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Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

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Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

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Students participate in the October StuCo trivia.

Student Council holds monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events

Clare Tholstrup, Copy Editor/ Entertainment Section Editor November 20, 2024

Hays High School’s Student Council held its monthly meeting Nov. 6, where they discussed upcoming events after recapping Homecoming. The Homecoming recap provided high numbers of attendance from...

High school orchestras perform at recent Fall Concert

High school orchestras perform at recent Fall Concert

November 20, 2024

On Monday, Oct. 29, Hays High School’s orchestras played at Fort Hays’s Beach Schmidt Performing Arts Center, with a Fall Concert that showcased the young musicians’ talents under the direction of...

Senior Caleb King reads tips on what to do when you are getting your blood drawn.

HOSA hosts annual blood drive, along with guest speaker

Tavia Wynn-Coffman, Editor-in-Chief November 14, 2024

On Oct. 16, the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) met in the Lecture Hall for a professional presentation. Club president, senior Kolynn Denning, invited the head of sonography at Hays Medical...

Grace Fryer (senior Jordan Aschenbrenner) looks back at other Dial painters. The Fall Play "Radium Girls” was based in the 1920s and showed the health problems caused by radium.

Cast performs historically based ‘Radium Girls’ for Fall Play in November

Alijah Arias and Kennedi Fischer November 14, 2024

This year, Hays High School put on a production of “Radium Girls” for the Fall Play on Nov. 14, 15 and 16 at the 12th Street Auditorium. The play is based off the historical instances of the “Radium...

Team of four seniors wins Student Council horror movie trivia contest

Team of four seniors wins Student Council horror movie trivia contest

Justin Houchen, section assistant November 12, 2024

The second monthly trivia contest, sponsored by Student Council, was held on Friday, Oct. 25 in the Hays High School library during PRIDE Time. The event featured several teams of both students and...

“Radium Girls” features a large cast and crew of 28 students. The play will be performed at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14-16 at 12th Street Auditorium. General admission tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door or online at https://www.ticketsource.us/hays-high-school.

Hays High School students to stage ‘Radium Girls,’ a historical drama about courage and justice

Bill Gasper November 8, 2024

Hays High School will present a powerful and thought-provoking play that dramatizes a significant historical event in American history. “Radium Girls,” a play by D.W. Gregory, tells the true story...

Junior Johanna Jones, junior Lindsey Hernandez, and sophomore Peyton Mackey help with bystander training

Jana’s Campaign hosts annual bystander training at Hays High

Kennedi Fischer, News Section Editor November 5, 2024

The annual Bystander Intervention Training by Jana’s Campaign was held Wednesday, Oct. 23 and Thursday, Oct. 24. The training teaches students the signs that someone is in a harmful relationship...

Students march at the rescheduled High Plains Marching Festival on October 28.

Marching band performs ‘Numbers’ show for last time in competition

Katelyn Willemsen, Managing Editor October 30, 2024

The Hays High School marching band, under direction of new teacher Hector Hernandez, performed a halftime performance of “Numbers” at football games and at different competitions this season. The...

Orchestra teacher Brayden Smith conducts the group of Hays High School Strings, Beloit High School Strings, and professional Winds.

Orchestra students play alongside professionals in ‘Beethoven’s First Symphony’ performance

Katelyn Willemsen, Managing Editor October 30, 2024

The Hays High School Chamber Orchestra performed in the First United Methodist Church in Hays on Friday, Oct. 18. Alongside professional and high school winds, the musicians played “Beethoven’s First...

poster with information about the blood drive and a sign up QR

St. Michael’s with Red Cross to hold blood drive on Oct. 30

Justin Houchen, section assistant October 24, 2024

On Oct. 30, the American Red Cross and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will be hosting a blood drive at St. Michael’s from noon to 6 p.m. Red Cross donation drives are how they get blood to the...

Homecoming king Cooper L. Johnson and queen Dani Willeford smile after being crowned.

Homecoming comes to close after successful week of student involvement and festivities

Clare Tholstrup, Copy Editor/ Entertainment Section Editor October 22, 2024

Halfway through Hays High School’s Homecoming football game against Dodge City on Friday, Oct. 11, the Homecoming queen and king were announced. The candidates for queen were Kiera Dealy, Kallyn Meyers,...

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