondary teachers will be selected from each region, a...
Birds of the Nest: Reece Boland
Morgan Deering and Taryn Tanguay
October 10, 2018
"The worst day of my life was when me, my brother, and my whole family found out that the Bramlages had passed away. I remember we were playing cards at my dining room table and my mom got a call. She went into her bedroom, and then into her bathroom. She took a while, so me and my brother knew something...
