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

The quartet begins practice for their upcoming concert.

Quartet prepares for concert

Allison Hillebrand, Staff Reporter November 1, 2017

The Hays High Quartet is playing at the National Honors Society Ceremony at the Robbins Center on FHSU Campus on Nov. 7 at 7:20 p.m. Junior Alexandria Hagerman, freshman Tom Drabkin, senior Brandon...

Looking back 10, 20, 50 years ago

Looking back 10, 20, 50 years ago

Hanna Dannar, Staff Reporter November 1, 2017

The Guidon staff has decided to include a monthly feature in which it will look through past editions of the newspaper to see the new events that were being reported 10, 20 and 50 years ago during each...

Freshman, Jevin Newman, Cody Walters, and Taylor Loffredi placed in the top 10 at the latest Dairy judging event.

FFA competes in dairy judging contest

Connor Olson, Staff Reporter October 31, 2017

Curt Vajnar’s classes Intro to Ag and Animal Science traveled to Bird City and competed in Dairy Cattle judging. The senior team took fifth out of 13 teams. The Greenhand team took seventh out of 15...

The Indian Grounds coffee shop is open every Maroon day from 7:15 to 7:50 a.m.

Helping Hands takes on coffee shop business

Lacey Gregory, Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2017

The addition of the Indian Grounds coffee shop in the library initially started off as an idea generated last year by juniors enrolled in Helping Hands. “It was just a thought,” Instructor Michelle...

The hidden tickets in the library are new to the school this year thanks to librarian Erin Holder. Each month, new winner will be announced.

Winners from September’s Hidden Tickets named

Kayli Potter, Staff Reporter October 26, 2017

At the beginning of the year, hidden tickets became a new addition to the library. Since then, September's recipients have been named. The new month, Horror Month, has begun. "There were seven...

DECA is an association that was founded in 1946. This is juniors Isabelle Braun, Kallie Leiker, and Brianna Forinashs first year as members.

DECA plans day of giving

Allison Hillebrand, Staff Reporter October 25, 2017

To raise money for the Ronald McDonald houses, DECA members set aside a day this winter and will be collecting donations. “On December 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., we are going to be collecting...

Gabriela Taliaferro, Kyra Polifka-Wilhelm, Trinity Callis, Brendan Chapman, Dawson Rooney, London Keller, and Mark Schuckman were among those honored at the reception.

Students honored at KU reception

Dawson Rooney, Staff Reporter October 25, 2017

For the past 46 years, the Kansas Honors Program has honored more than 135,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their classes. This year, on Oct. 23, 18 students from Hays High School qualified...

Band Instructor Matthew Rome and Drum Majors Cameron Karlin and Kyra PolifkaWilhelm pose after receiving their award.

Marching band receives straight ones at High Plains

Rebekah Porter, Staff Reporter October 24, 2017

On Monday afternoon, the marching band played through the wind at the High Plains Marching Festival. Though the wind was strong, the band members played through and received straight ones. “This is...

Full Chord Press sings at the Fall Concert at Beach Schmidt. They sang Barbara Ann, For the Longest Time, and Make a Man Out of You.

Full Chord Press continues to grow

Dawson Rooney, Staff Reporter October 24, 2017

Full Chord Press started in 2009 as an all-boys choir for the middle and high school and was created as a safe environment that would encourage young boys to sing. “Full Chord Press started because...

The Guidon staff is working toward gaining a badge. The badge will allow for judges to see the work put into the website.

Journalism staff tries to gain badges of accomplishment by using social media

Isaiah Schindler, Staff Reporter October 20, 2017

The Guidon has a few social media accounts that are used to boost readership. Junior and online editor Isabelle Braun is one of the people who maintains the social media accounts. “This year, we...

DECA worked with children from Wilson Elementary to make blankets to donate to the Ronald McDonald Houses Charity.

DECA makes tie blankets for Ronald McDonald Houses Charities

Kayli Potter, Staff Reporter October 20, 2017

Juniors Isabelle Braun, Brianna Forinash and Kallie Leiker are in charge of the Ronald McDonald Houses Charity Project in DECA this year, and they're trying some new things. "This is Isabelle , Brianna...

The performances are to be held at Beach Schmidt.

Musical tickets now up for sale

Amiyah Gonzalez, Assistant Editor October 17, 2017

For the first time in Musical history, tickets for the performances are available online for $10 a ticket. It is also its first year being performed by Fort Hay's Beach Schmidt. Tickets can be bought...

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