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Junction City Highschool Hosts Car Show for the Community

Junction City Highschool Hosts Car Show for the Community

Daniella Robles, Editor April 19, 2023

Junction City’s Career Technical Education classes hosted a car show for the community on Saturday, April 1, 2023. There was a turnout of over 120 vehicles, along with some student participation. Many...

Junction City Swimmers have Momentous Season

Junction City Swimmers have Momentous Season

Daniella Robles, Editor January 31, 2023

As the boys swimming and diving season comes to an end, the swimmers have shown extreme improvement and have placed in recent competitions. On January 24th, The Junction City Boys Swimming team competed...

JCHS Staff Member Competes on The Voice

JCHS Staff Member Competes on The Voice

Daniella Robles, Editor November 4, 2022

2006 Alumni and paraprofessional member Justin Aaron Black at Junction City High School is currently starring on the NBC show, The Voice. This show is a reality television singing competition starring...

JCHS launches STOPit app to assist with incident reporting

JCHS launches STOPit app to assist with incident reporting

Olivia Hamilton, Staff Writer May 5, 2022

Junction City High School released a new app, called STOPit, in hopes to help crack down on bullying and bad behaviors around the school. This app allows participants to anonymously report bulling, threats,...

Theater department performs spring play, the Government Inspector

Theater department performs spring play, the “Government Inspector”

Chloe Crites, Staff Writer May 5, 2022

The last showing of the Government Inspector was on Saturday April 30. The play was filled with adult jokes and scenes that made the audience laugh so hard they forgot to breathe. A crowd favorite seemed...

NHS hosts community clean up

NHS hosts community clean up

Ryan Macrae Delacruz, Staff Writer April 21, 2022

National Honor Society inspires to raise values such as scholarship, service, leadership, and character in schools. The organization not only recognizes students for their academic work, but they also...

Cole performs at Carnegie Hall

Faybien Michael, Staff Writer February 28, 2022

Senior Makayla Cole was awarded the chance of a lifetime to show off her talents in New York.  She preformed with 47 students across the nation at Carnegie Hall. The excitement she felt upon being notified...

ACT to be held on March 1 for all juniors

Katrina Muller, Staff Writer February 28, 2022

On March 1st, 2022 JCHS juniors will be taking the free state offered ACT. The ACT is a standardized test that is used by many 4-year colleges in the country to determine a student’s eligibility for...

Prom theme and location is announced

Prom theme and location is announced

Katie Beamer, Staff Writer May 12, 2021

During this school year things have been very different because of COVID-19. However, unlike for last year’s senior class, this year the school and health department wer comfortable enough to host a...

Governors Scholar Senior Elyse Nguyen gets accepted to Yale University.

Senior Elyse Nguyen is accepted to Yale University

Naomi Alarcon Rivera, Staff Writer May 12, 2021

Senior Elyse Nguyen found out she was accepted to Yale after school on Tuesday, April 6th. She was more shocked than anything. It took her a few seconds to comprehend that she had just gotten into Yale....

The Blue Jay Mascot History

The Blue Jay Mascot History

Neptali Vessichelli, Staff Writer November 5, 2020

One key component to the history of Junction City High School is our mascot. The school has been open for more than a century, and throughout that time the school and mascot have changed in many ways. It...

JCHS Lifts 20 Year Old Pitbull Ban

JCHS Lifts 20 Year Old Pitbull Ban

Olivia Knerr, Staff Editor February 24, 2020

For more than 20 years Junction City has had a pit bull ban in place. Two years ago, a woman named Emily Fawcett began pushing for it to be lifted. As of February 18th, the ban has been lifted. It has...

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