This past summer, juniors Connor Olson and Isabelle Braun were given the opportunity to represent our school at the Kansas Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) seminar.
HOBY is national organization...
Both the Ad Astra Music Festival in Russell and the High Plains Music Camp at Fort Hays kept students busy this summer during the dates of June 28-July 1 and July 9-15 respectfully.
Students attending...
As the school year comes back around, enrollment may be a tough task for some parents. This year, however, USD 489 staff tried to make it a little easier on Aug. 1, 2 and 3 by using centralized enrollment.
This...
Spending 20 days away from the place you call home may be difficult for some, but those who participated in the Europe trip, taking place June 1 to 21, learned that it wasn’t too bad when they were having...
The 2017-2018 Chamber Singers have been chosen on May 18. After a night of auditioning with songs selected by vocal instructor Johnny Matlock the individual singers were ranked and selected. The results...
The senior class spends four years at Hays High, but that’s nothing compared to some of the teachers.
James Mages has been here for 47 years, Jeanie Michaelis for 20 years, Janet Affentranger for...
This year the Hays High musical, “Bye Bye Birdie”, won two Jester Awards, program design and orchestral direction. The cast traveled to Wichita on May 12 to attend the ceremony.
The cast was nominated...
The 129th annual ceremony to recognize the graduating class of Hays High took place Sunday May 14 at Gross Memorial Coliseum. In attendance were one hundred seventy-seven seniors.
The ceremony began...
After a year of winning first and third places, the Forensics team has decided to give their families and friends opportunities to see their skills on Monday, May 15 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
“Forensics...
The Hays High Industrial Tech Association has ended their competitive year as undefeated. The group, just coming back from state, is the first team to remain undefeated throughout the whole school year.
“We...
On May 4, juniors Jared Kisner, Elijah Joy, Dusty Schneider and senior Brandi Zimmerman went to Oklahoma City. The participants took part in the National Land and Homesite competition, which is a contest...
